[SatNews] This London ceremony brought the Company a win…
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes) and its customer, telecom company Bharti Airtel, were named as winners of the Global Telecoms Business (GTB) Innovation Award for Satellite Voice and Data Innovation for their African SOTELMA project. The annual GTB Award ceremony, which took place in London earlier in June, celebrated the most innovative and exciting projects undertaken by operators and vendors globally, which are making a significant difference in connecting the world.
Using the advanced Hughes HX broadband satellite platform, Bharti Airtel implemented a cost-effective, integrated solution for its customer, Sotelma, an important service provider in Mali, to offer a wide range of business services to their enterprise customers throughout the country. The award-winning solution enables services such as broadband Internet/Intranet access, GSM backhaul, and rural telephony, including connectivity to the national public switched telephone network (PSTN) in even the most remote parts of the country.




