HughesNet Petroleum, Restaurant and Cinema Customers to Discuss Benefits of Managed Services at SATCON 2007

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HughesNet Petroleum, Restaurant and Cinema Customers to Discuss Benefits of Managed Services at SATCON 2007

Hughes Senior Vice President to Moderate Scaling Solutions Panel

Germantown, Md., October 8, 2007 Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the world's leading provider of broadband satellite solutions and services, today announced that BP America, CKE Restaurants and National Cinemedia will discuss the benefits of IP-based networks as panelists on the Scaling Solutions session moderated by Hughes Senior Vice President, Mike Cook. The session is part of the Satellite and Content Delivery Conference & Expo (SATCON) in New York and will take place on Wednesday, October 10 at 2:45 p.m.

The diverse panel will provide insights as to how they have leveraged IP-based satellite networks to provide applications from running back-office applications to distributing video content for large-scale training programs, streaming commercials to movie theaters, and delivering video content at the pump.

WHAT:	Scaling Solutions Hughes' Mike Cook will moderate the panel discussion among industry leading companies discussing how to leverage IP-based networks.
WHO:	Tom Gally, Chief Operations and Technology Officer, National Cinemedia Mark Lally, CIO , US Fuels, BP America Tom Lindblom, VP & CTO, CKE Restaurants, Inc. David Bettinger, Chief Technology Officer, iDirect Technologies
WHEN:	Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007 2:45 p.m. 3:45 p.m.
WHERE:	SATCON 2007 Jacob K. Javits Convention center 655 West 34th Street New York , NY 10001
BRIEFING:	To attend the session or schedule a briefing contact Wunmi Bamiduro at (202) 775-2656 or wbamiduro@brodeur.com .

About Hughes Network Systems
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) is the global leader in providing broadband satellite networks and services for large enterprises, governments, small businesses, and consumers. HughesNet^® encompasses all broadband solutions and managed services from Hughes, bridging the best of satellite and terrestrial technologies. To date, Hughes has shipped more than 1.2 million systems to customers in over 100 countries. Its broadband satellite products are based on the IPoS (IP over Satellite) global standard, approved by the TIA, ETSI, and ITU standards organizations.

Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown, Maryland, USA, Hughes maintains sales and support offices worldwide. Hughes is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: HUGH). For additional information, please visit www.hughes.com .