| MTT activates solidarity plan to guarantee connectivity during the COVID-19 outbreak - 27/03/2020 |
| Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones (MTT) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Chile |
| El Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones (MTT) y las empresas que prestan servicios móviles y fijos en el país agrupadas en ATELMO (Claro, Entel, GTD, Movistar y VTR), y la compañía Wom han decidido activar un “Plan Solidario” a partir del 1 de abril de 2020, el cual permitirá a los usuarios mantener la conectividad en caso que, por razones de fuerza mayor, no puedan saldar su boleta mens (...) |
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| Cellcard announces first 5G networks to be used for remote medical consultations - 27/03/2020 |
| Cellcard |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Asia & Pacific | Cambodia (Kingdom of) |
| Cellcard’s first 5G networks in Cambodia are to be used to provide telemedicine at 4 different locations across Phnom Penh to help critically ill patients from the Coronavirus. Doctors from the Phnom Penh area will be able to conduct remote video consultations linking with mobile phones and devices anywhere in Cambodia. These will be available starting 30th of March. |
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| e-Services - 27/03/2020 |
| National Agency of Information Society |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | Europe | Albania (Republic of) |
| The National Agency of Information Society (NAIS) launched a dedicated website https://coronavirus.al/ with the latest news (preventive restrictions undertaken by government, financial measures and up to date statistics) regarding the situation of Covid-19 pandemic in Albania and also all over the world. NAIS is working to implement a dedicated software solution to manage COVID-19 cases. The scope (...) |
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| ComReg to release more radio spectrum to boost mobile phone & broadband capacity - 27/03/2020 |
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| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Ireland |
| In light of the current extraordinary situation, ComReg is acting to release extra radio spectrum in the 700 MHz and the 2.6 GHz bands to allow mobile network operators to cater for the increase in voice and data traffic over their networks, as well as liberalising the use of the currently licensed 2.1 GHz band so that it can be used for 4G and other technologies, rather than just for 3G. This wil (...) |
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| Mobile users to access gov.ky resources for free - 27/03/2020 |
| Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfReg, Cayman Islands) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| In an effort to protect the health, safety and well-being of our customers and staff from the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfR-eg) has arranged with the mobile service providers to enable users to access gov.ky resources for FREE. It should be noted that during these trying times, there will be no data charges for mobile customers who use their mobile phones to (...) |
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| Digital Solutions for Governments to Tackle the Coronavirus (COVID19) Pandemic in Africa - 26/03/2020 |
| Smart Africa |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| Smart Africa has launched a continent-wide technology based coordinated impact response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic for Africa. This response is aimed at bringing together the 30 member states under the Smart Africa Alliance and the 40 private sector members of the Alliance to coordinate efforts to stem the pandemic in Africa. In order to tackle this unprecedented crisis, by its magnit (...) |
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