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Hughes and Anditel to Offer Internet access to Colombia Remote Regions
 
Date:2014-03-05 03:47       Hits:
 
Teamed with Colombia-based Anditel Hughes Network Systems has to deliver high-speed Internet service to schoolchildren in remote areas of Colombia. This initiative is part of the Ministry of Information Technology and Communication’s (MinTIC) Vive Digital program to help bridge the country’s digital divide.



Hughes will offer its HX System and broadband satellite terminals for over 1,000 Vive Digital kiosks (KVDs) across the country. The Internet service will primarily be for students, however, after school hours, the KVDs will also be available for additional service to the local community. The Hughes solution is configured with rates of more than 6 Mbps downstream and more than 1.5 Mbps upstream to schools within the Anditel-serviced region.



“We partnered with Hughes for the Vive Digital program due to the lower operating costs of their extensive satellite network,” said Francisco Navarro, president of Anditel. “The Hughes HX System is highly bandwidth efficient, giving us the best possible economy and performance, as well as being very simple to do the installation and management.”