ViaSat [VSAT], a Carlsbad, Calif.-based producer of satellite communications, has been awarded a contract by Athens-based gaming company Intralot to provide secure lottery communications applications in Nebraska. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The contract includes both Linkstar satellite communications networking equipment and managed network operations facilities. The multi-year service agreement includes engineering and design services, geographically redundant uplinking services for alternative routing, Linkstar hub equipment and Linkstar remote terminals for 1,200 sites across Nebraska.