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Robert J. Foster follows the expansion of mobile telephony in Papua New Guinea, examining how companies, regulators and consumers shaped its development. The account connects the construction of networks and the opening of markets with everyday decisions about communication, cost and access.
Chapters discuss advertising, sponsorship, prepaid credit, borrowing, news and entertainment. Foster considers both the opportunities created by mobile phones and the constraints experienced by people using them, ending with Telstra’s acquisition of Digicel Pacific in 2022. Original advertisements, photographs and maps accompany this history of technology, commerce and social relationships.