Covad Communications will be the primary DSL broadband supplier to Hughes Network Systems’ new Direcway Unified Broadband service, the two companies announced today.

Hughes is targeting mid-tier and larger businesses with its new service, which will be provided both via satellite and DSL, depending on the location. Covad will provide both ADSL and SDSL services to Hughes.

“Working with Covad and utilizing its extensive nationwide DSL broadband network is a key component of the Hughes DIRECWAY Unified Broadband offering,” said Mike Cook, senior vice president of sales and marketing for the North American division at Hughes, in a prepared statement. “This relationship allows us to address, within a single managed network infrastructure, the entire market for broadband services by offering the ideal combination of wireline and satellite technologies.”