Editing Niue (section)

===Information technology===
[[File:Children in playground.jpg|thumb|Students using their [[OLPC XO-1|OLPC]] laptops in the school yard.]]

The Census of Households and Population in 1986 was the first to be processed using a personal computer with the assistance of David Marshall, FAO adviser on agricultural statistics, advising [[UNFPA]] demographer Lawrence Lewis and Niue government statistician [[Bill Vakaafi Motufoou]] to switch from using manual tabulation cards. In 1987, Statistics Niue got its new personal computer NEC PC AT use for processing the 1986 census data; personnel were sent on training in Japan and New Zealand to use the new computer. The first Computer Policy was developed and adopted in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forumsec.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NIUE-ECommerce-Assessment.pdf |title=National E-commerce Assessment: Niue |publisher=Pacific Islands Forum |date=2020 |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-date=2 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102060647/https://www.forumsec.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NIUE-ECommerce-Assessment.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2003, Niue became the first country in the world to provide state-funded [[wireless internet]] to all inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=35876 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030721030739/http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=35876 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 July 2003 |title=Light Reading – Networking the Telecom Industry |publisher=Unstrung.com |access-date=20 November 2012 }}</ref><ref>[http://nunames.nu/about/Niuepaper2.pdf Creating a Wireless Nation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510134257/http://nunames.nu/about/Niuepaper2.pdf |date=10 May 2012 }}, IUSN White Paper, July 2003</ref>

In August 2008, it has been reported that all school students have what is known as the [[OLPC XO-1]], a specialised laptop by the [[One Laptop per Child]] project designed for children in the developing world.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7576573.stm | work=[[BBC News]] | title=One laptop for every Niuean child | date=22 August 2008 | access-date=27 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/178910/niue-schoolchildren-all-have-laptops |title=Niue schoolchildren all have laptops |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=22 August 2008 |access-date=19 June 2022}}</ref> Niue was also a location of tests for the [[OpenBTS]] project, which aims to deliver low-cost [[GSM]] [[base stations]] built with [[open source software]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://openbts.sourceforge.net/NiuePilot/ |title=Niue Pilot System |publisher=Openbts.sourceforge.net |access-date=26 June 2010 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224092120/http://openbts.sourceforge.net/NiuePilot/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In July 2011, Telecom Niue launched pre-paid mobile services (Voice/EDGE – 2.5G) as Rokcell Mobile based on the commercial GSM product of vendor Lemko.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} Three BTS sites will cover the nation. International roaming is not currently available.

In January 2015, Telecom Niue completed the laying of the fibre optic cable around Niue connecting all the 14 villages, making land line phones and ADSL internet connection available to households.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

Niue was connected to the [[Manatua Fibre Cable]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pacificonline.org/niues-manatua-cable-goes-live-and-delivers-world-class-ultra-fast-fibre-internet/ |title=NIUE'S MANATUA CABLE GOES LIVE AND DELIVERS WORLD CLASS ULTRA FAST FIBRE INTERNET |publisher=Pacific Online |date=24 May 2021 |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708162825/https://pacificonline.org/niues-manatua-cable-goes-live-and-delivers-world-class-ultra-fast-fibre-internet/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>