Photo: JSC Iskra R&D

[Via Satellite 12-23-13] Hughes Network Systems has signed a multi-year contract with Joint-Stock Company Iskra Research and Development (JSC Iskra R&D), a VSAT operator in Russia, to supply a new HN System and up to 3,000 broadband satellite terminals. Additionally, JSC Iskra R&D will establish an authorized service center at its Krasnoyarsk operations facility for Hughes satellite terminal products.

JSC Iskra R&D operates one of the Russia’s largest satellite communications networks, with more than 8,000 sites in service on three satellites and three HN System NOCs, including the latest generation of Hughes VSAT terminals.