Hughes installing hybrid VSAT network for Chevron.

Communications News › Vol. 28 Nbr. 3, March 1991

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Very-small-aperture-terminal - Satellite Networks

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) is installing a $40 million very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT) hybrid network for Chevron Corp. The hub of the VSAT system will be located in San Ramon, CA, and a backup hub is being installed in Houston. The system will include three-quarter meter terminals at Chevron sites. The system is based on Hughes Network Systems' Personal Earth Station (PES) 6000, which uses a smaller antenna than does other systems. Chevron's Retail Automation Network (RAN) will be carried by PES 6000. RAN is used for point-of-sale credit-card authorization at large Chevron service stations. The new system replaces a terrestrial 2400 b/s multidrop leased-line system and is more economical, more technologically advanced, and has a lower profile.

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Hughes installing hybrid VSAT network for Chevron.

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) Inc. has begun installing a massive $40 million telecommunications network for Chevron Corp. The contract is notewo...

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