Archive for December, 2007
The Honeymoon’s Begun
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007On Tuesday this week, Parliament agreed to put an end to the telecommunications monopoly in Vanuatu. This news has been greeted with widespread enthusiasm. People throughout Vanuatu believe that this means the days of over-priced, low-quality telephone and Internet services are finally over. But is this really the case?
The answer is mostly yes, with a [...]
Pushing Pebbles
Friday, December 7th, 2007Last week’s column dealt with the frustration one sometimes feels about the slow pace of change here in Vanuatu. Communications and access to information are fundamental to all aspects of life, and the challenges that we face here make the task of achieving universal access to even basic resources a very difficult one indeed.
Telecom Vanuatu, [...]