The contribution of telco data to fight the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience of Telefonica throughout its footprint
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global challenge for humanity, in which a large number of resources are invested to develop effective vaccines and treatments. At the same time, governments try to manage the spread of the disease while alleviating the strong impact derived from the slowdown in economic ac...
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| author | Pedro A. de Alarcon Alejandro Salevsky Daniel Gheti-Kao Willian Rosalen Marby C. Duarte Carlos Cuervo Jose J. Muñoz Juan M. Pascual Martin Schurig Thomas Treß Elena Diaz Carlos de la Cuesta Enrique Frias-Martinez |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic is a global challenge for humanity, in which a large number of resources are invested to develop effective vaccines and treatments. At the same time, governments try to manage the spread of the disease while alleviating the strong impact derived from the slowdown in economic activity. Governments were forced to impose strict lockdown measures to tackle the pandemic. This significantly changed people’s mobility and habits, subsequently impacting the economy. In this context, the availability of tools to effectively monitor and quantify mobility was key for public institutions to decide which policies to implement and for how long. Telefonica has promoted different initiatives to offer governments mobility insights throughout many of the countries where it operates in Europe and Latin America. Mobility indicators with high spatial granularity and frequency of updates were successfully deployed in different formats. However, Telefonica faced many challenges (not only technical) to put these tools into service in a short timing: from reducing latency in insights to ensuring the security and privacy of information. In this article, we provide details on how Telefonica engaged with governments and other stakeholders in different countries as a response to the pandemic. We also cover the challenges faced and the shared learnings from Telefonica’s experience in those countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2f8c04b16f0341ec8d859630eeb5115e2023-03-09T12:31:34ZengCambridge University PressData & Policy2632-32492021-01-01310.1017/dap.2021.6The contribution of telco data to fight the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience of Telefonica throughout its footprintPedro A. de Alarcon0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5137-641XAlejandro Salevsky1Daniel Gheti-Kao2Willian Rosalen3Marby C. Duarte4Carlos Cuervo5Jose J. Muñoz6Juan M. Pascual7Martin Schurig8Thomas Treß9Elena Diaz10Carlos de la Cuesta11Enrique Frias-Martinez12Telefonica Research & Development, Madrid, SpainTelefonica de Argentina, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaTelefonica Brazil, Sao Paulo, BrazilTelefonica Brazil, Sao Paulo, BrazilTelefonica de Colombia, Bogotá, ColombiaTelefonica de Colombia, Bogotá, ColombiaTelefonica de Ecuador, Quito, EcuadorTelefonica de Ecuador, Quito, EcuadorTelefonica Germany GmbH, Munich, GermanyTelefonica Germany GmbH, Munich, GermanyTelefonica Tech, Madrid, SpainTelefonica de España, Madrid, SpainTelefonica Research & Development, Madrid, SpainThe COVID-19 pandemic is a global challenge for humanity, in which a large number of resources are invested to develop effective vaccines and treatments. At the same time, governments try to manage the spread of the disease while alleviating the strong impact derived from the slowdown in economic activity. Governments were forced to impose strict lockdown measures to tackle the pandemic. This significantly changed people’s mobility and habits, subsequently impacting the economy. In this context, the availability of tools to effectively monitor and quantify mobility was key for public institutions to decide which policies to implement and for how long. Telefonica has promoted different initiatives to offer governments mobility insights throughout many of the countries where it operates in Europe and Latin America. Mobility indicators with high spatial granularity and frequency of updates were successfully deployed in different formats. However, Telefonica faced many challenges (not only technical) to put these tools into service in a short timing: from reducing latency in insights to ensuring the security and privacy of information. In this article, we provide details on how Telefonica engaged with governments and other stakeholders in different countries as a response to the pandemic. We also cover the challenges faced and the shared learnings from Telefonica’s experience in those countries.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2632324921000067/type/journal_articleBig DataCOVID-19mobility datatelco dataTelefonica |
| spellingShingle | Pedro A. de Alarcon Alejandro Salevsky Daniel Gheti-Kao Willian Rosalen Marby C. Duarte Carlos Cuervo Jose J. Muñoz Juan M. Pascual Martin Schurig Thomas Treß Elena Diaz Carlos de la Cuesta Enrique Frias-Martinez The contribution of telco data to fight the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience of Telefonica throughout its footprint Data & Policy Big Data COVID-19 mobility data telco data Telefonica |
| title | The contribution of telco data to fight the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience of Telefonica throughout its footprint |
| title_full | The contribution of telco data to fight the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience of Telefonica throughout its footprint |
| title_fullStr | The contribution of telco data to fight the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience of Telefonica throughout its footprint |
| title_full_unstemmed | The contribution of telco data to fight the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience of Telefonica throughout its footprint |
| title_short | The contribution of telco data to fight the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience of Telefonica throughout its footprint |
| title_sort | contribution of telco data to fight the covid 19 pandemic experience of telefonica throughout its footprint |
| topic | Big Data COVID-19 mobility data telco data Telefonica |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2632324921000067/type/journal_article |
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