Hughes Ships More than 300,000 DVB-S2/IPoS with ACM Broadband Satellite Terminals Worldwide

Hughes Ships More than 300,000 DVB-S2/IPoS with ACM Broadband Satellite Terminals Worldwide

September 25, 2007

Major Milestone Affirms Hughes Technology Leadership

    GERMANTOWN, Md., Sept. 25 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Hughes
Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the world's leading provider
of broadband satellite network solutions and services,
today announced that it has shipped more than 300,000
broadband satellite terminals compliant with the
DVB-S2/IPoS air interface standard, including the Adaptive
Coding Modulation (ACM) feature since being introduced in
mid 2006. This milestone validates Hughes as the leading
supplier of very small aperture terminals (VSATs) that are
compliant with DVB-S2/IPoS, which yields higher throughputs
and more efficient bandwidth utilization and is the world's
leading broadband satellite standard approved by TIA, ETSI
and ITU .   

    In addition to HughesNet service operations in North
America, Brazil, Europe and India, over 30 service
providers around the world are operating Hughes system NOCs
(network operations centers) that are compliant with
DVB-S2/IPoS including ACM to provide broadband satellite
services to their customers.

    The Hughes implementation of DVB-S2/IPoS with the ACM
feature means the combination of coding and modulation of
the system outbound channel can be configured for each
remote terminal, thereby resulting in optimal transmission
efficiency. This ability to custom design the outbound
channel per terminal enables an operator to realize an
additional 50 percent throughput increase over the DVB-S
specification. With scarce satellite capacity in many
regions of the world, the Hughes system employing
DVB-S2/IPoS with ACM brings additional capacity where it
was not previously available, giving operators the ability
to maximize the efficiency of bandwidth utilization and
contain costs as they grow their businesses.

    "Crossing this milestone confirms our leadership
and the economic importance of the DVB-S2/IPoS standard
with ACM," said Pradman Kaul, chairman and CEO,
Hughes. "Many of our service provider customers have
been constrained in growing their businesses due to a
shortage of satellite capacity, a problem our systems help
alleviate."

    About Hughes Network Systems

    Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) is the global
leader in providing broadband satellite networks and
services for large enterprises, governments, small
businesses, and consumers. HughesNet(R) encompasses all
broadband solutions and managed services from Hughes,
bridging the best of satellite and terrestrial
technologies. Hughes has shipped more than 1.2 million
systems to customers in over 100 countries. Its broadband
satellite products are based on the IPoS (IP over
Satellite) global standard, approved by the TIA, ETSI, and
ITU standards organizations.

    Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown,
Maryland, USA, Hughes maintains sales and support offices
worldwide. Hughes is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes
Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: HUGH). For additional
information, please visit http://www.hughes.com.
	
    Hughes and HughesNet are registered trademarks of
Hughes Network Systems, LLC. 


    For more information, please contact:

     Judy Blake 
     Hughes Network Systems, LLC
     Phone: [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

     Wunmi Bamiduro 
     Brodeur
     Phone: [phone]
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     Website: http://www.hughes.com