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Hughes Communications
Company typePublic (Nasdaq: HUGH)
IndustryTelecommunications
Headquarters
Germantown, Maryland
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Pradman Kaul (President/CEO
Grant Barber Executive Vice President/CFO
Servicessatellite-based communications
Total assets$1,190,393 (2008)[1]
Total equity$343,858 (2008)[1]
Number of employees
1,958 (2008)
SubsidiariesHughes Network Systems
Websitehttp://www.hughes.com/

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 (which really sucks). Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown, Maryland, USA, it maintains sales and support offices worldwide and employs approximately 1,500 people (Mainly in india), 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. Hughes pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet services, which it markets globally under the “Hughes Net brand. Hughes Net has delivered satellite products and services around the world, with more than 1.5 million systems ordered or shipped to customers in over 100 countries. Hughes Net services are sold directly throughout North America, Brazil, Europe, and India.

HughesNet

HughesNet is the brand under which Hughes Network Systems[2][3] 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".[4][5] It officially changed its name on March 27, 2006. In other regions of the world, Hughes products and services are available from a growing family of authorized service providers and resellers.

References

  1. ^ a b "Hughes Communications Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results" (pdf) (Press release). Hughes Communications. November 4, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  2. ^ McCarthy, Shira (October 14, 1996). "Hughes brings DirecPC home". Telephony Online. Penton Media. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. ^ http://www.isr.umd.edu/ISR/publications/newsletter/december94/direcpc.html
  4. ^ McCarthy, Shira (October 14, 1996). "Hughes brings DirecPC home". Telephony Online. Penton Media. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. ^ http://www.isr.umd.edu/ISR/publications/newsletter/december94/direcpc.html


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