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Viasat’s satellite-based in-flight internet system connects to a high-capacity satellite serving Europe located approximately 22,0 m above the Earth.
ViaSat-3 EMEA is expected to launch in 2021 following ViaSat-3 Americas by approximately six months.
ViaSat-3 EMEA is designed to cover Europe, the Middle East, and Africa with 1 terabit per second of total capacity.
Three weeks before 2018-04-27, Eutelsat forwent an investment in a planned 1-terabit Viasat satellite and instead purchased a 500-Gbps satellite from Thales Alenia Space focused exclusively on Europe.
Viasat’s ViaSat-2 satellite has coverage that extends from North America to Europe to provide unbroken coverage of popular North Atlantic transcontinental flight paths.
In 2016 Thuraya partnered with Viasat to release a Thuraya satellite terminal that worked on Viasat’s network, expanding Thuraya’s reach to North America.
Viasat signed Telecom Consulting Group (TCG) as a Master Agent partner on 2018-04-17.
Viasat acquired managed Wi‑Fi provider NetNearU in 2014.
NetNearU had managed 14 million hotspots and operated a managed hotspot network in nearly 30 countries prior to its acquisition by Viasat.
Since April 2016 Viasat has conducted Community Wi-Fi trials at nearly 500 sites throughout Northern Mexico using its existing satellites and Wi-Fi technologies.
The Viasat/Eutelsat joint venture will continue to be governed under the existing agreements.
Viasat Inc. confirmed it will not be moving forward with Eutelsat Communications on a deal for use of the ViaSat-3 satellite.
The ViaSat-3 satellite aims to meet the growing broadband needs of residential, commercial aviation, maritime, enterprise, and government sectors.
The ViaSat-3 satellite for EMEA is expected to serve more than 1 Terabit per second (Tbps) of total network capacity.
Eutelsat decided to pursue a local market alternative instead of using the ViaSat-3 satellite.
ViaSat-3 is expected to be the highest capacity communications satellite system in the world when it launches.
Viasat's capital plan is not dependent on Eutelsat's participation to proceed with the ViaSat-3 program.
Viasat's joint ownership of the KA-SAT satellite serves its commercial aviation and government customers as well as direct-to-home residential subscribers throughout Europe.
The joint venture enabled Viasat to create a new consumer retail service in Europe, which is currently in early-stage operations.
Viasat's ViaSat-3 program for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) is well underway and on track.