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TELSTRA, Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology company, today announced it has officially acquired Digicel Pacific in partnership with the Australian Government. Telstra will continue to invest in and operate the business across its six South Pacific markets – Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Nauru, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu. Photo: Collin Stone, Digicel PNG CEO Oliver Camplin-Warner, Telstra International CEO, said the deal was an exciting milestone for the Digicel Pacific business and its customers in Papua New Guinea. “We’re very pleased to welcome Digicel Pacific into the Telstra family. The Digicel Pacific team in PNG have amazing local expertise and are leaders in digital experiences for their customers. Together, we’ll work to ensure Digicel Pacific remains the top provider in PNG,” he said. Mr Camplin-Warner confirmed there would not be any local job losses in the Pacific as part of the acquisition and the current Digicel Pacific team would continue the day-to-day running...

 Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape today (180922) had an audience with His Majesty King Charles III during which the Prime Minister passed on condolences from the people of Papua New Guinea on the death of the Queen and discussed with the new monarch various common issues relating to the country. PNG PM Marape meets King Charles III in London, United Kingdom  In passing PNG’s condolences, Prime Minister Marape said the late Queen Elizabeth II was a pivotal figure in holding together the Commonwealth and its realms and her life of total service, dignity, tolerance, and kindness is an exemplary one to be remembered for many years to come. The Prime Minister and his wife, Mrs Rachael Marape, were received at Buckingham Palace at 2pm today where King Charles used the time to recount his month-long stay as a schoolboy in PNG in 1966, before moving onto discussing other things including the global matters of climate crisis mitigation, and environment and conservation.  Prime Minis...

A soft launching was done today for the new BSP Branch at Eriku in Lae. The launching was done by BSP Financial Group CEO, Robin Fleming who says the new branch will help people make their banking easier. Fleming says the new branch will  ease the burden of long queues at their branches in Lae adding the retail branches in Lae to three. Fleming says there are plans to build more branches around the country including the Lending Branches. He says a second BSP Branch for Mount Hagen will be built at Kagamuga which will be opened around the second quarter of next year including sub branches around the country. He says the new branch in Lae Lae has added new jobs and they have recruited new staff, trained them and they are ready to serve.  The Lae Eriku BSP Branch will officially receive customers starting next Monday.  Caption: The new BSP Eriku Branch – Photo Credit Bradley Mariori FM100 / PNG Today Next :  PNG Orchids 70 beat Brazil 00 : Gwasamun grabs semi-final spot for Orchids

 The Papua New Guinea Kumuls coach Stanley Tepend  has announced his team lineup to face Wales in the final round of the Rugby World Cup.  There are few changes to the Kumuls lineup. In the forwards, Sherwin Tanabi replaces Sylvester Namo has been rested while Zev John replaces Mekenzie Yer who faces a match ban following high shot on a Cook Islands player last week. Watson Boas has been rested and he is replaced by Wesser Tenzer for the utility role.  The team  Previous results Round 1 :   PNG Kumuls 18  Tonga  24Round 2 :  PNG Kumuls 32  Cook Islands 16Round 3 : PNG Kumuls vs Wales  A PNG’s win against the Wales will put PNG into the quarter final clash with host nation England next week.  Next :   Meet PNG Orchids Vice Captain Gloria Kaupa : Journey to leadership

Skoda’s Enyaq Coupe EV has gone on sale in Ireland at a starting price of €56,710, writes Brian Byrne. With a rated range of up to 545km (real-life use may not achieve that) the car offers a model option to its SUV sibling, and a 570L boot capacity is only 15L less. Skoda Ireland says the Enyaq Coupe’s launch here was delayed by 12 months because of demand worldwide, and demand for Skoda’s EV still continues to outstrip supply. There is a choice of two battery sizes, rear- and all-wheel drive, plus power outputs ranging from 180hp to 265hp.