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[Satellite TODAY 07-13-12] ViaSat has been selected by Australia’s wholesale-only national broadband network NBN to provide the ground-based communications, network management and data processing systems for the long-term satellite service component of the project, ViaSat announced July 12.
The initial value of the contract is more than $240 million, which ViaSat expects to increase as the network is built out to reach up to 200,000 homes and businesses.
The contract award follows a two-year procurement process by NBN. ViaSat is currently under contract to supply consumer satellite terminals, including broadband modems and antennas for Australian homes and businesses, and 13.5-metre diameter Ka-band satellite antennas for 10 ground station gateway facilities across Australia.
“The rollout of Australia’s NBN is the most comprehensive broadband plan in the world and we are excited to deliver part of the satellite ground portion,” ViaSat Chairman and CEO Mark Dankberg said in a statement. “We have long-shared the NBN vision of fiber-grade satellite network access. The work we do in Australia over the next three years will be pivotal in establishing the state-of-the-art in affordable, satellite broadband.”
NBN is scheduled to begin commercial service in 2015.
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