WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network
Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an
innovator in satellite and multi-transport technologies and
networks for 50 years, and OneWeb, the low Earth orbit satellite
communications company, today announced that they have signed a
distribution agreement in the U.S. focused on enterprise services.
In India, the parties have entered
into an MOU for a strategic agreement to distribute services to
large enterprises, small and medium businesses, government, telcos
and ISPs, including in the rural and remote parts of the country.
Services will be offered by Hughes Network Systems, LLC, and Hughes
Communications India Private Ltd., respectively. Hughes and OneWeb intend to work together to
broaden distribution globally, with Hughes to offer OneWeb's low-latency,
high-speed connectivity for markets such as enterprise, government,
commercial aviation and maritime, cellular backhaul, and community
Wi-Fi hotspots.
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Pradman Kaul, President,
Hughes, said: "The future
of connectivity depends on a worldwide network of multiple
transports, including terrestrial, geostationary and Low Earth
Orbit satellite services. OneWeb's system enhances the Hughes portfolio of networking capabilities,
introducing a low-latency option with global reach that complements
GEO satellite capacity density and capability to meet our
customers' needs. As a case in point, in India which has been starved of
high-throughput satellite services, the OneWeb services will help
us meet the tremendous backhaul and broadband demand."
Neil Masterson, Chief
Executive Officer, OneWeb, said: "OneWeb is thrilled to be
working with Hughes to offer our
connectivity solution across the U.S and India. This agreement is another example of
our commitment to deliver high-quality, continuous internet access
to areas in need including in rural and remote areas of the U.S and
India. Hughes is already an important investor and an
invaluable technology partner, and I look forward to continuing to
grow our relationship further."
At a jointly hosted session at Satellite 2021 at National
Harbor, Maryland, representatives
of the companies signed the new agreements, addressed their ongoing
partnership and shared a demonstration of multi-orbit connectivity
in action. The test, recorded on August
26, featured the successful real-time, seamless switching
between the Hughes JUPITER 2 geostationary, high-throughput
satellite (HTS) and OneWeb's low latency, high speed LEO
constellation. The demonstration highlighted advantages of each
type of connectivity as Hughes ActiveTechnologies™ software
instantaneously evaluated the type of traffic and transmitted it
over the most efficient path: latency-sensitive activities (like
fast-twitch video gaming and a video call) were transmitted via
OneWeb; bandwidth-intensive activities like video streaming were
transmitted via JUPITER HTS.
Today's agreement expands an established relationship between
the two companies. Hughes, through
its parent company EchoStar, is an investor in OneWeb. It is also
an ecosystem partner to OneWeb, developing gateway electronics and
the core module that will power every user terminal for the system.
And Hughes is the prime contractor
on an agreement with the U.S. Air Force Research Lab to integrate
and demonstrate managed LEO SATCOM using OneWeb capacity in the
Arctic region.
OneWeb works with carefully selected distribution partners in
each of its core markets, providing new business and expansion
opportunities through the low latency, global, high throughput
attributes of OneWeb's network.
OneWeb is building its initial constellation of 648 LEO
satellites. Services will begin this year to the Arctic region,
including Alaska, Canada, and the UK. By late 2022, OneWeb will
be offering its high-speed, low latency connectivity services
globally. Service testing on the satellites already in orbit is
underway, using gateways that Hughes is building for the network. Results
are positive, including seamless satellite and beam handovers, high
speeds and low latency.
To help meet the demand for broadband, Hughes is developing its next generation
JUPITER 3 Ultra-High Density Satellite, expected to launch in the
second half of 2022.
About Hughes Network Systems
Hughes Network Systems,
LLC (HUGHES), an innovator in
satellite and multi-transport technologies and networks for 50
years, provides broadband equipment and services; managed services
featuring smart, software-defined networking; and end-to-end
network operation for millions of consumers, businesses,
governments and communities worldwide. The Hughes flagship Internet service,
HughesNet®, connects more than 1.5 million subscribers
across the Americas, and the Hughes JUPITER™ System powers Internet
access for tens of millions more worldwide. Hughes supplies more than half the global
satellite terminal market to leading satellite operators, in-flight
service providers, mobile network operators and military customers.
A managed network services provider, Hughes supports nearly 500,000 enterprise
sites with its HughesON™ portfolio of wired and wireless solutions.
In India, the proposed merger of
Hughes and Bharti Airtel will
operate as Hughes Communications India Private Ltd. Headquartered
in Germantown, Maryland, USA,
Hughes is owned by EchoStar. To
learn more, visit www.hughes.com or follow HughesConnects on
Twitter and LinkedIn.
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 www.echostar.com. Follow @EchoStar on
Twitter.
About OneWeb
OneWeb will enable connectivity for
governments, businesses, and communities. It is
implementing a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites with a
network of global gateway stations and a range of user terminals to
provide an affordable, fast, high-bandwidth and low-latency
communications service, connected to the IoT future and a pathway
to 5G for everyone, everywhere. Find out more at
http://www.oneweb.world.
©2021 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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