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Gilat Expands VSAT Deployment for Mexico's Public-Schools with more than 4000 Additional Sites |
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PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Dec. 13, 2006/Satnews Daily/ ― Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT) has been selected by an additional integrator, Integradores de Tecnología to provide a 4,382-site SkyEdge VSAT network serving more than 9,600 Mexican public-school classrooms, to support the "middle-school" phase of the Mexican Ministry of Education’s (SEP) Enciclomedia program. The deployment of the network hub and terminals has already begun.
Gilat said this deal is in addition to the announcement by Gilat earlier this month that it had also been selected by a consortium of Mexican technology firms to provide a network of 4,400 SkyEdge VSATs. Gilat said the new contract brings the total number of Mexican classrooms to be connected via SkyEdge to approximately 50,000 – comprised of 33,500 primary-school classrooms and 17,400 middle-school classrooms.
Gilat will provide Integradores with the SkyEdge VSATs for monitoring, broadband Internet access and VoIP services to support the latest phase of Enciclomedia program, which focuses on middle schools and provides continuity to the program's previous phases. The Internet access will be used for email, discussion forums and web browsing.
Integradores’ General Manager Oscar Perez Martinez said Gilat’s high-performance SkyEdge VSAT platform is well suited to handle multiple applications as required by the Enciclomedia project. “The VSAT network can be implemented quickly and scales efficiently, which is critical for a network of this size.”
Enciclomedia is a computer-based program that integrates federal education resources such as textbooks, digital content and virtual activities to enrich the student’s classroom experience encourage student participation and enhance learning outcomes. The program also includes a portal to assist teachers with their daily activities. The Mexican government considers Enciclomedia to be an important education project and expects it to eventually reach more than 140,000 primary-school classrooms and more than 42,000 middle-school classrooms.
The SkyEdge platform is available in various configurations to support a wide range of networks, from small to large. SkyEdge supports periodic transmission – such as that required by the monitoring needs of the SEP project – broadband Internet connectivity and video services.
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