Hughes (News - Alert) Network Systems has announced its managed voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) solution, Hughes ActiveQoS, for the government market. With the help of the new Hughes ActiveQoS technology, the company expects to provide superior voice quality over affordable broadband. Company officials said that this eliminates the need for agencies to invest in expensive, leased line multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) networks.

This newest technology from Hughes is integrated into the customer equipment onsite. Company officials said that it actively monitors and adapts to network congestion over the broadband network.

Additionally, Hughes ActiveQoS incorporates several innovative optimization methods -- traffic metering, network change adaptation, and traffic prioritization. Company officials said that this ensures that real-time, latency sensitive applications, such as voice, get through on an end-to-end basis, and as a result, government users enjoy a “high-quality voice experience with minimal packet loss and jitter.”

Typically, it’s seen that government agencies have had to deal with dozens of local service providers to meet the voice and data needs of their small and medium-sized field offices. Thanks to Hughes, they can consolidate all their voice and data capabilities nationwide under a single managed services provider employing a cost-effective mix of broadband network transport technologies.

“Many agencies -- particularly federal organizations at the field office, bureau, and division-level -- often have been unable to justify deploying a managed VoIP solution,” said Tony Bardo, assistant vice president for Government Solutions at Hughes, adding that the benefits of converging voice and data are well known, and now government customers, especially these small and medium-sized agencies, can reap those benefits to reduce operational costs.

“Federal agencies can now take advantage of a full-full featured VoIP solution that improves operations and employee efficiency and provides a better customer experience, while simultaneously lowering infrastructure costs,” Bardo said.

The Hughes VoIP solution includes both hosted VoIP, as well as session initiation protocol (SIP) trunking services, and offers full number portability.

Hughes Network Systems (News - Alert) is a provider of satellite broadband for home and office, delivering network technologies, managed services and solutions for enterprises and governments globally.

Earlier this year, the company announced that announced that it was awarded over $11 million in new orders for secure systems during 2010 from various Government customers.