Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has announced its Brazilian operating unit, Hughes do Brasil, now has 10,000 Hughes broadband satellite terminals in operation, delivering HughesNet services to a variety of market segments. Retail locations comprise nearly 20 percent of the broadband satellite terminals in service delivering Internet/intranet connectivity, point-of-sales, voice, and video applications. More than 20 percent provide basic and back-up connectivity to financial centers, while an additional 2,100 educational sites deliver interactive distance learning applications to more than 200,000 students in 4,000 remote classrooms. In the telecommunications market segment, more than 3,200 Hughes terminals are used to complement services by terrestrial network providers.