Highlights  

• A mission to the Arbat camp in Sulaymaniyahas deployed the replacement POE power boxes for re-establishing the expanded wireless network throughout the camp for humanitarian agency use.

Highlights

• Mains power was restored to the UNHCR office which hosts the ETC installed COMCEN in Sulaymaniya. The mains power to the system was cut earlier in the month, however, the system remained operational viathe ETC supplied solar system.

Reporting period 26/05/16 to 23/06/16

Due to escalating violence in Fallujah, a large number of civilians are fleeing the city and need urgent humanitarian aid and support.

With the situation in Mosul escalating, the ETC has updated its contingency plan, and submitted a proposal to the Mosul Flash Appeal that was launched during the Washington Donor Conference held on 20 July.

With the Mosul offensive now underway, the ETC has taken action to ensure it is fully prepared in terms of equipment and staff, and that its contingency plans are up to date and communicated with partners and senior management.

• The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) continues to provide vital security telecommunications and Internet connectivity services to the humanitarian community in five sites across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI).
• A total of 152 humanitarians have registered to access ETC I

• For the first time in its history, the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) is now providing Internet connectivity services to the affected community in Iraq.
• The ETC has preconfigured security telecommunications and Internet connectivity equipment, ready to support the humanit

• The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) successfully relocated the Communications Centre (COMCEN) in Sulaymaniyah to the new World Food Programme (WFP) premises.
• A total of 246 humanitarians have registered to access ETC Internet connectivity services since the beginning of th

• The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) is carrying out user support for the Internet connectivity services it is providing to humanitarians in Qayyarah: at the Mercy Hands office in town, and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and Danish Refugee Council (DRC) office i

• The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) continues to provide Internet connectivity services for humanitarians in Qayyarah: at the Mercy Hands office in town, and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and Danish Refugee Council (DRC) office in Qayyarah Airstrip camp. 

• The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) continues to provide Internet connectivity services for humanitarians in Qayyarah: at the Mercy Hands office in town, and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and Danish Refugee Council (DRC) office in Qayyarah Airstrip camp.

• Given the increasing number of users in the camp, the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) enhanced the Internet services for the humanitarian community at the Arbat camp.
• The ETC has identified an alternative local Internet Service Provider (ISP) which will support the humanit

• The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) team has completed a tower installation in Haj Ali, expanding provision of Internet connectivity and security telecommunications services in Haj Ali and Jeddah camps.
• The Arbat camp has been identified as the next location to be provided

Highlights

• The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) deployed security telecommunications and Internet connectivity services in Hassan Sham to support the humanitarian response in Mosul.
• The ETC trained over 50 staff from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian A

Highlights

• The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) deployed security telecommunications and Internet connectivity services in As Salamiyah to support the humanitarian response in Mosul.
• A user feedback survey was conducted to evaluate the quality of the ETC services in

Highlights:

• The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) continues to develop a Services for Communities (S4C) project through collaborating with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on its Community Resource Centres (CRC) project.
• The ETC team is in the process of recruiting an

Highlights

• The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) conducted an assessment to the Community Resource Centres (CRCs) in West Mosul and Fallujah as a part of the Services for Communities (S4C) project.
• Funding remains critical for the ETC as it is operating on carry over

ETC membership is open to all IASC members and, upon the invitation of the existing membership, to other organizations (i.e.

ETC membership is open to all IASC members and, upon the invitation of the existing membership, to other organizations (i.e.