Hughes Communications India Ltd. was named Best VSAT Operator in India at the Telecom Operator Awards ceremony held recently in New Delhi. The prestigious award, which recognizes companies that demonstrate outstanding performance in delivering world-class results in service and support in the telecom sector, was presented to Partho Banerjee, president and managing director of HCIL, by Nripendra Misra and Pradip Baijal, both former chairmen of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

“The award selection was done on the basis of an extensive survey conducted among a carefully selected group of professionals and sector experts between January and March of 2010,” said Shampa Bahadur, editor of Tele.net magazine. “Of the 500 plus professionals we approached, approximately 280 responded, and from the various nominees, Hughes Communications India emerged the winner by a wide margin, winning twice as many votes as its peers.”