{"id":1035265,"date":"2026-09-15T07:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T01:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1035265"},"modified":"2026-09-15T07:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T01:59:56","slug":"viasat-space42-commit-1-billion-for-direct-to-device-jv-equatys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/09\/15\/viasat-space42-commit-1-billion-for-direct-to-device-jv-equatys\/","title":{"rendered":"Viasat, Space42 commit $1 billion for direct-to-device JV Equatys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: California-based Viasat and UAE satellite operator Space42 announced a joint venture, Equatys, with an equity commitment of up to $1 billion. The platform is designed to connect smartphones and other Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices directly to satellites, enhancing connectivity in areas with limited or no cellular coverage. <\/p>\n<p>Initially, Viasat and Space42 will each contribute $400 million, with Space42 expected to invest an additional $200 million in a future funding round. Viasat is slated to be the primary technology contractor for Equatys once the joint venture is formally established.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: California-based Viasat and UAE satellite operator Space42 announced a joint venture, Equatys, with an equity commitment of up to $1 billion. The platform is designed to connect smartphones and other Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices directly to satellites, enhancing connectivity in areas with limited or no cellular coverage. Initially, Viasat and Space42 will each contribute $400 million, with Space42 expected to invest an additional $200 million in a future funding round. Viasat is slated to be the primary technology contractor for Equatys once the joint venture is formally established.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,60,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1035265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-economic-times","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1035265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1035279,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035265\/revisions\/1035279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1035265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1035265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1035265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}