CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat
Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT), a global communications company, today
announced a new Master Agent agreement with Sandler Partners,
America's fastest growing distributor of connectivity and cloud
services. Through this partnership, more than 7,000 Sandler
Partners' sales partners will have immediate access to Viasat's
full suite of business internet services for both primary
and/or backup connectivity.
"Sandler Partners is known for delivering solutions to large,
multi-location enterprises," said Alan
Sandler, founder and managing partner for Sandler Partners.
"ViaSat-2 satellite services for business deliver an empowering
option for our sales partners to offer broadband speeds to business
locations that have traditionally struggled to source the bandwidth
necessary for today's increasingly complex business communications
and IT services needs, including cloud-based business applications
like voice, SD-WAN, data backup, video, back-end operations and
point-of-sale transactions."
The Viasat business service is offered in a variety of unlimited
and metered data plans with download speed options ranging from 35
Megabits per second (Mbps) across most of the U.S. up to 100 Mbps
in select areas. The high-quality satellite internet service can
fill broadband coverage gaps where business customers want assured,
reliable, high-speed broadband communications. Additionally,
the Viasat satellite internet service gives businesses
access to a diverse, resilient secondary connection for business
continuity and SD-WAN implementations. Service installation
typically takes place within three to five days of ordering, giving
business customers the ability to quickly deploy and
use Viasat's fast, reliable connectivity service.
"Viasat can help unlock a number of new sales opportunities for
Sandler Partners agents nationwide," said Cody Catalena, vice president and general
manager, Global Business Solutions, Viasat. "From
delivering broadband internet to businesses requiring a high
quality of service to providing a broadband connection as a
redundancy service to protect against costly downtime, Sandler
Partners now has a new way to meet the needs of its business
customers."
Following announcement of this partnership, Viasat has
solidified its presence in the telecom channel, now reaching
approximately 95 percent of the channel partner sales community.
For specific questions about Viasat's business internet
services or Viasat's involvement in the telecom channel,
contact: businesspartners@viasat.com.
About Sandler Partners
Sandler Partners is America's Fastest Growing Distributor of
Connectivity & Cloud Services. In 2018, Sandler Partners was
named to the Inc. 5000 list of America's Fastest Growing Private
Companies for the ninth straight year. Over the years, we've
expanded beyond our telecom roots to also deliver best-in-class
cloud, colo, mobility and continuity solutions from 200+ suppliers
through a network of more than 7,000 expert technology sales
partners — agents, VARs and MSPs — to thousands of small, medium
and enterprise organizations nationwide. For more information,
visit www.sandlerpartners.com.
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, among others, statements that refer to the
partnership between Viasat, Sandler Partners and its network;
the ability of Sandler Partners to sell Viasat services,
and the features of such services; and the installation timing
following an order. 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, technologies not performing in accordance with
expectations, 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.
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of Viasat, Inc. The Viasat logo is a trademark
of Viasat, Inc. All other product or company names
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trademarks of their respective owners.
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