Gilat's Spacenet Subsidiary Offers Hybrid VSAT/DSL Services

PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Nov. 9/Satnews Daily/ ¾ Gilat Satellite Networks, Ltd. (Nasdaq:GILTF) said its U.S. subsidiary, Spacenet Inc., has added commercial-grade, hybrid VSAT/DSL services to its Connexstar family of broadband connectivity solutions.

Spacenet President and CEO Bill Gerety said the DSL service is being integrated into the VSAT-based WAN solutions that the company provides to its customers.

Gerety added Spacenet has enjoyed growth over the past five years as a result of our tight focus on meeting the needs of large multi-site enterprises, primarily in the retail, hospitality and government sectors.

“We remain convinced that for most of these businesses, VSAT-based networks are the most effective way to maximize value and network-wide efficiency. For some customer locations, however, DSL may provide a better fit. For those sites, we now offer DSL services. Since Connexstar DSL utilizes much of the network infrastructure used by our enterprise-grade Connexstar VSAT service, our customers are assured of extremely high levels of security, performance and manageability," he said.

Spacenet also introduced a new suite of application-enhancing services - to be marketed under the brand "Prysm" - as a complement to its satellite and hybrid network solutions.

Spacenet said Prysm services will improve the performance of a wide range of enterprise applications, including advanced routing, data acceleration, retail application/POS hardware interfaces, multimedia content delivery/playback and advanced network management.  

Prysm services utilize an affordable custom hardware/software platform designed for easy deployment in a LAN environment attached to a Spacenet Connexstar broadband network. Prysm services cover a broad range from VPN-over-VSAT acceleration and serial/async protocol support for DSL users to custom-tailored network enhancements designed to match individual customer requirements.

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