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1 online resource (xvi, 221 pages) : illustrations |
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Pacific series |
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Pacific series.
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| Contents |
Introduction: The moral economy of mobile phones in Papua New Guinea -- Part I. After liberalisation: an evolving mobile market. 1. The politics of mobile phone infrastructure: licences, towers and gateways ; 2. Making a (National) market: advertisements, promotions and sponsorships -- Part 2. Consumer uptake: freedom and constraint. 3. Mobile economies: prepaid, gift and informal ; 4. Smartphones and data: convergence and content -- Part 3. Delimiting mobility: regulation and responsibility. 5. Mobile disruption: Regulation, surveillance and censorship ; 6. Connecting the unconnected: corporate social responsibility and post-political governance ; Conclusion: Infrastructural citizenship and uneven connections ; References |
| Summary |
In the first years of the 21st century, economic liberalisation began to transform telecommunications services throughout the Pacific Islands. Government regulators, corporate executives and everyday consumers hopefully imagined that opening mobile phone markets to competition would result in greater access, lower costs and accelerated development. Uneven Connections examines the ways in which liberalisation took hold in Papua New Guinea (PNG) when a unit of the Caribbean-based mobile network operator Digicel Group Ltd. seized the opportunity to compete with the state-sponsored incumbent. The book highlights how mobile phones entered the lives of urban and rural Papua New Guineans after Digicel's arrival in 2007. In so doing, it describes a moral economy in which companies, consumers and state agents continually negotiate who owes what to whom. In what ways have these various actors invented and negotiated new forms of both freedom and constraint? Uneven Connections advances understanding of how a so-called digital revolution in PNG unfolded, resulting in outcomes that often confounded the expectations of policy makers and ordinary citizens alike. It assesses the extent to which some of the promises of this revolution have been redeemed and identifies the challenges faced by companies, consumers and state agents in establishing and experiencing novel forms of uneven connectivity. The book provides a short and selective history of mobile phones in PNG, ending with the sale of Digicel's Pacific operations to the Australian company Telstra in 2022. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Note |
Unless stated otherwise, the author retains copyright to their work while ANU Press retains exclusive worldwide rights for the distribution of the book. From 2018, the majority of ANU Press titles are published under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC-ND; creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which broadens the ways in which works can be used and distributed. Please refer to the copyright page of each book for more information on a specific title's copyright licensing. |
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National edeposit: Available online Unrestricted online access. star AU-CaNED |
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Open Access EbpS |
| Subject |
Cell phones -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Papua New Guinea.
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Cell phones -- Social aspects -- Papua New Guinea.
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Smartphones -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Papua New Guinea.
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Smartphones -- Social aspects -- Papua New Guinea.
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Telecommunication -- Papua New Guinea.
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Cell phone systems -- Papua New Guinea.
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Papua New Guinea -- Economic conditions.
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Papua New Guinea -- Politics and government.
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Society & Social Sciences.
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Téléphones cellulaires -- Aspect moral -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
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Téléphones cellulaires -- Aspect social -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
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Téléphones intelligents -- Aspect moral -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
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Téléphones intelligents -- Aspect social -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
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Télécommunications -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
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Téléphonie cellulaire -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
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Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée -- Politique et gouvernement.
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HISTORY / Oceania
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Uneven Connections : A partial history of the mobile phone in Papua New Guinea. Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU Press, 2024 9781760466251 |
| ISBN |
1760466263 (electronic book) |
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9781760466268 (electronic bk.) |
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9781760466251 (print) |
| Standard No. |
AUNED 000076776162 |
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AU@ 000077310989 |
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AU@ 000077311630 |
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AU@ 000077332958 |
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