Enterprise VSAT Market

1.1.1 Business Overview Company Headquarters: US Founded: 2001 Workforce: ~50 Company working: Skycasters LLC provides satellite Internet, data and VPN equipment tooltip services as well as networking equipment such as satellite routers, long term evolution (LTE) antennas, and others. The company also provides satellite internet access to businesses in areas where using traditional wired networks is not feasible, such as offshore oil wells. The company owns a subsidiary named VSAT systems which manufactures and markets VSAT satellite internet to virtual network operators (VNOs), value-added resellers (VARs) and other dealers. It offers data center co-location, mobile satellite solutions, and virtual private networks (VPNs) services. Currently the company only serves in the US.

1.1.1 Business Overview Company Headquarters: Spain Founded: 2001 Workforce: ~200 Company Working: Omniaccess provides IT & VSAT services in the superyacht, cruise, and research vessel industry. The early days of the company were as a Wifi/Wimax provider for superyachts in several Ports in Palma and mainland Spain. ss Plexus Networks is an integrated, IP-based data network which provides a resilient, future-proof infrastructure upon which all ships systems such as telephony, audio, and video (AV), security CCTV, Internet, IPTV and many more, run. Omniaccess operates in Spain, the US, and the UK. Omniaccess is following an organic growth strategy because they are focussing on collaborations along with innovations in VSAT and satellite networks. Products such as Broadbeam VSAT and Plexus TV help it to provide VSAT services to yachts and ships across the globe. The company also has strategic collaborations with Telesat which provide satellite services and help to expand its footprint across the North American region.

Company Headquarters: California, US Founded: 2011 Workforce: ~1,500 Company Working: Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. is a leading provider of media content, technology, and connectivity solutions to the aviation and travel industry. The firm specializes in the provision of in-flight entertainment, connectivity, and in-flight gaming technologies. The company has a customer base of over 150 airlines. The company provides a wide range of in-flight solutions including Wi-Fi, movies, television, music, interactive software, portable IFE, and e-commerce solutions. It offers high-quality solutions to their airline customers that aids them in enhancing their passenger experiences. The firm has also partnered with top airlines in the US to facilitate branding and marketing opportunities to airport executive clubs, engaging the most affluent and influential consumers. The company also has established a presence in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East & Africa. In addition, the company recently launched their Airconnect 3.0 in-flight Wi-Fi system for factory installation in the Boeing 737 MAX family of airplanes.

1.1.1 Business Overview Company Headquarters: US Founded: 1967 Workforce: ~5,000 Company Working: Comtech Telecommunications is a provider of communication technologies. It operates under two business segments, namely commercial solutions and government solutions. The commercial solutions segment includes, satellite earth station modems, voice gateways, wave tube amplifiers, and advanced VSAT solutions are provided in the communication technologies umbrella. Its safety and security division provides 9-1-1 systems and emergency services IP networks. Their enterprise technologies umbrella provides IoT location platforms and geo-targeted messaging. The government solutions wing provides command and control technologies such as remote sensing tracking systems, rugged solid-state drives, land mobile products, and quick-deploy satellite systems. The troposcatter technologies include digital troposcatter multiplexers, digital over-the-horizon modems, and frequency converter systems. The radio frequency (RF) power systems include high-power solid-state broadband amplifiers and IED counteraction amplifiers. Comtech Telecommunications is a matured market player and has invested in research and development from the start. Its strategic partnerships with the US army have helped it acquire funding from time to time and become a long-term partner of the US government over the years. Today, the company can grow organically by developing products which suit the needs of the US army and maintaining its contracts.

1.1.1 Business Overview Company Headquarters: US Founded: 1986 Workforce: ~10,000 Company Working: Viasat is a provider of networking and communication solutions. It operates its business under three verticals namely satellite services, commercial networks, and government systems. Under satellite services, Viasat provides Internet, telephony and digital television services. The enterprise VSAT market falls under its satellite services business segment. Under the commercial services segment, the company provides Internet services for businesses such as office broadband, aviation, and Internet, machine-to-machine (M2M) satellite communications, and professional and managed cybersecurity services. The government systems segment provides airborne mobile broadband for government missions, antenna systems, high-capacity satellite systems and terminals, multifunctional information distribution systems (MIDS) tactical data links, and others. Viasat serves in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. Viasat is vying for organic growth in the enterprise VSAT market through its state-of-the-art Viasat -1,2, and 3 satellites for satellite broadband connectivity. The company is also increasing its footprint in the residential broadband and Wi-Fi markets by providing solutions for small and medium-sized businesses and offering public Wi-Fi hotspots. The company also aims to expand the commercial networks segment through in-flight Wi-Fi offerings with the US and Mexican airlines.

1.1.1 Business Overview Company Headquarters: US Founded: 2001 Workforce: ~50 Company working: GigaSat is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ultra Electronics Holdings, a British conglomerate operating in the defense, security, transport and energy industries. GigaSat manufactures satellite solutions for small, medium and large bandwidth requirements, such as GigaSat FA-180, a 1.8m flyaway antenna, which is operated at Ka, Ku, X and C-bands of frequency and multi-band transmissions on both commercial and military satellites, featherweight manpacks such as the MicroVSAT series for emergency military communication operations, and GigaSat FA-370 3.7m antenna for high data-rate military communications. The company also offer drive-aways including 1.0m, 1.5m, 1.8m, 2.0m, and 2.4m antenna-based systems, suitable for C (1.8, 2.0 or 2.4m) X, Ku and Ka-band transmissions which are adequate for satellite television news broadcasts. Besides VSAT, the company also offers special electronics such as CAM series M&C system, enabling control of any product with an RS232/485 interface, FMP series monitoring panels, dual-video displays, dual active monitor speakers, and others. The company operates in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Canada, the US, and the rest of the world. GigaSat focuses on an organic growth strategy. This is evident in its contracts as a major supplier of the British Army for military communication technology such as long and medium-range VSAT antennas. For the enterprise VSAT market, it develops mobile broadcast systems which helps it to maintain brand presence in the commercial space as well. This approach of preserving a brand presence across verticals has allowed Gigasat to grow even in a mature industry.