Spacenet Selected by Largest Arby's Franchisee RTM Restaurant Group to Provide Broadband Satellite Retail Network to 825 Locations Nationwide
RTM Restaurant Group latest in a series of restaurant industry leaders to choose Spacenet’s Connexstar service
McLean, VA, August 12, 2003 — Spacenet Inc. today announced it has been selected by RTM Restaurant Group Inc. to provide a broadband VSAT network to their Arby's restaurants and other quick service restaurant locations. The Company also announced that it will report its second quarter 2003 results on August 14, 2003.
Arby’s, known for its signature Roast Beef sandwich and recently-introduced Market Fresh™ line of deli sandwiches, is a subsidiary of the Triarc Companies, Inc. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, RTM Restaurant Group, the nation’s largest Arby’s franchisee, operates 1,049 restaurants in 21 states, including 773 Arby’s locations. RTM is ranked by Restaurant Finance Monitor as the largest restaurant franchisee in the United States. The company’s portfolio of restaurant concepts also includes Mrs. Winner’s Chicken & Biscuits and Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken.
The five-year commitment calls for Spacenet’s Connexstar Enterprise service to be deployed at the restaurant locations for a range of applications including credit authorization, point-of-sale and store polling as well as intranet-based back office applications. Connexstar Enterprise provides network design and configuration parameters customized to meet larger clients’ specific needs, while retaining the convenient deployment and economic benefits of Connexstar’s standardized network service packages.
“We thoroughly evaluated all of the available networking alternatives, including the various VSAT solutions, through an extensive pilot program,” said RTM Restaurant Group Chief Information Officer Patti Reilly. “In the end, we chose Spacenet because their network provided superior application performance and their organization provided solid technical and operational support. Spacenet’s responsiveness in addressing their customers’ requirements, as well as their ability to proactively monitor the network, were also critical factors in our selection.”
Spacenet Vice President of Sales and Marketing David Shiff said, “We frequently find that when customers perform side-by-side testing of Spacenet’s Connexstar services against other VSAT solutions, Connexstar is seen as the clear winner. We are gratified that leading companies like RTM Restaurant Group have put their trust in Spacenet as their mission-critical retail network provider. We are particularly pleased to add RTM to our growing list of clients in the restaurant space. This market is characterized by challenging economic imperatives and demanding operational requirements. Hence, we are especially pleased to be selected by yet another leader in this market, particularly after such a thorough evaluation process.”
Background on Spacenet’s Connexstar service
Connexstar provides commercial-grade, always-on broadband connectivity to multi-site enterprises of any size, anywhere in the continental United States. 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.
About Spacenet
Spacenet Inc. provides two-way satellite-based broadband networking solutions throughout North America under the Connexstar brand, and has more than 15 years’ experience in providing connectivity, provisioning, operations and maintenance to enterprise and government customers, including some of the largest satellite-based networks in the world. Spacenet is based in McLean, Virginia, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. Visit Spacenet at www.spacenet.com.
Spacenet Media Contact:
David Myers
Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development
(703) 848-1200
david.myers@spacenet.com
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