Hughes, primarily operating through Hughes Network Systems, is a major provider of broadband satellite services and managed network solutions. They design and manufacture satellite terminals, including innovative electronically steerable antennas (ESAs) for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations like OneWeb. Hughes partners with companies like Eutelsat and provides services to enterprises, governments, and airlines, including in-flight connectivity, and works with the U.S. Air Force. Key products and services include the HughesNet internet service, JUPITER System, and managed LEO services.
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HeloSat includes a Hughes modem, internal helicopter wiring developed by Applied Concepts Group of Middletown, Delaware, and a GetSat antenna mounted on the fuselage of a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter.
Hughes Network Systems and Yahsat completed the majority of the integration work related to their joint venture serving Brazil.
Hughes Network Systems owned 2.6% of OneWeb prior to the Chapter 11 filing and will invest $50,000,000 into the reorganized company.
Hughes Network Systems’ $50,000,000 investment in OneWeb gives the company the potential to offer low Earth orbit broadband in the FCC reverse auction.
Hughes Network Systems and Viasat have provided consumer internet services via geostationary satellites and have built and launched satellites with download performance that meets the FCC’s definition of broadband.
Hughes’ next satellite, the 500-gigabit-per-second Jupiter-3, is projected to launch in the second half of 2021.
Hughes Network Systems believes it has a chance at winning some of the $20,400,000,000 in RDOF subsidies because of its investment in OneWeb.
OneWeb’s new backers have pledged $1,000,000,000 to revive the company in addition to Hughes’ $50,000,000 stake.
Hughes Network Systems invested $50,000,000 in OneWeb.
Hughes Network Systems had $5,400,000 in unsecured claims at the time of OneWeb’s bankruptcy filing.
Hughes Network Systems has won more than $300,000,000 in OneWeb business for gateway antennas and other ground infrastructure that remains unfinished.
Hughes Network Systems invested $50,000,000 in OneWeb in 2015 alongside Airbus Group, Bharti Enterprises, Coca-Cola, Intelsat, Qualcomm, Totalplay, and the Virgin Group as part of OneWeb’s $500,000,000 Series A round.
Hughes Network Systems will invest $50,000,000 in the consortium purchasing OneWeb out of bankruptcy protection as of 2020-07-27.
Hughes Network Systems will offer OneWeb connectivity to customers with networks for government and business sites, cellular backhaul needs, and community Wi-Fi hotspots.
Global Eagle’s top unsecured creditors include SES ($26,600,000), Intelsat ($9,800,000), Yahsat ($3,600,000), Hughes Network Systems ($3,100,000), Telesat ($2,500,000), Arabsat ($1,000,000), and AsiaSat ($960,000).
Hughes Network Systems and Inmarsat submitted a letter to the FCC released on 2020-06-29 raising concerns that competitors could use the C-band auction to subsidize satellite capacity in other bands and geographies outside the continental United States.
Hughes Network Systems and Inmarsat urged the FCC to ensure reimbursement payments are not used to subsidize deploying new satellite capacity in frequency bands besides C-band or to subsidize C-band or other satellite capacity that serves areas outside the contiguous United States.
Viasat reported achieving 100 Mbps download speeds in select geographies but, like competitor Hughes Network Systems, did not demonstrate uploads exceeding 3 Mbps in FCC submissions.
Hughes Network Services generated $458,500,000 of EchoStar’s $465,700,000 in revenue for the quarter ending 2020-03-31.
Hughes and Facebook planned expansions of their Wi‑Fi hotspot network into Ecuador and Chile later in 2020.