Hughes Network Systems (HNS) has announced that it has provided leading Czech telecommunications provider, GiTy, with a DIRECWAY broadband satellite network. This includes a central operations center (NOC) and hub.

Currently offering satellite services using HNS' PES Very Small Aperture Terminal network hub and remote terminals, GiTy is now able to offer new DIRECWAY broadband services to customers throughout the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Bulgaria. GiTy will be providing high-speed Internet access and business video applications such as distance learning and business television utilising HNS' DW1000 remote satellite terminals. The new NOC enables GiTy to meet the demands of customers in numerous industries, from government agencies to healthcare, banking and energy.

HNS has been providing GiTy with VSAT networking equipment since 1995. An official release informs that the telecommunications market has grown exponentially in the Czech Republic in the last decade, driven by the entrepreneurial spirit and high-level of service that companies such as GiTy have provided to their customers.

HNS claims to be the world's leading provider of broadband satellite solutions, which it markets under the DIRECWAY brand.