Hughes and Xplornet signed an agreement to provide...

Hughes and Xplornet signed an agreement to provide satellite broadband services to Canada on EchoStar 19 capacity. The next-generation high throughput satellite is due to launch in 2016, Hughes’ parent company EchoStar and Xplornet said Wednesday in a news release (http://bit.ly/1strn0N). Under the agreement, Xplornet also “will take delivery of satellite gateways, operational and support services, and consumer user terminals in a program that is expected to be worth more than $200 million,” it said. Xplornet expects the capacity to enable it to meet the growing demands of its rural customers, it said.