Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT) has been selected by service provider Satcom Systems Ltd. (TASE:STCM) to provide a SkyEdge II broadband satellite network to serve several hundred sites throughout Africa. The new network, comprising a SkyEdge II hub located in Germany and hundreds of VSATs, will enable Satcom Systems to expand its services in West Africa.
Satcom Systems is launching a new service, “Ku Plus” on Intelsat‘s IS-14 satellite, using the SkyEdge II platform, and will offer high quality broadband Internet connectivity to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in West Africa. The SkyEdge II network will deliver a wide range of interactive data applications, including VoIP, video conferencing and virtual private networks.



