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The show is being organized to provide government employees and military personnel with an opportunity to see virtually everything commercially available in the world of satellite communications in order to educate, advise, and promote. More than 20 exhibitors will participate, exhibiting products and services that cover the entire range of fixed, mobile, and broadcast satellite communications services. Highlights include live satellite demonstrations and a state-of-the-art uplink truck.

The HGS Satellite Services Exposition is the first to be sponsored by HGS. "One of the objectives of the show is to demonstrate Hughes' ability to propose immediate solutions to communications needs through the U.S. government's General Services Administration (GSA) contract," said Ronald V. Swanson, President of Hughes Global Services. "This pre-competed, direct order/direct bill Federal Acquisition Reform (FAR) Part 12 contract makes it possible to place a contract task order in days rather than months."

Hughes Global Services offers one-stop shopping for commercial satellite communications solutions to meet worldwide government telecommunications needs. HGS is a subsidiary of Hughes Space and Communications Company, the world's leading manufacturer of commercial geosynchronous communications satellites, and a major supplier of spacecraft and equipment to the U.S. government, such as military communications satellites. Hughes Space and Communications Company is a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation. The earnings of Hughes Electronics are used to calculate the earnings per share attributable to GMH (NYSE symbol) common stock.