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Encyclopedia > Hughes Network Systems
Hughes
Type Subsidiary of Hughes Communications
Founded 1971
Headquarters Germantown, MD
Key people Pradman Kaul, Chairman and CEO
Industry Telecommunications Services and Equipment
Products Satellite Internet
Revenue $197.35M (2005)[1]
Employees ~1,500
Website www.hughes.com[2]

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HNS), is a provider of broadband satellite network solutions for businesses and consumers. HNS pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access services and IP-based networks with its original DirecPC service but which it now markets globally under the HughesNetTM brand. HughesNet terminals are based on the IPoS (IP over Satellite) global standard, approved by both TIA and ETSI standards organizations. HNS also developed the Ka-band satellite system called SPACEWAY®. Image File history File links Direcway. ... Hughes Communications is a publicly traded company under the stock symbol of NASDAQ: HUGH since September 2006. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Germantown is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Maryland: Germantown, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Germantown, Baltimore County, Maryland Germantown, Montgomery County, Maryland -- This is the most common place referred to as Germantown, Maryland. ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... A Wild Blue Satellite Internet dish. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... DirecPC was a satellite Internet service provided by Hughes Electronicss Hughes Network Systems and was formed in October 1996. ... HughesNet (formerly DirecWay) is the brand name of the one-way and two-way satellite broadband Internet technology and service in U.S. and Europe owned by Hughes Network Systems. ...


Headquartered outside Washington, D.C. in Germantown, Maryland, USA, HNS maintains sales and support offices worldwide and employs approximately 1,500 people in engineering, operations, marketing, sales and support. It operates manufacturing facilities in Gaithersburg, Maryland. HNS is certified to the ISO‑9001 standard.


Hughes Aircraft Company expanded in 1987 with the purchase of M/A-COM Telecommunications, Inc., now known as Hughes Network Systems (HNS), was a unit of Hughes Electronics until 2003. Hughes developed the AIM-120 AMRAAM, one of the worlds most advanced air-to-air missiles Hughes Aircraft Company was a major defence/aerospace company founded by Howard Hughes. ...


HNS is 100% owned by Hughes Communications, Inc. Hughes Communications is a publicly traded company under the stock symbol of HUGH on NASDAQ since September 2006. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...


SkyTerra Communications, Inc. completed its purchase of 100% controlling interest in HNS from the DirecTV Group in January 2006 and completed an IPO of Hughes Communications in March 2006 [3]. A standard DIRECTV satellite dish with 1 LNB on a roof DIRECTV (trademarked as DIRECTV) is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service based in El Segundo, California, USA, that transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America except for Mexico. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...


HNS HughesNet services are supplied using:

  • DW4000 (USB only terminal)
  • DW4020 (An ethernet upgrade of the DW4000 comprised of an add-on "gateway unit" that includes the ethernet port)
  • DW6000 (single box-single ethernet version of DW4020)
  • DW7000 (a performance upgraded version of DW6000)
  • HN7000s (a performance upgraded version of DW7000, the "HN" reflecting the new "HughesNet" rebranding)

See also

HughesNet (formerly DirecWay) is the brand name of the one-way and two-way satellite broadband Internet technology and service in U.S. and Europe owned by Hughes Network Systems. ... The SPACEWAY system was originally envisioned as a global Ka-band communications system by the company then known as Hughes Aircraft and subsequently renamed as Hughes Electronics. ...

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Perseus|WebSurveyor - Hughes Network Systems (682 words)
By leveraging the Perseus solution, Hughes realized a 70% reduction in the total cost for conducting surveys, as well as commensurate increases in survey response rates.
Hughes Network Systems (HNS) is the world's leading provider of broadband satellite network solutions of businesses and consumers, with more than 800,000 systems in 85 countries.
Based on its evaluation of available survey systems which would meet key requirements such as scalability, ease of integration, and the capability for automated and centralized feedback management control, HNS selected Perseus SurveySolutions.
Gabon Telecom Selects Hughes Network Systems (811 words)
Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (HNS), the world's leading provider of broadband satellite solutions, today announced it has signed a contract to provide a satellite telephony network for Gabon Telecom to connect all the railway stations in Gabon (Transgabonais Network), including the central train station in Libreville.
Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (HNS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Electronics Corporation (HUGHES), is the world's leading provider of broadband satellite network solutions for businesses and consumers, with more than 600,000 systems ordered or shipped to customers in 85 countries.
HUGHES, Hughes Network Systems, DIRECWAY, and TES are trademarks of Hughes Electronics Corporation.
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