WorldCom
Launching Satellite Broadband Service
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By Roy Mark
"WorldCom Internet VSAT is the new satellite broadband
access solution for businesses of all sizes, offering immediate
primary connectivity and business continuity for reliable
network back-up services, in any location," said Ralph Montfort,
director of WorldCom Internet Services. "Adding VSAT to our
existing DSL and dedicated access offerings, plus our new
Gigabit Ethernet and OC-48 services, gives WorldCom the unique
ability to give our customers exactly what they want and need --
individually tailored internet access solutions based on their
business applications, network architecture, geography and
budgetary requirements."
Hughes Network Systems, also a unit of Hughes
Electronics, is the world's largest provider of satellite
broadband network service for businesses and consumers, with
over 400,000 systems installed in more than 85 countries. HNS
pioneered the development of satellite highspeed internet access
services, which it markets globally as DirecPC and Direcway. HNS
is also a leading manufacturer of the DirecTV.
Headquartered in
Germantown,
Md., earnings of Hughes, a unit of General Motors Corp., are
used to calculate the earnings per share attributable to the
General Motors Class H common stock.
WorldCom Group operates in more than 65 countries with
annualized revenues of more than $20 billion.
