Hughes Launches Consumer Satellite
Internet Service in Brazil
June 29, 2016
Hughes Network
Systems, LLC announced the launch of
HughesNet® high-speed
satellite Internet service in
Brazil, the company's
first international deployment of its
award-winning consumer service outside
of
North America, beginning
on July 1.
Operating over
the Ka-band capacity of Eutelsat's 65
West A high-throughput satellite,
HughesNet service reaches 85 percent of
Brazil's population,
bringing the many benefits of affordable
broadband Internet access to consumers
and businesses either unserved or
underserved by terrestrial broadband.
Hughes pioneered satellite Internet
service for the mass market with, to
date, over 1 million subscribers in
North America – the
world's largest high-speed satellite
network. This first international
deployment in
Brazil builds upon
HughesNet's success in
North America, which was
recently rated by the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) as #1
among all U.S. broadband providers,
including both terrestrial and
satellite, for delivering on advertised
speeds.
"Brazil
has many of the same market dynamics as
in
North America, primarily
large untapped demand for high-speed
Internet access in areas either unserved
or underserved by terrestrial Internet
providers," said
Pradman Kaul,
president of Hughes. "As a successful
satellite service provider to
enterprises and governments in
Brazil for several
decades, we are now expanding our
existing delivery and support
infrastructure and adapting our proven
business model to close the digital
divide – bringing people a range of
high-speed Internet plans to suit every
budget, no matter where they live or
work."
Rafael Guimaraes,
president of Hughes Brazil commented:
"We are excited to be launching
HughesNet Brazil with initially six
attractive service plans – three each
for consumers and businesses – offering
download speeds up to 25 Mbps, enabling
customers to do more online than ever
before, including email, online
shopping, downloading music and video,
using social media and browsing the
web."
