CARLSBAD, Calif., April 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat
Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, and
Expedition Communications, a trusted wholesale satellite internet
and telecommunications company, announced today a partnership to
deliver high-speed satellite internet to businesses and government
agencies across Puerto Rico and
the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Through this relationship, Expedition Communications will sell,
install, maintain and provide customer support for Viasat's
high-quality satellite internet service across the islands. Viasat
has satellite internet coverage over Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with its ViaSat-2
satellite, the world's most advanced high-capacity communications
satellite.
Viasat's satellite broadband speeds are faster than many of the
islands' current telecommunications services. By using Viasat's
business internet service, many of the islands' businesses and
government organizations can reliably connect critical business
applications such as cloud-based collaboration, Voice-over-Internet
Protocol (VoIP), email, point-of-sale transactions, high-speed file
transfers, streaming video, Internet of Things (IoT)
applications and more. The Viasat business internet service can
also be used as a diverse business continuity back-up service,
providing a resilient secondary internet connection for businesses
who can't afford to have downtime related to terrestrial
infrastructure outages. In fact, Viasat and Expedition
Communications paired up after Hurricane Maria to provide critical
disaster recovery connectivity to clinics throughout Puerto Rico, as seen in this video.
"All businesses, regardless of where they decide to set-up
operations, should have access to a quality internet network,"
said Dean Eldridge, CEO of Expedition Communications. "By
collaborating with Viasat, we are enabling businesses to adopt
technologies that were previously unavailable to them. Viasat's
advanced satellite system is helping organizations be competitive
and connected–across Puerto Rico
and the U.S. Virgin Islands–enabling them to expand the types of
business applications they can use."
Cody Catalena, vice president and
general manager, Global Business Solutions at Viasat
continued, "In working with Expedition Communications, we are able
to support the expanding economies of both Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. We can provide businesses
on both islands an opportunity to take advantage of the benefits of
satellite internet—with speeds, reliability and affordability that
keep a business running—continuously, even when other communication
services are down."
Plans and availability
Viasat's satellite internet
plans for enterprises, businesses and government initiatives
in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are now
available through Expedition Communications. Expedition
Communications has a regional office in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with on-island
technicians getting businesses up-and-running quickly, with a
typical three-day call-to-install setup.
About Expedition Communications
Expedition
Communications is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) and systems
integrator of high-quality satellite, wireless and associated
telecommunications and VSAT network equipment. Expedition
Communications provides reliable and cost-effective solutions and
services to business customers and communities throughout the
world. In today's online and real-time computing environments, tens
of thousands of networked terminals, ATM's, banks, retailers and
other distributed global enterprises rely on transactional
applications for critical and timely information. The key for
keeping the flow of information accurate and responsive is high
availability. The reliability of the systems Expedition
Communications implements and maintains ensures availability and
uptime for our customers mission critical applications. Expedition
Communications management team is committed to excellence and
putting our decades of experience of satellite, wireless and
telecommunications engineering, project management, implementation,
operations and maintenance support to work in an increasingly
network-centric world. To learn more about Expedition
Communications visit: www.expeditioncommunications.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 statements
that refer to the relationship between Viasat and
Expedition Communications including with respect to installations,
maintenance and customer support; and the availability and
features of the service offerings and their associated benefits
in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 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 not being developed according to anticipated
schedules, or that do not perform according to expectations, and
increased competition and other factors affecting enterprises and
government agencies 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 © 2019 Viasat, Inc. All rights reserved. Viasat is
a registered trademark of Viasat, Inc. The Viasat logo is a
trademark of Viasat, Inc. All other product or company names
mentioned are used for identification purposes only and may be
trademarks of their respective owners.
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