Learning The Hughes Way

Hughes Network Systems, LLC [Hughes] and their Brazilian operating subsidiary have completed the rollout of HughesNet broadband satellite service in the state of Amazonas. This includes the installation of more than 200 Hughes HN terminals. The Amazonas Board of Education (SEDUC – AM) is using the service to deliver educational programs under the “On-Site Middle School with Technology Mediation” project to students in rural communities who have no middle school to attend, or where the existing school does not have enough space to accommodate all of the students.




In early August, the Educational Media Center of Amazonas was opened in Manaus at the State Education Board. Specially trained teachers within different disciplines deliver their classes, which are transmitted in real-time to the Hughes-operated NOC (network operations center). From there, the information is then broadcast to students in rural communities in 42 municipalities via two-way satellite technology. Organized as an interactive IPTV system, students report to the teachers in Manaus, ask questions, and receive real-time feedback, assisted by 260 on-site teachers. Using the HughesNet two-way satellite service, student-teacher interaction is achieved as though all were physically present in the same location. Every classroom features a technology kit that includes a Hughes HN broadband satellite terminal, multimedia PC, LCD TV, laser printer, and a special battery in case of power outages—Germantown, Maryland