Technology Marketing Corp. (TMC) recently honored Hughes with its 2010 Satellite Spotlight Product of the Year Award for the company’s innovative, dual Ka/Ku-band HN9400 satellite router. The newest member of its market-leading family of broadband satellite routers and modems, the HN9400 boasts several technology firsts and is spearheading the industry’s move to highthroughput Ka-band satellites from prior generation Ku-band systems.

Fully compliant with the IPoS/DVB-S2/ACM industry standard, the HN9400 supports up to 60 Mbps of throughput on the forward channel, and is the first to incorporate advanced adaptive LDPC coding on the return channel. This results in up to 20 percent improvement in link performance, thereby enabling very efficient use of satellite capacity. Capable of operating in Ka- or Ku-bands and with upstream rates of up to 3 Mbps, the HN9400 is an ideal platform to deliver even the most bandwidth-demanding services on today’s satellites, while being future-proof for next-generation, high-throughput systems. Continuing the Hughes tradition of innovation, this award-winning router is helping to unlock the many benefits of broadband connectivity for enterprise and government customers globally.