Hughes Europe
Hughes Europe is an operating and sales organization for Hughes Network Systems, LLC with its facilities in Germany, Great Britain and Italy.
These facilities are mainly used to provide Internet access to organizations and other institutions via satellites and traditional terrestrial connections.
Hughes Europe develops, installs, manages and maintains company communications networks. It provides broadband internet access and Managed Network Solutions for companies of all sizes across a broad range of industries, including the automobile, retail, energy, financial services, industrial, information technology, telecommunications and lottery sectors.
Broadband services and solutions
Under the HughesNet name brand, Hughes Europe offers Managed Network Services and Managed Digital Media Solutions. These include:- Terrestrial and satellite-based broadband networks
- Hybrid broadband networks
- Backup solutions
- Broadband internet access
- Digital signage
- Business IPTV
- IP Multicast services for data transmission via satellite
History
Hughes Europe is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems, LLC.The firm begun as a 50/50 joint venture between Hughes and Olivetti in 1996 and was referred to as Hughes-Olivetti Telecom. In 1998, Hughes purchased all of Olivetti’s shares and renamed it HOT Telecommunications, which was subsequently rolled into Hughes Europe as a single operating entity in 2003.