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Every year, the ETC carries out an average of 10 training sessions, covering a range of skills, including IT, telecoms and coordination, and across a wide range of countries.
Last month, two of the strongest earthquakes in the region in more than 100 years struck south-east Türkiye. Amid thousands of aftershocks, the impact has been catastrophic.
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- The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) delivered radio communications procedures training to over 200 humanitarians in Aleppo, Damascus and Homs.
- The ETC received a contribution of US$200,000 out of the required US$670,170 that will be used to continue prov
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- An Ultra High Frequency (UHF) radio repeater was installed in Reynhanli, Turkey, to provide services to humanitarian organisations recently established there.
- Solar panels were deployed in the Communications Centres (COMCENs) in Aleppo and Damascus.
- The Eme
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- The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) delivered an Inter-Agency Let’s Comm Digital training in November in Dubai to Information and Communications Technology (ICT) humanitarians supporting ETC operations in Syria and surrounding countries.
- Solar panels wer
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- As the existing security telecommunications network requires to be upgraded in Syria, the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) is working with the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) and the Telecommunications Security Standards (TESS) project manager to ide
Millions of people in Türkiye were displaced from their homes and disconnected from communications after the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes struck on 6 February 2023.
Dear ETC colleagues,
You are invited to participate in the next Global Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) Joint teleconference on Bangladesh, Iraq, Syria and Yemen, which will be held on Wednesday 28 February 2018 at 1300 UTC to discuss the current situation.
Dear ETC colleagues,
Since the fall of the Government in Damascus on 08 December 2024, clashes have been reported in Menbij (Aleppo Governorate) and Deir-ez-Zor, with less fighting reported in other areas.
- The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) delivered two sessions of Let’s Comm training in October 2016 to 28 inter-agency participants in Damascus.
- Approval from local authorities was granted to import Information Technology (IT) and telecommunications equipment into Syria.
Two earthquakes of 7.8 and 7.7 magnitude occurred in south-east Türkiye on 06 February 2023. The epicentre of the earthquakes occurred in the Kahramanmaraş region and affected an area of 400 kilometres.