MEXICO CITY, Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc.
(NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, and Ubix, a
trusted wholesale satellite internet and telecommunications
company, announced today a strategic partnership to bring
high-speed satellite internet to enterprises, businesses and
federal programs across Mexico.
Through this relationship, Ubix will sell, install and provide
customer support for Viasat's high-quality satellite internet
service to businesses throughout Mexico. Viasat currently has satellite
internet coverage over Mexico with
its ViaSat-2 satellite—the world's most powerful communications
satellite—enabling a new class of satellite with unmatched capacity
in the region.
With Viasat's high-speed business internet plans,
enterprises, businesses and federal organizations in major cities
to even the hardest-to-reach locations now have access to fast
internet speeds and essential business applications such as
cloud-based collaboration, Voice-over-IP (VoIP), email, point of
sale transactions, high-speed file transfers, streaming
video, Internet of Things (IoT) applications and more.
With coast-to-coast coverage, businesses with multiple locations
can now connect all of their sites with a ubiquitous high-speed
service. The Viasat broadband service can also be used as a backup
service, providing a resilient secondary internet connection for
businesses who can't afford to have any downtime related to
terrestrial infrastructure outages.
"We are pleased to be working with Viasat in order to provide
high-quality, high-performance satellite services to areas of
Mexico that want fast speeds and
unlimited data," said Sebastian
Monterrubio, CEO of Ubix. "By partnering with Viasat, we can
leverage their advanced technology to provide the communications
tools organizations need to survive and thrive—anywhere in
Mexico—today and well into the future."
Cody Catalena, vice president and
general manager, Global Business Solutions, Viasat continued, "Our
partnership with Ubix is a huge step in making our best-in-class
satellite services available in Mexico to support the thousands of
enterprises, businesses and government initiatives. Viasat's
high-quality, fast broadband service can serve these opportunities,
and with Ubix's comprehensive installation and ongoing support of
our ViaSat-2 satellite system, we can connect businesses and ensure
they get fair, competitive pricing for high-speed internet."
Plans & Availability
High-speed internet plans for
enterprises, businesses and government initiatives in Mexico are now available through Ubix.
About Ubix
Ubix is an innovative, dynamic, and
cutting-edge telecommunications company. They thrive to exceed the
expectations when it comes to internet connectivity for businesses
and enterprises in all economic sectors in Mexico regardless of the geographical
location, adding value through state-of-the-art satellite
technology, strongly contributing to the development of communities
creating economies in cascade, and maximizing shareholder's value.
To learn more about Ubix, visit: https://ubix.mx/en/home/, or
follow Ubix on social media at: Facebook, Twitter, or
Instagram.
About Viasat
Viasat is a global communications
company that believes everyone and everything in the world can be
connected. For more than 30 years, Viasat has helped
shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around
the world communicate. Today, the Company is developing the
ultimate global communications network to power high-quality,
secure, affordable, fast connections to impact people's lives
anywhere they are—on the ground, in the air or at sea. To learn
more about Viasat, visit: www.viasat.com, go
to Viasat's Corporate Blog, or follow the Company on
social media
at: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter or YouTube.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains
forward-looking statements that are subject to the safe harbors
created under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Forward looking statements include,
statements that refer to the relationship between Viasat and Ubix
including with respect to installations and customer support; the
ViaSat-2 satellite service offerings and their associated benefits
in Mexico; and the speed and
coverage and capacity of the ViaSat-2 satellite service in
Mexico. Readers are cautioned that
actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results
to differ include: contractual problems, product defects,
manufacturing issues or delays, regulatory issues, technologies
that do not perform according to expectations, risks associated
with the operation of the ViaSat-2 satellite, including the effect
of any anomaly, operational failure or degradation in satellite
performance; and increased competition and other factors affecting
the business internet sector, generally. In addition, please refer
to the risk factors contained in Viasat's SEC filings
available at www.sec.gov, including Viasat's most
recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and 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.
Copyright © 2018 Viasat, Inc. All rights reserved. All other
product or company names mentioned are used for identification
purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective
owners. Viasat is a registered trademark of Viasat,
Inc.
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