Hughes Network Systems Awarded Contract by Crowley for Broadband Wireless Access System
20 January 2006
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), the world's leading provider of broadband satellite solutions and a major supplier of broadband wireless systems, announced that it has signed a contract with broadband carrier Crowley Data Poland to supply the Hughes AB9400 point-to-multipoint broadband wireless system.
Crowley will operate the AB9400 LMDS system in their licensed 26 GHz spectrum to complement their existing legacy LMDS network. The AB9400 offers full QoS and greater IP bandwidth than other 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz broadband wireless alternatives, thus allowing Crowley to address the growing market for higher capacity services. Installation in Warsaw commenced in January 2006.
"Crowley is on a fast growth track, with the number of corporate and midsize clients now exceeding 2,500," said Zdzislaw Wisniewski, technical director at Crowley. "The Hughes AB9400 system has the advanced features and capabilities that will enable us to provide the latest high-capacity IP services to our customers. We are using pre-WiMax products for small enterprises that need DSL-type bandwidth, but corporate customers who need 5+ Mbps with guaranteed QoS are better served by the Hughes 26 GHz solution. The combination of dynamic bandwidth allocation and Hughes' Dynamic Adaptive Modulation allows us to further penetrate a dynamically growing market and to provision a customer with high capacity at very economical costs."
The AB9400 LMDS features include:
* Full Quality of Service (QoS) support for IP and asynchronous transfer
mode (ATM) traffic;
* Modular, scalable central base station configurations;
* Simultaneous E1, fractional E1, ATM, and IP traffic at both the
subscriber and hub sites;
* Greater capacity using 16-QAM modulation;
* Additional capacity gains by software enabled Dynamic Bandwidth
Allocation and Dynamic Adaptive Modulation; and
* Improved range and better performance during rain fades than competing
LMDS systems.
"We are proud to add Crowley to our growing list of customers for the Hughes AB9400 LMDS solution. It is further evidence of our customers' confidence in our system's capabilities, which far exceeds terrestrial DSL data rates and quality of service," said Thomas S. Hsu, senior vice president and general manager, Broadband Carrier Networks division at Hughes.
"With advanced Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation schemes and QoS processing, our AB9400 enables Crowley to serve up to 10 times more customers in its allocated spectrum compared to competing LMDS systems. Crowley will be able to offer services such as 5 Mbps guaranteed throughput, with 30 Mbps burst rate, in contrast to DSL, which typically offers only 2 Mbps maximum burst rate, and zero or very low guaranteed bandwidth," said Vinay Patel, senior marketing director, Hughes Broadband Carrier Networks division.
About Crowley Data Poland
Crowley Data Poland is a leading telecommunication services provider of high-quality voice, data and Internet access services in Poland. Its extensive network coverage in Poland's eight major markets, coupled with its relationships with other telecommunication operators, permits Crowley Data Poland to provide customers with a broad range of high-quality telecommunication services and innovative solutions including: local, long distance and international voice service; VoIP; broadband Internet access; Virtual Private Networks; frame relay; data transmission links; leased lines; dedicated Internet access; and dial-up services. The primary markets served by Crowley Data Poland include small and medium enterprises, large companies, carriers and ISPs, government agencies, and academic institutions.
Crowley Data Poland has been operating in the Polish market since 1999 as an affiliate of The Crowley Group-an international consortium providing state- of-the-art telecommunication services and leading edge technology solutions worldwide.
For additional information, please visit http://www.crowley.pl.
About Hughes Network Systems
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HNS), is the world's leading provider of broadband satellite network solutions for businesses and consumers, with more than 850,000 systems ordered or shipped to customers in 85 countries. HNS pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access services and IP-based networks which it markets globally. HNS terminals are based on the IPoS (IP over Satellite) global standard, approved by the TIA, ETSI, and ITU standards organizations.
Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown, Maryland, USA, HNS maintains sales and support offices worldwide. HNS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Communications, Inc. (Hughes), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyTerra Communications, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SKYT). For additional information, please visit http://www.hns.com.
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Source: prnewswire
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