Statement: CITEL joins OAS actions to stop the spread of COVID-19 - 14/04/2020
Secretariat of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL)
International and Regional Organizations | International
CITEL has joined the actions that the Organization of American States (OAS) has undertaken to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Its members' actions include: the agile granting of permits for the temporary use of spectrum and for the deployment of infrastructure in order to expand network coverage; Prioritize the connectivity of strategic points in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic; Promote actions to encourage rational use of the internet; Give priority to the tasks of support, operation, maintenance and deployment of additional capacity of telecommunications networks; Continue maintenance and surveillance of both physical and virtual telecommunications infrastructure.