| Open Analysis Software for Mobile phone data (COVID-19 response efforts) - 14/04/2020 |
| The University of Tokyo |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | Asia & Pacific | Japan |
| We support the countries to track the flow of people and trace the movement of COVID-19 infected patients together with those who had direct contacts with the patients (reported by public health offices) using mobile phone data (Call Detail Record (CDR) data). An open analysis software “Mobipack” is provided to the countries with technical support and on-line hand-on training so that the countries (...) |
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| The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications (GCT) highlights interventions rolled out for Consumers by its members to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 - 13/04/2020 |
| Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications (GCT) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Ghana |
| CONSUMER: • Free access to over 100 educational online sites, e-learning platforms and libraries (public, private, foreign). • Free calls to the National COVID-19 response number (112) as well as other emergency service numbers; • In consultation with the Ghana Health Service, our members are leveraging their infrastructure to broadcast emergency communications to educate over 30 million customer (...) |
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| UGANDA COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION LAUNCHES FACT CHECKER - 13/04/2020 |
| UGANDA COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Uganda |
| Every new technology comes with its advantages and disadvantages, and electronic communication platforms are not an exception. Their tremendous benefits notwithstanding, electronic communication networks have facilitated increased production and sharing of false, offensive and illegal content.In the global fight against the novel COVID-19, a lot of fake and misleading information was being shared (...) |
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| Brazil State’s government announced new contact tracing SMS system - 13/04/2020 |
| Santa Carina State Government |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Brazil |
| Santa Carina’s State Government started to adopt an alert service via SMS text messages to inform the population about confirmed cases of COVID-19 at a distance of approximately 200 meters from the infected person's residence. The system is said to protect patients and SMS owners’ anonymity. |
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| Industry response to the COVID-19 outbreak - 13/04/2020 |
| USA Internet & Television Association (NCTA) |
| International and Regional Organizations | The Americas | United States |
| As the U.S. responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, the cable industry is committed to ensuring that Americans will remain connected during this unprecedented crisis. Cable internet service providers are intensely focused on providing superior network performance and constantly evaluating how networks will handle the increased demand.It describes how Cable's Internet Networks are performing during the (...) |
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| AT&T offers relief for U.S. customers by waiving domestic wireless plan overage charges for data, voice or text that are incurred because of the COVID-19 - 13/04/2020 |
| AT&T |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | The Americas | United States |
| AT&T offers relief for U.S. customers by waiving domestic wireless plan overage charges for data, voice or text that are incurred because of the COVID-19 pandemic; and across the U.S., AT&T offers advanced capabilities and free smart phone devices to first responders and public safety agencies on FirstNet. |
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