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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That's double the amount of data used streaming the same video over a 3G link, because the fatter pipe lets more data through.

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Other aspects of the new IP include lower latency, a two-way data link in parallel with the video, and lower power consumption.

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