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ITU has deployed 25 satellite terminals to help restore vital communication links in the aftermath of severe floods that have affected the eastern and northern regions of Uganda...
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Following the devastating earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale that struck Southern Peru on 15 August 2007, ITU deployed 50 satellite terminals to help restore communication links in remote and underserved areas...
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"We need a Marshall Plan for ICT infrastructure development in Africa. We have to mobilise the world's human, financial and technical resources to support economic growth, employment and development across Africa...
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Satellite communications, when properly deployed, will always mean an improved global response to disasters. Now the ITU has forged a partnership with satellite-based ICO Global Communications and the Commonwealth Business Council to exploit satellite communications for exactly this purpose...
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Recently, ITU and
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One of the most important subjects Developing Telecoms reports on regularly is Disaster Management. We were therefore pleasantly surprised to find that the Economist had recently published an article with the above title. Subtitled "You don't have to be big to make a difference" it is reproduced here, to reach a wider audience...
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Phones-for-Health is a cutting-edge US$10 million public-private partnership bringing together mobile phone operators, handset manufacturers and technology companies.
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One of our aims at Developing Telecoms is to compile articles on disaster management and emergencies, so that executives in the emerging markets who are tasked either with preparing for such situations or, far worse, having to cope with them, can draw on the experience of others. One internationally respected organisation, the Global VSAT Forum, continues to respond to the industry's call for heightened awareness of disasters.
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GrameenPhone Ltd is working in cooperation with Telemedicine Reference Centre Limited to launch an electronic health information and service known as Healthline...
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Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) has recently connected an EMC Quick Deployment kit which is now fully operational in
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Developing Telecoms publishes this release as a part of its comprehensive and long-standing coverage of the theme of disaster management. We do not mean any endorsement or criticism of the products or systems mentioned.
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The ITU and Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company have concluded an agreement to provide portable satellite terminals to assist countries in disaster mitigation and relief.
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Monitoring of tsunami waves and conditions is set to improve as Iridium has won the contract to provide satellite data links for the 31 ocean buoys that the US Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Data Center is now deplo
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Nyasha Mutsekwa, a project manager for Oracle, explains how ICT is boosting e-Learning in Africa...
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Last week, Developing Telecoms talked about the urgent need for standardised and compatible equipment in the wake of disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. Now Carl Kleynhans, country general manager: Africa at American Power Conversion (APC) puts the case forward for standardising IT architecture as a matter of course - disasters or not.
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Hurricane Katrina exposed every possible obstacle that could arise from incompatible or sub-standard telecoms equipment and networks. Many of the short-fallings - which serve as a lesson for telecoms in the emerging markets - are discussed by Michael Schwartz.
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The mobile phone has become the device most people turn to in an emergency. Mobile networks experience huge increases in traffic immediately following a disaster and high-levels of demand continue for many days afterwards.
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Softscape has introduced an emergency management system designed to ensure disaster victims receive rapid assistance. Its web-based platform is open to government agencies as they direct both citizens and agency workers through their crisis. Dave Watkins, founder and CEO, Softscape, explains the requirements that any such system must meet.
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Recent events have shown just how critical a part good communications play during disasters. Developing Telecoms welcomes Nikesh Patel, business manager for Motorola's Government and Enterprise Mobility Solutions (GEMS) sector. He explains how seamless mobile wireless broadband solutions optimise emergency response.
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Five major China water resource utilities are establishing critical, real-time flood control monitoring and drought relief systems to protect against the loss of life from the catastrophic floods that hit China each year during the annual rainy season.
