NEW DELHI, Dec. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes
Communications India, Ltd (HCIL), a subsidiary of Hughes Network
Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite
networks and services, today announced it has been selected to
provide a high-performance satellite broadband system for
India's Naval Communication
Network (NCN). Sterlite Tech [BSE: 532374, NSE: STRTECH], a global
data network solutions company, chose the Hughes system to deliver
C- and Ku-band satellite services as part of its hybrid IP-MPLS
(Internet Protocol – Multi Protocol Label Switching) network. Under
the year-long contract of Rs 100
crore, HCIL will supply the solution to power broadband
satellite services across the Navy's mainland and island sites.
"With Hughes advanced and globally used satellite systems, we
will bring in ease of network management through seamless
connectivity even in tough and remote island terrains for the
Indian Navy. We are happy to work with Hughes to execute this
project boosting national security," said KS Rao, CEO – Telecom
Services Business, Sterlite Tech.
"We are proud to have been awarded this critical communications
infrastructure project by Sterlite Tech," said Shivaji Chatterjee, senior vice president and
head of Enterprise Business, HCIL. "A testament to our in-country
record of delivering leading technology solutions, this project
will support homeland security for the country, and our Navy will
benefit from an improved voice, video and data experience across
fixed and mobile sites."
The Hughes satellite network will power primary service for the
Navy's island locations as well as auxiliary service for its
mainland sites. Designed and optimized for carrier-grade IP
broadband networking and specialized applications, the Hughes
ground system scales from hundreds to thousands of high-performance
remote terminals.
Designed, built and managed by Sterlite Tech, the systems
integrator for the Navy's digital network, the NCN is part of the
Network For Spectrum (NFS) project. NFS is a strategic project
rolled out for Ministry of Defence users to facilitate the growth
of national teledensity and ensure availability of a robust,
state-of-the-art communication infrastructure for Indian Armed
Forces. The NFS project was envisaged to boost the communication
capabilities of Indian armed forces and enhance national
operational preparedness.
About Hughes Communications India
HCIL is a majority owned subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems,
LLC (Hughes), the world's largest provider of broadband satellite
networks and services. HCIL is the largest satellite service
operator in India providing a
comprehensive range of broadband networking technologies,
solutions, and services for businesses and governments, including
Managed Services to meet every communications challenge. More
information is available at www.hughes.in.
About Sterlite Technologies
Sterlite Technologies Ltd [BSE: 532374, NSE: STRTECH], is a
global technology leader that designs, builds and manages smarter
digital networks. Sterlite Tech engages with customers in more than
100 countries, with a digital web-scale offering across products,
services and software. The Company has global scale manufacturing
facilities in India, Italy, China
& Brazil and two Software
Delivery Centres in India.
Sterlite Tech is home to India's
only Centre of Excellence for broadband research and Centre for
Smarter Networks for next generation network applications. Projects
undertaken by the Company include an intrusion-proof smarter data
network for the Armed Forces, citizen networks for BharatNet (rural
broadband), Smart Cities' development, and establishing high-speed
Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) connectivity. For more details, visit
www.sterlitetech.com.
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 1.3 million
residential and business customers across the Americas. 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 7 million terminals of all types 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 @HughesConnects 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.
©2018 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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