Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association: PITA

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Breakthrough for Smart Blue Continent: Pacific Cell Broadcast based Early Warning System showcased

May 7, 2025

A major milestone in regional digital resilience was unveiled at the PITA 29 AGM, as members, partner organisations, and leaders at the event witnessed a demonstration of the new mobile cell broadcast early warning system for the Solomon Islands.

Upcoming Events

Calendar

GSMA-PITA Workshop on Leveraging Cell Broadcast in strengthening Disaster Management in the Pacific Islands

@ Tanoa International Hotel, Nadi FIJI

28 July
2025

Pacific Fibre Conference

@ Sofitel, Nadi Fiji

13 August
2025

PITA CFO Conference and workshops

@ Sheraton Apia, Samoa

15 September
2025

Telecom Networks Training

@ Dates and Venue to be confirmed; to consider organising with the PITA Strategy Forum

6 October
2025

PITA Strategy Forum 2025

@ Dates & Venue to be CONFIRMED, October, in Fiji (Nadi)

8 October
2025

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Current News

PITA 29 AGM in Honiara Highlights Regional Collaboration and Digital Transformation

May 6, 2025
PITA's 29th AGM, Business Forum, and Expo in Honiara, brought together over 280 delegates from more than 100 organizations across 30 countries.

Christina Lasaqa Elected as Vice President of PITA at the 29th AGM in Honiara

May 5, 2025
Christina Lasaqa, CEO of Solomon Telekom has been elected Vice President of PITA during its 29th AGM in Honiara, Solomons Islands.

PITA 29 comes to Honiara

April 19, 2025
PITA's 29th AGM, Business Forum & Expo, will take place from 28 April to 2 May 2025 in Honiara, Solomon Islands, hosted by Our Telekom.

PacNOG 34 continues with building capacity for internet network engineers

December 3, 2024
Hosted by Vodafone Samoa, PacNOG 34 continued its mission of strengthening technical expertise among Pacific Internet operators. Held from 25–29 November 2024, in Apia, over...

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What is PITA?

PITA was formed in response to specific regional circumstances back in 1996 with the goal of providing a forum for those involved with telecommunications in the Pacific, to exchange experiences, to help formulate solutions relevant to the region, to provide training opportunities and the regular exchange of information, and to be a Pacific voice in the international communications environment.

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Over 300 participants from 35 countries geared up to attend PITA 27

PITA 27 will go live from 29 May 2023 in person at the Hilton Port Moresby. The registration numbers of over 300 participants from 35...

Posted: May 21, 2023

Congratulations to the two new woman CEOs

PITA proudly congratulates Christina and Tenanoia with their respective organisations, Solomon Telekom, and Tuvalu Telecom on their new CEO appointments.

Posted: January 10, 2022

Colin Yates inducted to Hall of Fame in RAG

Article by RAG: Colin’s distinguished career in law enforcement and telecoms fraud prevention and detection hardly needs to be recounted because he is so well-known...

Posted: October 20, 2022

Telekom: Connecting the Pacific Games 2023 to the nations

The unsung heroes at the Solomon Telekom Company Limited working relentlessly to bring the eyes of the world on the Pacific Games 2023.

Posted: November 29, 2023

Navigating Turbulence: Pacific Telecoms Adapt Amidst Unprecedented Disruption

In the face of unprecedented disruption in the Pacific telecom sector, companies are gearing up to weather the storm. With challenges looming large, the mantra...

Posted: May 9, 2024

PITA resume meetings in person

In marking the return of PITA meetings held in person after two long years, there were more than 100 Executives from 47 organisations in 11...

Posted: May 26, 2022

Raising Pledges at the ITU WTDC 22

Over 360 pledges were made to improve access to digital technologies. “The pledges and commitments made in Kigali and in the months leading to this...

Posted: June 10, 2022

Meet the new PITA Executive Committee

Meet the new PITA Executive Committee, elected at the PITA 26 AGM; April 2022.

Posted: April 21, 2022

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