[SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has formed Hughes Network Systems Australia Pty. Ltd. (Hughes Australia), demonstrating the company’s commitment to serve this strategic and rapidly growing market, particularly in the area of Ka-band satellite technology and services.

“We congratulate the Australian government on its mission to bridge the digital divide across this vast and beautiful country,” said Pradman Kaul, CEO of Hughes. “Satellite is the ideal technology to bring high-speed Internet services to homes and offices affordably even in the least populated areas, and establishing this office means we can more actively engage in helping fulfill that mission. We intend to promote the implementation of our most advanced broadband satellite systems and services, building on our global leadership serving customers in over 100 countries, and operating on more than 20 satellites, including our own Ka-band SPACEWAY 3 satellite in North America, the world’s first with on-board switching and routing.”