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Overview
Telikom PNG Limited was incorporated on 1st July 1955 to own and operate the telecommunications network in Papua New Guinea. It is wholly owned by the state through a shareholding held by IPBC.
Core Business
Telikom PNG enjoyed a monopoly in the telecommunications industry until 2007 when competition was introduced to the mobile phone segment in July of 2007.
Apart from its fixed-line core telecommunication business, which accounts for 50% of gross revenue, Telikom also provides data transmission services to the business community via a Digital Data Network and 349 VSAT. International calls are made via satellite and cable.
Telikom retains 50% equity in B-Mobile, with the remaining equity taken up in November 2008 by a new joint venture operations and management group.
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