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Gilat Wins 4 New Contracts for Satellite Communications Networks in Kazakhstan |
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PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Feb. 2, 2006/Satnews Daily/ — Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILTF) has signed new contracts to deploy broadband satellite networks for four of Kazakhstan’s leading telecom operators.
Gilat said its SkyEdge VSAT networks will bring dependable, high-speed data networking to government agencies, banks and energy companies. It said the four new contracts total close to 1,000 VSATs.
With the addition of these new networks, nearly 3,500 Gilat VSATs are deployed throughout Kazakhstan, Gilat said, with the majority of all telecom operators in Kazakhstan now deploying Gilat satellite equipment.
Details of the new contracts are as follows: · Technoservice Lyuks Ltd., a newly established satellite communications operator, will deploy SkyEdge VSATs for a nationwide network to support telephony and high-speed Internet access for corporate applications. · Jarykh Ltd. was the first in Kazakhstan to deploy the SkyEdge VSAT network, which will be used for enterprise-wide data applications. In 1998, Jarykh became one of the first companies in Kazakhstan to deploy Gilat VSATs. · JSC Astel is deploying its first SkyEdge VSAT hub in Almaty, with VSATs throughout Kazakhstan for the mining sector, banking and other corporate networking applications. Astel now operates more than 1,100 Gilat VSATs and expects to deploy its second SkyEdge system in Astana in early 2006. · JSC Kazakhtelecom, the country’s largest telecommunications operator, will deploy a network of SkyEdge VSATs throughout the territory for Internet access, always-on data communications and telephony for schools, banks, government institutions and mining companies. When its current deployment is completed, Kazakhtelecom will operate more than 1,300 Gilat VSATs.
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