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Dec 30, 2009, post by Artur Ślesik
Satellite broadband tends not to get much attention in U.S. broadband policy circles, but one can note the same capacity increase trend in satellite services as one sees for cable modem and telco services using either digital subscriber line or fiber to the home.
In Europe, Orbital Sciences Corporation is launching a new satellite for Avanti Communications Group, Hylas 2, in early 2012. The Hylas 2 will join the Hylas 1, to be launched in 2010.
Using the Hylas 2 spacecraft, Avanti will provide its data and video services to Northern and Southern Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. In addition, the spacecraft will be equipped with a steerable spot beam, also operating at Ka-band, which can provide coverage anywhere on Earth that is visible to the satellite.
Avanti already sells wholesale capacity to around 50 broadband providers across Europe, using leased transponders.
Avanti also says it has signed contracts with a number of European phone companies, including “3.”
Hylas 1 will, target the whole of Europe, and will be the first satellit exclusively providing satellite broadband in Europe, with a footprint that also will cover parts of Asia and the Middle East. Hylas 2 will provide redundancy in Europe and also extend coverage to southern Africa.
Hughes Network Systems (News – Alert) will provide Avanti Communications Group and its partner channels with eight gateways and 50,000 customer premise terminals. Hughes also has agreed to acquire capacity on the Hylas satellite to expand the managed services it provides to major corporations in a variety of market sectors, including oil and gas, lottery, and retail.
Closer to home, Hughes Network Systems is launching another next-generation satellite, “Jupiter,” for the North American market in the first quarter of 2012, to support its “HughesNet” broadband Internet service across North America.
The new satellite will feature an aggregate 100 Gbps of throughput, which can be apportioned any number of ways, so it is hard to specify precisely what a range of consumer or business bandwidth ranges might be.
The basic trade off is number of users versus speed per user. Hylas 1 is said to be readying a 2 Mbps service for as many as 2.5 million users, for example. If Hylas 1 offered 50 Mbps speeds it could only serve 800,000 users.
Hughes Network Systems will face the same issue when it crafts packages for North American subscribers. The firm’s current services offer plans ranging from 1 Mbps to 5 Mbps, so it is logical to assume Hughes will want to bump the minimum and maximum speed ranges up from there.
Hughes Chairman Pradman Kaul told Thomson Reuters that “with this new satellite, we expect our base service will be around 5 Megabits, with higher-priced plans offering speeds up to 25 Mbps.”
Barrett Xplore Inc., Canada’s largest rural broadband provider, has committed to acquire and operate over 10 Gbps of capacity on Jupiter for its own use.
John Maduri, Barrett Xplore CEO said that his firm will use the capacity to create access offers in a range of packages offering up to 10 Mbps for residential service and up to 25 Mbps for business.
In all likelihood, few consumers with an option to buy fiber-to-home or DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem services would opt for a satellite provider. But that’s why satellite providers target rural and hard-to-reach locations. Over the next couple of years, potential consumers on a number of continents will have a chance to buy broadband access that is not available for any number of reasons, at speeds much higher than generally available today.
source > TCMnet.com
Dec 13, 2009, post by Artur Ślesik
Hughes Network Systems (HUGHES), a leading broadband satellite networks and services company has announced the completion of shipping 2.1 million satellite terminals as of the third quarter of 2009. Hughes manufactured and delivered its first VSAT terminal network to Wal-Mart during the mid-80s.
The compact VSAT terminals are connected with each other using geostationary satellites. The VSAT networks provide flexible connectivity without location barrier even across the continents. The terminals can handle transmission of voice, video and multimedia data consistently and speedily.
Currently the Hughes satellite networks and HughesNet broadband IP services are used by important corporate businesses, hospitality industry, Oil and Gas exploring companies, automobile companies, banking sector and companies engaged in entertainment and public media. The products and services are also availed by most of the government organizations and global companies.
In a release, Pradman Kaul, chairman and CEO of Hughes said “We are extremely proud of reaching this significant milestone,”
He further added “It marks a quarter of a century during which Hughes has built its successful business as an innovator of VSAT-based satellite networks and services, and has made major contributions in evolving this technology to become an integral part of the world’s broadband telecom infrastructure. From enterprises and governments to businesses and consumers, Hughes serves customers in all market sectors and in more than 100 countries, including providing high-speed Internet services by satellite to nearly 500,000 consumers in the U.S. in areas where terrestrial alternatives aren’t available.”
Hughes Network Systems is a leading broadband satellite networks and services provider. Under the brand name HughesNet they provide all inclusive type of broadband solutions and managed services. Hughes utilizes modern satellite and terrestrial technologies to outreach its clients.
The telecommunication products manufactured by Hughes are designed to meet the world renowned standards accepted by TIA , ETSI and ITU standards organizations, including IPoS/DVB-S2, RSM-A and GMR-1..
Nov 30, 2009, post by Satellite News
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, informed that it has shipped an aggregate of over 2.1 million satellite terminals as of Q3 2009, continuing the company’s leadership of the global very small aperture terminal (VSAT) market which began in the mid-80s when Hughes shipped the first VSAT network to Wal-Mart.
For over 25 years since it first crafted and developed VSATs, Hughes has consistently maintained the position of worldwide market leader in satellite networks and services. These networks deliver rapid, reliable transmission of data, voice, video and multimedia to sites located virtually anywhere over continent-wide areas covered by geostationary satellites. Customers of Hughes satellite networks and HughesNet® broadband IP services include many of the world’s leading companies, spanning a wide range of vertical sectors from retail, to oil/gas, hospitality, lottery, automotive, banking and entertainment/media, as well as government and multi-national organizations.
“We are extremely proud of reaching this significant milestone,” informed Pradman Kaul, chairman and CEO of Hughes. “It marks a quarter of a century during which Hughes has built its successful business as an innovator of VSAT-based satellite networks and services, and has made major contributions in evolving this technology to become an integral part of the world’s broadband telecom infrastructure. From enterprises and governments to businesses and consumers, Hughes serves customers in all market sectors and in more than 100 countries, including providing high-speed Internet services by satellite to nearly 500,000 consumers in the U.S. in areas where terrestrial alternatives aren’t available.”
