Hughes Technology Earns Level 1 Certification
April 28, 2008 Posted by Satellite Man
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and services, today announced that its Crypto Kernel, the cryptographic component of its HN and HX Systems, has earned a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 level 1 certificate (Certs. #919 and #915) from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). FIPS 140-2 validation is a requirement for any cryptographic product, which will be used in a U.S. government agency network.
HughesNet in Australia
April 27, 2008 Posted by Satellite Man
HughesNet, the global leader in providing broadband satellite networks and solutions, today announced that Orion Satellite Systems of Australia has purchased and commissioned a state-of-the-art DVB-S2/IPoS with Adaptive Coding Modulation (ACM) satellite system from Hughes to provide broadband Internet access service to remote areas in Australia. Orion Satellite Systems is one of the registered providers of broadband satellite services under the Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) program.
Hughes Initiates Commercial Service on SPACEWAY 3 Satellite
April 7, 2008 Posted by Satellite Man
Hughes Network Systems (HughesNet), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services and wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: HUGH), today announced that it successfully activated the first HughesNet® consumer subscriber for broadband Internet service utilizing its SPACEWAY™ 3 satellite on April 3rd, 2008.
“With this significant milestone, our SPACEWAY 3 satellite has officially commenced carrying revenue-bearing traffic, making Hughes a fully integrated service provider,” said Pradman Kaul, president and CEO of Hughes. “We are excited to begin delivering HughesNet broadband services over the world’s first commercial satellite with on-board switching to our rapidly growing base of consumer, SMB, enterprise, and government customers throughout North America .”
Hughes Introduces New WAN Optimization.
February 25, 2008 Posted by Satellite Man
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), a leading provider of broadband networks and services, today announced it has added new WAN optimization and application acceleration capabilities to its comprehensive suite of HughesNet® Managed Network Services. The new capabilities improve application performance and increase overall network efficiency, and are available for all broadband technologies—wired, wireless and satellite—thus dramatically reducing deployment costs and complexity.
Satellite Internet technology has come a long way.
February 11, 2008 Posted by Satellite Man
Internet technology has come a long way from the days when a 20 kbps speed dial-up connection was considered fast. Cable Internet, broadband and DSL connections brought in a new era in Internet technology. What broadband Internet cannot offer is coverage in remote areas where laying cables in not feasible for broadband service providers. This is where satellite Internet scores over broadband and other Internet technologies. There are many benefits of satellite Internet technology. Such as price, speed and connectivity are at par or even better than other technologies. In the United States Satellite Internet services are offered by HughesNet and WildBlue. They cover 99% of all the zip codes in the country. Satellite Internet connectivity is not far off for people living near the Arctic Circle or the tropical regions. In countries like France ¼ of the population still does not have access to broadband connectivity. Satellite connections are proving to be a great enabler for people in these regions to stay connected with the outside world.
SpaceWay Over-the-air Testing
January 21, 2008 Posted by Satellite Man
Spaceway 3 Video
In preparation for the much anticipated launch of SPACEWAY 3, Hughes completed a month of rigorous over-the-air testing with SPACEWAY 2 earlier this year. Following complete testing in a lab environment, testing was subsequently conducted using the actual satellite in orbit, validating its IP broadband capabilities and setting the stage for the future success of SPACEWAY 3.
The Hughes test team, composed of more than 40 engineers and technicians, ran approximately 160 readiness tests over a 30-day period to ensure that everything works properly—from the transmission and switching systems, to the front-end systems and user interfaces for configuring the terminals and managing the network operations control center.
The successful completion of this over-the-air testing represents another critical step in the countdown to the launch of SPACEWAY 3.
Hughes, the Pioneer of satellite communication.
January 5, 2008 Posted by Satellite Man
Hughes is one of the leading satellite communication providers in the world. The history of the company goes back to 1932 when Howard Hughes fascinated by aircrafts founded Hughes aircrafts. During the Second World War, the US government asked Hughes to produce a cargo aircraft; but Hughes was unable to deliver the aircrafts until two years after the end of the war. After the war Hughes became one of the largest defense contractors to the United States government supplying weapons systems, missiles, satellites and lasers. The company was very successful and managed by highly qualified engineers. Howard Hughes started getting involved in the day to day management of the company around 1950. He was a billionaire who started running the company without any corporate governance. He started making his own decisions and over-ruling the decision made by the board. As a result many top executives left the company during that time.