| EU Digital Solidarity: a call for a pan-European approach against the pandemic by Wojciech Wiewiórowski - 06/04/2020 |
| European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| The European Data Protection Supervisor called for a single coronavirus app in line with existing privacy regulations to be used across the EU, instead of every country making its own. It would ideally involve the World Health Organization and "ensure data protection by design globally from the start". Mr Wiewiorowski said any measures that infringe upon privacy must be: - Temporary, and "not her (...) |
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| CRAN donates N$25000 toward NUST to develop COVID-19 self-reporting application - 06/04/2020 |
| Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Namibia |
| The Faculty of Computing and Informatics at NUST, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), and the World Health Organization Africa Office (WHO AFRO), are developing a self-report application that will allow Namibians in urban and rural areas to report their symptoms and indicate their locations for health workers to reach them faster. The application will be applica (...) |
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| Airtel Rwanda makes free cash transfers available for all its customers - 06/04/2020 |
| Airtel Rwanda |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Rwanda (Republic of) |
| In response to the spread of COVID-19 worldwide, Airtel Rwanda is making all cash transfers free on its phone plans, to discourage in-person cash exchanges that might expose people to the Coronavirus. They have also waved online transaction fees for water bill payments and given cash bonuses on electricity recharges. |
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| Electronic Communications Directions in response to COVID-19 crisis - 06/04/2020 |
| Department of Communications and Digital Technologies |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | South Africa |
| South Africa's response to the Corona virus national disaster is led by the President, with the Minister of Health leading an inter-Ministerial Committee to coordinate the effort across government. The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies issued Electronic Communications, Postal and Broadcasting Directions by Government Gazette on the 26th March, with an amendment on the 6th April. (...) |
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| Sonatel provides free access to educational material to students - 06/04/2020 |
| Sonatel |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Senegal |
| Sonatel is providing a free subscription to all students to online educational material, in partnership with different universities in Senegal. They are providing 1 Go of access to French, English and mathematics lessons for one month, with free renewal. Furthermore, they are increasing debit for many of their packages to encourage remote working, notably in their Flybox option. Finally, they are (...) |
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| Disaster Management Regulations for the Electronic Communications Sector in The Bahamas - 06/04/2020 |
| The Bahamas Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Bahamas |
| The Bahamas Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) published a public consultation document, entitled “Disaster Management Regulations for the Electronic Communication Sector in The Bahamas (ECS 03/2020)”. In this Consultation Document, URCA identifies Critical Electronic Communications Infrastructure (CECI) in the ECS in The Bahamas and proposes regulations to provide for the res (...) |
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