GERMANTOWN, Md., Oct. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network
Systems, LLC (Hughes), the global leader in broadband satellite
solutions and services, today announced the launch of HughesNet®
high-speed satellite Internet service in Colombia beginning on September 28, the company's second international
deployment of its award-winning consumer service beyond
North America.
Operating over the EchoStar XIX high-throughput satellite
(HTS)—with the world's highest capacity at over 200 Gbps—HughesNet
service coverage reaches 75 percent of Colombia's population, bringing the many
benefits of affordable broadband Internet access to consumers and
businesses either unserved or underserved by terrestrial
broadband.
Hughes pioneered satellite Internet service for the mass market
and this launch in Colombia builds
upon its successful operations in North
America and Brazil – with,
to date, over 1 million subscribers, making it the world's largest
high-speed satellite network. The U.S. Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) recently rated HughesNet as #1 among all U.S.
broadband providers, including both terrestrial and satellite, for
delivering on advertised speeds. With this launch, HughesNet
service is available now to more than 214 million people in
South America.
"Colombia has many of the same
market dynamics as in Brazil,
primarily large untapped demand for high-speed Internet access in
areas either unserved or underserved by terrestrial Internet
providers," said Pradman Kaul,
president of Hughes. "We are now expanding our proven delivery and
support infrastructure to Colombia
under our successful business model to close the digital divide –
bringing people a range of high-speed Internet plans to suit every
budget, no matter where they live or work."
"Colombia is a key market in
extending our footprint across the Americas," said Vinod Jain, vice president of Hughes. "HughesNet
in Colombia will bring consumers
and businesses choices of attractive service plans, offering
download speeds up to 30 Mbps, enabling customers to do more online
than ever before, including email, online shopping, downloading
music and video, using social media and browsing the web."
HughesNet Colombia service is powered by the latest generation
of the Hughes JUPITER™ System, the world's most widely deployed
satellite network platform and one of the first to employ the
DVB-S2x standard for highly efficient use of satellite
bandwidth.
For more information about HughesNet Colombia, please visit
www.hughesnet.com.co.
About Hughes de Colombia
Hughes de Colombia (HdC), a wholly owned subsidiary of
Hughes Network System, LLC. HdC, headquartered in Bogota, obtained its Service License earlier
this year to offer Internet Service to consumers and small
businesses in Colombia. For
additional information about HdC, please visit
www.hughesnet.com.co. Launched on March 16,
2017 as the latest generation of its successful consumer
offering introduced nearly 20 years ago, HughesNet Gen5 is the
first and only U.S. satellite Internet service to deliver
FCC-defined broadband speeds from coast to coast, and is now also
being deployed in Brazil and other
countries in the Americas.
About Hughes Network Systems
Hughes Network Systems,
LLC (HUGHES) is the global leader in broadband satellite technology
and services for home and office. Its flagship high-speed satellite
Internet service is HughesNet®, the world's largest
satellite network with over 1 million residential and business
customers across North America and
Brazil. For large enterprises and
governments, the company's HughesON® managed network
services provide complete connectivity solutions employing an
optimized mix of satellite and terrestrial technologies. The
JUPITER™ System is the world's most widely deployed High-Throughput
Satellite (HTS) platform, operating on more than 20 satellites by
leading service providers, delivering a wide range of broadband
enterprise, mobility and cellular backhaul applications. To date,
Hughes has shipped more than 6 million terminals to customers in
over 100 countries, representing approximately 50 percent market
share, and its technology is powering broadband services to
aircraft around the world.
Headquartered outside Washington,
D.C., in Germantown,
Maryland, USA, Hughes operates sales and support offices
worldwide, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation
(NASDAQ: SATS), a premier global provider of satellite operations.
For additional information about Hughes, please
visit www.hughes.com and follow @Hughes_Corp on
Twitter.
About EchoStar
EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) is
a premier global provider of satellite communication solutions.
Headquartered in Englewood, Colo.,
and conducting business around the globe, EchoStar is a pioneer in
secure communications technologies through its Hughes Network
Systems and EchoStar Satellite Services business segments. For more
information, visit echostar.com. Follow @EchoStar on
Twitter.
©2017 Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar company. Hughes
and HughesNet are registered trademarks and JUPITER is a trademark
of Hughes Network Systems, LLC.
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