Digicel Tonga

Digicel supports NRL with Under 15 & 17

The tour will showcase the players talents with the hope that they will be recognised for Junior NRL Clubs or school scholarships.

Teams were chosen based on the junior rugby League Club tournament, which helped the association choose each team members.

This is the first time for a Junior Club Rugby League Tournament in Tonga and it was proudly sponsored by EM Jones.

This is part of the Junior Rugby League development and pathways program to grow participation in Rugby League as a sport in Tonga.

Mrs Tu'akalau takes home $1000 in Digicel SMS game

Mrs Tu'akalau collected the most points and was ranked number 1 in the game by the end of the month.

She said she is looking forward to competing in the game this month.

Players are encouraged to text the word ‘tackle’ to 1644 for only $0.39 to be eligible to collect points.

The player with the highest points at the end of the month wins a prize.

 

 

   

Photo Digicel Tonga  

Digicel Tonga names diaspora promotion winners

Akulina Talalima, Katinia Makineti, Kayleen Hurrel, Malia Koleti have each own prizes.    

The purpose of the promotion is to celebrate the family which is commemorated in May.

In some Pacific islands including, Children’s Sunday as well as Mother’s & Father’s Day are celebrated in May.

The Diaspora ‘More for your family’ promotion was to tie in the idea of giving back to families in Tonga by sending them a top-up to be in the draw.

Digicel Tonga successfully upgrades Mu'a Tower to 4G+

With the launch of 4G+ network in November last year, today followed an additional upgrade to one of the sites; Mu’a.

This upgrade is part of Digicel’s commitment to continue improving its communications services to the people in Tonga. 

This will improve customers experience online who live in Mu’a, Lapaha, Talasiu and parts of Hoi and Holonga.  

Customers will get up to 80Mbps for downloads and 20Mpbs for uploads. 

Tongan students tackle cyberbullying through videos

Tonga College, Takuilau College, Ocean of Light and the ACT Community School each received 12 months of free Internet and $1000 pa’anga cash.

The schools participated in the STOP Cyberbullying Campaign organised by Talitha Project and Digicel Tonga.

Students were required to produce videos where they used songs and dances to create awareness about the problems of cyberbullying on children and teenagers.

They were also tasked to show how they would tackle the problems of cyberbullying.

Miss Galaxy pageant underway in Tonga

Eleven contestants took their time answering questions on the three issues.   

The theme of the pageant is “Minority Group is a Priority when it comes to Climate Change.”

Digicel is once again the main sponsor of the annual pageant which is aimed at celebrating the diversity, creativity and talent of LGBT fakaleiti communities in Tonga.

Ragigia Dawai from Digicel Tonga joined two other members on the judges panel.

The pageant will continue next week with the celebrations for the 25th anniversary and followed by the pageant night on the 12 and 13 July.

STOP BLOCK TELL! Digicel Tonga & Talitha Project help stop cyberbullying across communities

Cyberbullying isn’t a problem limited to specific countries

In the Pacific, it’s becoming more and more common.

In Tonga, as the country continues to grow fast in its access to mobile and internet technology, cyber security and safety has become a key priority of the Government and Private Sector to ensure everyone plays their part in making a safer and secure online experience for all. 

It is about using the internet, mobiles, or other technology to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person.

Digicel Tonga announces Soccer Craze SMS Game winners

The second prize of TOP $800 was won by Sailosi Tuakalau of Havelu.

Instant winners were also presented with cash of $100 on the spot.

The SMS Game was created based on the 2018 Football World Cup underway in Russia.

The next SMS game will be launched on 16 July with the same concept where customers collecting the most points win prizes at the end of the month.

     

Photos Digicel Tonga 

Digicel Tonga helps rebuild staff homes

The employees were given vouchers from Pacific Timber Hardware by Digicel Tonga CEO, Ben Kealy.

They will be able to pick up building supplies from PTH to rebuild their homes. 

Digicel Tonga employee, Asiate Vaka expressed her appreciation to Kealy and the company for the assistance.

A cake was cut to acknowledge the new journey that the staff would be embarking on as they rebuild their homes.

 

Photo by Digicel Tonga      

Tonga’s Miss Galaxy Pageant celebrates 25th anniversary

This year is the 25th anniversary of the pageant that celebrates the creativity, diversity and talent of LGBT Fakaleiti communities in Tonga

The pageant gets underway at Little India in Nuku’alofa on 6 July.

A private judging, church service, luncheon are some of the events that have been planned.

Netball sporting activities are also part of the programme to help promote healthy lifestyle of the LGBT community.

The theme of the pageant is "Minority Group is a priority when it comes to Climate Change"