Hughes Network Systems facts for kids
Subsidiary | |
Industry | Satellite networks and services |
Founded | 1971 | (Digital Communications Corp)
Headquarters | Germantown, Maryland, U.S. |
Area served
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Worldwide |
Key people
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Pradman Kaul (Chairman, President and CEO) |
Services | Global communications |
Revenue | $1.39 billion (2016) |
Number of employees
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4,000 (2016) |
Parent | EchoStar |
Hughes Communications is a subsidiary of EchoStar. It is headquartered in Germantown, Maryland. It provides a high-speed satellite internet service. That service is called HughesNet. It is the biggest service of its kind because it has more than 1.3 million subscribers in the Americas.
Company history
HughesNet
In 1996, Hughes created a satellite Internet service for people and small businesses. The service was called DirecPC. It was renamed to Direcway in May 2002. In 2012, with Hughes' first offering of broadband satellite Internet, it was renamed HughesNet.
See also
In Spanish: Hughes Communications para niños
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