| MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS WILL OFFE FREE ACCESS TO OFFICIAL CORONAVIRUS CONTENT - 20/03/2020 |
| Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Mexico |
| Mobile internet users will be able to visit the Federal Government's information portal on the COVID-19 pandemic, without consuming data on their balance. The Institute will continue to work together with the industry and other authorities to guarantee the continuity of telecommunications services at all times, in order to assist in efforts to disseminate priority messages on health matters, as we (...) |
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| Spanish Agreement for connectivity of persons and enterprises - Acuerdo por la conectividad de personas y empresas - 20/03/2020 |
| Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Spain |
| On March 20, 2020 Ms. Nadia Calviño, Spanish Third Vice President of the Government and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, signed an Agreement for connectivity of persons and enterprises with the main telecommunications operators in Spain by which they commit to make their best efforts to guarantee connectivity, the operation and oversight of network capabilities and agile (...) |
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| BEREC Joint Statement on coping with the increased demand for network connectivity due to the COVID-19 pandemic - 19/03/2020 |
| Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| BEREC and the European Commission have issued a joint statement on how to cope with the increased traffic load due to the Covid-19 pandemic (authorizing operators to apply exceptional traffic management measures) and is setting up a special process in order to monitor the situation and be ready to respond to any crisis of supply on the telecom network. |
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| CORONAVIRUS INFO - The digital platform to find out everything about COVID-19 in Benin - 19/03/2020 |
| Government |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Benin |
| To allow each citizen to have official information relating to the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Benin, the government makes available the digital platform "Coronavirus Info" accessible at the address: https://www.gouv.bj/coronavirus. The platform includes:• the latest information,• official measures,• awareness and information videos,• information and awareness infographics,• articles a (...) |
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| MTN Cameroon suspends payment of money transfer fees by Mobile Money to fight against the spread of COVID-19 - 19/03/2020 |
| MTN Cameroon |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Cameroon |
| In line with other operators, MTN Cameroon announces the suspension of the payment of fees on money transfers between MTN Mobile Money accounts.This measure suspending the payment of fees concerns money transfers for amounts up to 20,000 FCFA (twenty thousand francs). The measure will be limited to 3 transactions per day, per account, and will be valid for a period of 30 days. |
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| President Hernández highlights the solidarity of both companies: More than 7 million users of Tigo and Claro will have free services from Monday - 19/03/2020 |
| Government |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Honduras |
| President Juan Orlando Hernández announced today that starting next Monday the mobile phone companies Tigo and Claro will allow the more than seven million users to have free services for a period of 30 days. |
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