ETNODigital: FAQs in the time of COVID-19, Commission's lie detector tech, AI turns brain activity into text and more!
2 April 2020 - Edition no.191
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CONNECTING PEOPLE in the time of COVID-19

How our mobility data can help predict and prevent the spread of COVID-19

TELENOR GROUP – MARCH 2020

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Telecom Italia launches new 'TIM Advance 5G Unlimited' plan

TELECOMPAPER – 30 MARCH 2020

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UK govt, telcos move to protect vulnerable customers during Covid-19 crisis

TELECOMPAPER – 29 MARCH 2020

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Broadband providers to lift data caps during Covid-19 lockdown

THE GUARDIAN – 29 March 2020

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HELPING GOVERNMENTS AND CITIZENS RESPOND DURING THESE EXTRAORDINARY TIMES

CISCO – 29 MARCH 2020

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‘Wholesale telecoms is not about networks or technology – it’s about people’

SILICONE REPUBLIC – 28 MARCH 2020

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POLICY

5G auctions delayed across Europe due to COVID-19

Light Reading – 1 April 2020

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Europe shares code for new coronavirus warning app

POLITICO – 1 APRIL 2020

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Russia and China push ‘fake news’ aimed at weakening Europe: report

POLITICO – 1 April 2020

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MEP: Public has a ‘right to know’ about Commission’s lie detector tech

EURACTIV – 1 APRIL 2020

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BEREC report on the status of internet capacity

BEREC – 30 March 2020

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Focus on

FAQs on COVID-19, telecoms and network data

 
Is COVID19 going to break my internet? How is network data being used today? How can telco data help doctors and experts? Are my privacy and fundamental rights being safeguarded?

These are some of the most frequent questions that we identified in the #COVID19 context. The European telecoms sector, like many others, has given a strong and swift response to the outbreak. As Europe is in the midst of an unprecedented health crisis, find out what telecom companies are doing and what it means for citizens.
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Video

#ThinkDigital interview: Ursula Pachl,
BEUC, the European Consumer Organisation

What does the future hold for tech and digital consumers? What are the priorities of BEUC, the European Consumer Organisation, in the field of digital policy?

We asked these key questions to Ursula Pachl, BEUC Deputy Director General, and some snapshots from the #ThinkDigital video interview include views on cybersecurity, platform regulation, automated decision making and competition law. Follow the interview in full for more!  

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Reports

The Blockchain Report 2020

CBINSIGHTS – MARCH 2020

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Impact of the Coronavirus on e-commerce

ECOMMERCE EUROPE – MARCH 2020

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Facts & Figures

VIDEO CHAT APPS RISE TO PROMINENCE

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@LiseFuhr

A while ago, the “Lead or Lose” report identified trends that are more than ever relevant today:
📶Massive #mobile #connectivity
📶Connectivity of millions of devices
📶Resilient, instantaneous connectivity
📜Full report available here:
https://etno.eu//downloads/rep...
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@INEA_EU

Expert in Telecom topics? @inea_eu is looking for you! We need your expertise to help us evaluate #CEFTelecom proposals, register now: http://europa.eu/!FV66JV #ConnectingEurope
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@telenor

Could aggregated mobility data prove to be a secret weapon against the spread of Covid-19?

We're working with the health authorities in Norway to find out: 
https://t.co/42ZceI12ho?amp=1
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@VIOLAROBERTO

We're asking everyone to share deployable #AI & Robotics solutions, initiatives, ideas that could help face the #COVID19 crisis. For a unique repository accessible to all Europeans.
Take part in the common European response to the outbreak of #COVID2019
https://bit.ly/AIRoboticsVSco...
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TECH

Zoom is Leaking Peoples' Email Addresses and Photos to Strangers

VICE – 1 APRIL 2020

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Tommy the robot nurse helps keep Italy doctors safe from coronavirus

REUTERS – 1 APRIL 2020

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Mother of invention: the new gadgets dreamt up to fight coronavirus

REUTERS – 1 APRIL 2020

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Meal delivery firms branch out into groceries during crisis

REUTERS – 1 APRIL 2020

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Scientists develop AI that can turn brain activity into text

THE GUARDIAN – 30 March 2020

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Events
APRIL
EUROPEAN IP HELPDESK
15 APRIL 2020, WEBINAR

The Importance of IP for SMEs

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Academy of European Law
15 – 16 April 2020, LIVESTREAM

Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

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BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
22 April 2020, webinar

REGULATING AI: HAS THE FUTURE BECOME THE PRESENT?

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PUBAFFAIRS BRUXELLES
29 APRIL 2020, WEBINAR

Building synergies and optimising cooperation: how far can EU cyber capacity go?

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