Hughes
and Telesat Sign Agreement for High-Throughput Capacity
on Telesat's New Telstar 19 VANTAGE Satellite Covering
South America
Nov.
11, 2015
Hughes Network Systems, LLC
announced a 15-year agreement for Ka-band capacity on
Telesat's new Telstar 19 VANTAGE (T19V) satellite,
planned for launch in early 2018.
The agreement calls for
Telesat to deliver Ka-band capacity of 31 Gbps on T19V
covering many countries in
South America, which Hughes will utilize
to expand its broadband satellite services for
consumers. High-throughput JUPITER™ technology from
Hughes will be deployed for the ground system and
customer premises equipment.
"Hughes is excited to conclude
this agreement with Telesat, which will help us meet the
growing demand for broadband services across areas of
South America that are unserved or
underserved by terrestrial networks," said
Pradman Kaul,
president of Hughes. "It will further augment coverage
of our planned Eutelsat 65W satellite to be launched in
2016, which together will provide us with significant
HTS capacity over all the Americas for high-speed
Internet access—building on our successful HughesNet®
consumer service in
North America, now with over 1 million
subscribers."
"Telesat is delighted to have
Hughes as an anchor customer on our new Telstar 19
VANTAGE satellite," said
Dan Goldberg,
Telesat's president and CEO. "Telstar 19 VANTAGE, which
will be co-located with our Telstar 14R satellite at 63
degrees West, is the second of a new generation of
Telesat satellites designed with high-throughput
capabilities optimized to serve the types of bandwidth
intensive applications at which Hughes excels. Telesat
is already a leader in the
Latin America market with five satellites
serving the region. In addition to its high-throughput
Ka-band capacity for Hughes, Telstar 19 VANTAGE will
bring significant additional state-of-the-art Ku-band
capacity to
Latin America, providing users in the
region with greater choice and the competitive
advantages they need to succeed in the markets they
serve."
