ViaSat is a communication company based in Carlsbad, California, that provides equipment and services for military and commercial communications, primarily in satellite related technologies. ViaSat was ranked 135 on the 200 Best Small Companies list by Forbes in October 2010 and was ranked 31st by Space News on its list of the Top 50 Space Companies with $414 million in revenues from space business in 2008. Lockheed-Martin Global Telecommunications' VSAT group specializing in broadband satellite network terminals and based in Germantown, MD was acquired by ViaSat in 2001 and renamed to... Comsat Laboratories. LMGT had previously acquired the Communications Satellite Corporation in 2001. Stonewood Group, UK was acquired by ViaSat in 2010 for approximately $20 million. WildBlue Communications is ViaSat's two-way satellite Internet service provider subdivision. Serving over 400,000 subscribers within the 48 contiguous United States, the company offers services to home and business customers directly and via resellers including DISH Network, AT&T and the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative .
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| NASDAQ symbol: | VSAT |
| Founded: | 1986 |
| Headquarters: | Carlsbad, California |
| Annual revenue: | $628,180,000 |
| Net income: | $38,330,000 |
| Operating income: | $44,290,000 |
| Market cap: | $1,000,000,000 |
| Industries: | Radio and Television Broadcasting and Communications Equipment, Telecommunications |