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Viasat has been investing in Brazil since 2018 and has established a local team focused on delivering connectivity solutions in the country.
Viasat offers a basic plan called Viasat 10Mega with download speeds up to 10 Mbps and an advanced plan called Viasat 20Mega with download speeds up to 20 Mbps.
Viasat UK and CDW UK will work with the ARRC, the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, and other industry partners to trial new capabilities using agile development processes in the land C3 domain.
Viasat UK Ltd. and CDW UK were jointly awarded a two-year technical innovation contract to provide Command, Control and Communication (C3) support for Programme LELANTOS.
Viasat asserted in FCC filings that the Starlink satellite failure rate is far higher than SpaceX projected, citing in part the deliberate deorbiting of the original 60 v0.9 Starlink satellites launched in May 2019.
Viasat Business Voice became available on 2020-10-21.
Viasat Business Voice can be combined with Viasat Business Internet and Business Hotspots to provide enterprise-grade communication tools for SMBs in hard-to-reach locations.
On 2020-10-15, Viasat and AeroVironment began collaborating on a contract awarded under the U.S. Army Reconfigurable Communications for Small Unmanned Systems (RCSUS) initiative.
Viasat and AeroVironment will develop advanced, Type 1 encrypted communications suitable for AeroVironment’s portable, hand-launched Puma AE tactical unmanned aircraft system.
Viasat is the prime contractor on the RCSUS award and will work with AeroVironment to develop and demonstrate advanced encrypted communications for small unmanned aircraft systems.
Viasat has explored launching a constellation of 288 low Earth orbit satellites to achieve lower latency and qualify for additional FCC broadband subsidies.
Hughes Network Systems and Viasat have provided consumer internet services via geostationary satellites and have built and launched satellites with download performance that meets the FCC’s definition of broadband.
Viasat’s RTE service supports next-generation and legacy low Earth orbit satellites using the S-, X-, and Ka-bands.
Viasat Real-Time Earth (RTE) is available as a managed services option for Microsoft Azure customers as of 2020-09-22.
Azure Orbital customers can leverage Viasat’s 5.4-meter S/X-band antenna systems and 7.3-meter S/X/Ka-band antenna systems.
Intelsat plans to acquire the commercial aviation business of Gogo, an inflight Wi-Fi provider that competes with Viasat.
On 2020-09-04 Viasat requested a rule change to prevent Intelsat from accessing new Ku-band and Ka-band satellite capacity that could allow it to compete in the satellite mobility marketplace.
Viasat now offers residential satellite internet service to more than 93% of Brazil’s population across 21 states and the Federal District.
Viasat expanded its residential satellite internet service in Brazil to 14 additional states in September 2020.
Viasat launched its Brazil residential service in July 2020 in seven states and the Federal District.