Avanti Communications is a UK-based satellite operator and provider of wholesale satellite broadband and connectivity services across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). They operate a fleet of four Ka-band HYLAS high-throughput satellites (HTS) and a network of Gateway Earth Stations. Avanti offers services to mobile network operators, internet service providers, enterprises, governments, and other satellite operators, delivering connectivity solutions to connect the unconnected and provide secure, reliable communications. The company recently moved its headquarters to Spaceport Cornwall's Space Systems Operations Facility.
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Avanti Communications has invested $1,200,000,000 in a network that incorporates orbital slots in Ka-band spectrum, satellites, ground stations, datacentres, and a fibre ring.
Viasat plans to leverage Avanti’s HYLAS 4 and HYLAS 2 satellites beginning in October 2021.
The Ka-band capacity lease between Viasat and Avanti is intended to support Viasat’s expanding global mobility and enterprise businesses across aviation, maritime, and energy.
Avanti Communications provides dedicated fixed and flexible-beam Ka-band satellite connectivity through the HYLAS satellite fleet and partners in 118 countries.
On 2021-06-03, Viasat Inc. signed a Ka-band capacity lease agreement with Avanti Communications Group plc to provide additional coverage and capacity across the Middle East and Western Europe.
Completion of installations at the six listed sites fulfills Avanti’s pledge made at the 2019 UN Global Refugee Forum to support UNHCR through the provision of connectivity.
Avanti has launched and now operates satellites that deliver connectivity to areas that are difficult to reach.
Avanti Communications’ Bidi Bidi Project, SES’s SATMED Satellite-based Telemedicine Platform, and SatSure AG received the Better Satellite World Awards in 2023.
Avanti increased its focus on selling capacity to the U.S. military and is working with Florida-based Comsat to enter the defense sector.
Avanti is using its largest satellite, Hylas-4, to provide connectivity services across Africa.
Avanti’s planned next phase of satellite procurement would likely involve small geostationary satellites around 300 kg, similar to the approaches used by GapSat and Astranis.
Avanti’s capacity sales doubled from 2018 to 2019, reaching $62,000,000.
Avanti cut operating costs by shedding 25% of staff since delisting, reducing its workforce to 240 employees.
Avanti’s goal is to generate $100,000,000 in annual revenue from capacity sales in 2021 or 2022.
Avanti is looking to spend $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 on a small geostationary satellite that can be ready to launch in 12 to 18 months from contract signing.
Inmarsat was the third satellite operator to delist from public markets in 2019, following Hong Kong-based AsiaSat and London-based Avanti in September 2019.
Isotropic Systems completed two-way communications tests of its electronically steered antenna using Avanti’s Hylas-4 satellite.
Delisting will reduce Avanti’s administrative costs by around $500,000 annually.
Avanti reported $30,200,000 in revenue for the first six months of the year, a $4,600,000 year-over-year increase.
Avanti reported an 80% year-over-year increase in backlog to $156,400,000 as of 2019-06-30.