Overcoming COVID-19: Stay Connected - 20/05/2020
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT)
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Arab States | Egypt
In response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak, and the challenges that many Egyptians are facing, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has taken the following measures, in collaboration with its affiliates, to support the State’s plan for curbing the spread of COVID-19: 1) Cooperation with Ministry of Health; 2) Promotion of Distance Learning; 3) Initiativ (...)

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Efforts of NTRA and MCIT to curb the spread of COVID-19 - 07/04/2020
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the National Telecom Regulatory Authority
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Arab States | Egypt
NTRA agreed with the four telecom operators in Egypt, in coordination with the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), on granting 3,000 minutes and 10 gigabytes per month, for free, for all mobile networks, to all doctors, nurses, administrative personnel and staff working in the isolation hospitals for COVID-19 patients, nationwide. Operators were also instructed to unify working hours at stor (...)

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NTRA, Four Mobile Operators Agree on Providing 250K Food Aids for Million Citizens Facing COVID-19 Repercussions - 24/03/2020
NTRA
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Arab States | Egypt
The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has coordinated with the four mobile operators in Egypt to participate equally in providing 250,000 carton boxes and bags of food to 250,000 families adversely affected by the preventive measures targeting facing Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), thus reaching one million citizens. This comes in light of the directives of the Minister of Communicatio (...)

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