| Amendment to the Electronic Communications Act in light of COVID-19 - 21/03/2020 |
| Slovakian Government |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Slovak Republic |
| New legislation attaches obligations to electric communications providers in the time of the pandemic that they have to freely exchange data of communicating parties. This new data processing is an attempt to help the health sector. |
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| Spanish Agreement for connectivity of persons and enterprises - Acuerdo por la conectividad de personas y empresas - 20/03/2020 |
| Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Spain |
| On March 20, 2020 Ms. Nadia Calviño, Spanish Third Vice President of the Government and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, signed an Agreement for connectivity of persons and enterprises with the main telecommunications operators in Spain by which they commit to make their best efforts to guarantee connectivity, the operation and oversight of network capabilities and agile (...) |
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Perma Link Keywords: Acuerdo conectividad |
| BIPT extends the deadline for submitting applications for obtaining additional spectrum for 4G - 19/03/2020 |
| Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Belgium |
| BIPT extends the deadline for submitting applications for obtaining additional spectrum for 4G due to the measures taken at national level against the spread of COVID-19. |
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| Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT) provides updates and guidance on e-communications and distance learning - 19/03/2020 |
| Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT) |
| International and Regional Organizations | Europe | Lithuania (Republic of) |
| Data collection on Internet network capacity in all EU member states was launched on 19 March 2020 by the joint statement from the European Commission and BEREC on the increased demand for network connectivity due to the Covid-19 pandemic. |
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Perma Link Keywords: distance learning, education, internet usage |
| 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. |
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| Médiaszertár, NMHH’s Facebook group to assist with out-of-classroom media education - 18/03/2020 |
| National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Hungary |
| In compliance with the out-of-classroom digital education system implemented as of Monday by national measures, all digital education centers have been closed to visits from students until further notice. The Hungarian Authority therefore created Médiaszertár, a private Facebook group for teachers involved in media education who are affected by the out-of-classroom term, offering them teaching mat (...) |
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Perma Link Keywords: e-learning |