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Brazil,Chile,Colombia,Peru,United States : MEDIA NETWORKS expanding its internet solution for rural COLOMBIA with BANSAT [TendersInfo (India)](TendersInfo (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The Colombian company Bansat has announced that it has started installation of Ka-band Internet across rural Colombia through the satellite platform of Media Networks, a B2B division of Telefónica. With this deployment, the online video services of the country will be extended to several far-flung regions, which lack such facilities so far. Apart from covering the large cities like Bogotá or Antioquía, the service will extended to Tolima, Eje Cafetero, Pacífico, Huila and Valle del Cauca. Bansat, the monopoly satellite Internet services provider of Colombia, will offer its plan in two separate arrangements for households at 3Gb and 6Gb, while companies will be provided with three different plans of 10Gb, 15Gb and 20Gb. The Commercial Manager (South America), Media Networks, Juan Carlos González stated, "We are thrilled to make rural Internet become a reality in Colombia, thanks to Bansat trusting Media Networks' platform." González added, "iSAT-Ka has great potential to complement the traditional networks and is essential in order to universalise broadband access in the region." Bansat has started moves to commercialize the service via eight authorized distributors, and these are AT&C, Fao Networks, Internet VIP, TAG, Wireless Co, Tic Line, Batel Colombia and Anditel. The company has been planning to boost the fleet of partners in order to increase nationwide coverage. The Operational Director, Bansat, Luis Manuel Faviana explicated, "The satellite Internet services for the countryside are pioneers in using Ka-band in Colombia; they are easy to install and don't need terrestrial infrastructures." Bansat official added, "Thanks to the strategic relationship we have with our partners we can reach areas where there is low coverage or even none." Apart from the Colombian market, Media Networks has been involved in commercializing satellite wholesales services in Brazil and Chile. The company manages the platform through a regional satellite centre in Peru in addition to two telecom centres in Chile and the US. (c) 2014 Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |