Hughes wins $1.5 m order from Danish firm

NEW DELHI: Hughes Software Systems, India, a leading communications software

maker, has won a $1.5-million order from Danish firm Thrane & Thrane to

design a network solution, a Hughes official said on Wednesday.

Thrane & Thrane provides equipment for land-based, maritime and

aeronautical communications on the Inmarsat system.

The official, who did not want to be identified, told Reuters over the phone

the contract was a turn-key project and would be completed in nine months.

"Our software would enable the Inmarsat network to communicate with

other emerging mobile broadband networks more efficiently," Manoranjan

Mohapatra, chief operating officer at New Delhi-based Hughes Software, told

Reuters.

"The order is both a mix of pre-built telecom products and software

services."

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