Classmate Online Solution - 20/04/2020
Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA)
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Botswana (Republic of)
Classmate Online is an online ICT solution aimed at breaking boundaries on the education sector. The solution was developed after making an assessment that there is a need for students to interact outside the classroom yet enjoying the classroom set up with the additional freedom of engagement. Classmate Online is focusing on the educational content to build the performance of students, interactio (...)

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ICT Authority extends validity of licenses reaching expiry during lockdown till 30 June 2020 - 20/04/2020
Information and Communications Technology Authority
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Mauritius (Republic of)
Licensees of the Authority are hereby informed that with the lockdown now running till 4 May 2020, the date of validity for licenses which have expired or which are reaching their expiry date during the said period, shall now be extended to 30 June 2020. Applications for renewal shall, however, be received by the Authority within two weeks from the end of the lockdown.
NATCOM BOOSTS COVID-19 FIGHT IN SIERRA LEONE - 20/04/2020
National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM)
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Sierra Leone
National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) has boosted the fight against corona virus in Sierra Leone by donating fifty (50) hand wash equipment to be distributed across the country in support of the fight to prevent Covid-19. The commissioning of the handwashing equipment was held at the Commission’s head office at Hill Station in Freetown. The hand wash equipment are to be used in public p (...)

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Liquid Telecom enables Government of Zimbabwe to establish COVID-19 toll-free ‘2023’ helpline - 20/04/2020
Liquid Telecom
TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Zimbabwe (Republic of)
Liquid Telecom Zimbabwe has provided financial support, expertise and technology for a dedicated national toll-free ‘2023’ helpline and call centre recently launched by H.E President Emmerson Mnangagwa to support citizens, and especially the most vulnerable and isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The toll-free ‘2023’ helpline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, providing the nation (...)

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Zero balance package - 20/04/2020
Nepal Telecom
TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Asia & Pacific | Nepal (Federal Democratic Republic of)
Nepal Telecom provides a bundle of data, voice, and SMS to support people with zero or less balance who could not recharge their accounts. To provide seamless communication in this pandemic situation, the telco identified needy people and provided the package through SMS.
Measures to alleviate the burden of public mobile phone users during the COVID-19 period - 20/04/2020
National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Asia & Pacific | Thailand
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission announced new distance learning measures through digital television. Given the spread of COVID-19, the Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has allowed the Ministry of Education to use frequency bands in the broadcasting and television businesses, broadcasting in standard definition (SD) on 17 channels for (...)

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