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Hughes Network To Build VSAT Internet Service
Germantown - Oct. 10, 2000 Hughes Network Systems (HNS) announced today that it has been selected by CAIS Internet to provide broadband satellite services to CAIS Internet's real estate and hospitality customers nationwide. HNS will be supplying its DirecWay service, which is targeted to the business market, for applications such as multiple listings, 3D house tours, and Internet access in hotel guest and meeting rooms. In addition, CAIS will offer HNS' DirecPC two-way high-speed Internet service to consumers for use in their homes. The initial order is for 3,000 multimedia VSATs (very small aperture terminals) with the potential to serve hundreds of thousands of people nationwide. HNS pioneered the broadband satellite services market with DirecPC and more recently, DirecWay, featuring Broadband Everywhere. According to Frost & Sullivan analyst, Jose del Rosario in a press release dated August 1, 2000, "Frost & Sullivan credits HNS with inventing the broadband satellite equipment market. DirecPC became the benchmark by which other companies had to develop their product lines." "We are very pleased to have Hughes Network Systems as our broadband satellite services provider," said Ulysses G. Auger, CEO of CAIS Internet. "HNS' two-way high bandwidth satellite delivery platform enables us to offer comprehensive services to our customers nationwide, regardless of terrestrial limitations." "This contract creates a major new market segment for HNS' broadband satellite services," said Bahram Pourmand, executive vice president, Enterprise Division, HNS. "We have been the leader in the satellite industry servicing markets such as automotive, retail petroleum/convenience stores, hospitality, retail, and financial services. We are confident the real estate industry will embrace the benefits of our `broadband everywhere' technology." "HNS invented satellite broadband, high-speed Internet access several years ago with DirecPC," said Paul Gaske, executive vice president, Consumer Division, HNS. "We are pleased to offer CAIS Internet our fourth generation broadband satellite products featuring our new DirecPC two-way service which will be available later this fall. CAIS Internet, Inc. is a leading broadband provider for business and residential customers in hotels, apartments, airports, travel plazas, cruise ships, and retail stores. CAIS Internet currently is the preferred vendor for more than 1.1 million hotel rooms and provides Internet solutions to more than 700 apartment communities. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Hughes Network Systems SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express The latest information about the Commercial Satellite Industry
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