Kidatalk Launch



Kidanet launched its Voice over the Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, Kidatalk  on 13 March with promises of a cheaper telephony service. Fiji International Telecommunication Ltd (FINTEL) chairman Savenaca Narube said companies could communicate effectively with their various branches locally or even internationally at a fraction of the cost they are paying now.  Kidatalk VoIP customers, says Narube, will be able to talk longer for the same call price. VoIP is hugely popular globally since it has cut down communication costs and practically has a worldwide reach.

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Fiji Fun Cycle



Close to 200 people, half of them children, turned out on monday 17 March for the One Degree Fiji Fun Cycle. The event was organised by the Velocity Cycling and Multi Sport Club and sponsored by the Fiji Times through its One Degree initiative. The race began at 8am from the Post Fiji Stadium car park, along the Queen Elizabeth Drive through to the Botanical Gardens and back to the car park. “I would just like to say that cycling is fun and it is for anyone. It is much easier than walk and it doesn’t matter if you are three or 93, the competition is open to anyone,” said organiser Domnic Sansom.

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Regatta



Over 100 paddlers from clubs throughout Fiji took to the water on the 1st of March, for Fiji Outrigger’s second Regatta of the 2008 season.  Held at the Suva Foreshore, teams from the Under 14, Under 16, Under 19 and Open categories for both men and women battled it out on the day, while thoroughly enjoying themselves.