Germantown, MD, March 1, 2022 – Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an innovator in satellite and multi-transport technologies and networks for 50 years, has been awarded a contract by the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to offer managed telecommunications services in the State of Texas. The contract, with a four-year initial term, brings a full range of satellite, cable, fiber and wireless technologies to connect Texas government offices and schools with high performing, enterprise-grade broadband and Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN).
“Hughes has proudly served the Texas Department of Public Safety since 1999,” said Tony Bardo, assistant vice president, Hughes. “With this new agreement, we expand our offering considerably, bringing more options and more optimized network services to support the essential work of Texas state, county and local agencies, departments and public education entities of all sizes.”
A leading managed services provider, Hughes partners with hundreds of broadband carriers to bring best-available connectivity to every site in a customer’s network for primary, secondary and even tertiary back-up. Available transports from Hughes in Texas include fiber, cable, microwave, LTE and satellite – integrated and optimized to support bandwidth intensive activities like streaming video and interactive applications.
For more information about the carrier class services, wireless services and telecom managed services from Hughes on contract number DIR-TELE-CTSA-007, visit the website.