Hughes Network Systems

Hughes Network Systems, LLC
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelecommunications Satellite Internet
Founded1971 (1971) (Digital Communications Corp)
HeadquartersGermantown, Maryland, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Hamid Akhavan (CEO, EchoStar)
  • Paul Gaske (COO, Hughes Network Systems and EchoStar)
ServicesSatellite networks and services
Revenue$1.97 billion (2022)
Number of employees
2,000 (2022)
ParentEchoStar
ASNs6621, 63062
Websitewww.Hughes.com

Hughes Network Systems, LLC is an American telecommunications company that specializes in providing satellite-based communication services for consumer and enterprise markets. It is headquartered in Germantown, Maryland and provides satellite internet services under the brand HughesNet. HughesNet has over a million subscribers in the Americas in late 2023, down from 1.4 million in early 2022. Hughes Network Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar, which acquired its former parent company, Hughes Communications, in 2011.