Firms partner to deliver product development training

 THE Parcus Group, a global provider of product management training and consulting services for the telecommunication sector, has signed an agreement with PNG DataCo Limited to deliver product development training to business units in State entities.

Managing director of Parcus Group, Igor Glavanic, said the agreement aimed to deliver improvements in telecommunications product development and delivery of market competitive products while increasing staff productivity and skills for PNG DataCo.

“Currently a large number of countries around the world were undertaking fibre-based national network deployments and PNG was one of them,” Glavanic said.

“These projects bring a very unique set of challenges during construction. 

But in the long run, one of their main effects was increased reliance of customers on telecom services in their everyday lives.

“As such, carriers have to step up in terms of their understanding of customers’ needs and develop products with customers’ service usability expectations.”

DataCo corporate services general manager Daniel Leki said it was established by Cabinet as a part of Government’s plan to restructure the telecommunication industry.

It was tasked with building the national transmission network that will provide wholesale non-discriminatory telecommunications transmission services.

“This important undertaking aims to facilitate, stimulate and foster social and economic development in PNG through increased availability at affordable prices of essential broadband communications services.”