VSAT Agreement With Juch-Tech Inc. to Expand LinkStarS2A SystemVSAT Agreement With Juch-Tech Inc. to Expand LinkStarS2A System
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Includes hub sale and relocation, 2,000 terminals, and upgrade to current customers.
Carlsbad, CA – ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has signed a $1.8 million contract with Juch-Tech Inc. to expand services to Africa using a ViaSat LinkStar®S2A hub at its Hamilton Teleport, a Tier 1 teleport facility in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Juch-Tech purchased the Intelsat LinkStar VSAT hub located at the Ellenwood, Georgia Teleport, and will relocate that hub to the Hamilton Teleport. The contract supports expansion of Juch-Tech services in Africa with an upgrade to the LinkStar hub to include DVB-S2 Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM), as well as the purchase of 2,000 ViaSat LinkStarS2A terminals.
“Moving to the LinkStarS2A system is a great way to expand our African services very cost-effectively. And we can also offer a simple S2 upgrade to our current customers,” said Walt Juchniewicz, president and CEO of Juch-Tech. “We have enjoyed a long relationship with ViaSat as a core technology provider.”
Together with DVB-S2 ACM, a comprehensive set of LinkStarS2A VSAT features enables both enterprises and service providers to deliver applications to customers with performance beyond industry standards:
- ViaSat S2-ACM reduces downstream satellite bandwidth requirements by up to 63%
- ViaSat-exclusive Dynamic Link Adaptation (DLA) provides operators even more improvements in performance reliability when satellite signal strength degrades
- SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) security for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
- Virtual Network Operator (VNO) and traffic performance reporting tools for providing many virtual networks from a single shared hub.
“The continued confidence that Juch-Tech has shown in ViaSat and our LinkStar S2-ACM technology is very gratifying and we look forward to growing the West Africa VSAT market together with Juch-Tech,” said Harry Stribos, ViaSat regional director for Africa.
About Juch-Tech (www.juch-tech.com)
Juch-Tech Inc., established in 1986, is the owner and operator of the Hamilton Teleport in Ontario, Canada, a carrier-neutral international gateway. Juch-Tech operates LinkStar services into Africa, broadband/broadcast/rich media managed services to the Americas and the Middle East, and satellite-based fiber restoration globally, connected to an exclusive Internet back bone connection. From HD-IPTV, to oil, gas and mining camps, a busy office, an internet café, or a child’s desk in a remote community, Juch-Tech works with local stake holders to connect those where no connectivity can be found.
Forward-Looking Statements
Portions of this release, particularly statements about the Juch-Tech hub installation, African service expansion, and performance and deliveries of ViaSat products and technology, may contain forward-looking statements regarding future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. ViaSat wishes to caution you that there are some factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including but not limited to: contractual problems, product defects, manufacturing issues or delays, regulatory issues, technologies not being developed according to anticipated schedules, or that do not perform according to expectations; and increased competition and other factors affecting the telecommunications industry generally. In addition, please refer to the risk factors contained in ViaSat’s SEC filings available at www.sec.gov, including without limitation, ViaSat’s annual reports on Form 10-K and ViaSat’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. ViaSat undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason.