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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

Sir John Pundari speaking from Enga said the recent spate of unprovoked criminal activities carried out by a few known candidates in Kompiam Ambum has resulted in vital government properties worth millions of kina being destroyed.   Sir John Thomas Pundari condemns election violence in Enga [Photo burning infrastructure in Kompiam/Photo by Teddy Piagari/fb] Pundari has called on all political leaders from Enga to work together as leaders of the Province to address the election related violence that is tearing the province apart and has left many families displaced. “We cannot blame the Electoral Commission and security personnel for criminal activities carried out by candidates or supporters. We need to come out clear and condemn these acts in the strongest possible terms.  “My district has lost Government properties worth hundreds of millions of Kina and I am shattered for my people and the public servants who have fled to seek refuge.” “Kompiam Ambum never experienced such violence i

Sales of electric cars in Ireland in 2022 were 15,678, and 81pc increase on 2021, writes Brian Byrne. According to figures released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry today, total registrations of new cars were 105,253, a marginal 0.3pc increase on 2021 and 10.1pc down on pre-Covid levels. Brian Cooke, SIMI Director General, said new car sales and those of commercial vehicles had been impacted by supply constraints. He also said that dealers are reporting strong orders for the new 231 sales period which began yesterday. New light commercial vehicle sales of 23,653 units for 2022 were 17.7pc down on 2021. Petrol accounted for 30.16pc, Diesel 26.77pc, Hybrid 19.29pc, Electric 14.90pc, and Plug-In Hybrid 6.76pc. Hybrid, electric and plug-in hybrid now account for 41pc of the market.   Automatic transmissions now account for 57pc in powertrains, in part reflecting the increase of electrified power. 

The advent and sudden boom of social media in our lives have been nothing short of amazing, and its influence on our lives is something that should be taken very seriously. You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn’t have an active presence in one form of social media or the other, and it takes up a significant portion of most people’s daily routines.    If you can successfully leverage this space to market your products and services to casual social media users, you can reach a massive number of people in an unprecedented amount of time that other forms of marketing would struggle to replicate. This potential reach and opportunity to market your company’s culture and personality makes Social Media marketing one of the most promising avenues to consider in the current times.   However, social media is as unpredictable as it is diverse and large, which makes marketing successfully on such platforms a much trickier job than one might be used to. Every action can have unforeseen con