Asia Pacific tele-community

The conference staged in Port Moresby this week is an Asia Pacific tele-community (APT) event.

Participants will deliberate on proposals from 38 member countries and formulate a regional common proposal that will be submitted to the World Telecommunications Development Forum (WTDF).

PNG’s proposal highlights the significant role played by telecommunications/ICT’s to enable countries to meet development goals by developing broadband.

This is the second Asia Pacific tele-community (APT) event that PNG is hosting after successfully hosting one in 2016.

The proposal addresses ICT issues mainly on accessibility, cyber security and reforms in the ICT sector.

Participants from 34 countries attending the three-day meet this week are currently deliberating on what regional common proposal will be submitted to the World Telecommunications Development Forum (WTDF).