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Businessman on his phone while wearing a mask in the city during COVID-19 pandemic

This article was co-authored with Nishan Chelvachandran. Pandemic! Emergency! Hack COVID-19! As the novel coronavirus has evolved from an emerging threat to a clear and present danger on a global scale, governments have begun to use our digital footprints as a tool to flatten the curve. But as these governments... Read More

Podcast episode 24: COVID-19 and our digital rights Pandora’s box

The Human Factor

Testing is the domain of doctors, but tracing COVID-19 is falling on telecom and software companies as they race to develop systems for monitoring the quarantine. But at what cost? Internet rights advocate and CIGI fellow Michael Geist says we are at risk of opening a Pandora’s box in an... Read More

Fighting pandemics on the blockchain

The Human Factor

a person examining a dashboard of data on a digital tablet in an office

COVID-19 has proven to be a very deadly global virus. As governments around the world struggle to contain the spread of the contagion, many are wondering what tools might be available to moderate future pandemics. While it is probably unrealistic to expect any government to be fully prepared for an... Read More

Mobile data is a powerful weapon in tracking and preventing pandemics

The Human Factor

There are many heroes emerging from the COVID-19 emergency. I think essential workers like my sister who is a doctor, supermarket employees, postal workers and many others put themselves at risk of infection, but must work while most of us stay home to slow the spread. Although we all rely... Read More

Five ways telcos can commercialize 5G use cases

The Economics

A ‘build it and they will come’ approach won’t be enough for telcos to fully capitalize on 5G’s enormous commercial potential, according to a new global research study by Omdia and Nokia. Instead, communication service providers (CSPs) must proactively develop 5G use cases, pursue partnerships outside their own industry sandbox,... Read More