Hughes Delivers Satellite Service for 'The Big Kick to Johannesburg' As World Cup Fever Builds

Global leader in broadband satellite supports African leg of major charity project - delivers 'mobile connectivity wherever you are'

GERMANTOWN, Maryland and MILTON KEYNES, England, June 8, 2010 - As excitement for the 2010 FIFA World Cup gains momentum, followers of
'The Big Kick to Johannesburg' worldwide will be able to keep fully
up-to-date with the charity project as it continues its exciting progress
across Africa — thanks to services provided by the European operating unit
of Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), the global leader in broadband
satellite.

Supporting the "Ein Herz fur Kinder"' (A Heart for Children) charity,
which undertakes major relief projects in Africa, the Big Kick project is
sponsored by HMI, German insurance giant Ergo Versicherung's subsidiary, and
involves dribbling a football more than 10,500 kilometers from the company's
Hamburg headquarters to Johannesburg over land, sea, and air.

"Just as with the Olympic Flame, the Big Kick football is travelling from
Germany, the venue for the last World Cup in 2006, to this year's host
nation, South Africa, on a journey taking 46 days and arriving 24 hours
before the opening ceremony on 11 June," said Christopher Britton, managing
director of Hughes Europe. "We are proud to have been chosen by HMI to
provide Inmarsat's BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) satellite service and
Hughes 9201 BGAN terminals as the only communications solution able to
provide the quality and coverage it demanded for the African leg of the
journey, now that the European leg has been completed. Major publicity events
involving celebrity participants have been organized at each stage of the
journey, with a short video of the daily progress made available to followers
worldwide."

The Hughes-provided BGAN solution offers rugged yet easy-to-use
connectivity in linking Africa with the rest of the world, sending regular
pictures via Deutsche Telekom's Munich-based data center, as the ball travels
through Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, and South Africa.

For Britton, the Big Kick project in Africa demonstrates Hughes'
unmatched ability to provide mobile connectivity on a truly global basis.
"Wherever you are, even before the World Cup starts, with Hughes providing
the BGAN service, you won't miss a kick!"

About Hughes Network Systems

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) is the global leader in providing
broadband satellite networks and services for large enterprises, governments,
small businesses, and consumers. HughesNet(R) encompasses all broadband
solutions and managed services from Hughes, bridging the best of satellite
and terrestrial technologies. Its broadband satellite products are based on
global standards approved by the TIA, ETSI and ITU standards organizations,
including IPoS/DVB-S2, RSM-A and GMR-1. To date, Hughes has shipped more than
2.2 million systems to customers in over 100 countries.

Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown, Maryland, USA,
Hughes maintains sales and support offices worldwide. Hughes is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Hughes Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: HUGH). For
additional information, please visit www.hughes.com.

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Judy Blake of Hughes Network Systems, +1-301-601-7330, judy.blake at hughes.com; or Katy Brooks or Jane Rigg, both of The Whiteoaks Consultancy, +44-0-1252-727313, katyb at whiteoaks.co.uk