ViaSat to Supply Ka-band Networking Equipment and Operations Support for Yahsat High-Speed Internet Access

Next-Generation SurfBeam 2 System Selected for YahClick Broadband Service over
New Y1B Satellite
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq:VSAT) has received a $46 million contract award from Star
Satellite Communications Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Al Yah Satellite
Communications Company PrJSC (Yahsat), for SurfBeam 2 network infrastructure and
initial customer premises terminals. The equipment will power an advanced new
high-speed Internet access service called YahClick. Under the contract, ViaSat
will deliver and install four complete satellite broadband gateways, provide
equipment and installation for a network control center, supply a pilot
production quantity of user terminals, and support Yahsat with network
operations and maintenance services.

YahClick, targeted to enterprise customers and consumers in the Middle East,
Africa, and Southwest Asia, is expected to go live upon the launch of YahSat`s
second satellite, Y1B in the second half of 2011. Y1B includes a spot-beam
Ka-band payload designed to support broadband access networks for a range of
applications. Ka-band spot beam satellites re-use frequencies to maximize
spectrum efficiency for more network capacity. On the ground, the design enables
use of smaller, lower cost terminals, antennas, and transceivers.

"YahSat has shown its leadership in the region by assembling an entrepreneurial
team to architect, implement, and deliver the YahClick network services across a
broad range of markets," said Mark Dankberg, chairman and CEO of ViaSat. "The
Yahsat 1B Ka-band payload will be the first of its kind in this area of the
world, having been expressly designed to support state-of-the-art satellite
network access services."

"YahClick will play a key role in connecting communities and creating informed
societies by bringing cost-effective high speed Internet to millions of people,"
said Jassem Al Zaabi, CEO of Yahsat. "We wanted the right partner and found
ViaSat`s breadth of applications, operational expertise, and business
relationships a perfect fit with our goals."

The next-generation SurfBeam 2 network is designed for the latest Ka-band spot
beam satellites. The system has been selected to bring to market well over 200
Gbps of aggregate satellite capacity serving four continents in the next few
years. That capacity represents more than a ten-fold increase over the combined
global Ka-band capacity in service today. SurfBeam 2 provides satellite
operators with unprecedented economies of scale in terms of satellite network
infrastructure efficiency and, especially, customer premises terminal operation
flexibility and price points.

About Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (www.yahsat.ae)

Yahsat is a United Arab Emirates-based satellite communications company
providing multipurpose satellite communications services to commercial and
governmental clients in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and South-West Asia.
With a wide portfolio of voice, data, video and internet connectivity solutions,
Yahsat satellites are designed based on market requirements and future
applications.

Yahsat is partnering with the consortium of EADS Astrium, Thales and Alenia
Space to build a hybrid satellite communications system. The first satellite Y1A
is being built and will be launched in the first quarter of 2011, and Y1B will
follow in the second half of 2011.

Yahsat is owned by Mubadala Development Company, an investment firm that is
helping to diversify Abu Dhabi`s economy through capital intensive investments
and by building businesses. Mubadala establishes new companies and acquires
strategic holdings in existing companies, either in the UAE or abroad. In
partnership with world class investors, the company actively manages investments
in strategic sectors including energy, real estate, healthcare, aerospace and
services. These investments diversify and further develop the growing economy of
Abu Dhabi, while achieving superior returns on its investments.

About ViaSat (www.viasat.com)

ViaSat produces innovative satellite and other digital communication products
that enable fast, secure, and efficient communications to any location. The
company provides networking products and managed network services for enterprise
IP applications; is a key supplier of network-centric military communications
and encryption technologies and products to the U.S. government; and is the
primary technology partner for gateway and customer-premises equipment for
consumer and mobile satellite broadband services. ViaSat also offers design
capabilities and a number of complementary products including monolithic
microwave integrated circuits and modules, DVB-S2 satellite communication
components, video data link systems, data acceleration and compression, and
mobile satellite antenna systems. ViaSat is based in Carlsbad, CA, has major
locations in Duluth, GA, and Germantown, MD (Comsat Laboratories division), and
has additional field offices and service centers worldwide.

Safe Harbor Statement

Portions of this release, particularly statements about the launch of the Y1B
satellite, deliveries of products and services to Yahsat and SurfBeam 2 system
performance, 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. The Company refers you to the documents it files from time
to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section
titled Risk Factors 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.

SurfBeam is a registered trademark of ViaSat Inc.

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. All additional
products are trademarks of their respective owners.

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