| Ministry of Transport and Communications information pack: COVID-19 and the transport system, communication networks and services - 07/05/2020 |
| Ministry of Transport and Communications |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Finland |
| Ministry of Transport and Communications information pack: COVID-19 and the transport system, communication networks and services. The aim is for the transport and communications system to function as normally as possible. Finland's telecommunications networks have good capacity and resilience. The National Cyber Security Centre, which operates within the Finnish Transport and Communications Agen (...) |
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| Indemnité extraordinaire pour les médias dans le cadre de la pandémie COVID-19 - 07/05/2020 |
| Gouvernement Luxembourgeois |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Luxembourg |
| En date du 6 mai 2020, le Conseil de gouvernement a décidé, sur proposition du ministre des Communications et des Médias, Xavier Bettel, la mise en place d'une indemnité extraordinaire en faveur des médias dans le cadre de la pandémie COVID-19. Comme de nombreux autres secteurs, l'actuelle crise sanitaire frappe également la presse, notamment suite à la baisse importante des recettes publicitaire (...) |
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| Keeping people connected, informed and protected - 06/05/2020 |
| ESOA, EMEA Satellite Operators Association |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| The satellite industry is contributing to sustaining connectivity during COVID19 crisis. However, this Pandemic has highlighted the need for a cohesive digital ecosystem and the urgency of ensuring connectivity everywhere, to prevent, inform, connect and support people, governments and economies, beyond COVID19. |
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| EUvsVirus / OpenGate Project - 06/05/2020 |
| iLabs Technologies |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | Europe | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
| OpenGate is one of the 117 winners of the EUvsVirus Hackathon to be part of the Matchathon phase from 22 to 25 May 2020. It is an open platform to share personal, health and location information between border control, air travel and health systems on a global scale with digital, financial and social inclusion as main focus and foundation for economic recovery and development. |
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Perma Link Keywords: Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Social Inclusion, Economic Recovery, Digital Transformation, Digital Identity, Biometrics, Aritificial Intelligence, Privacy, Security, Data Sharing. |
| COVID-19: The digital future is here - 05/05/2020 |
| ITU |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| COVID-19 Mr Zhao held a virtual conversation with journalists on “COVID-19: The digital future is here”. Addressing the journalists, the BDT Director said that digital platforms have been the hidden hero of the COVID-19 crisis. Read “How’s how we are seizing the moment to build a better digital future – for all” (https://news.itu.int/hows-how-we-are-seizing-the-moment-to-build-a-better-digital-fu (...) |
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| Actions supporting digital ICT infrastructure and digital services - 05/05/2020 |
| World Bank |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| An overview of initiatives around the world, mapped by the World Bank’s Digital Development Global Practice, in which COVID-19 response encompasses actions on digital ICT infrastructure and digital services for health, education and payments. Both governments and industry have responded quickly to the crisis in the short term, often by strengthening public-private collaboration. Now deeper and bro (...) |
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Perma Link Keywords: digital services; collaboration; ICT infrastructure; digital divide |