Spacenet Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Spacenet Announces Contract Extension with Sunoco and H-E-B
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Spacenet Speakers at Upcoming Industry Events
In the News

Spacenet Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Spacenet acheived a significant milestone in October by celebrating its 25th anniversary! For the past 25 years, Spacenet has been a leader in developing custom networking and communications solutions for customers of all sizes including some of the world's largest commercial WANs.

Spacenet, and its parent company Gilat, have a history of industry innovation, including:

  • Pioneered newsgathering by satellite worldwide
  • First Ku Band satellite in orbit
  • First to market in US with accelerated TCP over satellite
  • First to market in US with accelerated HTTP over satellite
  • First to market in US with VSAT native telephony solution
  • First broadband Internet service by satellite for home users
  • First to market in US with shared-hub enterprise VSAT network service
  • First to market in US with managed hybrid DSL/satellite enterprise networks
  • First to launch a Cisco-integrated VSAT solution

Spacenet offers a comprehensive portfolio of solutions to a wide range of industries. In addition, Spacenet offers advanced service features such as options for on-demand solutions for backup and disaster recovery; worldwide coverage through a network of partners; private networks, "virtual private hubs" and shared-hub VSAT services; and services in North America for the groundbreaking Cisco IP VSAT Module.

Celebrating its 25 year anniversary is a significant milestone, and Spacenet looks forward to a long future of continuing innovation and success!

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Spacenet Announces Networking Services Contract Extension with Sunoco and H-E-B

H-E-B - To read the full story click here.
Spacenet has signed a five-year enterprise networking services contract with H-E-B. In addition to providing satellite connectivity to all Texas based H-E-B retail stores, Spacenet is also providing its SmartCare™ enterprise-grade network management services.

Spacenet has provided services, including private hub network services, to H-E-B since 1988. H-E-B's new VSAT network utilizes Spacenet's Connexstar SE Enterprise Partition (EP) service, which provides a partitioned central hub infrastructure and dedicated network bandwidth for a secure private network for selected retail locations. The upgraded satellite network supports POS polling, back-office applications, multicasting and pharmacy fulfillment.

Spacenet is also providing its advanced SmartCare managed network services, which deliver advanced network monitoring, management and performance measurement services to enhance network reliability and security. As part of the service, Spacenet will proactively monitor and respond to problem resolution issues to provide maximum performance and reliability for critical applications.

Sunoco - To read the full story click here
Sunoco has signed a five-year enterprise networking services contract extension. As part of the agreement, Spacenet is providing upgraded satellite networking and managed services at approximately 900 company-owned retail stores across the United States.

As part of the agreement, Sunoco stores will be upgraded to the Gilat SkyEdge™ VSAT platform, enabling faster speeds, stronger security and significantly improved bandwidth efficiency. In addition, Spacenet will also provide hybrid network management solutions and application services.

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Cisco IP VSAT Module and Spacenet Services for WAN Backup and Business Continuity
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Cisco IP VSAT Module and Spacenet Services for Instant Mobile Communications
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Intelligent Upgrade Strategies for Enterprises
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Upcoming Events and Conferences:

Spacenet attends many industry events throughout the year. To see a list of upcoming events, click here.

Below is a list of upcoming events that Spacenet representatives will be speaking at.

Satellite 2007 - www.satellite2007.com
February 19-22, 2007
Washington Convention Center - Washington D.C.

  • Spacenet speaker: Andreas Georghiou, Chief Executive Officer
    Executive Roundtable: Business Leaders Discuss What Will Shape The Future Landscape
  • Spacenet speaker: Jeffrey Carl, Director, Marketing;
    Panel: Business Continuity via Satellite: How Real is the Opportunity?
  • Spacenet speaker: David Myers, Senior Vice President of Marketing & Corporate Development
    Panel: Terrestrial Partnerships: New Business Opportunities For Satellite
  • Spacenet speaker: David Myers, Senior Vice President of Marketing & Corporate Development
    Panel: Corporate Networks: Realizing ROI From Satellite Technology

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Spacenet In the News

Spacenet's innovative technologies - and the blue-chip companies that use them - are frequently featured in leading American business and technology publications. Following are a few of the more recent stories about Spacenet and its customers:

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Spacenet

Sunoco extends contract and adds new connectivity and network management services

Spacenet celebrates 25-year anniversary

H-E-B extends networking services contract with Spacenet

Spacenet Reinvents Home and Small Office Satellite Services with All New StarBand Nova

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Gilat

Gilat continues support of Mexican school initiative

Russia's Teleport-Services selects Gilat's SkyEdge broadband satellite network

Gilat provides multi-service satellite broadband network to Nicaragua's largest telecom operator

Optus expands its Gilat SkyEdge broadband satellite network

Comsat International selects Gilat SkyEdge hubs to serve Brazilian National Lottery

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