African Internet service provider now operates two LinkStar® hubs and new SurfBeam® system

Carlsbad, CA – ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) is supplying LinkStar_S2 ACM and SurfBeam satellite networking system hubs to Linkserve, one of the largest ISPs in West Africa. Linkserve recently completed the installation and commissioning of a new LinkStar hub at the Intelsat facility in Fuchsstadt, Germany. The new hub, the second LinkStar hub owned by Linkserve, will operate on the Intelsat IS905 satellite providing C-band coverage over Africa, augmenting Ku-band services already provided through its LinkStar hub in Lagos using Astra 2B. In addition to the two LinkStar hubs, Linkserve is deploying a Ku-band SurfBeam® hub, the first to serve the African market. Services to be offered across all three platforms include Internet browsing, voice over IP (VoIP), and streaming MPEG-4 video.

“This is another step toward fulfilling our mission of being a major player in the West African VSAT market,” said Mr. Chima Onyekwere, CEO of Linkserve.

“We are excited to have a customer like Linkserve who is willing to embrace new technologies and bring them to the people of West Africa” said Harry Stribos, regional director for the Middle East and Africa. “Our longstanding partnership with Linkserve to provide superior satellite technologies has helped to increase the broadband and data service penetration in the region.”

The ViaSat satellite network hubs bring the region a new level of performance:

• DVB-S2 ITU standard technology, including Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM), and other ViaSat technologies
• Virtual Network Operator provisioning (VNO), which enables larger service providers to manage and monitor multiple satellite networks through a single hub
• SurfBeam system advantages of highly-scalable architecture, high system capacity, very low cost terminals, and advanced third-party front and back-office system support
• Efficient multimedia streaming and IPTV applications

About Linkserve Ltd.

Linkserve Limited and its subsidiaries provide Internet for other information technology businesses, with multiple satellite hubs, serving primarily the African market, supplying broadband Internet, data service and video streaming. Linkserve commenced operation in 1997 and the company’s client base includes financial institutions, foreign missions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the oil sector, government establishments, manufacturing companies, and trading concerns.

Forward-Looking Statements

Portions of this release, particularly statements about the performance and deliveries of LinkStar and SurfBeam products and technology, 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, product defects, manufacturing issues or delays, regulatory issues, technologies not being developed according to anticipated schedules, or that do not perform according to expectations; and increased competition and other factors affecting the telecommunications industry generally. In addition, please refer to the risk factors contained in ViaSat’s SEC filings available at www.sec.gov, including without limitation, ViaSat’s annual reports on Form 10-K and ViaSat’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. ViaSat undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason.

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