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

• Autore: Foster Robert J
• Pubblicazione: Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 pages)
• Disciplina: 303.48/33
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Papua New Guinea Economic conditions; Papua New Guinea Politics and government; Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée Politique et gouvernement
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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. ; Introduction: 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.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Uneven Connections
• ISBN: 9781760466268; 9781760466251
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910866589003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pacific Series