ViaSat was chosen by O3b Networks to design and produce Ka-band gateway teleports and high-speed IP trunking terminals for its new fiber quality, satellite based global Internet backbone. This enables emerging market telcos and ISPs to offer high-speed Internet services to more than 150 countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East that are not adequately served.

Using next-generation Ka-band satellite coverage and a common network infrastructure, operators can offer better, faster, and more affordable connectivity to their customers.

High-Speed IP Trunking 

As an extension of the global fiber network infrastructure, O3b IP Trunking supplies high bandwidth with a Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite architecture that delivers fiber-like latency. The first application of the network is designed to link national points of presence (PoP) and connect international gateways to populations that don’t have fiber connections.

O3b MEO constellation will operate from a circular orbit along the equator at less than one-fourth the altitude of geostationary satellites. This substantially lowers costs while creating low-latency connections that can match fiber performance. Round-trip data transmission takes only 100 milliseconds.

With the launch of O3b service, planned for early 2013, no other service provider will have the combination of fiber-like connections with the global reach of the O3b network.

ViaSat MEOLink IP Trunking Terminal and Teleports

In combination, the O3b satellites and the ViaSat MEOLink terminal extend high-speed Internet access to rural markets over a cost-effective satellite connection, making the Internet a truly global and universal experience.

The MEOLink IP trunking terminal includes:

• Full motion, precision tracking antennas
• High-speed DVB-S2 modem
• Advanced uplink power control system

You can coordinate your system operations with the fully automated MEOLink monitor and control system.

The IP trunking terminal connects the customer to one of seven O3b teleports around the world. ViaSat will produce and install the teleports prior to the launch in 2013.