Hughes Network Systems, LLC Completes Exchange Offer

GERMANTOWN, Md., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC
(HUGHES) (the "Company") today announced it has completed the exchange offer
pursuant to which all outstanding $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
the 9 1/2% Senior Notes due 2014 issued by the Company and its wholly owned
subsidiary, HNS Finance Corp. (together, the "Issuers") (the "Old Notes"),
were tended for exchange into an equal aggregate principal amount of the
Issuers' 9 1/2% Senior Notes due 2014 that have been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "New Notes").

The exchange offer expired at 5 p.m., New York City time, on August 14, 2009.
Based on the information provided by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., the exchange
agent for the exchange offer, as of the expiration of the exchange offer, 100%
of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes had been
tendered for an equal aggregate principal amount of the New Notes. All Old
Notes tendered were accepted for exchange and the exchange offer was
consummated on August 17, 2009. The Old Notes are substantially identical to
the New Notes for which they were exchanged, except that the New Notes are
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and, as a result, the
transfer restrictions and registration rights provisions applicable to the Old
Notes do not apply to the New Notes.

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 1.9
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 .

(C)2009 Hughes Network Systems, LLC. Hughes and HughesNet are registered
trademarks of Hughes Network Systems, LLC. Other trademarks are the property
of their respective owners.

SOURCE Hughes Network Systems, LLC

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