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AFRO-NETS> Hughes to Provide Satellite-Internet Service to India
Hughes to Provide Satellite-Internet Service to India
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Hughes Electronics plans to provide satellite-based Internet service
to nearly 1,100 cities in India. The contract calls for what Hughes
officials describe as the largest single broadband network. Hughes
will use a combination of VSAT (very small aperture terminal) tech-
nology and some 50,000 community-access kiosks located in coffee
houses, restaurants and other gathering places. Users will pay a per-
use fee, much like a pay phone.
"We see this as a model for offering these types of services in other
parts of the world that lack extensive ground-based transmission fa-
cilities, such as telephone or cable lines", says Hughes Network Sys-
tems chairman Pradman Kaul. As many as 25 million potential subscrib-
ers will have access to the new system. (Wall Street Journal 24 Mar
2000)
Dr Sigmund de Janos
Senior Consultant
Tel: +1-613-731-3461
Fax: +1-613-731-3286
mailto:[email protected]
http://members.home.net/dejanos/webdoc11.htm
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