Bluesky Communications is publishing an American Samoa Yellow Pages Telephone Directory later this year, with a briefing given early this week during a cabinet meeting, which was attended by Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, before he departed for Honolulu, according to minutes of the meeting.

Bluesky country manager Lewis Wolman made the presentation about the yellow pages. It was revealed during the cabinet meeting that all telephone entries from ASG departments and entities were invited to contact Bluesky for inclusion in the government section of the phone directory.

Responding to Samoa News questions, Wolman told Samoa News yesterday morning that there will be no cost for phone number listings for businesses and government agencies and organizations.

Asked about the listing of residential landlines, which is a service provided by the American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority, Wolman said “We will be meeting with ASTCA soon to discuss residential landline listings” adding that “we don't yet know if those listings will be included.”

Wolman, who is also chairman of the local Chamber of Commerce, says more than 10,000 copies of the telephone book will be distributed free to households, government offices, and workplaces.

“There will be a cost for advertisements. That is how the book is financed,” Wolman said.

Samoa News understands that the last time ASTCA published a phone directory, which included yellow pages for businesses and government pages, was in 2008.

The ASCTA phone book also provides a section for cell phone listing.

Meanwhile, the 2014 edition of the ‘Samoa Islands Business Directory — covering American Samoa and Samoa — was released in late February for Pago Pago. This is the Eighth Edition of the directory published by Apia-based Talamua Media & Publications.