Hughes said the demo tested remote network orchestration, wide area network (WAN) resiliency as well as secure Radio Access Network (RAN) sharing
Hughes Network Systems and Boost Mobile, both owned by EchoStar, said they successfully demonstrated multi-transport network management for the U.S. Navy.
The demonstration, which...
EchoStar said that the estimated value of the program with all yearly options is up to $2.7 billion over 10 years
EchoStar announced it has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract as part of the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command Spiral 4 wireless...
Hughes facility will serve as testing ground for private 5G solutions for enterprise and the U.S. Department of Defense
EchoStar subsidiary Hughes Network Systems announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility and private 5G incubation center in Germantown, Maryland.
The Hughes Manufacturing Facility (EXM) produces...
Satellite broadband provider Hughes Network Systems, aka Hughesnet, which is part of Echostar, has begun offering service plans with speeds up to 100 Mbps using capacity from its new Jupiter 3 satellite.
That's a big bump in speeds for Hughesnet service. Depending on how...
The private 5G Standalone network will utilize spectrum from DISH Wireless
Hughes Network Systems announced the award of an $18 million contract from the Department of Defense (DoD) to deploy a Standalone 5G network at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington state.
The deal was...
SINGAPORE-Flextronics will acquire Hughes Network Systems' 55-percent ownership stake in Hughes Software Systems, which provides software products and services to telecom infrastructure companies, for $226 million. Together, Flextronics and HSS will provide a complete outsourcing solution to telecom original equipment manufacturers, including engineering services,...
GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems Inc. said it was awarded a contract with Polish cellular operator Era/PTC to deploy its wireless access system in major cities in Poland.The company's 25 GHz point-to-multipoint system will be used to provide wireless backhaul connections to PTC cellular base...
Mobile satellite service providers continue to struggle financially, but rebuilding efforts in Iraq appear to have increased minutes of use and precipitated the launch of new services.Bankrupt Globalstar L.P. said its second-quarter results were bolstered by its service launch in Iraq. The company's revenue...
Satellite technology will bring Wi-Fi to recreational vehicle parks and resorts across the continental United States, thanks to a solution from Hughes Networks Systems. The solution renders terrestrial networks irrelevant with a satellite-based Wi-Fi solution. The company describes its product as an end-to-end solution...
With vendors putting their time and energy into the three main U.S. digital standards and into developing standards for third-generation technology, there hardly seems room for commercialization of the more obscure technologies touted years ago."You need volume production and vendor financing behind it," said...
C-block personal communications services operator Indus Inc. remains committed to launching Time Division Multiple Access service within the coming weeks despite buildout, zoning and technical struggles that delayed its launch date by about eight months.The company initially planned to launch service last summer in...
The sinking ship that is Geotek Communications Inc. wallowed deeper into troubled waters last week when the company filed voluntary petitions for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection while its captain and founder, Yaron Eitan, stepped down as chief executive officer and resigned from the company's...
After months of financing negotiations, 21st Century Telesis and Hughes Network Systems Inc. finally have signed a contract to build the first commercial wireless network in the United States using Hughes' Personal Access Communications System technology.According to the contract, both companies will design and...
Global industry trends regarding future sales of wireless communications equipment are going to include enough opportunity for everyone with something to offer, according to the "U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook 1998."U.S. wireless industry growth projections "are expected to be as good or even better"...
HOUMA, La.-MobileTel announced the launch of MobileTelePhone, a personal communications services system, in the Louisiana cities of Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary and Assumption parishes.Equipment for the system was provided by Hughes Network Systems Inc. and Northern Telecom Inc. MobileTel is the wireless branch of...
NextWave Telecom Inc. said it successfully made the $12.5 million second down payment on its new 10 megahertz licenses, and now the company wants a little respect for the network construction it has accomplished during the last year."We have made substantial progress in our...
DENVER-Winners of the recently completed Wireless Communications Services auction may be likely to choose Personal Access Communications Systems as their technology of choice, said Paul Carroll, vice president of marketing for Siemens Stromberg-Carlson.Because the licensees paid so little for their spectrum, they have a...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-ICO Global Communications, a global mobile satellite communications company, awarded a contract to a consortium consisting of L.M. Ericsson, Hughes Network Systems Inc. and NEC Corp.The consortium will design, manufacture, construct and install the ground segment of ICO's network, which consists of 12...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.-Indus Inc., a new personal communications services company based in Milwaukee, announced Feb. 11 a vendor financing agreement with Hughes Network Systems Inc. and a roaming agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc.Indus is the first winner of Federal Communications Commission C-block...
SAN DIEGO-An innovation in wireless data was announced last week that could answer CDPD's main problem: coverage.GTE Mobilnet Inc., Hughes Network Systems Inc. and Pacific Communications Sciences Inc. introduced Circuit Switched-Cellular Digital Packet Data, which will allow data users to access CDPD functionality across an...
WASHINGTON-In a decision almost surely headed for the appeals court, the Federal Communications Commission last Friday conditionally awarded NextWave Personal Communications Inc. its C-block licenses after NextWave submitted a plan to bring its foreign-ownership percentages into compliance with federal rules.Wireless Telecommunications Bureau chief Michele...
WASHINGTON-Congressional leaders vowed last week to investigate questionable foreign campaign contributions to both political parties. Huge sums paid to Democrats are involved, which some Republicans believe may have influenced Clinton administration trade policy in Asian markets that are worth billions of dollars in wireless...
Lucent Technologies Inc. has agreed to finance infrastructure equipment for NextWave Telecom Inc., in a deal the companies value at $200 million for the first two years.Lucent will not receive an equity position for the investment. Payment terms will run for a number of...
JV Digital Cellular Communications of Ukraine Ltd. placed an order, valued at $30 million, for L.M. Ericsson's fixed Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service/AMPS cellular network. Under the contract, Ericsson will install the network in Kiev, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Charkiv, Odessa and the peninsular Krim. The...
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