Satnews Daily
September 9th, 2009

SATCOM Net From Gilat To Support Brazil's Sicredi Bank


Gilat Satellite Networks homepage banner Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT) has been selected by Telespazio Brasil, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, to provide a 1,200-site Gilat SkyEdge II broadband satellite communications network. The network will be used by Sicredi Bank for primary enterprise networking connectivity as well as back-up purposes. Telespazio Brasil is one of Brazil's largest satellite service providers.

Gilat's SkyEdge II network is ideally suited to meet the mission-critical application requirements of the financial services industry such as high-speed connectivity to allow high throughput for file transfer. Other benefits include the delivery of voice-quality telephony, advanced Quality of Service (QoS) to prioritize application data traffic, reliability and high availability. The SkyEdge II broadband satellite network will connect Sicredi Bank branches nationwide, many of which otherwise do not have access to high-speed connectivity. In areas where terrestrial networks, such as DSL and wireless, are accessible, the satellite network will provide branches with backup connectivity, ensuring high availability even in case of a failure in the wireline link.