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Evacuation of Mexican citizens from Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic (Credit Terence Priester)

27 April 2020

Nationals in crisis and diplomacy’s domestic communication challenge

by Jan Melissen

19 December 2019

Deactivation of mobile phones in Papua New Guinea imminent

by Amanda H A Watson

Credit: Amanda Watson

16 May 2019

A tax on mobile phones in PNG?

by Amanda H A Watson and Rohan Fox

Credit: Oxford University Press and Juha Laitalainen

29 January 2019

‘A village goes mobile’: mobile phones and social change

by Amanda H A Watson

Digicel customers registering their SIM cards, 31 July 2018 (Credit: Amanda H A Watson)

1 August 2018

SIM card deactivation commencing in PNG

by Amanda H A Watson

9 July 2018

The time is right for a ‘step-up’ in ABC broadcasting to the Pacific

by Jemima Garrett

UPNG students with their mobile phones (Credit: Amanda Watson)

17 May 2018

PNG SIM card registration extension

by Amanda H A Watson

UPNG students using their mobile phones (Credit: Amanda Watson)

15 May 2018

PNG National Court case on SIM card deactivation today

by Amanda H A Watson

Madang MP Bryan Kramer talks to media after the hearing (Credit: Amanda H A Watson)

30 April 2018

PNG National Court interim injunction prevents SIM card deactivation today

by Amanda H A Watson

19 April 2018

Pitching beyond the aid enthusiasts – three simple aid messages

by Therese Faulkner

Traditional canoes and hangars on Gawa Island (image: John Greenshields)

19 September 2017

Why Australia must restore shortwave radio to the Pacific

by John Greenshields

Telikom headquarters, Port Moresby (image: Amanda Watson)

5 September 2017

Telecommunications in Papua New Guinea – in conversation with Telikom

by Amanda H A Watson and Mahesh Patel

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