Hughes Communications on Nov. 6 reported a slightly higher rate of customers quitting its consumer satellite broadband service in recent months, but said revenue and gross profit continued to grow and that the company still expects to order a large all-Ka-band satellite by the end of the year. In a conference call with investors, Germantown, Md.-based Hughes also said it expects to be able to use its monthly churn rate - which refers to subscribers who quit the service - to reduce the number of satellite transponders it leases in North America by about one per month in the coming months. Each transponder lease costs Hughes an average of $1.5 million per year, the company said.
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