Primus Offers
HughesNet Broadband Satellite Service
(16 July 2008) Primus
Telecommunications, Inc. today announced that it has executed an agreement with
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) to resell HughesNet broadband satellite
Internet service to Primus customers in the continental United States and
Puerto Rico.
The agreement allows Primus to offer broadband
services to all its small- and medium-sized business (SMB) customers, including
those without access to landline broadband, such as cable and DSL, in their
areas.
"Through this agreement with Hughes, Primus can now provide an
alternative solution for customers who don't currently have broadband access,"
says Saradhi Vajja, vice president, Product Management and Chief Information
Officer at Primus. "We now can provide broadband access to a larger
market."
Primus began offering this service to customers on June 15th.
"We are very excited about the opportunity to sell HughesNet broadband Internet
service," says D.G. Gulati, president of Primus's U.S. Operations. "We look
forward to reaching out to new customers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, as well
as offering this service to our existing customer base in areas where
terrestrial broadband service is not available. This service is being bundled
with Primus's other services and billed on a single bill."
"We are
excited to work with Primus to bring satellite broadband connectivity to their
customers," said Mike Cook, senior vice president of Hughes. "As a premier
provider of telecommunications solutions, Primus provides a significant
expansion in our distribution, strengthening our ability to bring broadband
services to businesses -- wherever they are located."
About Primus
Telecommunications, Inc.
Primus Telecommunications, Inc. represents the
U.S. and Caribbean operations of its parent, Primus Telecommunications Group,
Incorporated (OTCBB: PRTL), an integrated facilities-based communications
services provider offering international and domestic voice, Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP), Internet, wireless, data, and hosting services to
business and residential retail customers and other carriers located primarily
in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and western
Europe. Primus provides services over its global network of owned and leased
transmission facilities, including approximately 500 points-of-presence (POPs)
throughout the world, ownership interests in undersea fibre optic cable
systems, 18 carrier-grade international gateway and domestic switching systems,
and a variety of operating relationships that allow it to deliver traffic
world-wide. Founded in 1994, Primus is based in McLean, VA.
About Hughes
Network Systems
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) is the global
leader in providing broadband satellite networks and services for large
enterprises, governments, small businesses, and consumers. HughesNet
encompasses all broadband solutions and managed services from Hughes, bridging
the best of satellite and terrestrial technologies. Its broadband satellite
products are based on global standards approved by the TIA, ETSI and ITU
standards organisations, including IPoS/DVB-S2, RSM-A and GMR-1. To date,
Hughes has shipped more than 1.5 million systems to customers in over 100
countries.
Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown,
Maryland, USA, Hughes maintains sales and support offices world-wide. Hughes is
a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Communications, Inc.
(source: Primus
Telecommunications)
