| Information about COVID-19 - 05/05/2020 |
| Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes (ARCEP) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Togo |
| Since the outbreak of the health crisis linked to the COVID-19 pandemic it was constated the dissemination of fake news, news and rumors, claiming that the coronavirus is directly linked to the implementation of 5G. The ARCEP launched a Press realese to formally deny this false news: 5G mobile telephone networks do not spread the COVID-19 and the virus does not circulate on the radio waves or by m (...) |
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| Distance Teaching Schedule - 05/05/2020 |
| Department for Support and Improvement of the Education System |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Croatia |
| Classes are moved online and broadcasted on television. |
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| The 2020 edition of the ITU Innovation Challenge is taking place (from 04 May to 31 July) amid a global pandemic caused by COVID-19. - 04/05/2020 |
| ITU |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| The 2020 edition of the ITU Innovation Challenge is taking place (from 04 May to 31 July) amid a global pandemic caused by COVID-19. This has resulted in stress on value chains and countries' readiness for a digital economy, significantly affecting social conditions worldwide. Global supply, production, consumption and delivery chains are disrupted. Traditional economies are struggling, as industr (...) |
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| In collaboration with WHO and UNICEF, ITU continues to work on dissemination of SMSs with WHO-curated information and advice on COVID-19. - 04/05/2020 |
| ITU |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| COVID-19 In collaboration with WHO and UNICEF, ITU continues to work on dissemination of SMSs with WHO-curated information and advice on COVID-19. Preparatory work has been done to coordinate the joint communication to MNOs and Ministries of Communication in the Asia-Pacific, African and Arab regions. Work is under way to further extend the initiative to the OECS/Caribbean region as well. |
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| Assisting people with disabbilities during COVID-19 and beyond - 04/05/2020 |
| Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), in collaboration with the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT), Digicel and the Trinidad and Tobago Association for the Hearing Impaired (TTAHI), is working with a global organisation, VTCSecure, to introduce the Caribbean Video Assistance Service (CVAS) for the Deaf and Blind, firstly to Trinidad and Tobago and then to other Cari (...) |
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| ECTEL's statement on COVID-19 - 04/05/2020 |
| Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| ECTEL has been working with the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commissions (NTRCs) in utilising the Universal Service Funds to provide subsidized provide subsidized broadband Internet access and digital devices to students and other vulnerable members of society; ECTEL will endeavour to advance the promulgation of the newly developed Electronic Communications Bill and its suite of Regulati (...) |
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