Scientific Atlanta satellite antenna business was owned by Viasat and sold to CPI
Scientific Atlanta satellite antenna business was owned by Viasat and sold to CPI
Scientific Atlanta, Inc. has been acquired by CISCO Systems in 2005 and their Satellite Business unit was acquired by Viasat, Inc. in 2000.
Scientific Atlanta, Inc. has been a leading manufacturer of set-top cable boxes and other satellite transmission equipment. Long a leader in the design and manufacturing of satellite earth station antennas, Scientific Atlanta grew rapidly in the 1970’s as a result of its involvement in the cable television market, only to scale back and restructure its business operations in the 1980’s. In the 1990’s, the company was one of the first to invest heavily in developing interactive digital cable technology.
Skybrokers offers for over the 10 years Scientific Atlanta (Cisco) modulators and encoders as well as Scientific Atlanta (ViaSat, Inc.) Earth Station Antennas, new and used. We can provide turnkey solutions, refurbishment and upgrades. We have supported several clients with new and used antennas as well as antenna parts. We have installed over the years many antennas such as the 6.1m Ku-band, 7.3m Ku-band, 9.0m and 11.3m C-band.
In January 2000, Scientific Atlanta sold its satellite networking division to Viasat, Inc. for 75 million USD. With the sale, Scientific Atlanta would focus on technology for interactive services to consumers. McDonald also consolidated manufacturing and administrative functions across the company’s divisions.
Viasat Inc. provides high-technology networking and signal processing equipment and services for broadband digital satellite and other wireless communications. In fiscal 2002, defense-related contracts accounted for about two-thirds of the company’s business, with commercial contracts accounting for the remaining third.
Skybrokers offers for almost 10 years ViaSat Earth Station Antennas, new as well as used. We can provide turnkey solutions, refurbishment and upgrades. We have supported several clients with new and used antennas as well as antenna parts. We have installed over the years many antennas such as the ViaSat 6.1m, the Viasat 7.3m, 9.1m and 11.3m C-band antennas.