To support the deployment of emergency telecommunications services in vulnerable and typhoon-hit areas, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Philippines completed the delivery of an initial set of four pick-up trucks, 20 satellite phones with pre-loaded SIM cards, 10 VSAT equipment with hard case and uninterrupted power supply (UPS), and an emergency cellular base transceiver station to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

This is in line with the DICT's mandate to provide rapid response in the event of disasters and assist in the dissemination of vital information as part of its frontline role as the lead agency of the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC).Back-up communications systems and platforms are essential for emergency response, as connectivity is often one of the first services that is impacted by extreme weather conditions.

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