The bulk of EchoStar’s business these days is focussed on its wholly-owned subsidiary Hughes Network Systems which itself is a major supplier of satellite-based broadband to consumer and business users. Last week EchoStar – itself controlled by Charlie Ergen – reported better than expected results on revenues and EBITDA. The results have prompted a significant […]
Hughes Network Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar, reported flat growth for its US-based broadband connections of 1.21 million during its Q3 financials. However, there was better news from its Latin American division where customers grew 13.5 per cent to 364,000 in the quarter ending September 30th and taking the overall subscription to […]
Reports have emerged that London-based satellite operator Inmarsat had “secretly” linked with Hughes Network System to collaborate on winning a major slice of the world’s in-flight broadband services, and bringing costs down to zero for travellers. Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce described the link with Hughes (a business owned by Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar) as a “game […]