| Antel announces increased capacity and waived fees, benefiting plan purchasers and retirees - 24/03/2020 |
| Antel |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | The Americas | Uruguay (Eastern Republic of) |
| Antel has offered households under their “Universal Hogares” plan a 50 GB bonus, activated as of the 1st of April. They have also waived the connection fee for all technologies offered by their network, valid from 1st of April to 31st of May for the COVID-19 crisis. Finally, it has offered a free recharge of 50 GB to users of the “Ibirapitá” Plan, benefiting over 100,000 retirees as they constitut (...) |
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| NTRA, Four Mobile Operators Agree on Providing 250K Food Aids for Million Citizens Facing COVID-19 Repercussions - 24/03/2020 |
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| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Arab States | Egypt (Arab Republic of) |
| 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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| COVID-19: COMMUNITY RADIO BROADCASTING CORONA-VIRUS PREVENTION EDUCATION IN BANGLADESH - 24/03/2020 |
| Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication(BNNRC) |
| International and Regional Organizations | Asia & Pacific | Bangladesh (People's Republic of) |
| The COVID -19 demands cooperation among government, CSOs, local business communities, multi-stakeholders. Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication(BNNRC) has been mobilizing the stakeholders for social disaster preparedness and Disaster Risks Reduction (DRR) since its inception.In this perspective, BNNRC has been working on COVID -19 covering with the following issues:Animate CSOs, Gove (...) |
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| Ensuring Connectivity for All during Pandemic - 24/03/2020 |
| Government of India |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Asia & Pacific | India (Republic of) |
| In order to ensure seamless connectivity during COVID-19, The Indian Government and Telecom Service Providers in India put in place a number of measures to protect consumer interests, including in particular that of low-income consumers. Telecom Service Providers ensured connectivity through: i. Extending the validity of tariff plans; ii. Community Recharge Schemes especially for Feature Phone use (...) |
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| Awareness message of COVID-19 in Ringtones - 24/03/2020 |
| Nepal Telecom |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Asia & Pacific | Nepal (Federal Democratic Republic of) |
| Nepal Telecom started to provide awareness message of Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) through the calling ring back tones. NTC has initiated this move from the afternoon of March 19, 2020. |
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| Working Safe from Home - 24/03/2020 |
| AKCESK/ National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Albania (Republic of) |
| The National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security has launched a dedicated awareness campaign in its official communication chanels www.cesk.gov.al/ and social media official profiles. The campaign is a very useful source of information for citizens, public and private sector operators, with the latest guidelines regarding the working safety remotely during the Covid-19 outbre (...) |
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