The ETS team in Nigeria proudly presents its November edition of the bi-annual newsletter, which highlights the latest updates, services and activities carried out by the ETS team across North-East Nigeria since June

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• The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) was officially activated in North-East Nigeria on 23 October.
• Initial funding has been received from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) which the ETS has used to purchase se

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• The recruitment  process of the three local staff to support the operation in the long term has been concluded. 
• The ETS team conducted a follow-up mission in the humanitarian hubs in Gwoza and Ngala where Internet connectivity and security telecommunica

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• The ETS conducted an Analogue/Digital radio training for 11 participants from eight organisations from 11 to 15 September in Maiduguri.

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• ETS Internet connectivity services were deployed at the humanitarian hub in Dikwa on 29 October.
• The ETS extended the wireless connectivity network to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Humanitarian Coordination Centre in Maiduguri.

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• The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) security telecommunications services were operational at the humanitarian hub in Dikwa, Borno state, as of 2 November.
• The ETS carried out a deployment and training mission in Damaturu, Yobe state, between 15 to 18 Nove

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• The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) conducted a mission to Bama to assess the quality of the existing ETS services deployed at the humanitarian hub.
• Tracking features of the Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) over Very High Frequency (VHF) radio network in Maidug

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• The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) deployed Internet connectivity and security telecommunications services at the humanitarian hub in Monguno.
• The ETS extended Internet services to the Mobile Storage Unit (MSU) in Ngala, managed by Logistics Sector’s par

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• The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) deployed the inter-agency security telecommunications network and Communications Centre (COMCEN) in Damaturu.

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• The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) carried out a mission in Dikwa to deploy an Internet access control system.
• The ETS hosted a meeting at the Red Roof base camp in Maiduguri to gather residents’ feedback on the ETS Internet services.
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• The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) deployed vital communications services at the humanitarian hub in Damasak.
• The ETS prepositioned Internet and security telecommunications equipment in Banki, where the next humanitarian hub will be established.

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• In view of the coming rainy season, the Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) transferred all ETS equipment to solid prefabricated structures in Gwoza, Bama and Dikwa.
• The Nigerian Ministry of Communications granted the ETS the requested radio frequencies for t

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• The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) is working closely with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on the deployment of six humanitarian hubs in North-East Nigeria.
• The ETS delivered radio training to five UN Department of Safety and Security

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• The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) has deployed vital Internet connectivity and security telecommunications services at the humanitarian hub in Banki (Borno state).
• The ETS is supporting the International Organization for Migration (IOM) humanitarian cam

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• The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) has launched a user satisfaction survey to gather feedback from humanitarian using ETS services in North-East Nigeria.

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• The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) concluded the assessment mission to gather the technical requirements of the hybrid power solution for the ETS infrastructure and services deployed in North-East Nigeria.
• The ETS received a contribution of US$855,000 fr

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• The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) expanded its Internet communications services in Maiduguri to cover the second accommodation phase in the Red Roof humanitarian camp.
• The ETS is engaging with humanitarian partners to gather their plans for 2019 as well

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• The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) trained 12x radio operators to efficiently man the Communications Centres (COMCENs) deployed at the humanitarian hubs in Borno state and in Maiduguri and Damaturu capital cities, in Borno and Yobe states respectively.
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• As part of the future of security telecommunications project, the ETS hosted a Telecommunications Security Standards (TESS) mission to review the Emergency Communications Systems (ECS) in place in North-East Nigeria.
• The ETS continues to provide vital communic

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• 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) Communicatio

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• The Global Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) Coordinator visited the ETS operation in Nigeria to engage with stakeholders and identify areas of collaboration.

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• The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) is maintaining the Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) in Maiduguri and is redesigning the whole radio network in North-East Nigeria to make sure it can cope with the communications requirements of the entire humanitarian community.

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• The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) deployed Internet connectivity and security telecommunications services at the first humanitarian hub in Gwoza.
• The first Local ETS Working Group in Maiduguri took place on 7 April and participants from five agencies at

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• The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) deployed vital communications services at the humanitarian hubs in Ngala and Bama. 
• The ETS received a new contribution from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and it is now 79% funded.
• The ETS is wo

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• The ETS has started organising training for government counterparts on Information Technology (IT) emergency management and for the entire humanitarian community on digital radio technology.
• Maintenance works were carried out on the analogue repeater in Maiduguri t

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• The ETS is upgrading the security telecommunications network in Maiduguri to Digital Mobile Radio (DMR).
• A user satisfaction survey was launched to gather feedback from humanitarians using vital communications services.
• The ETS completed the installation of

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• The ETS in Nigeria received a contribution of US$720,840 from the Office of U.S.

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• The ETS assisted the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) in relocating the Security Communications Centre (SCC) in Abuja and in conducting a refresher training for radio operators.&nbsp

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• During 2018, ETS communications services have been used by 2,931 humanitarians from 106 United Nations (UN) agencies, local and international Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) across North East Nigeria.

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• During the uncertain electoral period, the ETS focused on carrying out preventive maintenance on the communications services deployed in Maiduguri and on providing remote support to services deployed in field locations to ensure their full operability.
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• In line with the increasing connectivity needs of the humanitarian community, the ETS doubled the bandwidth in all the operational field humanitarian hubs in Borno state.
• To ensure ETS security communications services are efficiently used to support a safer h