| ATU has put together a set of guidelines to assist in combating the COVID-19 pandemic - 21/03/2020 |
| African Telecommunications Union |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| ATU has put together a set of guidelines to assist in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Recommendations include: a common altering protocol to mobilize communication medium to educate the public; network capacity reserved and free for authorities handling the crisis; streamlining regulation processes concerning services licensing, frequency allocation, priority call routing, network redundancy, and (...) |
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| Coronavirus pandemic: ARPCE Congo encourages mobile operators to support government efforts - 21/03/2020 |
| ARPCE Congo |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Congo (Republic of the) |
| At the request of the Regulatory Authority, the mobile telephone operators MTN Congo and Airtel Congo have committed to reduce the rates for voice calls, SMS, Data and money transfers, to better assist the populations during this health crisis. The operators will communicate to their respective subscribers, these new rates. |
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| TATT facilitates improved services to mobile customers - 21/03/2020 |
| Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Trinidad and Tobago |
| TATT has been working with its concessionaires of mobiles services – TSTT and Digicel – to ensure improved and more resilient connectivity for citizens over the next two months as the country grapples with the COVID-19 virus. TATT has assigned more spectrum to the mobile operators, at no additional cost and will consider an extension if necessary. This will ensure that mobile consumers have connec (...) |
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Keywords: low-cost packages; urban and rural communities; spectrum assignment |
| Every family one school: pedagogical program that promotes teaching during quarantine - 21/03/2020 |
| CONATEL |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
| Every Family One School is a pedagogical program that seeks to contribute to the training of the youngest members of the household, through a series of activities that are broadcast every day at 10 in the morning, from Monday to Friday, on national television and on YouTube. |
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| Mobile Telemedicine Platform for COVID 19 - 21/03/2020 |
| Allm Inc. |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Asia & Pacific | Japan |
| Join is a mobile application for medical professionals that aims to improve the efficiency of information sharing. As a chat-based communication app, it is used not only for communication within single medical institution but also as a platform for cooperation among medical institutions, emergency services and central/ local governments. Integrated with hospital information systems such as Picture (...) |
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Perma Link Keywords: Telemedicine, mobile app, mhealth, digital health, remote consultation, cloud basis, regional network, multi-disciplinary communication, patient registry, patient mapping, online assessment etc. |
| Quarantine and evolution of Internet traffic since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak. - 21/03/2020 |
| ARCEP |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | France |
| Confinement et évolution du trafic Internet : « Internet est un bien commun qui nécessite un usage responsable de chacun ». Depuis le début du confinement, les usages d'Internet ont changé confirme le président de l'Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes (Arcep), Sébastien Soriano. Et si les opérateurs sont "extrêmement mobilisés", assure-t-il, chacun doit réguler s (...) |
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