In early October, the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) installed wireless internet connectivity for humanitarian organizations operating at two of the largest camps in Iraq: Domiz camp outside Dohuk city and Arbat camp outside Sulaymaniyah city.

In the barely-tolerable heat of the blazing Dubai sun, 12 members of World Food Programme’s (WFP) IT emergency response capacity, the Fast IT and Telecommunications Emergency and Su

The Marshall Islands are experiencing an extended internet outage due to repair work on the submarine fibre optic that connects the country to fast internet. Very limited services are available to prioritised users over backup satellite links.

• ITU launches new guidelines to assist countries develop national emergency telecommunication plans

Hunger; insecurity; displacement; remoteness; natural disasters; disease – the challenges that face the people of South Sudan are immense. And, after almost half a century of civil war, even the most basic infrastructure to assist expanding humanitarian operations is virtually non-existent...