HUGHES invented the VSAT (very small aperture terminal) in 1985 and soon thereafter launched the satellite networks industry with the first system sale to Wal-Mart. Since that time it has continually invested in design and development of innovative satellite networking products and services, consistently maintaining its global market share leadership. Hughes broadband satellite networks and terminals are based on the IPoS (IP over Satellite) global standard, approved by the TIA, ETSI, and ITU standards organizations. Hughes ships satellite terminals to enterprise, government and consumer/small business customers in over 100 countries.
Hughes owns and operates service businesses throughout the U.S., Europe, India, Brazil, and China delivering continent-wide broadband satellite connectivity along with an ever growing range of fully managed solutions and applications to major enterprise customers in virtually every vertical sector, including many of the Fortune 1000. HughesNet® is the #1 high-speed satellite Internet service in the marketplace, with over 600,000 consumer/SMB subscribers in North America.
Hughes is also a leader in the design and development of mobile satellite systems and related terminals. Hughes supplies a wide range of terminals to the world's major operators in the mobile satellite business, such as dual-mode mobile satellite handsets for Thuraya, and broadband mobile data terminals for Inmarsat's BGAN network.
Hughes offers multiple solutions to mobile operators for efficient RAN backhaul. These solutions range from point to multipoint microwave, to TDM/TDMA satellite or TDM/SCPC satellite solutions.
