SINGAPORE — Viasat Inc. has leased a steerable Ka-band beam on Avanti Communications’ Hylas 4 satellite in a two-year, $10 million contract, Avanti announced June 25.
The contract comes just weeks after ViaSat’s European broadband partner, Eutelsat, announced that it would not be joining ViaSat in the ViaSat-3 satellite over Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Instead, Eutelsat is building its own satellite after securing large capacity-purchase agreements from Orange and Thales of France.
The ViaSat-Eutelsat . . .
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