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FMR 45 Connecting and communicating after Typhoon Haiyan |
In the first month of the Typhoon Haiyan response, one of the priorities facing the international community was to re-establish internet connectivity in order to facilitate information sharing and the provision of assistance. |
Mariko Hall, Adam Ashcroft |
07 Apr 2014 |
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FMR 43 Emergency need for telecommunications support |
The Haiti experience challenged the international humanitarian community to take advantage of the possibilities of increasingly available and common communications technologies and networks, and to ensure access to the infrastructure enabling it to do so. |
Marianne Donven, Mariko Hall |
09 Aug 2013 |
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FMR 41 From a lab in Luxembourg to satellites in South Sudan |
A new communications platform for use in humanitarian emergencies made its debut in January 2012 in South Sudan, and is now being deployed elsewhere. Emergency.lu aims to be a global inter-agency tool. |
Marianne Donven, Mariko Hall |
08 May 2013 |
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FMR 38 The only constant is change |
Advances in information and communications technology are offering new solutions to a range of operational challenges experienced in the field. Can the humanitarian community's providers of telecommunications services keep up with the pace of change? |
Mariko Hall |
16 Apr 2013 |