LAS VEGAS, April 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Channel Partners
Conference & Expo—Viasat Booth #452 -- Viasat Inc.
(NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, announced today
the launch of Viasat Business Hotspots—a new service designed to
help small and medium businesses (SMBs) securely extend their
Viasat Business Internet connection to provide free, in-store Wi-Fi
to customers. With this hotspot service, SMBs are provided with an
enterprise-grade managed Wi-Fi service that will securely partition
their business internet operations from customer activity—all at an
affordable price point.
The business hotspot service essentially creates two separate
networks from a single internet connection: a secure and private
network for business operations and second public guest network.
The Wi-Fi service can be set up indoors or outdoors, and enables
the SMBs to customize the guest network with a branded login page
and network name.
New engagement opportunities
Surveys show that
customers spend more time and money in stores that provide free
Wi-Fi. While larger retailers have been taking advantage of this
for years, SMBs have had few managed Wi-Fi options, often having to
set up a 'do-it yourself' solution or go without. Now SMBs,
regardless of where they decide to set up shop, can deploy a secure
and robust customer Wi-Fi service without the hassle.
Management and security features
SMBs will be able to
monitor and manage their hotspots around-the-clock through Viasat's
Business Hotspot management portal. In the portal, they can see the
status of their Wi-Fi equipment, manage administrative user access,
run usage and email-collection reports and customize their guest
login screen. In addition, by partnering with content
filtering company, TitanHQ, Viasat will provide a secure Wi-Fi
experience for guests while protecting business applications and
data. Content filtering features include anti-malware protection,
URL filtering, anti-phishing, granular policy engine, full
reporting suite, application controls and
whitelists-blacklists.
"The Viasat Business Hotspot service allows SMBs to easily
deploy free Wi-Fi to their customers, increasing interactions,
enhancing their in-store experiences and creating new sales
opportunities," said Cody Catalena,
vice president and general manager, Global Business
Solutions, Viasat. "We're helping businesses adopt new ways to
improve their business while also increasing their value to
customers."
Plans & Availability
Viasat Business Hotspots are
available with plans starting at $40
per month and can be used with any Viasat business internet
plan. For more information, please visit the Viasat Business
Hotspot webpage.
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 business hotspot service
offerings and their associated benefits. 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 the aviation
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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trademark of Viasat, Inc. All other product or company names
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