July 21, 2008

ViaSat Inc. has completed the rollout of its satellite networking system to ELIOP S.A. (Spain) for data collection, monitoring, and control of drinking and waste water operations for the Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration General Directorate (ISKI). ELIOP has integrated its own “SHERPA” supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) technology with LinkStar terminals to gather information on water reservoir levels, pipeline integrity, water quality, and drinking and waste water distribution management for a community of 15 million customers. ViaSat supplied the complete satellite communication network including the antennas, satellite transmission electronics, LinkStar hub, and 300 network terminals.

“This ISKI network is mission critical in the monitoring and control of the quality and distribution of drinking water to one of the most populous cities in the world,” said Guillermo Bosch, director of sales in Europe for ViaSat Commercial Satellite Networks. “We have a long-standing business relationship with ELIOP, the ISKI local representative for business and support in Turkey, and our LinkStar system has proven to be very efficient for this SCADA application.”

 The DVB-S2 waveform integrated into the LinkStar_S2 offers up to 30% greater bandwidth efficiency compared to the previous generation DVB-S standard, substantially reducing network operating costs or increasing network capacity. ViaSat hub-based LinkStar _S2 and mesh architecture LinkWay®_S2 VSAT systems are interoperable as well, enabling powerful and flexible hybrid star/mesh network configurations.