ViaSat, Eutelsat Launch Broadband-Centric Services Partnership

ViaSat and Eutelsat will jointly launch a consumer retail service in Europe, in a partnering arrangement the two announced in a news release Monday. The companies said the partnership is intended to expand Eutelsat's existing wholesale broadband business. The joint wholesale service offering will involve broadband and mobility services in Europe and the Mediterranean, and feature Eutelsat's broadband business, in which ViaSat is buying a 49 percent stake, they said. The retail services business will involve broadband offerings in Europe and the Mediterranean, with ViaSat owning 51 percent, they said.