Updates related to Telecommunications infrastructure, Artificial intelligence, The COVID-19 crisis: A digital policy overview

The European Union (EU) Commission has released a communication titled ‘2030 Digital Compass: the European way for the Digital Decade’ that outlines the EU’s ambition to pursue digitalisation... (See more)

India’s telecom infrastructure providers’ body the Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) is lobbying the government to have infrastructure personnel categorised as frontline workers... (See more)

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has released its Human Development Report 2020 where it tackles the role of digital technology and how the digital age can help human development. The... (See more)

The UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and Telefonica have partnered to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) tools and data in order to facilitate a sustainable recovery of the tourism industry in... (See more)

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) partnered with several telcos in Africa in order to launch the Africa Communications Intelligence Platform. The Platform will be deployed in at least 23... (See more)

Amazon announced that it has introduced artificial intelligence (AI) technology to ensure social distancing among its employees. The AI-enabled system is called ‘Distance Assistant’ and uses machine... (See more)

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has called on the African states to invest in digital transformation in spite of the coronavirus pandemic, and to address issues such as gender digital... (See more)

As the number of individuals infected with the coronavirus increases worldwide, a number of tech summits and conferences including Adobe Summit, Google Cloud Next ‘20 and Okta event were cancelled in... (See more)

The Israeli Health Ministry launched a mobile app for coronavirus that contains information and updates on the spread of the virus. The app is available in Hebrew and the Digital Health Manager at... (See more)