Article: Hughes and Avanti Sign Breakthrough European Ka-Band Satellite Agreement.

Hughes to supply network technology for HYLAS high-throughput satellite system and to acquire capacity for managed services

GERMANTOWN, Md. and MILTON KEYNES, England, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) today announced a multi-year agreement whereby its subsidiary, Hughes Network Systems, Ltd. will provide Avanti Communications Group plc and its partner channels, eight (8) gateways and 50,000 customer premise terminals to operate over HYLAS, Europe's first dedicated, high-throughput Ka-band broadband satellite to be launched in 2010. The initial value of the contract is in excess of U.S. $24 million over the multi-year ...

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