Fast AcceleNet performance provides key differentiator from other DVB-S2 systems
April 2, 2009
ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) customer Velconet S.A. has initiated an upgrade to the LinkStar®S2A system to increase bandwidth capacity, reduce networking costs, and provide faster network performance to 800 enterprise sites across Argentina. The new system includes DVB-S2 with Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) and AcceleNet® compression and application accelerator software.
“The LinkStar S2-ACM network upgrade and implementation of AcceleNet software will produce long-term bandwidth savings and faster network performance that justify the investment in the new system,” said Juan Carlos Daidone, CEO of Velconet. “With these combined ViaSat technologies, satellite broadband is an excellent choice to serve future broadband needs in Latin America.”
The nationwide migration includes a new LinkStar ACM hub in Buenos Aires that implements significant bandwidth savings from industry standard DVB-S2 and ACM satellite technology. However, a key differentiator in the ViaSat satellite networking system is the addition of AcceleNet WAN optimization software, which combines a data compression engine and enterprise security with its patented transport optimization and a broad set of optional application accelerators. The AcceleNet software client detects and adjusts to network conditions and application protocols, in real time, for high performance over networks with limited bandwidth, transmission delay, and high packet loss, including 2G/3G wireless, DSL, and satellite.
“The bottom line for any network is to provide fast, economical delivery of the popular IP applications people need,” said Sergio Lastra, Andean Region sales manager for ViaSat. “That’s what we achieve by combining the benefits of the LinkStar S2-ACM system with our AcceleNet software.”
About Velconet
Velconet S.A., an Argentinan telecommunication provider specialized in satellite technologies, offers broadband and VoIP services in remote areas with difficult access. The company covers the entire southern cone of Latin America, including Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, with high quality service offers, developing custom-made systems for industry and enterprise needs. Velconet, founded in 2001, focuses on the agricultural, tourism, mining, and petrochemical markets.
About ViaSat
ViaSat produces innovative satellite and other digital communication products that enable fast, secure, and efficient communications to any location. The company provides networking products and managed network services for enterprise IP applications; is a key supplier of network-centric military communications and encryption technologies to the U.S. government; and is the primary technology partner for gateway and customer-premises equipment for consumer and mobile satellite broadband services. The company has five subsidiaries: US Monolithics, Efficient Channel Coding, Enerdyne Technologies, Intelligent Compression Technologies (ICT), and JAST. These companies design and produce complementary products such as monolithic microwave integrated circuits, DVB-S2 satellite communication components, video data link systems, data acceleration and compression products, and mobile satellite antenna systems. ViaSat has locations in Carlsbad, CA, and Duluth, GA, along with its Comsat Laboratories division in Germantown, MD. Additional field offices are located in Boston, MA, Baltimore, MD, Washington DC, Australia, China, India, Italy, and Spain.
About ICT
Intelligent Compression Technologies Inc. (ICT), inventor of AcceleNet® software, develops innovative software to speed mission-critical applications, Web, and e-mail to remote and mobile network users. AcceleNet delivers outstanding performance in the most extreme network conditions through a combination of advanced data compressors, application accelerators, and transport optimizers. The product includes a proprietary transport protocol that adapts efficiently and automatically to accelerate data over packet switched wireless networks, broadband satellite links, and noisy WiFi or DSL connections. ICT holds several patents to safeguard its leadership position among software client accelerators. The company, based in Quincy, Massachusetts, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ViaSat Inc. For more information on ICT and AcceleNet, visit www.accelenet.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Portions of this release, particularly statements about the bandwidth saving, network acceleration, product performance, and deliveries of ViaSat products and technology, and, 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.
LinkStar is a registered trademark of ViaSat Inc.
AcceleNet is a registered trademark of Intelligent Compression Technologies, a ViaSat company
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