Hughes Communications

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Hughes Communications NASDAQ: HUGH is publicly traded provider of satellite-based communications services. The company operates its satellite business through its wholly owned subsidiary, HughesNet.

Subsidiaries

Hughes Network Systems

A wholly owned subsidiary, Hughes Network Systems is a provider of broadband satellite network products for businesses and consumers. Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown, Maryland, USA, it maintains sales and support offices worldwide and employs approximately 1,500 people in engineering, operations, marketing, sales and support. It also operates manufacturing facilities in Gaithersburg, Maryland. It first opened its doors in 1971 as Hughes Electronics, which expanded in 1987 with the purchase of M/A-COM Telecommunications. In January 2003, the company was sold to SkyTerra Communications.

HughesNet

HughesNet is the brand under which Hughes Network Systems provides its one-way and two-way satellite broadband Internet technology and service in United States and Europe. Originally branded as DirecPC, it originally catered to business. In October 1996, it expanded into the consumer market, primarily targeting "work-at-home consumers who might otherwise use ISDN".^{[2][3][dead link]} It officially changed its name on March 27, 2006.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Hughes Communications (November 4, 2009). "Hughes Communications Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results" (pdf). Press release. http://www.hughes.com/HUGHES/Doc/0/M6J7PQMCJHNKVE28JUMDRKN67E/Hughes_Communications_Announces_Third_Quarter_2009_Results.pdf. Retrieved December 17, 2009. 
2. ^ McCarthy, Shira (October 14, 1996). "Hughes brings DirecPC home". Telephony Online. Penton Media. http://telephonyonline.com/mag/telecom_hughes_brings_direcpc/index.html. Retrieved December 17, 2009. 
3. ^ http://www.isr.umd.edu/ISR/publications/newsletter/december94/direcpc.html

External links

• Official website

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