Hughes Network Systems Announces Broadband Alliance Program
📅 - Hughes Network Systems (hns.com), a provider of broadband bysatellite services, announced yesterday the Hughes Broadband AllianceProgram with Sun Microsystems and PolycomInc.(polycom.com), a leader in theconvergence of interactive voice, video and data communications.
By joining the alliance, Sun and Polycom will be able to develop nextgeneration applications and services intended to operate on Spaceway,Hughes' advanced technology broadband satellite platform. In addition to itsunique peer-to-peer architecture, Spaceway incorporates many other features- such as packet switching, spot beams, and bandwidth-on-demand - and isexpected to open up a number of opportunities for delivering high-speed,multimedia content services to North American enterprises and consumers in2003.
"If companies are out there developing new broadband applications andthey're not talking to us, then they're missing out on one third of themarket - not to mention the opportunity to leverage Spaceway's uniquepeer-to-peer architecture for cutting-edge application development," saidPradman Kaul, chairman and CEO, Hughes Network Systems. "We look forward toworking with all 'best of breed' broadband applications developers as weexpand this exciting new market."
Companies that participate in the Hughes Broadband Alliance Program areexpected to benefit from a diverse range of resources intended to facilitatetheir development processes. These resources may include consulting,education, documentation, user groups and seminars. Their teams will besupported by the new Spaceway P2P Application Center for Excellence, staffedwith engineers who will collaborate with partners and customers during thedevelopment and deployment processes.
Planned applications include high-quality, secure videoconferencing,telecollaboration, telemedicine, distance learning-on-demand, and virtualentertainment.
Hughes celebrated the launch of the Broadband Alliance Program on Nov. 15with a bi-coastal Webcast event keynoted by renowned analyst George Gilder,with remarks from Scott McNealy, chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems, andBob Hagerty, chairman, president and CEO of Polycom. Gilder told attendeesthat Spaceway is a critical component in the evolution of broadbandservices.
"Up to now, network operators have faced a difficult tradeoff: the benefitsof satellite's ubiquitous coverage and scalability versus access topoint-to-point connections via terrestrial networks. Soon, Spaceway, withits spot beams and efficient reuse of spectrum, will be able to address bothbenefits - without leaving anyone behind," Gilder said.
"Satellite communications will expand the reach of broadband applications toa larger audience by covering areas not served by terrestrial broadbandproviders," said Hagerty. "Beyond personal and business applications, suchas group and desktop video communications and collaboration, there is asignificant and compelling need for these services in applications likedistance learning and telemedicine."
By joining the alliance, Sun and Polycom will be able to develop nextgeneration applications and services intended to operate on Spaceway,Hughes' advanced technology broadband satellite platform. In addition to itsunique peer-to-peer architecture, Spaceway incorporates many other features- such as packet switching, spot beams, and bandwidth-on-demand - and isexpected to open up a number of opportunities for delivering high-speed,multimedia content services to North American enterprises and consumers in2003.
"If companies are out there developing new broadband applications andthey're not talking to us, then they're missing out on one third of themarket - not to mention the opportunity to leverage Spaceway's uniquepeer-to-peer architecture for cutting-edge application development," saidPradman Kaul, chairman and CEO, Hughes Network Systems. "We look forward toworking with all 'best of breed' broadband applications developers as weexpand this exciting new market."
Companies that participate in the Hughes Broadband Alliance Program areexpected to benefit from a diverse range of resources intended to facilitatetheir development processes. These resources may include consulting,education, documentation, user groups and seminars. Their teams will besupported by the new Spaceway P2P Application Center for Excellence, staffedwith engineers who will collaborate with partners and customers during thedevelopment and deployment processes.
Planned applications include high-quality, secure videoconferencing,telecollaboration, telemedicine, distance learning-on-demand, and virtualentertainment.
Hughes celebrated the launch of the Broadband Alliance Program on Nov. 15with a bi-coastal Webcast event keynoted by renowned analyst George Gilder,with remarks from Scott McNealy, chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems, andBob Hagerty, chairman, president and CEO of Polycom. Gilder told attendeesthat Spaceway is a critical component in the evolution of broadbandservices.
"Up to now, network operators have faced a difficult tradeoff: the benefitsof satellite's ubiquitous coverage and scalability versus access topoint-to-point connections via terrestrial networks. Soon, Spaceway, withits spot beams and efficient reuse of spectrum, will be able to address bothbenefits - without leaving anyone behind," Gilder said.
"Satellite communications will expand the reach of broadband applications toa larger audience by covering areas not served by terrestrial broadbandproviders," said Hagerty. "Beyond personal and business applications, suchas group and desktop video communications and collaboration, there is asignificant and compelling need for these services in applications likedistance learning and telemedicine."
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