| Hughes Network Systems, the global leader in broadband satellite network solutions and services, announced on January 8, 2007, that the number of HughesNet small business and residential subscribers surpassed 325,000 during the fourth quarter of 2006, an 18% growth over the same period in 2005, demonstrating continued steady growth in satellite broadband subscriptions among underserved consumers. To date, Hughes has shipped more than one million systems to customers in over 100 countries.
During 2006, the company successfully transitioned to the HughesNet brand (from the prior brand name of DIRECWAY) and launched a new subscriber platform and service plans, offering subscribers enhanced quality, speeds and performance.
HughesNet is the country's leading two-way broadband satellite Internet service, available anywhere in the contiguous United States with a clear view of the southern sky. For more information about HughesNet, please call 1-888-999-3771.
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