This was revealed today by the National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) CEO Charles Punaha at the Internet Filtering and Policy workshop in Port Moresby.
Internet users have increased immensely since 2007 during the liberation of the mobile sector with two new mobile licenses issued by NICTA.
Punaha explained that prior to 2007, there was a monopolistic ICT sector with Telikom having exclusive rights.
This saw very low penetration, high-priced services and the dual regulatory regime was costly and timely.
