ViaSat Inc. will supply its LinkStar DVB-S2 satellite networking system to Unete Telecomunicaciones S.A. of Bolivia, ViaSat announced Dec. 13.

The contract, valued at about $6 million, includes installation and integration of a satellite network hub in Guayaquil, Ecuador and 1,200 LinkStarS2 terminals. Deliveries of the hub, networking equipment and first shipment of broadband VSAT terminals are scheduled to continue into the second half of 2007.

Unete Telecommunications will use the network to expand its enterprise broadband services in Ecuador and the surrounding region.