ViaSat Is Number One With Chinese Comm Industry

ViaSat Inc. [NASDAQ:VSAT] has been named as the only “Excellence VSAT Equipment Providing Enterprise” in the 2007 Excellence Brand Enterprises in Chinese Application Industry awards program. The company was also voted number one of five “Foreign Excellence Brand Enterprises”. Individuals from the communication industry companies in China voted for nominated companies online at a web site hosted by Digital Communication World Magazine. A panel of experts, the Evaluating Activity Organizing Committee, also weighed in on the final award recipients. Three co-sponsors worked together with Digital Communication World to recognize excellence in the industry:

• China Satellite Application Forum
• China High-tech Industrialization Association Information Working Committee
• China Communication Association Communication Equipment Manufacturing Technology Committee

Michael Jin, regional director of the ViaSat Beijing office, accepted the award. The office provides satellite communication system sales, consulting, and engineering support to China and the region—Carlsbad, California