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At NewCom International, we are committed to leveraging today’s communications technology to make life better for people living in remote regions throughout the developing world.
Over the past year, we focused on developing bundled communication solutions that would advance health care, improve education, enhance public safety and foster economic growth. Here’s a look back at some of our key social initiatives―which will continue to be our driving force in 2012 and beyond.
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Health Care |
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 Using our satellite-based high-speed Internet service and collaborative VideoMeetings™ application, we made it possible for a Haiti hospital to conduct instant, face-to-face consultations with top medical experts around the world and transmit critical medical documents for review — saving numerous lives in the process. We also helped 14 medical clinics located in remote villages throughout Colombia connect with top doctors in the nation’s capital through dedicated, real-time voice and video services.
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Education |
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 To help governments, foundations and NGOs working to address the critical education needs throughout Latin America and Africa, we developed our Rural Education Integrated Solution (REIS™), an affordable, turnkey package that combines satellite-based Internet connectivity, virtual teaching applications and Internet safeguards with rich educational content from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the world leader in online educational content. Throughout 2011, we were instrumental in bringing Internet connectivity to remote schools scattered throughout Latin America and Africa. We are currently teaming with USAID and a consortium of other organizations on a pilot program that will provide high-speed Internet access and computers to 26 schools located in the most remote, volatile regions of Colombia. We also helped universities to reach students around the globe through virtual, interactive classrooms and online collaboration tools. |
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Research |
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 In July, we teamed with engineers from universities throughout the world to relay their historic Inka Engineering Andes Mountain expedition to visitors at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. This was managed through a powerful, interactive video cast. We also provided our collaborative, interactive VideoMeetings™ service, which allowed thousands of museum visitors to interact live with researchers as they uncovered engineering secrets behind the ancient Inka road and bridge system that stretches over Peru’s most rugged terrain |
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Public Safety |
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 To ensure government, military and law enforcement personnel have anytime, anywhere access to critical voice, video and data communications, we developed our Emergency Communications Response Network (ECRN™). ECRN is a compact, self-contained communication system that serves as an emergency backup solution and as a portable communications center for mobile military and public safety corps units. Applications include humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism response, stability operations and peace keeping. We also helped facilitate critical elections in several developing countries by providing government officials with the turnkey solutions necessary to connect with voters and ensure democracy. With our mobile streaming service, LiveStreamMobile™, we made it easy and cost-effective for candidates to instantly stream live video on a specified web site from the most remote corners of the world. We also provided turnkey, short-term VoIP and Internet solutions during elections that ensured secure, high-quality voice and email communications service between remote voting locations and central voting headquarters for transparent, real-time reporting. |
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Infrastructure |
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 To assist Germany-based NGO Welthungerhlife in its work to provide clean water, sanitation, roads, and agriculture for refugee camps in war-torn Liberia, we recently donated a year’s worth of Internet connectivity to three remote field offices scattered throughout the country. The communications service enables field workers to coordinate with central staff and other NGOs to facilitate the delivery of non-food items and other critical supplies into the camps.
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