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Russian Distance Education Project

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced today an agreement to supply Russia's Modern Institute for the Humanities with a SkyStar 360E hub and 155 Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) remote sites. The satellite-based network will provide Internet access, distance learning and video conferencing to the University's branches located throughout the Russian Federation from Kalingrad in the west all the way to Sakhalin in the east. Delivery and installation is expected to be completed during Q2 with the network fully functional in time for the beginning of the new school year in September 2004. The Moscow-based Institute for the Humanities, Russia's largest open university is one of the largest universities in the world, with over 145,000 students. With the network's hub based in Moscow, the Skystar 360E network will eventually provide services to the University's 500-plus branches. This is the first distance education network of its kind in Russia.

  posted by Ray at 3/28/2004 12:35:00 PM permanent item link   

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