[SatNEws] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has launched their new M2M (machine-to-machine) broadband service.

The new Hughes M2M service enables the utility, energy, and other industries with remote, unmanned equipment to extend faster network intelligence to their entire infrastructure, regardless of hard-to-reach locations or environmental conditions. The Hughes offering will help dramatically improve the operational efficiency, maintenance and security of critical infrastructures while driving down costs, and builds on the company's success as a leading managed network service provider, with more than 250,000 enterprise sites under contract across the U.S. It is ideally suited for electric, gas, and water utilities, oil and gas pipelines, compressors and well sites, railways, energy producers, and similar companies that rely on a growing flood of data from remote devices to keep their operations ready and on high alert. Available nationwide, the Hughes M2M service will also help companies to better meet new regulatory requirements for monitoring and control of their infrastructure, providing ubiquitous, reliable network coverage to even the most isolated or challenging locations. With a full suite of service plans and hardware to meet a range of speed, environmental and physical format requirements, Hughes M2M is a fully managed broadband solution that enables customers to choose the best technology on a site-by-site basis — all from a trusted service provider with decades of experience in managing robust networks for critical monitoring and control applications. Managed services include 24x7 operations, network management, proactive fault resolution, and field maintenance.

Ruggedized products ensure reliable operation in extreme weather and challenging environments, and can be configured with remote site power sources such as solar panels and back-up batteries. For example, the Hughes M2M service can operate as a backhaul network for smart meter data collection on utility pole-mounted devices, or for SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) applications at electric substations or along gas pipelines. Railway companies can benefit by improved track-side monitoring and control of railways; renewable energy producers can maintain reliable data communications for their turbine or solar array equipment located anywhere, even mountaintops, deserts, or offshore. As security is critical in these applications, Hughes M2M is a secure network service with strong encryption that doesn't connect to the open Internet, and therefore is protected from intrusion by outside parties.