Duluth, GA � ViaSat Inc. has been selected as the network service provider for The Burger King Corporation in North America, providing broadband satellite networking services to BK� restaurants in an initiative called Connect Your W@y. The multi-year contract includes installation, network operations, and satellite communication services.

The ViaSat managed service features advanced LinkStar� VSAT networking technology, optimizing Burger King communications for fast access transactions, credit/debit/gift card sales, and high-capacity broadband business applications. Initial installations will be targeted to company-owned restaurants, but terminal equipment and service will be available to all North American franchise-owned locations.

"ViaSat and Burger King both have long standing commitments to customer satisfaction. We have focused the network design for Burger King and its need to transmit broadband data and information rapidly and effectively,� said Chris Leber, VP and general manager of ViaSat VSAT Networks. �When you look at the latest generation of VSATs, our LinkStar system is out in front of the market with multiple product features specifically designed to support the applications that businesses use. We couldn�t be happier to have Burger King onboard."

The ViaSat North American satellite service uses the LinkStar system to provide two-way, broadband communications with more efficiency and higher data rates than other satellite networks. Remote LinkStar terminals are capable of receiving data from the shared hub broadcast at up to 60 megabits-per-second (Mbit/s), and transmitting data back to the hub at up to 3.3 Mbit/s. The system dynamically allocates satellite bandwidth on-the-fly to match increases or decreases in data traffic for better service and lower operating costs.

About Burger King Corporation (www.burgerking.com)
The BURGER KING� system operates more than 11,000 restaurants in all 50 states and in more than 60 countries and territories worldwide. Approximately 90 percent of BURGER KING� restaurants are owned and operated by independent franchisees, many of them family-owned operations that have been in business for decades. Burger King Holdings Inc., the parent company, is private and independently owned by an equity sponsor group comprised of Texas Pacific Group, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. To learn more about BURGER KING�, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.burgerking.com.

Safe Harbor Statement
Portions of this release, particularly statements about deliveries and performance of LinkStar terminals and ViaSat network services, and future expansion of services to additional Burger King restaurants, may contain forward-looking statements regarding future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. ViaSat wishes to caution you that there are some factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including but not limited to: contractual problems, regulatory issues, technologies that do not perform according to expectations; and other factors affecting the telecommunications industry generally. The Company refers you to the documents it files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section titled Factors That May Affect Future Performance in the Company's Form 10-K, which contain and identify other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections or forward-looking statements. Stockholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. We undertake no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements.

Comsat Labs and Comsat Laboratories are tradenames of ViaSat, Inc. Neither Comsat Labs nor Comsat Laboratories is affiliated with COMSAT Corporation. �Comsat� is a registered trademark of COMSAT Corporation.

« Back to news archive