Viasat Named Global Satellite Business of the Year at the World Satellite Business Week 2019 Conference

PARIS, Sept. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- World Satellite Business Week 2019 -- Viasat Inc. VSAT, a global communications company, today proudly announced it has been awarded the Global Satellite Business of the Year award at Euroconsult's 16th Annual Awards for Excellence in Satellite Communications.

The Global Satellite Business of the Year award recognizes the operator who achieved the best performance in terms of strategic initiatives but also revenue growth, margins and commercial development during the past year. The award was based on a performance analysis of market players and assessed by senior experts from the Euroconsult team.

"We are honored to be awarded the Global Satellite Business of the Year recognition at the 2019 World Satellite Business Week event," said Mark Dankberg, chairman and CEO, Viasat. "Viasat's rapid growth and achievements over the last year are a result of the commitment of our team and the investments we've made to enable fast, affordable broadband in the most challenging places. We're even more energized and excited about the opportunities still before us. We appreciate the opportunities our customers, business partners, and investors have presented to help transform the role of space in connecting the people and places otherwise left behind."

Euroconsult is a leading global consultancy specializing in space markets. They announced award winners on September 11, 2019, during the World Satellite Business Week 2019 conference, an annual event based in Paris that brings together influential representatives from the global satellite communications and information business sectors.

For more information on how Viasat is transforming satellite broadband communications, visit Viasat's website here.

About Viasat
Viasat is a global communications company that believes everyone and everything in the world can be connected. For more than 30 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the world communicate. Today, the Company is developing the ultimate global communications network to power high-quality, secure, affordable, fast connections to impact people's lives anywhere they are—on the ground, in the air or at sea. To learn more about Viasat, visit: www.viasat.com, go to Viasat's Corporate Blog, or follow the Company on social media at: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter or YouTube.

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