Wendy's of Rochester chooses high-speed Connexstar service from Spacenet to power networking applications for 123 Wendy's restaurants in five states

McLean, Va., February 15, 2005 — Spacenet Inc. today announced it has been selected by Wendy’s Restaurants of Rochester, Inc. to provide a Connexstar broadband satellite network to 123 Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburger restaurants in New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.

The Connexstar VSAT high-speed network will support remote control solutions, point-of-sale (POS) polling, Internet access and other important retail networking applications. Wendy’s of Rochester (www.wenroch.com) will also use the VSAT network for fast credit/debit card authorization.

Randy Traugott, vice president of marketing for Wendy’s of Rochester, said, “We found the Connexstar service to be the ideal platform to provide the fast, high-capacity, always-on connectivity needed for our advanced applications. In our pilot phase, it proved to be highly flexible and dependable. Should a remote site experience a POS problem, our data center personnel can remotely log-in to the Connexstar remote-access device and resolve any issue and/or update the POS software.”

Spacenet President and CEO Bill Gerety said, “In the past few months, we have signed contracts to serve more than 370 Wendy’s franchised restaurants. Leading restaurant operators continue to select Connexstar over competing offerings because of its excellent performance, reliability and economics. We look forward to serving Wendy’s of Rochester’s connectivity needs now and in the future.”

Background on Spacenet’s Connexstar service
Connexstar provides commercial-grade, always-on broadband connectivity to multi-site enterprises of any size, regardless of end-user location. 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 Connexstar enterprise-grade satellite and hybrid terrestrial broadband networking solutions, as well as application services and managed networks, throughout North America and worldwide. Spacenet has 20 years experience providing connectivity, application support, customer care and network management 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