| IFT AND MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEALERS ANNOUNCES MEASURES TO SUPPORT USERS IN THE FACE OF THE CORONAVIRUS CONTINGENCY - 06/04/2020 |
| Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Mexico |
| As a result of the work led and coordinated by the IFT with the industry, the mobile telecommunications service concessionaires will support their users during the health emergency. If required, users of prepaid mobile services will have the possibility of enabling, for a single occasion, a free emergency plan that will contain at least 100 voice minutes and 150 short messages (SMS) and will be ab (...) |
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| Responding to COVID-19 - How Wikimedia can help in this time of uncertainty - 06/04/2020 |
| The Wikimedia Foundation |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | The Americas | United States |
| The Wikimedia Foundation has led efforts to ensure Wikipedia remains available for everyone to access reliable information about the global pandemic. Thanks to the hard work of Wikipedia volunteers around the world, more than 5,200 Wikipedia articles about the pandemic have been created in 175 languages. These articles have been visited over 424 million times. Wikipedia content is also being used (...) |
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| FCC Coronavirus Actions - 06/04/2020 |
| Federal Communications Commission (FCC) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | United States |
| The FCC is working to ensure that Americans stay connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and is also taking steps to protect the health and safety of its staff. A complete list of FCC activities related to the Coronavirus can be found on the webpage referenced in this submission. A brief recap of our activities include: Keep Americans Connected Pledge: On March 13, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called on (...) |
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| Afghanistan Telecom Community Announces Plans to Address the Citizen Needs During the Coronavirus Outbreak - 06/04/2020 |
| Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority (ATRA) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Asia & Pacific | Afghanistan |
| The ATRA announcements include lowering rates, introducing new packages, andutilizing telecommunication networks and technology to provide free or low-cost accessto educational content online during the COVID-19 crisis. Etisalat announced a StayHome, Stay Connected package which doubles data for any top-up of 4, 7, and 10 BG.Salaam is launching special student packages. The AWCC offers discounts o (...) |
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| Laos: Unitel contributes to the fight against COVID-19 - 06/04/2020 |
| Unitel |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Asia & Pacific | Lao P.D.R. |
| Unitel is contributing to the fight against COVID-19 in Laos by partnering with the Government to connect the office of the Prime Minister, as well as provinces and cities across the country. Through reduced prices and free SIM cards, the contribution will help local government-led communications, especially the outbreak prevention and regulation process, as well as helping to reduce the budgetary (...) |
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| Telecom companies speed up Internet, discount services amid COVID-19 - 06/04/2020 |
| Ministry of Information and Communications |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Asia & Pacific | Viet Nam |
| The Ministry of Information and Communications has asked telecommunications businesses to implement a number of supporting programmes to people. To Dung Thai, deputy general director of VNPT Group, said that it would increase internet bandwidth to a minimum of 50Mbps to ensure customers can work remotely. VNPT will also donate data packages so that subscribers have enough capacity to use during (...) |
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