Those links can be expensive and usually require the local or regional wireline carriers to provide the circuits, although private microwave or fiber circuits are often employed.

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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.

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Hittite Microwave, a maker of integrated circuits and other high-tech devices, has enjoyed a steady increase in EPS for the last five years, carries no debt and has had strong earnings growth.

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