Arby's 237 Restaurants Taps Gilat's Spacenet Subsidiary for Broadband Satellite Service

PETAH TIKVA, Israel, April 20, 2005/Satnews Daily/ — Gilat Satellite Networks, Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILTF) said on Monday its U.S. subsidiary, Spacenet Inc., has been selected to provide a Connexstar broadband satellite network to 237 Arby's restaurants owned and operated by the company's second largest franchisee, Sybra, Inc.

Gilat said the Connexstar VSAT high-speed network is part of a complete back-of-house and point-of-sale system replacement that Arby's has implemented in all of its Sybra-owned restaurants. The VSAT network will support retail networking applications that include fast credit authorization, point-of-sale polling and a corporate intranet connection between the stores and Arby’s corporate headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

 

Spacenet president and CEO Bill Gerety said Spacenet has already successfully deployed and maintain an 825-site network for RTM Restaurant Group, the nation's largest Arby's franchisee.

Connexstar provides commercial-grade, always-on broadband connectivity to multi-site enterprises of any size, regardless of end-user location. The service supports a wide range of business applications, including high-speed credit authorization, in-store licensed music, distance learning, content multicasting and secure private networking services - all through a single, compact, remote access device incorporating advanced networking and routing functionality.

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