DreamLab makes it easier for Imperial College London to advance the search for medicine and foods that could benefit people with COVID-19 - 04/12/2020
Vodafone
TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Europe | Spain
The Vodafone Foundation today announces that global users of the DreamLab app have helped Imperial College London complete the first phase of the Corona-AI research project in just 6 months. This is significantly faster than would be possible with standard research methods. The Corona-AI project, which began in April, identifies combinations of existing food molecules and medicines that could help (...)

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Guidance on AI and digital technologies for COVID health emergency - 30/11/2020
ITU-T
International and Regional Organizations | International
This deliverable collects effective ways and use cases demonstrating how AI and other digital technologies have combatted COVID-19 through the lifecycle stages of public health emergency management, including prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. The outputs are expected to evolve towards a more generalizable mechanism on the health emergency continuum, eventually applicable to other (...)

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The Impact of Digital Infrastructure on the Consequences of COVID-19 and on the Mitigation of Future Effects - 27/11/2020
Inter-American Development Bank
International and Regional Organizations | International
The appearance and spread of COVID-19 have accentuated the connectivity and digitization lag in Latin American and Caribbean countries. The lockdowns imposed to reduce the spread of the virus increased the demand for digital tools that would allow economic, educational, and social activities to continue remotely. Despite the significant increase in the coverage of broadband networks in (...)

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FEES FOR THE EXTENDED USE OF THE TEMPORARY RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM - 27/11/2020
ICASA
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | South Africa
In light of the fact that the auctioning of the high demand spectrum will occur in March 2021, the Council of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA/Authority) has approved the amendment of the ICT COVID-19 National State of Disaster Regulations in order to extend the validity period of the temporary assignment of radio frequency spectrum (“temporary spectrum”) to no later (...)

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FEES FOR THE EXTENDED USE OF THE TEMPORARY RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM - 27/11/2020
ICASA
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | South Africa
In light of the fact that the auctioning of the high demand spectrum will occur in March 2021, the Council of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA/Authority) has approved the amendment of the ICT COVID-19 National State of Disaster Regulations in order to extend the validity period of the temporary assignment of radio frequency spectrum (“temporary spectrum”) to no later (...)

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Strong Rebound in Third Quarter as Movement Restrictions Eased - 27/11/2020
AXIATA
TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Asia & Pacific | Malaysia
Axiata Group Berhad bounced back in the third quarter ended 30 September 2020 (“3Q20”) to post better-than expected financial performance on the back of easing of lockdowns across the markets, bolstered also by solid fundamentals and operational resilience. On a reported basis, 3Q20 revenue recorded 5.5% increase QoQ at RM6.1 billion driven by contribution from all Operating Companies (“OpCos”) e (...)

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