BMW of North America Signs with Hughes Network Systems to Connect Dealer Network via Satellite

Renewed Contract Underscores HNS Leadership in Automotive Industry Sector

GERMANTOWN, Md., April 15 -- Hughes Network Systems (HNS), the world's leading provider of broadband satellite solutions, announced a new multi-million dollar, three-year contract with BMW of North America, LLC (BMW NA) to provide the leading auto manufacturer & distributor with added value network services.

This agreement is a continuation of an original VSAT contract signed in 1996 which has progressively expanded to meet BMW's growing customer needs to simplify larger file transfers, interactive distance learning, and multicast distribution of sales, service and maintenance related content.

About BMW

BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the US since 1975. Since then, the BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW and MINI brands: a South Carolina manufacturing operation; DESIGN WORKS/USA, an industrial design firm in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country. The BMW Group is represented in the US through a network of 340 car, 327 Sports Activity Vehicle and 148 motorcycle retailers. BMW US Holding Corp., the Groups headquarters for North, Central and South America, is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

About Hughes Network Systems

Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (HNS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Electronics Corporation (HUGHES), is the world's leading provider of broadband satellite network solutions for businesses and consumers, with more than 500,000 systems ordered or shipped to customers in 85 countries. HNS pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access services, which it markets globally under the DIRECWAY(R) brand. In addition, HNS is a leading manufacturer of DIRECTV(R) satellite television receivers, having shipped more than 11 million systems to date.

Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown, Maryland, USA, HNS maintains sales and support offices worldwide. The earnings of HUGHES, a unit of General Motors Corporation, are used to calculate the earnings attributable to the General Motors Class H common stock . To learn more about HNS, please visit www.hns.com.

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