Role of Telecom Network to Manage COVID-19 in India: Aarogya Setu
Role of Telecom Network to Manage COVID-19 in India: Aarogya Setu
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10.1007/s41403-020-00109-7
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2020-06-02
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Jhunjhunwala A
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Jhunjhunwala A
协同的研究、开发和创新使得电信和互联网能够以印度13亿人口能够承受的价格点覆盖他们中的大多数。如今，这个电信网络被用于大量的应用，提供教育、医疗保健、金融普惠和灾害管理等各种各样的服务。在几乎所有像新冠病毒引发的危机情况中，人们发现可以利用电信网络为有需要的人、行政部门和协调人员提供帮助，以便更好地应对灾害。针对智能手机的“Aarogya Setu”和针对功能手机的“Aarogya Setu”就是这样的两项举措，它们有可能在这种困难的情况下提供帮助。
Concerted Research, Development and Innovation have enabled telecom and Internet reach most of the 1.3 billion people in India at a price-point that they can afford. This telecom network is being used for a whole lot of application today providing a large variety of services like education, health care, financial inclusion and disaster management. In almost all crisis situation like that created by coronavirus, one finds that telecom network can be leveraged to offer help to the needy, administration and coordinators to better manage the disaster. Aarogya Setu for smartphones and Aarogya Setu for feature phones are two such efforts, which are potentially going to help in this difficult situation.