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Hughes targets Rs 40 crore from SMEs by ’05

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Hughes Escorts Communications Ltd (HECL), a company dealing in broadband

satellite solutions, is targeting its DirecWay satellite-based broadband

services towards SME market in the country. The company expects to generate

revenues of Rs 40 crore by 2005 from this segment. As a part of its strategy,

Hughes would seek to appoint 50 state-level channel partners across India to

deliver reliable, secure broadband connectivity and value-added solutions for

the identified segment.

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Hughes

has invested over $15 million in introducing DirecWay in India. DirecWay would

deliver broadband connectivity and services to key verticals such as government,

manufacturing, export houses and hospitality. DirecWay is targeted at the SMB

sector as well as non governmental organizations (NGOs). Hughes is also

targeting SEC A category consumers residing in farmhouses as well as NRI

townships across India with the DirecWay platform.

HECL is the first national satellite broadband service provider to offer

services in over 800 cities and rural areas across the country. The company has,

since inception in 1995, deployed more than 10,000 VSAT terminals. The company

expects to double this number within one year itself.

Speaking about Hughes’s focus on the Indian SME market, Partho Banerjee,

President and CEO, HECL says, "We anticipate a tremendous demand for

DirecWay to deliver reliable, secure connectivity for SMEs across the country

and enable them to compete on a global scale."

CYBER NEWS SERVICE

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