
EchoStar’s Hughes Network Systems recently secured a $6.5 million contract to deploy a 5G Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) prototype at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, marking a significant milestone in military communications technology. This deployment, a collaboration between EchoStar, the U.S. Army, and the Department of Defense (DoD), aims to integrate a Radio Access Network Intelligent Controller (RIC)










