Informe práctica empresarial Gilat Colombia S.A.S E.S.P.

Abstract

Gilat, founded in 1987, is a private company listed on the stock exchange, providing telecommunications solutions based on satellite technology. The company operates under three business units: Gilat Network System, which is a provider of professional networks and services; Spacent Inc., in North America, that provides management services for businesses and government through its Connextar service brand; Spacenet Rural Communications, which offers rural telephony and internet access solutions to remote areas, mainly in Latin America. The Gilat headquarters are located in Petah Tikva, Israel, and in the offices of Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Peru. Gilat Colombia began operations in 1999 by winning the Compartel I project of the government focused on rural telephony. Since then, we have been awarded additional projects with more than $ 100 million in government subsidies as a whole: rural community telephony (TRC I and TRC II) and telecentres. Currently, Gilat Colombia operates a network of several kilometers of telephone and Internet sites distributed throughout the country, serving several million people. Redirect also broadband Internet connectivity to more than 1,600 schools in the country's rural regions as part of the contract signed with the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MINTIC) of Colombia, with the aim of promoting the massification and use of the internet through the development and use of infrastructure and the promotion and appropriation of technological services in rural areas.