Yam planting

I spent saturday planting yams with my cousins and uncle. We have a trditional way of planting yams on efate, each island has their own way of planting yam. On efate, we dig the hole over 1 metre deep into the soil then we “soften” the hard chunks of soil before we plant the yam. We planted a few different varieties of yam and each one in a certain way. it was a good physical workout after spending the whole week in front of the computer, it felt good to work up some sweat and get back to basics again. Here are a few photos :

Fest Napaun live stream over the internet a success!!!

A FIRST FOR VANUATU, Telecom Vanuatu Limited through its sponsorship of the Fest Napuan was able stream live audio of the musical show on the internet. This is a major break through for the festival in reaching a wider audience. The festival was transmitted through ABC (pacific beat) and Capitol FM 107 websites.

We supplied the connection through our WiMAX base station at Ellouck; we were able to use the CPE-Si Subscriber unit, this was possible primarily due to the technology WIMAX uses to receive and transmit signals and also the location of the festival. On a technical point of view the installation was smooth sailing since no supporting poles were needed to mount the antennae and no hassles with strapping and terminating the long cables. It was all a matter of plug ‘n’ play and minimal time consumed for installation.

CPE-Si Subscriber unit

It is good to see TVL playing its part in providing a path for locals to explore and imagine the possibilities technology has to offer. This is yet again another avenue to develop; in our developing country.