Hughes Honored by Ericsson as Partner of the Year
Receives Managed Service Provider of the Year Award for driving customer innovation with leading enterprise 5G connectivity solutions
GERMANTOWN, MD – May 1, 2025 – Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar company (Nasdaq: SATS), today announced Ericsson (ERIC), has awarded Hughes with the 2024 Managed Service Provider of the Year award. Presented at Ericsson’s Enterprise Wireless Solutions recent 2025 Partner Summit, the Ericsson Managed Service Provider of the Year award recognizes significant achievements by Hughes.
Ericsson recognizes its enterprise wireless solutions partners in three categories: outstanding performance, commitment to customers, and significant achievements over the last year. Each recognized partner has demonstrated exceptional year-over-year growth and a continued commitment to positioning and selling Ericsson’s portfolio of Wireless WAN, Enterprise 5G, and security solutions.
“The recognition of Hughes as a trusted partner of Ericsson is a testament to the power of strong relationships with best-of-class technology providers,” said Colleen Caruso, Vice President of Hughes Enterprise Managed Services. “Through our 15-year partnership, we are able to provide the flexible, cost-effective, and reliable networking solutions that our customers rely on.”
Ericsson is on a mission to liberate enterprises across industries, businesses, and public sector to operate, grow, and innovate without constraints. Leveraging the company’s proven leadership in cellular, Ericsson’s simple and reliable enterprise wireless platform delivers 5G to enterprise customers where and how they want to operate and reach their customers. Working alongside our channel partners, organizations have a choice for secure 5G connectivity—from wireless WAN solutions, private networks, extending the public network into their facilities, or leveraging a slice of a carrier network.
Hughes is a leading provider of wireless-first managed services, delivering tailored 4G and 5G solutions across multiple verticals. Our expertise in multi-thousand-site wireless-only rollouts and dual-wireless business internet models showcases unmatched reliability, security, and scale. Hughes is committed to pioneering advanced technologies, executing large-scale deployments, and providing end-to-end managed wireless solutions that empower customers.
Matt Cook, Chief Sales Officer, Enterprise Wireless Solutions at Ericsson says: “Ericsson’s complete portfolio of enterprise 5G connectivity solutions can unlock new revenue opportunities for channel partners and represent stable revenue streams. Implementing connectivity solutions will enable the adoption of applications such as AI, computer vision, IoT and other solutions those pose significant revenue streams for our channel partners. Hughes has demonstrated a significant investment in understanding and promoting our ever-expanding portfolio of connectivity solutions.”
To learn more about Hughes, please visit https://www.hughes.com. For more information on Ericsson’s Enterprise Wireless Partner Program, visit https://cradlepoint.com/partners/for-partners/.