| COVID-19 Digital Emergency Relief Program - 01/04/2020 |
| Digital Empowerment Foundation |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | Asia & Pacific | India |
| The COVID -19 pandemic has affected social, economic, institutional and governance settings worldwide unimaginably and in immeasurable way and has thrown wide open unforeseen and unimaginable challenges for societies, communities, countries, and their government and with reverse migration of workers from cities, this has added to the challenge. They have been denied access to several critical righ (...) |
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| Call Centers - 01/04/2020 |
| Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | CIS countries | Azerbaijan |
| In order to promptly receive and respond to citizens' appeals in regards with the situation, short telephone numbers were allocated for the Call Centers established in the relevant public and private institutions and their approval was provided in telecommunication networks. In addition other activities had been implemented: - Information has been collected on important IT specialists from teleco (...) |
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| Permission for leaving home - 01/04/2020 |
| Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | CIS countries | Azerbaijan |
| Short number “8103” was allocated in order to provide the service of obtaining permission to leave private houses and apartments by sending an SMS to a short number. This number was approved in telecommunication operators networks and SMS are provided for free of charge. |
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| Monitoring of leaving permission system - 01/04/2020 |
| Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | CIS countries | Azerbaijan |
| A special group of IT specialists has been established to ensure the normal operation of the monitoring and leaving permission system, the work of the group operates on-line and the work of the system is constantly monitored. |
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| Call Center number allocation - 01/04/2020 |
| Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | CIS countries | Azerbaijan |
| Uninterrupted and sustainable operation of call centers was organized with foresight. In order to promptly receive and respond to requests from citizens regarding permission, the Call Center’s capacity was increased and calls to the number “9108” became temporary free of charge for the period of 3 (three) months. In order to promptly receive and respond to citizens' appeals in regards with the s (...) |
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| CellBroadcast technology - 01/04/2020 |
| Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | CIS countries | Azerbaijan |
| In order to inform the citizens about emergencies, mobile telecommunications operators have been asked to use CellBroadcast technology and appropriate measures will be taken together with the Ministry of Emergency Situations to ensure their readiness. |
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