| Free Spectrum Granted to Some Service Providers Since April for COVID-19, General Elections and Festive Season - 26/11/2020 |
| National Communications Authority (NCA) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Africa | Ghana |
| The National Communications Authority (NCA) has granted additional temporary spectrum at no cost to MTN and Vodafone to improve their service to customers. The extra 5 Megahertz (MHz) spectrum was made available to the network operators in April 2020 at their request, to ease congestion following a surge in the usage of communication services as a result of COVID-19. In anticipation of a furthe (...) |
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| How language technology can help fight COVID-19 - 20/11/2020 |
| European Commission |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| In the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic, language technology (like Natural Language Processing) might not seem an obvious partner for medical research – and yet it is playing a vital role. Since March 2020, one of the top priorities has been to find approaches to fight the new disease that has hijacked the planet for months and has changed the way we work and live our lives. To do this, we (...) |
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| Mobile Internet data use increases 20% during the second quarter of 20 in Mexico - 12/11/2020 |
| Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Mexico |
| The average of data traffic of mobile Internet service was 4.3 GB; furthermore, mobile Internet service lines reached 96.4 million in June 2020, which implies an increase of 4 million more lines than those registered in the same month in 2019. El promedio de datos cursados por línea del servicio móvil de Internet fue de 4.3 GB; además, las líneas del servicio de Internet móvil llegaron a 96.4 mil (...) |
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| COVID-19 ICT Advisory Committee - 11/11/2020 |
| AFRALTI (NAIROBI - KENYA) |
| International and Regional Organizations | Africa | Kenya |
| The COVID–19 ICT Advisory Committee was appointed through Gazette Notice No.3236 of 2020 by the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs Mr. Joe Mucheru on 21st April 2020 to coordinate ICT specific responses to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond in Kenya. The objective was to harness local ICT innovations that address the impact of COVID-19 in Kenya in these p (...) |
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| TRA discussion with stakeholders on the needs of networks to stay resilient - 20/10/2020 |
| Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Arab States | Jordan |
| Dr. Ghazi Al-Jobor, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners and CEO of Jordan’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority informed during the ITU Ministerial Roundtable, that TRA decided to form a committee including telco chiefs, technical managers, and officers of TRA to discuss the needs of the networks to stay resilient during the COVID-19 crisis. After the discussions, TRA made the following d (...) |
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| Syrian Government launched a web-based free video conferencing solution - 20/10/2020 |
| Ministry of Communication and Technology |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Arab States | Syria |
| Dr. Ghassan Saba, Deputy Minister, Ministry of communication and technology, Syrian Arab Republic informed during the ITU Ministerial Roundtable, that among the measures taken, the Syrian Government launched a web-based free video conferencing solution, an application for remote learning, and live lessons were broadcasted via the educational satellite channel. |
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