Hughes India to enable satellite connectivity for BSNL

Hughes Communications India has been selected by BSNL as the system integrator to enable satellite broadband connectivity in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. With Hughes India, BSNL plans to expand satellite bandwidth in Andaman and Nicobar to 400 times the current capacity in 2 years, and has already augmented available bandwidth in the island region from 240 Mbps to 1 Gbps. Hughes India supplied BSNL with satellite terminals and modems for voice, data, and video communications as well as high-speed satellite backhaul capacity to extend network coverage in the region.