Habitat for Humanity taps Hughes for satellite broadband during Queens, NY reconstruction

Hughes Network Systems is providing satellite broadband services to Habitat for Humanity of Westchester, NY as the latter rebuilds homes in Breezy Point in Queens, NY that had been devastated by Superstorm Sandy.

Habitat for Humanity is coordinating the reconstruction of the homes of Breezy Point residents from a nearby command center equipped with satellite communications technology. The command center can access broadband Internet by satellite and voice services through Hughes' new Internet Access Solutions.

The Hughes broadband Internet by satellite solution leverages the EchoStar 17 satellite. The next generation Ka-band satellite deploys JUPITER high-throughput technology that can deliver satellite internet speeds of up to 15 Mbps.

The Disaster Preparedness Registry of the Global VSAT Forum helped Habitat for Humanity to identify the satellite resources that will be needed by their command center. In addition, a Cisco on-site TacOps team provided customers with services such as a connection switch for their computers, access to wireless Wi-Fi, and a call manager for their phones.

Hughes wins EPA contract for RadNet satellite broadband upgrade

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is tapping Hughes Network Systems for extend satellite broadband services. Hughes announced that it will provide a year's worth of satellite broadband service to 50 sites of the RadNet program.

Hughes is tasked with the installation and delivery of satellite broadband services at up to five RadNet locations per month. Its solution include an HN9000 broadband satellite terminal and a dedicated Access Gateway at the Hughes Network Operations Center in Germantown, MD. The latter allows the expansion and possible conversion of the RandNet network into a private network.

According to Hughes, its satellite broadband solution will improve manageability and visibility of the EPA network. The EPA will be able to run their sites in the efficient manner of a private network.

The EPA keeps a watchful eye on the radiation levels present in air, drinking water, pasteurized milk, and precipitation throughout the United States through the RadNet system. The existing network is set to be upgraded this 2013 with Hughes satellite broadband technology.

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Hughes Network Systems celebrates 2012 sales total of 487K SATCOM terminals

2012 was a good year for Hughes Network Systems, LLC. The Company delivered more than 487,000 broadband satellite communications terminals that year for a total of more than 3.3 million terminals shipped worldwide.

Hughes extends an ever-increasing portfolio of broadband networking solutions at the behest of governments, multi-national organizations, and enterprises of all sizes across all vertical sectors.

The latest addition to its offerings is the HughesNet Gen4 broadband Internet on satellite service. Launched on October 2012 and leveraging the JUPITER high throughput technology of the EchoStar XVII Ka-band satellite, the new-generation HughesNet Gen 4 satellite broadband solution spurred the growth of its consumer high-speed satellite Internet service in North America. During the fourth quarter of 2012, Hughes shipped more than 200,000 HT satellite terminals.

According to Pradman Kaul, president of Hughes, the company considers each of the 3.3 million terminals it had delivered since 1986 to be the proof that the Company's customers depended upon the Company's solutions to accomplish their satellite communications requirements.

NETC telehealth clinics tap Hughes for satellite broadband access

Hughes Network Systems has signed a four-year contract with the New England Telehealth Consortium (NETC) for the provision of high-speed satellite broadband services to mobile telehealth clinics in the rural communities of Northern New England.

As part of the agreement, Hughes will supply routers with integrated auto-deploy antenna developed by AvL Technologies. The routers will enable services such as video conferencing, prescription dispensing, voice calls, transfer of electronic health records, viewing of digital images, telemedicine, and digital messaging.

Hughes will leverage capacity from its Spaceway 3 broadband satellite to generate the high-speed satellite Internet connectivity needed by the NETC service area.

A federally-funded consortium of healthcare providers, NETC serves more than 400 clinics in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The private telecommunications network it is building will allow healthcare providers to access the newest advances in research and medicine, remote medical diagnostics and surgery, dentistry, and behavioral health treatment. It also allows for the swift sharing of medical records between clinics.

Satellite broadband access will enhance telemedicine and information sharing, ensuring that that telehealth services deliver the finest of care to rural patients.

Hughes providing HX System 4.0 backhaul solution to Latin American telecom operator

Hughes Network Systems announced that it will be supplying the latest HX System backhaul solution to a large Latin American telecommunications operator. The backhaul update will allow the Latin American telecom to expand the coverage of its GSM and WiMAX wireless voice and data services, letting it serve customers in remote regions.

Hughes has provided the HughesNet high-speed satellite Internet service and associated systems to over 2.8 million users in 100 nations. The satellite broadband provider's Solutions include IPoS/DVB-S2, RSM-A, and GMR-1.

Hughes' solutions have received approvals from the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI,) International Telecommunications Union (ITU,) and other similar standardization bodies.

The Latin American telecommunications operator previously acquired the HX System in 2009 as an upgrade of its existing DVB-S network to Hughes' enhanced DVB-S2 platform. Hughes' HX System backhaul solution provided the telecom enterprise with better voice quality and high data throughputs through a combination of a dynamic bandwidth allocation protocol and low traffic latency and jitter.

More than one million satellite broadband terminal sites use the HX System satellite networking infrastructure. The system is fully compliant with the IP over Satellite (IPoS) global standard. Its latest version is the HX System 4.0 platform, which Hughes will use to upgrade the Latin American telecom customer's network.

Recently released by Hughes, the 4.0 version of the HX System offers high-speed IP services over satellite. It is fully compatible with various multi-media, video, data, and voice applications.