SES, ComClark to offer Educational Content via Satellite

SES and ComClark Network and Technology Corporation unveiled plans of providing  Philippine educators with high-speed satellite-based internet across 2,000 remote schools in the hopes to improve the quality of teaching and learning across the country.

The content will primarily focus on offering students with an equal access to quality education, along with those in far flung areas.

Through the partnership, SES ComClark will gain Ku-band capacity from the SES-9 satellite forf voice, video, and data applications in order to connect, and simultaneously datacast educational materials and curriculum to participating public schools nationwide.

“We are delighted to work with SES on our maiden project to deliver educational content to schools in the Philippines. SES’s satellite communications services are enabling us to connect schools in even the most remote towns and villages and provide quality learning opportunities to the school children anywhere in the country. Reliable broadband service is vital for the educational content to reach all the school children in the Philippines, no matter where they are, so that each one of them can benefit from the opportunities offered by quality education,” said Dennis Anthony Uy, CEO at ComClark. 

“Collaborating with ComClark in the Philippines underscores how SES’s satellite technology can deliver reliable and affordable connectivity to even the most remote locations, providing students from these 2,000 schools equal access to quality education. We are pleased to work with ComClark and to have played a role in ensuring quality education in the Philippines,” said Harsh Verma, Vice President Asia, Networks Sales at SES.