Papua New Guinea

Geographic Region (ITU/UN)

ISO 3166 Code

PG

M49 Code

598

MCC

537

ITU Member

Yes

ITU-R Region

Overview

Papua New Guinea (Papua Niugini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and approximately 600 offshore islands in Melanesia. The western half of New Guinea forms the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua.

Papua New Guinea is a member of the ITU and as such follows radio frequency harmonisation principles according to ITU-R Region-3. The regulatory body governing communications policy is the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, and the National Information & Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) is charged with regulating the country's radio frequency spectrum activities such as planning, allocations, and licencing.