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Hughes

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Germantown, Maryland, United States
www.hughes.com
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Hughes scored the highest in all five managed network use cases in Gartner’s November 2020 Critical Capabilities for Managed Network Services report.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/6/2020Hughes Named As a Managed Network Services and SD-WAN Leader

Frost & Sullivan’s 2020 Frost Radar identifies Hughes as one of the largest managed SD-WAN providers in the North American market.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/6/2020Hughes Named As a Managed Network Services and SD-WAN Leader

Hughes is deciding who will launch its Jupiter-3 satellite in 2021.

NARRATIVE PLAN3/10/2020Satellite operators hint at fear of SpaceX, Blue Origin becoming competitors

Only Viasat, Eutelsat, Inmarsat, and Hughes have announced plans for geostationary satellites with higher amounts of capacity than 300 Gbps.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/26/2019PSN plans VHTS satellite for 2023

Hughes invested $100,000,000 in its first joint venture with Yahsat for a 20 percent stake.

ORG RELATIONSHIP5/6/2019Hughes, Yahsat target Brazil with second joint venture

Hughes invested $100,000,000 in the joint venture with Yahsat, and Yahsat contributed $60,000,000 from an insurance claim on Al Yah 3.

ORG RELATIONSHIP2/21/2019Echostar’s take on high-throughput satellites: best bought one at a time

Hughes may acquire additional capacity via a hosted payload or a new satellite.

ORG RELATIONSHIP2/21/2019Echostar’s take on high-throughput satellites: best bought one at a time

Hughes is expanding in Africa through a joint venture with Emirati satellite operator Yahsat that began operations in late 2018.

ORG RELATIONSHIP2/21/2019Echostar’s take on high-throughput satellites: best bought one at a time

Hughes expanded satellite broadband services into Colombia in 2018 and Brazil in 2016 prior to launching service in Peru.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT10/31/2018FIRST UP Satcom | Turksat tests 8K broadcast • SpaceX changes Starlink leadership • Hughes starts service in Peru

Hughes entered service a leased Ka-band payload on Telesat’s Telstar-19 Vantage over Latin America in 2019.

NARRATIVE CAPABILITY10/23/2018Pradman Kaul details Hughes’ global satellite broadband ambitions

Hughes made a $100,000,000 investment in an Africa-focused joint venture with Yahsat in 2019.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/23/2018Pradman Kaul details Hughes’ global satellite broadband ambitions

Hughes and Viasat redefined high-throughput satellites by launching spacecraft with more than 100 gigabits per second of Ka-band capacity over North America around the beginning of the decade.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT10/23/2018Pradman Kaul details Hughes’ global satellite broadband ambitions

Hughes shipped the first ground gateway that will work with OneWeb pilot satellites scheduled to launch at the end of the year or early next year.

NARRATIVE PLAN10/23/2018Pradman Kaul details Hughes’ global satellite broadband ambitions

Hughes is using a hosted payload on Telsat 19 to enhance its coverage of the United States and to move into new areas of South America.

NARRATIVE CAPABILITY9/14/2018Communications providers prepare for spike in demand

Hughes invested in and is developing the ground segment for OneWeb's low Earth orbit constellation.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL9/14/2018Communications providers prepare for spike in demand

On 2018-09-10, Hughes planned to create a joint venture with Emirati fleet operator Yahsat to serve the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia.

ORG RELATIONSHIP9/14/2018Communications providers prepare for spike in demand
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