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 ETC Coordinator carried out an assessment mission to Tikrit to assess which ETC services would be required and another member of the ETC team carried out an assessment mission to Zummar.

Both Tikrit and Zummar are earmarked to become common operational areas for the Mosul operation.

The ETC is now more than one month in to Phase 1 of its three-month Connectivity for Communities pilot project to provide Internet connectivity to communities in United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Youth Centre in Domiz camp. This project is part of the ETC strategy to ensure that, by 2020, all those responding to humanitarian emergencies have access to communications.