MTN Uganda initiatives in supporting the Government and people of Uganda to fight against COVID 19 - 24/03/2020
MTN UGANDA
TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Uganda
MTN UGANDA is one of the telecom licensed telecom operators. They have come up with a number of incentives in solidarity with both the people and Government of Uganda in the fight against COVID 19. These are:1. For 30-days, MTN customers can now send any amount of Mobile Money every day to other MTN MoMo customers free of charge. this is to reduce the risk of transmission by avoiding the physic (...)

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Entrega equipos a Salud Pública para agilizar compilación y flujo de datos sobre Covid-19 - 24/03/2020
Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (INDOTEL)
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Dominican Rep.
El Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (INDOTEL), dispuso la entrega al Ministerio de Salud Pública (MSP), de un total de 50 tabletas para agilizar la compilación y el flujo de datos relacionados con COVID-19. Los equipos mejorarán el suministro de informaciones que se recibirán en la sede del Ministerio, con una mayor eficiencia en la recepción, manejo y difusión de los informes de tod (...)

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Garantizar los servicios de telecomunicaciones durante estado de emergencia - 24/03/2020
Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (INDOTEL)
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Dominican Rep.
La resolución publicada por el INDOTEL indica que los servicios de telecomunicaciones “resultan fundamentales para asegurar la mayor productividad posible de otros sectores, así como el acceso a información pertinente y oportuna por parte de los usuarios y consumidores”.Otra de las directrices contempladas en el texto es que no podrán ser suspendidos o cancelados los servicios de telecomunicacione (...)

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INDOTEL issued resolution on regulatory guidelines to be applied by Telecom/ICT Operators and Service Providers during the COVID-19 crisis - 24/03/2020
Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (INDOTEL)
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Dominican Rep.
The resolution PRE-002-2020 provides that all public telecommunications operators and service providers will have all the necessary resources to guarantee the continuity of the telecommunication/ICT services during the COVID-19 crisis. Telecommunications services should not be suspended or canceled to users, while the state of emergency persists. In that same period and during the 5 days after it (...)

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Video resolution will be reduced on Facebook and Instagram platforms - 24/03/2020
Organismo Supervisor de Inversión Privada en Telecomunicaciones (OSIPTEL)
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Peru
The Facebook organization will temporarily reduce the level of video resolution, both on the Facebook platform and on Instagram, in order to reduce network congestion in the period of high demand generated by the mandatory social isolation provided by the Peruvian authorities. The official communication that Facebook sent to the OSIPTEL comes a day after the Peruvian regulatory body made public t (...)

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