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Hughes Communications India Limited

Hughes Communications India Limited (HCIL) is the Indian operation of Hughes Network Systems, USA. Hughes Network Systems, LLC 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. With annual revenues of over $800 million, Hughes is headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown, Maryland, USA and has offices in 11 countries and customers in over 100 countries. Hughes maintains sales and support offices worldwide. Hughes is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:HUGH).

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.

The client base of HCIL come from various industry verticals, which include Reserve Bank of India, public sector banks and most of the private sector banks, critical Indian defense networks and Country-wide police network, Bombay Stock Exchange, etc.

HCIL has partnered with ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) in its most ambitious project, to build India’s first interactive e-learning platform, across five states under its Eusat project, imparting elementary and higher education programmes and benefiting over 10000 students across the country.

HCIL is one of the most successful VSAT operators in the country.

Mission - Why we Exist

To be the leading value added telecom services provider, continuously adding value to customers & Stakeholders, by offering state of the art products & services, primarily using satellite technology.

Vision - Where We Want to Be

To be universally admired & benchmarked as an organization for Creating Customer value, employee satisfaction & business operation, forging an enduring & profitable relationship with stake holders.

Values - What is Important to Us

· Respect & care for individuals
· Our Partners are our foundations of success
· Transparency in our interactions, transactions & operation as a whole
· Maintain high standard of ethics in business transactions
· Be an equal opportunity employer
· Raise the bar continuously in every aspect of our business
· Be a learning organization
· Promote team spirit & passion for excellence
· Paranoid approach in meeting commitments, objectives & milestones
· We exist only because of customers

To know more about HCIL, visit www.hughes.in

HughesNet Global Education

HughesNet Global Education, previously known as DiRECWAY Global Education, is a premier satellite based education and training service initiative by Hughes, for corporate and working professionals/ Students. It has live, interactive, real-time, two way video, voice and data classes, and spread across 215 classrooms in 91 cities. HughesNet Global Education platform has redefined the next generation of education i.e. real-time Interactive Onsite Learning (IOL). First of its kind in the country, started in 2001, this platform seamlessly integrates the strengths of the traditional method of education — classroom teaching — with the latest in technology.

Several corporate customers have also used the HughesNet Global Education service to train their dealers, employees, customers and associates across the country. The heart of this Hughes service is a powerful system that allows large numbers of geographically dispersed participants to have a highly interactive, ‘one-to-one’ exchange with the faculty.

The platform offers interactivity similar to a live classroom session, where a student sitting in any part of the country, at any given point in time, can interact freely with the professor, raise questions, queries, etc. making the interaction as spontaneous and natural as in a regular classroom. There is extensive use of two video, voice and data. The pedagogy is highly interactive. It consists of a judicious blend of lectures, real life case studies, quizzes, assignments, etc.

HughesNet Global Education offers both monetary and productivity benefits to participants. There is huge savings on location transfers and living costs while continuing with their existing job, as the participants do not have to leave their cities or jobs to attend the programme. Additionally, since the course curriculum is designed keeping in mind the needs, expertise and skills of the professionals there is focused and optimal learning from premier institutes and its faculty, giving students a career edge.

Some of the key benefits

· HughesNet Global Education offers highest level of interactivity as in a live classroom.
· It has built in class-management tools that help faculty in conducting the class effectively.
· It has built-in measurement and certification tools that help the faculty to monitor each student’s progress accurately and effectively.
· HughesNet Global Education is the ideal way to increase the reach and coverage of premier institutions without compromising on:

· Interactivity
· Control & Certification
· Quality of content
· The faculties – the best faculty can now centrally reach and address participants simultaneously in various cities across the country.

Our Track records

· More than 20000 students have undergone various courses on our platform over the last 7 years
· More than 215 class-rooms spread across 91 cities
· More than 100 different programmes have been conducted over our platform
· More than 5000 students join different programmes on our platform every year.

Technology and Infrastructure

The core of the network is the Studio where the Instructor sits. The studio is fully equipped with all required audio, video and computer systems that allow the instructor to teach and interact with students who could be spread across the country. The studio typically has the following components:

Audio video systems: These include cameras, audio/video mixers, monitors, encoder et al. In addition the studio is also acoustically insulated for a noise free environment.

Presentation Server: This server uses proprietary hardware and software to provide the instructor and the administrators with all the tools needed for learning – it allows transmission of presentation slides, video, interactive questions (which students answer), quizzes (to test comprehension), voice interaction and email interaction. All this happens in a live environment where the student and teacher can have full-fledged real-time interactivity. All results coming from questions/answers and quizzes are instantaneously compiled to give the students and the teacher real-time feedback on performance. The Presentation Server also has very good class management tools that allow the teacher to control the class & the interaction.

Control Room Facilities: These include the control equipment and the satellite uplink equipment. The uplink is done using the Hughes satellite modems.

At the other end, the student sits in a classroom (with one of more PCs connected to the VSAT receive and transmit system) and is able to follow the lecture, answer questions and participate in study groups and discussions, all using the PC and its multimedia features.

Studio: Currently 10 studios are already operational - in Gurgaon, New Delhi, Kozhikode (Calicut, Kerala), Jamshedpur, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Ahmedabad. Clients have the option of using any of these studios for their corporate training programmes.

Each studio is equipped with state of the art equipments, set in at least 1000 sq. ft. of area.

Classrooms: HCIL has put up 215 classrooms , spread over 91 cities of India, namely Delhi - NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Pune, Nagpur, Baroda, Hyderabad to name a few in India and additionally in Dubai & Sharjah.

Each classroom is equipped with a high-end multimedia PCs and satellite receiver / transmitter equipment.

The Interactive Onsite Learning Platform

The platform is very advanced that combines the critical aspects of verbal and visual communication - two-way video and audio synchronized with rich content, collaboration, discussion groups, application sharing and live interaction. The communications platform reaches large numbers of people in real-time. With this platform, live sessions become highly intuitive and effective, as video and rich interactive content are delivered directly to the desktop of the student.

HNS certification was granted to this platform using the Hughes broadband satellite service and terminals. This demonstrates that this platform meets the most stringent performance criteria when delivered over the Hughes system. Very small aperture terminal (VSAT) is a communications technology that enables reliable two-way transmission of data via satellite using comparatively small antennas. With this certification, the platform is now an authorized HNS Technology Product in its "e-learning for the enterprise" category. The platform is a scalable application that combines quality video with two-way audio and data transfer to enable live delivery. It offers live collaboration tools such as application sharing, whiteboard annotations, discussion groups, chats and guided browsing.

In the heart is a Rich Media Conferencing Platform that provides a scaleable, secure, and network-friendly software platform architectured from the ground up to deliver synchronized, real-time voice, and video and data communication over converged IP (Internet Protocol) networks.

The RMCP provides seamless interoperability with:
Existing video conferencing endpoints and MCU's (H.323)
IP endpoints (SIP)
Public Services Telephone Networks (PSTN)
Satellite-based corporate network infrastructures
Smart phones (3G)

The platform shares a common user interface for live interaction, which incorporates the foundations of dialogue - high quality video for face-to-face interaction, clear audio, and rich supporting visuals and virtual collaboration. This interface includes integrated multiple video windows, application and data sharing, chat, questions, whiteboard and recording capabilities, all of which are designed to enable a feeling of virtual classroom even as students are geographically dispersed.

Program also available Direct to home through internet.

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