Hughes Communications India Ltd. (HCIL) is a subsidiary of Hughes Communications Inc., USA and is the largest satellite service operator in India. HNS has a global market share of 55% in VSAT industry. HCIL was incorporated in year 1992 and has been in operation since then. HCIL's leadership spans all aspect of broadband technology, network solutions and services. HCIL is providing Managed Network Services to Indian Enterprises and global customers, including system Integration & Network Management.

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. Hughes has shipped more than 1.5 million systems to customers in over 100 countries. Its broadband satellite products are based on global standards approved by the TIA, ETSI and ITU standards organizations, including IPoS/DVB-S2, RSM-A and GMR-1.

HCIL is one of the most successful of the Indian VSAT operators with over 32,000 star data VSATs shipped and 48,000 booked orders. Its service remains amongst the largest in the country. Hughes has been the clear leader with 25 per cent more new installations. The company currently operates over 19500 TDMA and broadband VSATs out of more than 21,000 sites on its various managed service platforms "The VSAT Report 2007 by Comsys".

HCIL ably backs up its connectivity solutions with state-of-art Data Centre and Disaster recovery offerings. It offers a controlled environment for storing and preserving vital customer data at any one or more of its 3 data centre premises. This chain of excellence is completed by proactive monitoring and management of customers' links and devices supported by real time on-line access to ones own network through the 'Customer Central Portal'. In depth analysis of system generated reports enable HCIL to optimize customer network resources ensuring smooth running of mission critical components.

HCIL has pioneered in moving away from basic connectivity to implementing enterprise-wide networking solutions like ERP, Messaging, ATMs, Multicasting, Video conferencing, Corporate Training, Content Delivery, Interactive Onsite Learning.

HCIL is a premier Network Service Provider offering a mix of satellite and terrestrial media solutions. It provides solutions in the areas of Networking, System Integration, Managed Network Services, Security, Transaction Services, Intranet, Internet and real time Interactive Education.

HCIL now has over 360 different customers on its various managed & private VSAT services accounting for almost 32,000 individual sites - the Lottery, Manufacturing & Financial sectors account for 60 per cent of its TDMA sites. Its customer list is a Who's Who of India and spans a range of different industries. To name a few like ICICI Bank, Hindustan Lever, ICI, Galileo, ITC, Sony, UTI Bank, Indian Railways & Reliance Industry.