Vodafone launches five-point plan to help counter the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak - 18/03/2020
Vodafone
TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | International
Vodafone​ launches five-point plan to help counter the impacts of COVID-19 outbreak maintaining​quality of service of networks; Providing network capacity and services for critical government functions; Improving dissemination of information to the public; Facilitating working from home and helping the small businesses; Improving governments’ insights into people’s movements in affected areas.
How Satellite data can help with COVID-19 and beyond - 18/03/2020
Planet
TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | International
Planet is working with the United Nations, governments, other international health actors and technical partners. High-quality geospatial data enables dynamic and statistical models to provide setting-specific characterization of disease transmission, risk factors and forecasts of pathogen prevalence. “High-quality geospatial data enables dynamic and statistical models to provide setting-specifi (...)

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Internet Traffic Reports - 18/03/2020
Commission for Communications Regulation of Colombia
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Colombia (Republic of)
In order to take the necessary measures to avoid the congestion of Internet traffic in Colombia during the State of Emergency, the CRC requested the main Internet access service operators to report the information on the evolution of its traffic, as well as information on the daily traffic starting March 30 to, from a baseline previously defined by the Commission, analyze the information on daily (...)

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Masks as Promotional Items for the ICT Sector - 18/03/2020
Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Arab States | Yemen (Republic of)
As an initiative to cope with the skyrocketing prices of masks, Yemen Mobile, a mobile operator, and TeleYemen, the sole Internet provider, has contributed US$3,500 and US$8,500 respectively to support the state-owned cloth factory in producing masks printed with the companies' logos. Those masks will be given away to citizens. Other companies in the ICT sector - or outside it - could follow suit (...)

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STUDENTS CAN WATCH TV LESSONS FOR FREE ON THEIR MOBILE PHONES - 18/03/2020
Department of Communications and Information Technology
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Asia & Pacific | Mongolia
Schools and kindergartens have been closed indefinitely in recent months due to the spread of the COVID-19 crisis. In this regard, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, in coordination with the Department of Communications and Information Technology, is organizing a “TV LESSON” for primary and secondary school students throughout the country.
Traffic management measures for the Internet permitted under certain conditions - 18/03/2020
RTR
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Austria
Letter from the RTR regulator to the three major mobile operators in Austria, ISPA, VAT and WKO addressing Traffic management measures to be applied during COVID-19.