Technology
Cook Islands ranked 30th in Global Robotics Championship
Wednesday 30 October 2019 | Written by Anneka Brown | Published in Technology
Cook Islands’ very first team to enter the FIRST Global Robotics Championship in Dubai have returned home with the 30th spot out of 189 competing countries.
Power struggle over who controls telcos
Sunday 27 October 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Technology
Government is preparing to open the doors to new competitors to take on Bluesky in the phone and internet market – and to oversee that, it’s announced plans for an independent regulatory authority.
Limited AM broadcasts ahead of cyclone season
Wednesday 23 October 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Technology
Normal transmission has resumed to Rarotonga on the old AM frequency – well, almost normal, at least.
Business grinds to a halt as country's internet goes down
Wednesday 23 October 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Technology
An hour-long internet outage throughout Cook Islands yesterday was caused by an issue at the Hawai’i-based company that provides satellite internet.
Email scammers target local business
Monday 21 October 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Technology
Scammers tricked a local company to transfer about $40,000 to an account in Malaysia in a business email compromise fraud.
Fears of being 'bullied and railroaded'
Wednesday 16 October 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Technology
Landowners want government to provide economic analysis and forecasting on the Manatua Cable project.
Cable company locked in talks with landowners
Wednesday 9 October 2019 | Written by Anneka Brown | Published in Technology
The manufacture of the 3600km Avaroa Cable has been completed and engineers will begin laying it later this year – but authorities are still awaiting Rarotonga landowners’ agreement to bring it ashore at Rutaki.
Bluesky replaces scheduled promos with ad hoc deals
Friday 4 October 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Technology
Bluesky says it’s changed the way it runs prepaid promotions.
Tables turned on tug
Tuesday 24 September 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Technology
The Vision fishing vessel filled in for the Ports Authority Toa tugboat yesterday, helping the LPG tanker Maea enter and dock at Avatiu harbour.
Cooks' starring role
Sunday 22 September 2019 | Published in Technology
In Rarotonga, Phil Evans doesn’t have a telescope of the size you see at international observatories. But today’s technology allows him to log in remotely, every day, to his observatory in Chile that he accesses remotely on a daily basis – the culmination of 20 years of stargazing.
Cooks cyber-attack is 'not if but when'
Monday 16 September 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Technology
More than 200 jobs pressure-testing businesses’ vulnerability to cyber-attack have revealed a brutal truth: the greatest weakness in companies’ IT systems is not the computers, but the people.
Undersea cable raises threat of a cyber attack
Tuesday 10 September 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Technology
A top online security expert says faster, easier access to the Internet with the arrival of the Manatua undersea cable will also bring increased threats from cyber criminals.
New vessel embarks on first deep sea research in decades
Monday 9 September 2019 | Published in Technology
Four Cook Islanders are to be included in a research team embarking on an expedition to explore the seabed near Aitutaki this month.
Matavera mast: 54 yrs and 107 metres gone
Wednesday 28 August 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Technology
Growing up in Matavera, we used to think of our community as Rarotonga’s smallest village – but we had the island’s biggest landmark.
Bluesky to bankroll $1000 per household fibre cost
Saturday 24 August 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Technology
The companies in charge of connecting up Rarotonga and Aitutaki’s homes to the world have moved to reassure the public the new fibre network won’t crash under pressure.
Fast internet to the door
Friday 23 August 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Technology
Bluesky has embarked on a massive project to roll out fibre internet connections to the door of Rarotonga and Aitutaki homes, so families can take advantage of the speed and capacity of the new undersea cable.
Matavera unmast
Thursday 22 August 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Technology
Helen Framhein-Wong has special memories of the Matavera mast when it was first built.
Cable to damage marine habitat
Saturday 17 August 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Technology
The new undersea cable comes at the cost of a small area of marine habitat, a new Environment Services report reveals.
Local shop wins regional award
Thursday 8 August 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Technology
For the third time, local store CIPS Electronics Jay Cars, has claimed the Pacific Islands reseller awards. The win was unexpected.
New contract brings cable project closer
Wednesday 7 August 2019 | Written by Anneka Brown | Published in Technology
Avaroa Cable Ltd has announced the signing of a $1.2m supply contract with Australia’s Data Exchange Network to provide the Cook Islands with two state-of-the-art cable landing stations for the Manatua Cable.
