Digicel embraces the coconut as new fuel source

IRISH-OWNED mobile phone company Digicel is carrying out trials on Buka Island, north of Bougainville, in a world-first attempt to power mobile phone networks using coconut oil, paving the way for a new green industry.

Digicel embraces the coconut as new fuel source

Digicel embraces the coconut as new fuel source

Digicel embraces the coconut as new fuel source

Digicel embraces the coconut as new fuel source

Digicel embraces the coconut as new fuel source

10 July 2008
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Digicel, which operates throughout the Pacific, is the second telco in PNG and extended its service to Bougainville this year.

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