Online safety advice for parents during COVID-19 - 01/04/2020
EUROPOL
International and Regional Organizations | International
EUROPOL has collaborated with international partners to develop Online Safety Advice for Parents and Carers to help keep children safe online during the COVID-19 pandemic.
V-NET - 01/04/2020
VPUU NPC
Technical Community and Civil Society | Africa | South Africa (Republic of)
As South Africa went into an extreme and effective COVID-19 lockdown we opened the V-NET network to the public in two informal settlements and created a landing page on our network in Monwabisi park, Khayelitsha. Monwabisi Park is an informal settlement or 'slum' of 10,000 households on the outskirts of Cape Town. The landing page provides links to the national zero-data-rated COVID-19 website as (...)

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Recommendations on the use of Internet networks during the COVID-19 pandemic - 01/04/2020
Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Postes (ARTP)
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Senegal (Republic of)
Dans ce moment particulier où les opérateurs sont mobilisés pour garantir le fonctionnement correct des réseaux, il est nécessaire que chacun « régule » sa propre consommation afin d’éviter une saturation des réseaux qui conduirait à une congestion. A cet effet, l’ARTP suggère quelques conseils
Telecom group Zain takes measures to fight Coronavirus in South Sudan - 01/04/2020
Zain Group
TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | South Sudan (Republic of)
Zain has taken measures in South Sudan to combat the spread of Coronavirus, notably developing a management system providing customers with information from credible sources such as WHO, local government entities, and international medical agencies. Additionally, they have donated mobile handsets to authorities and health workers, and launched a social media campaign to raise awareness.
FIGHTING COVID-19 OUT OF UGANDA - REGULATORY INTERVENTIONS BY UCC - 01/04/2020
UGANDA COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Uganda (Republic of)
The Uganda Communications Commission in solidarity this the Government of Uganda in the fight against COVID 19, either unilaterally or in conjunction with other stakeholders, has made the following sector-wide interventions.1. Continuously provided information to the public on the COVID-19 pandemic and the harnessing of ICTs safely through its online platforms. 2. Ensuring that its licensees’ ful (...)

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The Argentina Government, ENACOM and Telecommunications Service Providers sign an agreement to guarantee connectivity - 01/04/2020
ENACOM
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Argentine Republic
El Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones y la empresa de telecomunicaciones del Estado Arsat acordaron junto a las prestadoras de telefonía e internet intensificar el trabajo conjunto para asegurar la conectividad federal a fin que todos los puntos del país tengan garantizado el servicio de redes durante el aislamiento preventivo y obligatorio. Arsat, y las cuatro empresas prestadoras principales, enla (...)

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