[SatNews] The industry's first VSAT with upgradeable, high capacity, multi GB microSD memory has now debuted.

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: GILT) has launched WebEnhance, the industry's first VSAT with upgradeable, high-capacity, multi Giga byte microSD memory. Based on an innovative CacheMode technology, the WebEnhance enables operators to offer customers high throughput broadband IP services of up to 30 Mbps while reducing satellite bandwidth costs. microSD removable flash memory cards are commonly used in cellular phones, digital cameras and other portable digital devices. The WebEnhance will be showcased for the first time at Satellite 2011 in Washington D.C. The innovative WebEnhance VSAT is designed for high throughput broadband networks, such as e-Education and e-Government projects with multi PC sites, as well as consumer and enterprise Internet networks. The product highlights include...

• High performance VSAT with download rates of up to 30 Mbps
• Innovative CacheMode technology with upgradeable multi-Giga Byte microSD memory which accelerates delivery of web content to end users
• Transparent local caching via unicast and support for multicast-based content distribution
• Feature-rich functionality - optimizing performance of multiple layers with TCP and HTTP acceleration, QoS, VoIP and compression
• High availability and efficiency - utilizing DVB-S2 ACM and inbound ACM

Among the first customers of WebEnhance is GlobalSat, a leading service provider in Mexico. Gilat and GlobalSat have a long standing partnership across several projects, including deploying a satellite based network for Enciclomedia, a large scale, federal, e-Education program.

Gilat has also introduced the MLT-1000 military satellite modem. The MLT-1000 will provide a rugged, high-speed satellite communications terminal solution for satcom-on-the-move (SOTM), communications-on-the-pause (COTP), man-packs and stationary military operations, and is designed to operate in point-to-point (SCPC) and point-to-multi-point (MCPC) network topologies. The hardened military modem is built to address the stringent requirements of militaries and homeland security organizations for faultless mission flexibility. The product highlights include...

• Fast-to-deploy and easy-to-operate, MLT-1000 will support war-fighters with secure, highly-reliable broadband satellite communications for C4I (Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence) applications, supporting C, X, Ku, and Ka-bands
• The modem implements Gilat's new patent-pending ASCM (Adaptive, Spreading, Coding and Modulation), a frame-by-frame adaptive waveform that was specifically designed for on-the-move operations. ASCM allows for dynamic spreading factor, thus maximizing link availability, optimizing bandwidth usage and enabling high throughput in the most challenging field and weather conditions
• MLT-1000 enables working with small antennas by supporting very low SNR (signal to noise ratio) of minus 13. With embedded QoS and transparent acceleration technologies, MLT-1000 provides a single integrated platform for data, voice, and video applications over multiple network topologies

Using an integrated controller, the MLT-1000 is designed to support Gilat's industry leading low-profile, on-the-move antennas.