ETC Yemen Scale-up Plan – 2019

Scale-up Plan 2019

• Improve capacity of existing ETC hubs to support increased humanitarian operation in Sana’a, Al Hudaydah, Aden, Sa’ada and Ibb, including:

Technical assessment and support – Hardware upgrade and/or replacement – Bandwidth upgrade
• Establish new ETC hubs, to support increased humanitarian presence in Aden, Mukallah, Mukha, Tuba and Bajil
Enhance and expand security telecommunications coverage, including:
- Purchase and deploy 11 repeaters (6 for the INGOs and 5 for expansion)
- Install 30-metre antenna towers in Aden, Sana’a and Al Hudaydah – Enhance the communication during road missions by identifying and deploying a better means of communication with low profile and visibility
- Bolster human resources to support increasing activities on the ground, including:
- Recruit national ETC assistant/telecommunication technicians in Sa’ada, Ibb and Mukallah

• Ramp up local capacity building by providing advanced technical training to 30x more staff to support expansion of ETC services.