Satellite broadband service provider Hughes Communications on May 5 said it has continued to add subscribers to its U.S. consumer broadband satellite service this year without sacrificing profitability and that the U.S. government's broadband stimulus program is generating more business than expected. Germantown, Md.-based Hughes, which has agreed to be acquired by EchoStar Corp. for about $2 billion, also said the delayed launch of its competitor's high-throughput consumer broadband satellite will take pressure off Hughes to compensate with special offers of its own.
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