WIFI project contract signing ...
Raoul Herras – Bayan sales head corporate;
Jack Hernandez – UNC director for marketing and promotions; Sandee
Flores -UNC MIS head; Jonathan Velarde – Bayan territory manager; Edz Lopez and
Sheryll Galicia – Bayan sales specialists (seated Jesus J Hernandez – UNC VP
for Student and External Affairs.
By CORINA T OLIVER
FROM household technology to citywide mechanism, the premier
school in Bicol, the University of Nueva Caceres, has continued its legacy in
giving the Bicolano youth quality education through the institution’s
technological advancements in education.
With the recent agreement from
one of the nation’s leading telecommunication companies, the University of
Nueva Caceres will be tagged as Bicol’s first institution to use the Tropos
Technology and Bayan Telecommunications as the nation’s first developer in
giving Bicolanos high-end internet access.
This would mean faster and
reliable internet connection that can make almost a thousand students connected
to the world wide web within the given vicinity.
The Bayan Telecommunications has
given the school’s administration a chance to experience the so-called Tropos
Technology, a software in internet networking that can make a whole city
connected to the web using only five main routers within the vicinity.
The company has promised the
school free installation and dry runs before the administration would say yes
to the implementation of the UNC Bayan Wifi.
In the previous internet
connection, students would look for so-called, “Hot Spots” in order for them to
surf the net.
You cannot even access the
net inside the classroom and would effetely look for stronger connection by
changing rooms or worse, sit outside the corridors of selected buildings in the
school.
Now with the Bayan
Telecommunications, you can access the net not only inside the classrooms but
also in your favorite tambayan sites like the Founder’s Monument and the oval’s
benches.
It would now be hassle-free to surf the net while having the luxury of
sitting in your most comfortable zones with the technology’s 5km-capacity in
spreading internet signals.
Based from experience, the Main
Library and the NODAL Center are the sole centers for students without laptops
and mobile phones that provide internet access for a short period of time.
But,
with limited time and resources, not everyone has been given the chance to use
the net.
The solution to that problem is
the new internet kiosk, an internet booth to be installed within the key areas
of the schools that can be used by the students with only a limited time so
that more students are given the opportunity to use the facility.
Instead of the usual pin given to
students, a Bayan Wifi Card will be given to students every semester that will
provide the student’s account name and personal identification number (PIN) to
address security and accessibility concerns.
Before, students find it very
annoying when hang ups in the internet connection are being encountered, but
with the new internet interface, from the usual DSL bandwidth of 2-4 Mbps, the
connection speed has been increased to 10 Mbps.
Instead of the usual ratio of 400:4000
students connected, 1000:4000 (internet users to population) can access the net
all at the same time.
Not only can it
accommodate ¼ of the total student body at one single moment but it also
provides quicker and bother-free internet connection for all.
For the changing community, it is
very essential that an institution should be able to provide not only the
students’ needs but also the teaching and non-teaching staff the utmost
technological advancements so that people can embrace the change and be able to
achieve the global competencies needed.
With the proposal studied and approved
by the MIS, headed by Sandee Flores, and
with the help of the members of the College of Computer Studies, and also with
the support from the administration, headed by Jesus J Hernandez, vice-president
for Student and External Affairs, definitely, the university’s aim of providing
the best for the UNC community will definitely be upheld by the ideals,
opportunities, and mechanisms given to us by the Bayan Telecommunications. –
Bicol Mail
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