ViaSat is becoming the supplier of choice for the new generation of broadband satellite services. We’re developing subscriber terminals and ground infrastructure for five premier broadband service providers:
- Connexion by Boeing for in-flight broadband to commercial airline and military aircraft
- ARINC’s SKYLink in-flight broadband for business jets
- Intelsat, using our SurfBeam DOCSIS-for-satellite system for consumer services with Orbit Communications
- Eutelsat consumer broadband service trials, also using our DOCSIS-based SurfBeam
- WildBlue Communications for consumers and small office/home office
- Telesat using SurfBeam for consumer services in Canada on new Anik F2 Ka-band, spot beam satellite
We have a variety of technologies that we can apply to make your network more efficient and economically rewarding for you, including both user terminals and system gateways. Our focus is on finding new ways to increase your system capacity so airtime costs are less, helping you set service fees that maximize subscriber uptake.
Please contact Bob Wilson by email or at 760-476-2200 to find out more about our large-scale Ka-band broadband systems.
See our VSAT Product pages for information and contacts for our family of broadband VSAT products
Lufthansa Flynet Launched May 17
As of Monday, May 17 broadband Internet connections became a reality for commercial airline passengers. That was the first day Lufthansa began offering Flynet, its airborne Internet portal powered by Connexion by Boeing, on regularly scheduled flights between Los Angeles and Munich . FlyNet is scheduled for introduction on 78 Lufthansa planes by summer 2006, in conjunction with other upgrades to the airline.s new long-haul Business Class service. All Nippon Airways (ANA), China Airlines, Japan Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and Singapore Airlines plan similar service in the next year.
Added Capability in Tranceiver Components and Modules
US Monolithics, now a wholly owned subsidiary of ViaSat, brings us new expertise in designing and producing millimeter-wave components and integrated millimeter-wave equipment for both commercial and government customers. USM has particular expertise in low-cost millimeter-wave power amplifier components and transceiver equipment. Component products include Ku-band and higher frequency MMIC power amplifiers, drivers, mixers, LNA, and frequency converters. Modular products include low cost satcom Ku-, K-, and Ka-band transceivers and solid state power amplifiers.