| Spanish Government suspends number portability during pandemic - 17/04/2020 |
| Spanish Government |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Spain |
| The Spanish Government has suspended number portability for fixed and mobile operators for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was included in Royal Decree-Law 8/2020, with a view to eliminating unnecessary procedures where physical presence of a technician is required to avoid physical contact between telecoms employees and clients. |
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| Provide a stable, secure and reliable remote access for all users globally - 17/04/2020 |
| Swiss Global Communications (SGC) SA |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Europe | Switzerland |
| Remote access infrastructure at its limit. While we do hope your health and that of all your employees has been unaffected by the COVID-19 outbreak, your operations likely had to adapt to the special situation. We observe a highly increased number of remote users, as everybody who can do so is working from home. Does this situation also bring your current VPN client and remote access infrastructur (...) |
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| Verizon is delivering solutions that allow healthcare professionals to stay connected to patients and each other - 16/04/2020 |
| Verizon |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | International |
| Verizon Response has 160 engagements in the US including the enablement of coronavirus testing through connected technologies, such as mobile hotspots, smartphones and tablets enabled by satellite and have required extra satellite capacity to support the additional deployments. |
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| Slovakia 5G sale not being derailed by COVID-19 - 16/04/2020 |
| The Office for the Regulation of Electronic Communications and Postal Services |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Slovak Republic |
| Slovakia’s Office for Regulation of Electronic Communications & Postal Services (Regulacny Urad, RU) is planning to push ahead with an auction of 5G-capable spectrum in order to comply with an EU deadline. The EU requires member states to have allocated spectrum in the 700MHz band by 30 June 2020 and the RU recently announced a sale of licences in this band along with spare 900MHz and 1800MHz freq (...) |
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| EU launched toolbox for Mobile applications to support contact tracing in the EU’s fight against COVID-19 - 15/04/2020 |
| European Union |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| Mobile apps have potential to bolster contact tracing strategies to contain and reverse the spread of COVID-19. EU Member States are converging towards effective app solutions that minimise the processing of personal data, and recognise that interoperability between these apps can support public health authorities and support the reopening of the EU’s internal borders. This EU toolbox, developed u (...) |
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| Ghana launches COVID-19 Tracker App - 15/04/2020 |
| Government |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Ghana |
| Ghana’s Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications launched a new app designed to help in tracing people who have come into contact with COVID-19 positive individuals. The COVID-19 Tracker App is able to trace contacts of persons infected by the virus and show where they have been in recent times through various telephone-related data, and link such p (...) |
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