ViaSat (www.viasat.com) said it is supplying its Surfbeam broadband satellite network to Telesat (www.telesat.ca), enabling Telesat customers in Colombia to provide Internet access to schools and other projects.
Telesat customers Comsat Colombia and Internet por Colombia will be the service providers for the network, which is part of the Compartel Social Telephony Program, a national program to facilitate universal access to telecommunications in rural areas of the country.
ViaSat will supply more than 3,700 satellite terminals to Telesat customers, while Telesat will provide the Ku-band capacity for the network via its Anik F1 satellite.
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