Hughes sells millionth VSAT terminal

Stuart Corner
Wednesday, 03 May 2006 17:04

IT Industry - Strategy

Hughes Network Systems has announced the shipment of its one millionth very small aperture satellite terminal (VSAT) saying, "This marks a major milestone in the global industry, which Hughes started in the mid-1980s when it shipped the first VSATs to Wal-Mart."
According to the Comsys VSAT Report 2005, Hughes holds over 55 percent cumulative market share of the global VSAT business. Simon Bull, senior consultant at Comsys, said: "[Hughes'] dominance of the enterprise VSAT industry is remarkable by the fact that the company has been able to sustain its lead for almost twenty years in technology, market share, and financial results."

According to Hughes, customers of HughesNet services include "many of the world's leading companies, spanning a wide range of vertical sectors from retail, to oil/gas, to automotive, banking and entertainment/media, as well as government and multinational organisations."