Telconet completes rural deployment

Ecuadorian corporate and wholesale telecoms provider Telconet completed a deployment of broadband satellite equipment supplied by Hughes Network Systems to fulfill a rural connectivity project on behalf of the Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Society (Mintel), TeleGeography CommsUpdate reported.

Under the state-funded program to provide isolated communities with Internet access, data services, voice and video applications for the first time, Telconet purchased an HX system hub and HX50 and HX200 broadband satellite terminals from Hughes.