Papua New Guinea
What do the statistics say?
The broadband and internet statistics for PNG 1 shows
the country has the lowest percentage of internet users of all the
Pacific jurisdictions measured 2.
PNG's low rate may be due to a number of factors
including:
- the extremely high cost of internet in PNG which is not
affordable to many local people or businesses;
- low bandwidth; and
- reliability.
New Broadband Policy
PNG issued a revised draft National Broadband Policy on 22 April
2013 (Policy). The express short to medium term
goals for the National Broad Policy may be summarised as
follows:
- to have in place a competitive structure for the provision of
broadband in PNG
