[Satellite TODAY 09-18-09] Eutelsat and VSAT partner Nortis Cimecom have been awarded a contract by the Moroccan Ministry for Education and the Moroccan National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority to deliver a satellite-based broadband service to schools beyond range of terrestrial networks, Eutelsat announced Sept. 16.
    The government deployment program forms part of a national program dubbed Génie, driven by the Moroccan Ministry of Education to extend ICT infrastructure to schools for on teacher training programs and Internet access to educational content for pupils of all ages.

    Nortis Cimecom will deploy Eutelsat’s D-Star satellite-based solution to equip 25 percent of schools in the first phase of the national program. The second phase of the program is being assessed by the national telecommunications regulatory authority with the ultimate objective to deliver broadband to a total of 21,000 schools.

    Financial details of the contract were not disclosed.

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