SIs Newslog - Mintel signs agreement on behalf of 25 schools

Monday, October 18, 2010

Mintel signs agreement on behalf of 25 schools

The Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Society (Mintel), as an entity committed to the development of Information and Communication Technologies in Ecuador, signed the agreement to provide Internet services with the company Megadatos S.A., to implement the pilot project of access to broadband Internet services in "Fe y Alegría" schools, located in different rural and marginal urban areas of eight provinces of Ecuador.

Through this agreement 25 educational institutions in the cantons of Cuenca, Azuay, Guamote, Chimborazo, Quito, Pichincha, Guayaquil, Guayas, Manta, Manabi, Joya de los Sachas, Orellana, Ibarra, Imbabura, Ambato and Tungurahua; will receive Connectivity-Internet. As beneficiaries are students and teachers in these counties for the period of one year. The investment is US$ 53,388 dollars.

(Source: Mintel - Ecuador)
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Monday, October 18, 2010 2:27:01 AM (W. Europe Standard Time, UTC+01:00)

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