 It conducted formal technical testing until January 2005, followed by nationwide beta testing before the first residential retail customers had services installed in June.The WildBlue service was upgraded in 2007 using the satellite WildBlue-1, which launched the year before.In 2005, Viasat acquired Efficient Channel Coding, a producer of broadband communication integrated circuits and satellite communication systems, which gave Viasat access to the IPStar satellite broadband market.