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From: jwb@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Jim Breen)
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Subject: Re: Help Wanted in Papua New Guinea
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In article <15950@accuvax.nwu.edu>, ndallen@contact.uucp (Nigel Allen)
writes:

> [quotes ad for PTC in PNG]

> and comments: It's interesting that the PNG Post and
> Telecommunication Corp.  is hiring people itself, rather than relying
> on the international consulting arm of a telephone company, such as
> Bell Canada International.]

I guess we are used to PTC doing its own thing. They advertise for
staff a lot in the press here, and a number of Australians have done a
stint there. Generally the network in PNG is in quite good shape;
certainly a lot better than many developing countries.

I am not surprised they don't use a consulting company. Those thing
cost MONEY, and as the biggest source of foreign money in PNG is aid
from Australia, they don't have an awful lot to splash on consultancies.


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