NeraTel Selects Gilat SkyEdge II Broadband Satellite Network to Serve a Government Organization in Southeast Asia
SkyEdge II Network to Incorporate Newly Introduced Mesh Capabilities
Wednesday March 25, 2009, 9:37 am EDT
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PETAH TIKVA, Israel, March 25, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NasdaqGM:GILT - News) today announced that it has been chosen by Nera Telecommunications Ltd (``NeraTel'), a premier solutions provider for Transmission, Satellite Communications and Infocommunications, to provide a SkyEdge II network that will be used to serve a government organization in Southeast Asia.
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The new network based on Gilat's SkyEdge II Access and Pro VSATs, will be deployed as part of NeraTel's comprehensive communications system, to provide high-performance and advanced communications that meet the requirements of NeraTel's customer. The network carries end-to-end MPLS data. This includes converged services such as broadband IP, voice, video and multicasting.
Gilat's SkyEdge II Pro is the latest addition to the SkyEdge II family. SkyEdge II Pro is a carrier-grade, modular VSAT, enabling extremely fast throughput for rapid access to the Web, VoIP, corporate connectivity and multimedia applications. The new VSAT is an excellent solution for corporate and government customers.
Gilat's SkyEdge II platform ensures efficient use of bandwidth, with full adaptivity for both the inbound and outbound channels. The platform's high efficiency is further enhanced by its newly launched mesh capability, enabling direct connections to be set up between two VSATs where communication traverses the satellite only once in each direction.
``The delivery of the total communication system to the government organization is one of the major breakthroughs for the NeraTel Group and this has strengthened our market position in the government market sector,' said Dr Tan Hong Pew, Executive Vice President for Satellite Communications, Nera Telecommunications Ltd. ``We are pleased to have partnered with Gilat in providing a competitive solution which reduces space segment utilization and at the same time provides excellent availability.'
``We are pleased to have collaborated with NeraTel in meeting the communication needs of its customer,' said N. Ranganathan, Gilat Network System's RVP, Asia. ``We are certain that NeraTel's customer will benefit from SkyEdge II's high performance, enjoying an array of advanced applications and services on a reliable and secure platform. The system's modular design allows add-on modules as required for mesh, embedded voice ports and other future technologies.'
SkyEdge II is a multi-service platform enabling the delivery of high-quality voice, broadband data and video services for diverse environments including enterprises, rural networks, cellular backhaul and government network applications. SkyEdge II is a standards-based system using DVB-S2 and DVB-RCS. With better efficiencies and full adaptivity for both the inbound and outbound channels, it provides higher performance that serves the growing requirements of end-users. Gilat's diverse portfolio of SkyEdge II VSATs are all supported by a unified platform, offering service providers the most suitable product for their application needs as well as the flexibility to evolve their networks.
