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Digicel fires first salvo at Telikom
“GET out of the court and into the battle field”.
This was the challenge thrown by Digicel Pacific chief executive Vanessa Slowey at Telikom as she fired the first salvo challenging the telco “to interconnect and compete” with her company.
Digicel loses court battle in SI
HONIARA: Solomon Islands Telekom has scored a significant success in its battle with would-be mobile phone competitor Digicel Solomon Islands.
BSP urges clients to do banking through ATMs
BANK South Pacific (BSP), the largest commercial bank in Papua New Guinea, says transactions via electronic channels such as the EFTPOS and ATM (automatic teller machines) are much cheaper than over-the-counter transactions.
Faulkner: Shoring up OTML

KEITH Faulkner, the outgoing managing director of Ok Tedi Mining Ltd (OTML), was instrumental in the mine’s turn around from being “ugly duckling” of the mining world to a K2 billion a year operation.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                                                                                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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