| تقديم خدمة الامترنت بسعة 5 جيجا بايت والمكالمات المحلية مجانا للمشتركين - CITRA Initiative - 22/03/2020 |
| الهيئة العامة للاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات (CITRA) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Arab States | Kuwait (State of) |
| قامت الھیئة العامة للاتصالات وتقنیة المعلومات بتقدیم خدمات وترددات اضافیة لشركات الاتصال الثلاث في البلاد على أن تقدم تلك الشركات لمشتركیھا ( 5 جيجا بايت ) إنترنت یومیا مجانا بالإضافة للمكالمات المحلیة بین الشبكات الثلاث مجانا ولمدة شھر اعتبارا من بعد الأحد الموافق 22 مارس وذلك كمبادرة ووقفة وطنیة وتعاون ما بین (ھیئة الاتصالات) وشركات الاتصالات في ظل الظروف الاستثنائیة التي تعیشھا البلاد لمواجھة ا (...) |
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| Free 5 Gbps For all subscribers in Kuwait & free calls between all subscribers in the mobile companies for one month - 22/03/2020 |
| Communication & Information Technology Regulatory Authority CITRA |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Arab States | Kuwait (State of) |
| To improve COVID-19 responses and help ensure communities remain connected, the Communication & Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA) has taken the following national initiative: - CITRA provided additional free services and frequencies to mobile companies & main ISP’s and in return the companies have provided 5GB/Sec of internet and local free calls daily within the three networks (...) |
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| eDost: digital village catalysts standing by the community in the crisis - 22/03/2020 |
| BAIF Development Research Foundation |
| International and Regional Organizations | Asia & Pacific | India (Republic of) |
| Considering the lack of digital services for the remote village community and lack of enterprising livelihoods for millennials especially for the feminine gender, we worked on women-first digital catalyst model called eDost to work towards giving shape to a smart digital village. Our first eDost: Anjali Tai began offering financial services in Pathardi village of Jawhar block in Maharashtra, India (...) |
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Perma Link Keywords: eDost, digital village catalyst, digital financial services, COVID-19 lockdown, India, BAIF, Gram Marg, APC |
| Sri Lanka Telecom "Be Safe and stay connected" measures - 22/03/2020 |
| Sri Lanka Telecom |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Asia & Pacific | Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of) |
| Sri Lanka Telecom introduced a series of measures to support citizens during the COVID-19 crisis. To support education, the company's TV channel are airing educational programs, in parallel to its education on demand platform. To keep connectivity affordable, it introduced reduced prices on internet bundles; free calls and free data; as well as "Work from home" packages to assist individuals and c (...) |
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Perma Link Keywords: education; free data; Work from home |
| Decision taken by the Ministry of Communications - 22/03/2020 |
| Ministry of Communications (MOC) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Israel (State of) |
| • Operating, in MOC headquarters, a situation room which monitors and receives daily reports from the operators. • Expand connectivity between infrastructure providers and providers of retail services to end-users.• Expand connectivity between local providers and submarine cable operators.• Working with the Israeli Internet Association to expand connectivity to the Israel Internet Exchange IIX. • (...) |
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| Reducing Netflix traffic where it’s needed - 21/03/2020 |
| NetFlix |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | International |
| Reducing Netflix traffic where it’s needed while maintaining the member experience. Following the request from the EU, Netflix developed, tested and deployed a way to reduce traffic on the networks by 25% on Europe and the UK. |
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Perma Link Keywords: video traffic reduction |