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Sky UK's “Keeping you connected during COVID-19” - 09/04/2020

Sky

TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Europe | United Kingdom

Sky is allowing customers to pause Sports subscriptions while events are canceled as well as offering Sky TV services for free. The company is also offering free calls to landlines and 10GB of free data.

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Keywords: free data, digital services

Keeping the SOS helplines open during COVID-19 - 09/04/2020

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

International and Regional Organizations | Europe | Serbia

As the risk of domestic violence is high during the Coronavirus pandemic, women in Serbia will be able to reach SOS helpline services 24/7 and also get necessary psycho-social and legal counseling thanks to the Norwegian embassy support. All women will also be able to receive psycho-social and legal support by online chat, SMS, or phone call.

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Keywords: helplines, hotlines, support

Get involved and reference your solidarity initiative on the official COVID-19 website in Benin - 08/04/2020

Government

TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Benin

Many public and private initiatives have been helping to curb the COVID-19 pandemic in Benin for the past few weeks.In order to highlight them and encourage more people to take initiatives, the section entitled "Solidarity initiatives" is deployed on the official pandemic web portal in Benin at http://www.gouv.bj/coronavirus/initiatives/.

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Onatel makes certain payments using cash transfer app free - 08/04/2020

Onatel

TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Burkina Faso

Onatel is making all cash transfers for water and electricity bills available at no additional in-app cost through their cash transfer app, Mobicash. They are also taking out all additional charges on commission payments for all produce traders, as well as increasing the overall monthly payment allowance through their Mobicash app.

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Airtel Nigeria pledges $4.9 million dollars in relief effort for Coronavirus and provides free data and SMS messages - 08/04/2020

Airtel Nigeria

TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Nigeria

Telecom giant Airtel Nigeria has pledged $4.9 million dollars to help curb the spread of the Coronavirus. The sum will be notably spent on provisions of an isolation centre or any required medical facility, as well as over 100,000 respirator masks. On the telecommunications front, they are making SMS messages free for all customers across their network, on top of free data for customers to access (...)