Leading Competitive Service Provider in Mumbai and Hughes Network Systems Deploy First LMDS System in India.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers MUMBAI, India and GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2001 AIReach(R)Broadband Wireless See wireless broadband. Access System Speeds Access to Carrier's Fiber Backbone Hughes Tele.com (India) Ltd. (HTIL HTIL Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited ) today announced it has launched broadband wireless services in Mumbai using AIReach Broadband wireless access systems from Hughes Network Systems Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HNS), is a provider of broadband satellite network products for businesses and consumers. HNS pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access services and IP-based networks with its original DirecPC service but which it now markets (HNS HNS Hughes Network Systems LLC HNS Hrvatski Nogometni Savez (Croatian Football Federation) HNS Head & Neck Surgery HNS Hughes Network Systems, Inc. ). The new system operates at 26 GHz providing a high-speed radio transmission capability known as Local Multipoint Distribution Service LMDS is a broadband wireless access technology governed by the IEEE and is outlined by the 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee through the efforts of the IEEE 802.16.1 Task Group. LMDS commonly operates on microwave frequencies across the 26GHz and 29GHz bands. (LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution Service) A digital wireless transmission system that works in the 28 GHz range in the U.S. and 24-40 GHz overseas. It requires line of sight between transmitter and receiving antenna, which can be from one to four miles apart ). HNS is a global leader in broadband wireless systems with AIReach Broadband, point-to-multipoint systems deployed around the world. "The HTIL team has been able to deploy more than 2,000 lines of voice, data and leased-line services in major buildings in Mumbai in less than three months using broadband wireless access," said Prakash Bajpai, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of HTIL, in announcing the successful deployment of the first phase of the project. "Broadband wireless is proving to be a fast and economical way to extend our metropolitan fiber network the last mile to the customer's premises." The project is expected to cover deployment of broadband systems in more than 1,000 major buildings in Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra. "HTIL is pioneering the deployment of broadband access networks in Maharashtra and we will offer a full suite of telephony, Internet and multimedia services with a roll-out plan to exceed 200,000 subscribers this year. The AIReach Broadband wireless system from HNS will help us achieve that goal," said Bajpai. The deployment of the first phase went very smoothly according to Pranav Roach, president of Hughes Network Systems India, which performed the installation, commissioning and integration of the broadband wireless system. "Installation of a wireless base station connected to the fiber ring leading to the deployment and activation of service with the broadband radio and access mux in each building can be done in a fraction of the time it would take to lay fiber on a massive scale to each building. We can put 45 Mbps ATM and IP services into dozens of buildings a month instead of waiting for permits to dig up streets," said Roach. "Meeting HTIL's requirements is a challenge," according to HNS' senior vice president of engineering John Corrigan III. "Mumbai is a dense traffic area in a tropical rain zone. You need high capacity as well as the ability to tolerate monsoon conditions with less than an hour of rain outage per year. The AIReach Broadband network is a carrier-quality multimedia service transport mechanism that uses 16- and 64-QAM modulation with advanced power control methods to provide high capacity and low bit error ratios (BER (1) (Basic Encoding Rules) A set of encoding rules for ASN.1 notation, which is a method for defining data structures. See ASN.1. (2) (Bit Error Rate) The average number of bits transmitted in error. See BERT. 1. ) even under very heavy rain conditions," Corrigan said. The AIReach Broadband 9000 base station supports multiple STM-1 or OC-3 interfaces, while the remote terminals installed in office buildings support multiple E1/T1, frame relay, 10/100BaseT and ATM ports at speeds up to 44.736 Mbps with both reserved and bandwidth-on-demand traffic. About Hughes Tele.com (India) Limited (HTIL) Hughes Tele.com (India) Limited (HTIL) (formerly Hughes Ispat Limited) is India's first broadband telecom service provider offering high bandwidth telecommunications services such as telephony, Internet and multimedia services. HTIL operates in the western Indian states of Maharashtra (including India's commercial capital of Mumbai) and Goa and was recently listed in the Indian exchanges after an IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. (Reuters: HTIL.BO, HTIL.NS; Bloomberg: HTIL IN, NHTIL IN). To learn more about HTIL, please visit http://www.hughestele.com. About Hughes Network Systems India Hughes Network Systems India (HNSI) is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Hughes Network Systems, US and is engaged in providing telecom and technical services and support to Hughes entities in India. About Hughes Network Systems Hughes Network Systems (HNS), a unit of HUGHES Electronics Corporation, the world's leading provider of digital information and entertainment services, is a global leader in providing wireless broadband solutions for businesses and consumers. HNS provides high-speed broadband services and convergence products based on ground- and satellite-linked wireless technology including the AIReach(R) Broadband line of point-to-multipoint wireless local access products, the DirecPC(R) high-speed Internet service, DirecWay(TM) enterprise services, and world leading VSAT (Very Small Aperture satellite Terminal) A small earth station for satellite transmission that handles up to 56 Kbits/sec of digital transmission. VSATs that handle the T1 data rate (up to 1.544 Mbits/sec) are called "TSATs. products. In addition, HNS is a leading manufacturer of set-top satellite television receivers. HNS has products and networks in more than 87 countries. Headquartered in Germantown, Maryland, USA, HNS maintains sales and support offices worldwide. The earnings of HUGHES, a unit of General Motors Corporation, are used to calculate the earnings per share attributable to the General Motors Class H common stock (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GMH GMH General Motors Holden's ). To learn more about HNS, please visit http://www.hns.com. AIReach and DirecPC are registered trademarks and DirecWay is a trademark of HUGHES Electronics Corporation. |
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