“…Research in Fiji was coordinated through the School of Government, Development and International Affairs, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of the South Pacific in Suva. Our project sponsored the doctoral dissertation research of Lucas Watt (2019Watt ( , 2020Watt ( , 2023, which focused in part on the mobile phone practices of residents of an urban village in the greater Suva area. 9 'The vast majority of mobile customers in PNG have prepaid accounts and the market penetration of smartphones is growing (22 per cent in 2018)' (Highet et al 2019: 21); 76 per cent of mobile connections in 2018 were prepaid (Highet et al 2019: 19).…”