Hughes Network Systems won a $24-million contract with the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transport for the construction of an 11,000-site satellite broadband network that will deliver high-speed satellite Internet and voice connectivity throughout Mexico.
Hughes will supply its HN System Network Operations Center and 11,000 broadband terminals to build the new network. It will also deliver and deploy data compression/optimization technology, fiber optic/Internet interconnection equipment, IP phones, and wireless access systems.
According to Mexican officials, the new satellite network will span the 32 states of Mexico. It will deliver satellite Internet, voice, and data services to community centers, government locations, hospitals, public calling offices, and schools in both accessible and remote regions.
Telecomunicaciones de Mexico will operate the Hughes-built broadband satellite network. A decentralized government office that manages Mexican telecommunications, Telecomunicaciones de Mexico possesses significant experience in satellite operations.
According to coordinator Monica Aspe Bernal of the Agency for Knowledge and Information of the SCT, Hughes Network Systems has proven its reliability as a provider of broadband satellite networks and services over the past 25 years. Hughes came out on top of other major satellite broadband equipment providers that participated in the open public competitive bid.
Hughes System Techniques claimed a $24-million contract while using the Mexican Ministry of Communications as well as Transport for the construction of an eleven,000-site satellite broadband network which will deliver high-speed satellite Internet as well as sound connectivity through out Mexico.
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