Information technology Niue

students using olpc laptops in school yard.

the first computers apple machines brought in university of south pacific extension centre around 1980s. treasury department computerised general ledger in 1986 using nec personal computers ibm pc xt compatible. census of households , population in 1986 first processed using personal computer assistance of david marshall, fao adviser on agricultural statistics, advising unfpa demographer dr lawrence lewis , niue government statistician bill vakaafi motufoou switch using manual tabulation cards. in 1987 statistics niue got new personal computer nec pc @ use processing 1986 census data; personnel sent on training in japan , new zealand use new computer. first computer policy developed , adopted in 1988.

in august 2008 has been reported school students have known olpc xo-1, specialised laptop 1 laptop per child project designed children in developing world. niue location of tests openbts project, aims deliver low-cost gsm base stations built open source software. in july 2011, telecom niue launched pre-paid mobile services (voice/edge – 2.5g) rokcell mobile based on commercial gsm product of vendor lemko. 3 bts sites cover nation. international roaming not available. fibre optic cable ring completed around island (fttc), internet/adsl services rolled out towards end of 2011.

in january 2015 telecom niue completed laying of fibre optic cable around niue connecting 14 villages, making land line phones , adsl internet connection available households.