McLean, VA - July 31, 2007 - Spacenet Inc. today announced that it has extended its enterprise network services contract with Fazoli’s® Restaurants, a leading quick-service Italian restaurant chain. Based in Lexington, Kentucky, Fazoli’s operates more than 300 restaurant locations nationwide.
Since 2004, Spacenet has provided Fazoli’s with enterprise-grade Connexstar network services to support restaurant applications including credit/debit authorizations, point of sale polling and back-office operations. The Spacenet satellite network is being used at Fazoli’s corporate-owned restaurant locations across the United States, and may in the future be made available to the chain’s franchise restaurants.
Fazoli’s Director of I.T. Technical Services Bryan Wall said, “Since the initial Spacenet VSAT deployment in 2004, we have seen tremendous benefits including fast credit card transaction times, the ability to distribute real-time online updates to all locations, and a robust and stable network environment. We look forward to continued success with our satellite network with this contract extension.”
Spacenet’s CEO Andreas Georghiou said, “Spacenet has provided its industry-leading satellite network services to many major restaurant operators over the years, and we are extremely pleased with the success that Fazoli’s has experienced with Connexstar. With this contract extension, Spacenet will continue to focus on providing Fazoli’s with a dependable and advanced network solution to support its current and future business requirements.”
About Fazoli's®
Fazoli's® was started in 1988 by restaurant operator Jerrico
(which also started the Long John Silver's chain). Fazoli's®
Restaurants operates a leading quick-service Italian restaurant
chain with more than 300 locations in about 30 states. The eateries
serve pasta, pizzas (whole pies and by the slice), and panini
sandwiches, as well as soups, salads, and desert items. About
180 of the restaurants are company-owned, while the rest are franchised.
About Spacenet®
Founded in 1981, Spacenet Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of high-performance satellite and hybrid terrestrial networking solutions for US based enterprise, government and small office/small business customers. Spacenet has a longstanding tradition of industry leadership and innovation, and today has more than 100,000 operational network endpoints for customers including many Fortune 500 companies and major government agencies. Spacenet's services include its custom satellite and hybrid network solutions for enterprise and government; Connexstar™ VSAT services for primary, backup and disaster recovery networks; and StarBand® broadband Internet by satellite. Spacenet is based in McLean, Virginia, and operates its own end-to-end services infrastructure including network management, field services and teleport facilities in McLean, VA; Atlanta, Georgia; and Chicago, Illinois. Spacenet is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT). Visit Spacenet at www.spacenet.com.