ETS Nigeria Sitrep #3

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Highlights

  • Inter-agency Internet services were deployed on 12 February at the International Humanitarian Partnership (IHP) camp in Maiduguri.
  • The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) finalised the upgrading of the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) Communications Centre (COMCEN) in Maiduguri and deployed a back-up COMCEN at the IHP base camp there.  
  • The ETS delivered two radio training sessions in Maiduguri on 14 and 21 January to 37 staff from nine humanitarian organisations.
  • The ETS has agreed to take over the management of a secure communications group with Push-To-Talk enabled satellite phones for the humanitarian community in North-East Nigeria.