LEADER 05726nam 22007693 450 001 9910866589003321 005 20240621080231.0 010 $a9781760466268$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9781760466251 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31266700 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31266700 035 $a(CKB)32318168000041 035 $a(Perlego)4377355 035 $a(OCoLC)1411588939 035 $a(EXLCZ)9932318168000041 100 $a20240621d2024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aUneven Connections $eA Partial History of the Mobile Phone in Papua New Guinea 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCanberra :$cANU Press,$d2024. 210 4$d©2024. 215 $a1 online resource (238 pages) 225 1 $aPacific Series 311 08$aPrint version: Foster, Robert J. Uneven Connections Canberra : ANU Press,c2024 9781760466251 327 $aIntro -- List of Illustrations -- Figure I.1. Digicel advertising at the Goroka marketplace. -- Figure 1.1. bmobile-Vodafone headquarters, Port Moresby, 2017. -- Figure 1.2. Cover image of a GSMA report. -- Figure 2.1. Digicel newspaper ad (Western Highlands coverage). -- Figure 2.2. Digicel newspaper ad (East New Britain coverage). -- Figure 2.3. Telikom newspaper ad (Independence Day). -- Figure 2.4. Digicel newspaper ad (Swap SIM cards). -- Figure 2.5. Digicel newspaper ad (11 toea talk). -- Figure 2.6. Digicel newspaper ad (Traditional dress Independence Day). -- Figure 2.7. Digicel newspaper ad ('Call Me' service). -- Figure 2.8. bemobile newspaper ad (bemobile Orange Men). -- Figure 2.9. bemobile newspaper ad (19 kina Christmas Eve handset). -- Figure 2.10. Digicel newspaper ad (2 for 1 handset offer). -- Figure 2.11. Digicel newspaper ad (Thank You 10 kina free credit). -- Figure 2.12. bemobile newspaper ad (Win a pig contest). -- Figure 2.13. Digicel newspaper ad (Hiri Moale sponsorship). -- Figure 3.1. Digicel 5 kina scratch-off voucher or 'flex card'. -- Figure 3.2. Digicel text message for a credit loan. -- Figure 3.3. Digicel newspaper ad (Street Vendor Programme). -- Figure 3.4. Digicel newspaper ad (Larry Koavea, My life is better). -- Figure 3.5. Top-up transaction, Goroka, 2015. -- Figure 3.6. Mobile phone repair technician's table, Goroka, 2015. -- Figure 5.1. Telikom PNG newspaper ad (Fixed Line). -- Figure 6.1. Ad for PNG Power's Easipay service at bmobile-Vodafone retail store, Port Moresby, 2018. -- Figure 6.2. Westpac instore banking at urban settlement near Port Moresby, 2016. -- Map I.1. Country map of Papua New Guinea with provincial borders and capitals. -- Map 1.1. Digicel coverage map, circa 2015. -- Map 1.2. bmobile 2022 coverage map with 2G, 3G and 4G zones. -- Acknowledgements. 327 $aIntroduction: The Moral Economy of Mobile Phones in Papua New Guinea -- Part I. After Liberalisation: An Evolving Mobile Market -- 1. The Politics of Mobile Phone Infrastructure: Licences, Towers and Gateways -- 2. Making a (National) Market: Advertisements, Promotions and Sponsorships -- Part II. Consumer Uptake: Freedom and Constraint -- 3. Mobile Economies: Prepaid, Gift and Informal -- 4. Smartphones and Data: Convergence and Content -- Part III. Delimiting Mobility: Regulation and Responsibility -- 5. Mobile Disruption: Regulation, Surveillance and Censorship -- 6. Connecting the Unconnected: Corporate Social Responsibility and Post?Political Governance -- Conclusion: Infrastructural Citizenship and Uneven Connections -- References. 330 $aUneven Connections examines the ways in which liberalisation took hold in Papua New Guinea (PNG) when a unit of the Caribbean-based mobile network operator Digicel Group Ltd. seized the opportunity to compete with the state-sponsored incumbent. 410 0$aPacific Series 606 $aCell phones$xMoral and ethical aspects$zPapua New Guinea 606 $aCell phones$xSocial aspects$zPapua New Guinea 606 $aSmartphones$xMoral and ethical aspects$zPapua New Guinea 606 $aSmartphones$xSocial aspects$zPapua New Guinea 606 $aTelecommunication$zPapua New Guinea 606 $aCell phone systems$zPapua New Guinea 606 $aTe?le?phones cellulaires$xAspect moral$zPapouasie-Nouvelle-Guine?e 606 $aTe?le?phones cellulaires$xAspect social$zPapouasie-Nouvelle-Guine?e 606 $aTe?le?phones intelligents$xAspect moral$zPapouasie-Nouvelle-Guine?e 606 $aTe?le?phones intelligents$xAspect social$zPapouasie-Nouvelle-Guine?e 606 $aTe?le?communications$zPapouasie-Nouvelle-Guine?e 606 $aTe?le?phonie cellulaire$zPapouasie-Nouvelle-Guine?e 607 $aPapua New Guinea$xEconomic conditions 607 $aPapua New Guinea$xPolitics and government 607 $aPapouasie-Nouvelle-Guine?e$xPolitique et gouvernement 615 0$aCell phones$xMoral and ethical aspects 615 0$aCell phones$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSmartphones$xMoral and ethical aspects 615 0$aSmartphones$xSocial aspects 615 0$aTelecommunication 615 0$aCell phone systems 615 6$aTe?le?phones cellulaires$xAspect moral 615 6$aTe?le?phones cellulaires$xAspect social 615 6$aTe?le?phones intelligents$xAspect moral 615 6$aTe?le?phones intelligents$xAspect social 615 6$aTe?le?communications 615 6$aTe?le?phonie cellulaire 676 $a303.48/33 700 $aFoster$b Robert J$051926 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910866589003321 996 $aUneven Connections$94242387 997 $aUNINA