The crisis of confidence surrounding financial information has led to tighter regulations for major businesses that deploy, operate and manage network and equipment infrastructures in the field (telecom, energy, transportation, municipal). This equipment represents assets that are hard to evaluate from an accounting perspective unless an appropriate localized inventory is available. Moreover, natural catastrophes such as the ice storm that hit Quebec in 1998 or the hurricanes that succeeded one another in 2004 considerably damaged existing infrastructures.

This pinpointed the need to better understand the entire equipment pool, including its location, so it can be rebuilt when the time comes. VIASAT has pioneered localized inventory solutions that exploit mainly the GPS/GIS types of satellite positioning technology it has and whose software components are developed and maintained entirely in-house.

• Telecommunications network infrastructures
• Power transmission system infrastructures
• Forestry inventory
• Urban furnishings (hydrants, lamp standards, etc.)
• Transportation furnishings (signage, etc.)
• Public utilities (cable TV, natural gas, telephone, etc.)
• Public works (sewers, waterworks, etc.)