| Approval regarding Exemption of Reception Fees due to Spread of COVID-19 Infection - 11/05/2020 |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Asia & Pacific | Japan |
| Japan Broadcasting Corporation, also known as NHK, applied on May 11, 2020, for the exemption of broadcasting reception fees due to the spread of COVID-19 infection, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications approved the application on the same day. |
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| Request for Strengthening Efforts to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 - 17/04/2020 |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Asia & Pacific | Japan |
| The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan has requested the Telecommunications Carriers Association to strengthen efforts to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus infection at dealers’ shops. |
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| Open Analysis Software for Mobile phone data (COVID-19 response efforts) - 14/04/2020 |
| The University of Tokyo |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | Asia & Pacific | Japan |
| We support the countries to track the flow of people and trace the movement of COVID-19 infected patients together with those who had direct contacts with the patients (reported by public health offices) using mobile phone data (Call Detail Record (CDR) data). An open analysis software “Mobipack” is provided to the countries with technical support and on-line hand-on training so that the countries (...) |
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| Request for Consideration of Employment Maintenance and Telework related to COVID-19 - 13/04/2020 |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Asia & Pacific | Japan |
| In light of the enormous impact of the novel coronavirus disease on the overall economy, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, in cooperation the parties concerned, requests related organizations to give proper consideration to employment maintenance and telework. |
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| Establishment of the Council for Network Efficiency by Cross-layer Technical Members - 10/04/2020 |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Asia & Pacific | Japan |
| The Council for Network Efficiency by Cross-layer Technical Members will be created to establish a cooperation system of content providers and network operators and enable them to share information regularly and examine challenges for the smooth distribution of Internet content. |
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| Temporary information infrastructure by emergency telecommunication system - 08/04/2020 |
| NTT Advanced Technology |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Asia & Pacific | Japan |
| An MDRU based on ITU-T Recommendation L.392, which is designed for providing emergency telecommunication infrastructure in the event of telecommunication disruption due to a large-scale disaster, can be used as a temporary information infrastructure when citizens were restricted for outing. MDRU can provide COVID-19 preventive and/or relief support information to mildly ill persons in temporary me (...) |
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