Uneven Connections : A Partial History of the Mobile Phone in Papua New Guinea

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910866589003321
• Autore: Foster Robert J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2024; ©2024
• ISBN: 9781760466268; 9781760466251
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 pages)
• Collana: Pacific Series
• Disciplina: 303.48/33
• Soggetti: Cell phones - Moral and ethical aspects - Papua New Guinea; Cell phones - Social aspects - Papua New Guinea; Smartphones - Moral and ethical aspects - Papua New Guinea; Smartphones - Social aspects - Papua New Guinea; Telecommunication - Papua New Guinea; Cell phone systems - Papua New Guinea; Téléphones cellulaires - Aspect moral - Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée; Téléphones cellulaires - Aspect social - Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée; Téléphones intelligents - Aspect moral - Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée; Téléphones intelligents - Aspect social - Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée; Télécommunications - Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée; Téléphonie cellulaire - Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée; Papua New Guinea Economic conditions; Papua New Guinea Politics and government; Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée Politique et gouvernement
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: Uneven Connections examines the ways in which liberalisation took hold in Papua New Guinea (PNG) when a unit of the Caribbean-based mobile network operator Digicel Group Ltd. seized the opportunity to compete with the state-sponsored incumbent.