Carlsbad’s Viasat boosts satellite Internet footprint globally with completion of Inmarsat acquisition

That compares to Viasat’s fleet of five satellites that are focused mostly on the Americas. Starlink said in a Twitter post that it now has 1.5 million customers worldwide, up from 250,000 in March 2022. Viasat and Inmarsat are punching back with powerful, higher orbit satellites — including the terabit-class Viasat-3 fleet, which can dynamically steer bandwidth to where there’s the most demand. Both Viasat and Inmarsat have a solid foothold in supplying commercial airlines with in-flight Wi-Fi — with customers including Delta, American, United, JetBlue and Southwest airlines. Viasat paid $551 million in cash and issued 46.36 million shares of common stock for Inmarsat.