AMN selects Hughes to expand mobile network access for consumers in Madagascar, Nigeria
Ramesh Ramaswamy of Hughes
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an EchoStar company, announced that Africa Mobile Networks (AMN), has selected the Hughes JUPITER System ground platform to backhaul 2G, 3G and 4G cellular network traffic in Madagascar and Nigeria. AMN will use Hughes JUPITER gateways and remote terminals to link hundreds of cellular towers via satellite. This will allow AMN operator clients to access more users in hard-to-reach areas, bridging the region’s digital divide.
Michael Darcy, CEO, AMN, says “The biggest multi-national mobile network operators in Africa depend on AMN’s unique networking business models to serve their customers, whilst we depend on partners like Hughes for the ideal technology for the rural environment along with reliable commercial and technical support. The Hughes JUPITER System meets our objectives for serving hard-to-reach customers in Madagascar and Nigeria with optimal capex (capital expenditure), opex (operating expense) and business support so we can help our customers connect more people via tried-and-true satellite backhaul.”
“We appreciate that AMN has put their trust in Hughes and our JUPITER System to help meet the needs of their operator customers in bridging the digital divide in Sub-Saharan Africa,” says Ramesh Ramaswamy, executive vice president, International Division, Hughes. “This announcement reflects the value of longstanding relationships and a shared commitment to achieving our customers’ business objectives – not just with exceptional technology, but also with extraordinary customer service.”
The de facto standard for satellite implementations worldwide, the Hughes JUPITER System persists as the ground platform across the industry, meeting operator requirements with bandwidth and cost efficiencies, especially when compared with other satellite ground systems. The JUPITER technology incorporates software-defined satellite networking, inroute reconfiguration for the high possible efficiency, and a new ‘system on a chip’ in every user terminal that can support increasingly high speeds and a variety of services.
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