Hughes President to Give Keynote at Comsys VSAT2012

MILTON KEYNES, England, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In his keynote speech at this year's Comsys VSAT2012 conference in London on September 12, Hughes President, Pradman Kaul, will present the company's vision to expand its successful HughesNet consumer broadband business in North America following the launch of its new generation EchoStar XVII satellite with JUPITER^® high-throughput technology, and the global potential of Ka-band technology.

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Comsys VSAT2012 is the world's leading event to focus solely on VSAT technologies, products, services, and applications, bringing together delegates from all sectors of providers and customers to share experiences and best practices.

Joining Kaul as speakers include Mike Tippets, vice president of the Hughes Solutions Group, whose presentation, Playing to the Cloud, will look at examples of how cloud-based VSAT solutions are meeting the growing need for persistent, ubiquitous services; and Shivaji Chatterjee, vice president of Enterprise Services at Hughes India. In his presentation, Liquid Bandwidth: Sweating the Asset, Chatterjee will share how the company has successfully developed a strongly-differentiated bandwidth management and networking proposition in a market dominated overwhelmingly by terrestrial operators.       

"The VSAT industry is undergoing major change," says Christopher Britton, managing director, Hughes Europe. "As we enter a period of new satellite systems, growing fibre networks and increased bandwidth, successful providers will be those that can create and sell value propositions combining innovative solutions and services.VSAT2012 will be the place to be for operators and end-users looking to understand the complex changes taking place, together with the opportunities and threats these will bring with them."

Delegates will be available to discuss the company's latest generation, high-performance satellite platforms and comprehensive range of solutions for enterprises, governments and consumers. Comsys VSAT2012 will be held at the Lancaster London Hotel, London, from 11-14 September.   

About Hughes Europe

Hughes Europe is the European operating and sales organisation for Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes) with facilities in Germany, the UK, and Italy. Utilising its satellite hub earth station and network operations centre in Griesheim, Germany, Hughes Europe provides broadband satellite and terrestrial solutions to large enterprises, government organisations and small businesses throughout the continent, both directly and through a growing family of value-added service providers. These networks support rapid, reliable transmission of data, voice, video, and multimedia content. For more information, please visit www.hugheseurope.com.

About Hughes Network Systems

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes) is the world's leading provider of satellite broadband for home and office, delivering innovative network technologies, managed services, and solutions for enterprises and governments globally. HughesNet^® is the #1 high-speed satellite Internet service in the marketplace, with offerings to suit every budget. To date, Hughes has shipped more than 2.8 million systems to customers in over 100 countries, representing over 50 percent market share. Its products employ global standards approved by the TIA, ETSI and ITU organisations, including IPoS/DVB-S2, RSM-A, and GMR-1.

Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown, Maryland, USA, Hughes operates sales and support offices worldwide, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), a premier global provider of satellite operations and digital TV solutions. For additional information about Hughes, please visit www.hughes.com.

©2012 Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar company. HUGHES, HughesNet and JUPITER are registered trademarks of Hughes Network Systems, LLC.

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