Hughes To Provide Satellite For Broadband In Australia

[Satellite Today – 4-28-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC will provide a satellite system for Orion Satellite Systems of Australia to provide broadband Internet access service to remote areas in Australia, Hughes announced April 28.
    “Hughes has one of the largest installed bases of broadband satellite terminals in Australia and we are very pleased that Orion has chosen our technology,” Ramesh Ramaswamy, assistant vice president of international marketing at Hughes, said in a statement. “Our system brings additional capacity where it was not previously available, which gives Orion the ability to maximize the efficiency of bandwidth utilization and contain costs as they grow their business.”
    Financial details of the contract were not released.