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    Promoting Education through Satellite Connectivity: A Jamaica Case Study
    (2022-01-27) Viasat
    Viasat partnered with ReadyNet per the Ministry of Education’s goal to connect schools across Jamaica: • Collaboration with Jamaican Ministries of Education, Science, Energy and Technology and Spectrum Management Authority • VSAT license streamlining, and fee reduction led to: • 100 sites installed in 48 days • Plans to connect several hundred more sites • Use of Ka band and High-Throughput Satellite technology gives each school 25/5 Mbits/s which allows for simultaneous use of: • High-definition video conferencing • Multiple video streaming services • Connection for on-line education platforms