{"id":60281,"date":"2020-02-28T21:26:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T13:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/hughes-kicks-off-massive-community-wi-fi-deployment-in-rural-mexico\/"},"modified":"2020-02-28T21:26:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T13:26:43","slug":"hughes-kicks-off-massive-community-wi-fi-deployment-in-rural-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/hughes-kicks-off-massive-community-wi-fi-deployment-in-rural-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Hughes Kicks Off Massive Community Wi-Fi Deployment in Rural Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hughes Network Systems<\/strong> and <strong>Telecomunicaciones de M\u00e9xico (TELECOMM)<\/strong> will deploy Express Wi-Fi Hotspots in as many as 4,000 rural communities in Mexico, the operator announced Feb. 28.<\/p>\n<p>TELECOMM, a decentralized body under the Mexican Government\u2019s Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, makes telecommunications services available through programs and infrastructure from the national government and third parties. TELECOMM installed the first Hughes Express Wi-Fi hotspot in the town of General Sandino, where approximately 300 residents previously had no high-speed Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes\u2019 Community Wi-Fi program is powered by <strong>Facebook<\/strong> <strong>Connectivity<\/strong>\u2019s Express Wi-Fi platform, and leverages the Hughes JUPITER satellite system. Through this network, Hughes offers high-speed Internet access to people in rural communities at prices as low as 10 pesos (50 cents USD) per hour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time I have been able to enjoy a video call with another person,\u201d said Mr. Valdemar Zea Sanchez of General Sandino in the Hughes announcement. \u201cNow I can communicate with my son and friends when they are away \u2013 a benefit to our community to help us get in touch with our relatives in an easier and less expensive way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to provide under our contract with Hughes the installation and maintenance of the Hughes Express Wi-Fi solution in rural communities nationwide,\u201d added Sergio Vi\u00f1als Padilla, Director General at TELECOMM. \u201cHughes satellite Internet will enable more Mexicans to enjoy transformation and social inclusion for the wellness of the population, as defined in the Federal Government Connectivity Program and Social Coverage Program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Via Satellite\u2019s \u201cOn Orbit\u201d podcast detailed Hughes\u2019 Community Wi-Fi program, in an interview with Hughes\u2019 Senior Director of International Networks, Vinay Patel, published Jan. 19.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hughes Network Systems and Telecomunicaciones de M\u00e9xico (TELECOMM) will deploy Express Wi-Fi Hotspots in as many as 4,000 rural communities in Mexico, the operator announced Feb. 28. TELECOMM, a decentralized body under the Mexican Government\u2019s Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, makes telecommunications services available through programs and infrastructure from the national government and third parties. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}