GERMANTOWN, Md., May 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network
Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite
networks and services, today announced a partnership with Facebook
to launch HughesNet® Wi-Fi Hotspots throughout
Brazil and Mexico, supported by the Facebook Express
Wi-Fi platform. HughesNet Wi-Fi Hotspots empower local merchants of
villages and towns to offer affordable Internet access to their
customers on a prepaid basis, employing a solution that combines a
Hughes satellite VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) and Wi-Fi
equipment with Facebook's Express Wi-Fi platform.
"Express Wi-Fi supports the Facebook Connectivity mission to
bring more people online to a faster Internet," said Paul Monte, technical program manager, Express
Wi-Fi, Facebook. "We're excited to partner with Hughes given the
great potential to connect rural communities across Latin America by leveraging both Hughes
satellite technology to reach underserved areas and the Express
Wi-Fi platform to offer an end-to-end software solution for the
network operators, local retailers and Internet users."
"Our combined turnkey solution enables local merchants to manage
their own hotspots and sell affordable Internet service to people
everywhere," said Vinay Patel,
senior director, International Division at Hughes. "This exciting
partnership with Facebook opens up a large market opportunity to
expand HughesNet high-speed satellite Internet service while
supporting local communities throughout Brazil and Mexico."
Facebook's Express Wi-Fi is a platform that helps service
providers and mobile network operators build, operate, grow and
monetize their Wi-Fi business in a sustainable and scalable way.
Facebook partners with service providers and operators who expand
the provision of fast, affordable and reliable access to the
Internet over Wi-Fi using Express Wi-Fi.
Hughes customers have deployed over 32,000 of its
satellite-enabled Community Wi-Fi Hotspots in Russia, Mexico, Brazil and Indonesia, bringing the benefits of Internet
access to more than 25 million people around the world. Any user
can access the Internet with a Wi-Fi capable handheld or laptop,
either on a prepaid or government-subsidized (USO) basis, depending
on the service model – and the solution can be readily deployed
virtually anywhere within the satellite footprint, including areas
unserved or underserved by wireline or wireless infrastructure.
For more information, please visit
https://www.hughes.com/what-we-do/by-solution/satellite-enabled-community-wifi-solutions
Hughes at SATELLITE 2019: Connecting People, Enterprises and
Things
Hughes will exhibit at SATELLITE 2019 May 6-9 at the Walter E. Washington Convention
Center in Washington, D.C.,
showcasing how consumers, businesses, governments and communities
around the world benefit from the connected experiences enabled by
Hughes technologies and services, today…and tomorrow. See Hughes executives at SATELLITE 2019 for
unique perspective on connecting people, enterprises and things –
including GEO HTS and LEO systems; community Wi-Fi and cellular
backhaul solutions; M2M, AI and IoT networks; aero and maritime
connectivity; MilSatCom and more. For further information, please
visit www.hughes.com/sat19
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
www.echostar.com. Follow @EchoStar on Twitter.
©2019 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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