| TKK issues decision postponing second 5G auction from April to later date - 31/03/2020 |
| Telekom-Control-Kommission (TKK) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Austria |
| The Telekom-Control-Kommission (TKK) decided to indefinitely postpone the second 5G auction, originally scheduled for April 2020. The decision comes in response to the Federal Government’s measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. The TKK assured that this postponement would not jeopardise the rollout of 5G. Since spectrum was awarded last year in the first 5G auction, there are now sufficient f (...) |
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| Emergency Preparedness/Accessibility - 31/03/2020 |
| Communications Regulatory Agency (CRA) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Considering the importance of telecommunication services for citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time of the declared state of emergency/the state of natural or other disasters in Bosnia and Herzegovina due to the corona virus pandemic, Communications Regulatory Agency (CRA) appealed to the operators of public telecommunications networks and services to comply with the following: - Ensure ur (...) |
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| Moldtelecom: Unlimited calls, maximum grid of TV channels, online services, free cards and phones - 31/03/2020 |
| Moldtelecom |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Europe | Moldova (Republic of) |
| Moldtelecom is offering unlimited calls in the Unite and Moldtelecom network, to all Unite subscribers to mobile services, individuals and legal entities, both Prepay and subscription, for 2 months, until May 31. Moldtelecom offered the Chisinau City Hall 250 SIM cards containing unlimited calls in the Unite and Moldtelecom network to be used by the volunteers of the initiative group "Together aga (...) |
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| e-Services - 27/03/2020 |
| National Agency of Information Society |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | Europe | Albania (Republic of) |
| The National Agency of Information Society (NAIS) launched a dedicated website https://coronavirus.al/ with the latest news (preventive restrictions undertaken by government, financial measures and up to date statistics) regarding the situation of Covid-19 pandemic in Albania and also all over the world. NAIS is working to implement a dedicated software solution to manage COVID-19 cases. The scope (...) |
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| ComReg to release more radio spectrum to boost mobile phone & broadband capacity - 27/03/2020 |
| ComREg |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Ireland |
| In light of the current extraordinary situation, ComReg is acting to release extra radio spectrum in the 700 MHz and the 2.6 GHz bands to allow mobile network operators to cater for the increase in voice and data traffic over their networks, as well as liberalising the use of the currently licensed 2.1 GHz band so that it can be used for 4G and other technologies, rather than just for 3G. This wil (...) |
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| Mobile users to access gov.ky resources for free - 27/03/2020 |
| Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfReg, Cayman Islands) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| In an effort to protect the health, safety and well-being of our customers and staff from the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfR-eg) has arranged with the mobile service providers to enable users to access gov.ky resources for FREE. It should be noted that during these trying times, there will be no data charges for mobile customers who use their mobile phones to (...) |
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