Satellite, Ecuador, CLA: ViaSat Inc will be supplying its LinkStar DVB-S2 satellite networking system to Unete Telecomunicaciones SA (Bolivia) to expand enterprise broadband services in Ecuador and the surrounding region.

The contract also specifically includes ViaSat’s recently awarded Telecentros Comunitarios Ecuador contract, issued by the national organisations CONAM and CONATEL. Valued at approximately US$6 million, it includes installation and integration of a satellite network hub in Guayaquil, Ecuador and 1,200 LinkStarS2 terminals. Deliveries of the hub, networking equipment and first shipment of broadband VSAT terminals are underway and set to continue into the second half of 2007.

LinkStarS2 VSATs incorporate the DVB-S2 waveform, claimed to offer bandwidth efficiency gains of up to 30% and to substantially reduce network operating costs. This latest contract joins over 140 hubs and 80,000 terminals installed worldwide. LinkStarS2 applications run to low-speed, quick-turnround retail transactions such as point-of-sale and lottery networks to broadband multimedia applications such as Internet access, high-speed military or homeland security applications, enterprise networking, and distance learning.

Service providers can also access dedicated network management tools and hub resources from a shared hub though the system’s Virtual Network Operator (VNO) functions.

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