| EchoStar/Hughes is participating in the FCC’s “Keep Americans Connected” - 13/05/2020 |
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| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | International |
| EchoStar/Hughes is participating in the FCC’s “Keep Americans Connected” initiative by deferring service terminations and waiving late fees for financially challenged customers. EchoStar/Hughes is also providing satellite Internet access at a quarantine camp for military members in Fort Bragg, NC who must quarantine for 2 weeks upon return from deployment. The service is used for “morale, welfare (...) |
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| Coronavirus: a common approach for safe and efficient mobile tracing apps across the EU - 13/05/2020 |
| European Commission (EC) |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| Member States, with the support of the Commission, have published guidelines to ensure interoperability between mobile tracing and warning apps across EU. These are common principles to ensure tracing apps can communicate with each other when required, so citizens only have to use one app to report a positive test or to receive an alert, wherever they are in the EU. This builds on the recent joint (...) |
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| Intelsat and Mindset Network’s 18-Year Partnership Expands Access to High-Impact Social, Economic Education Resources across Africa during COVID-19 - 12/05/2020 |
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| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | International |
| Intelsat, operator of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network, and Mindset Network NPC, distributor of educational materials in Africa, announced they have formally extended their partnership to ensure students, out-of-school youth, teachers, healthcare professionals and patients across Africa have access to high-quality and free educational television and online content. |
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| FTC ENGAGES UTILITIES ON COVID-19 CUSTOMER INITIATIVES - 12/05/2020 |
| Fair Trading Commission |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Barbados |
| In anticipation of significant social dislocation soon after the commencement of the COVID-19 shutdown, the Fair Trading Commission initiated engagement of all regulated utilities with a view to providing relief to customers, particularly those that are most vulnerable to the economic shocks which are likely to ensue from the pandemic. |
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| The Office of the Communications Authority is offering series of assistance to the community in Hong Kong, China in fighting off the COVID-19 pandemic - 12/05/2020 |
| Office of the Communications Authority |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Asia & Pacific | Hongkong |
| The Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) is the executive arm of the Communications Authority which regulates the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in Hong Kong, China. OFCA is offering the following assistance to the community in Hong Kong in fighting off the COVID-19 pandemic: • Promoting the thematic website “Together, We Fight the Virus” of the Government via a prominent (...) |
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| The “Stay healthy!” (“Püsime terved!”) campaign calls for the continued compliance with measures preventing the spread of COVID-19 - 12/05/2020 |
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| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Estonia |
| The Government Communication Unit has launched the social campaign “Stay healthy!” (“Püsime terved!”), calling on the Estonian people to continue complying with the measures preventing the spread of COVID-19, even after the emergency restrictions have been eased. The website kkk.kriis.ee/en offers assistance and answers to more than 700 vital questions concerning the virus. |
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