HISPASAT orders extra Gilat SkyEdge II VSAT hub for Avanza national broadband network

An announcement by Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. revealed that it will be providing another SkyEdge II VSAT hub platform to Spanish satellite operator HISPASAT. The additional Gilat VSAT system will expand the existing broadband network and support thousands of new consumers who dwell in areas unreached or under-served by terrestrial broadband.

SkyEdge II will maximize space segment efficiency on the network through a combination of 32APSK Adaptive Coding and Modulation transmissions and the beam capabilities of HISPASAT-operated 1E satellite. This enables each 36 MHz transponder to reach speeds of up to 100 Mbps, allowing the Gilat VSAT hub system to ensure its high-speed Internet on satellite services are of high quality while also being affordable enough as an alternative to terrestrial networks.

Gilat and HISPASAT have been collaborating on the Spanish national broadband initiative Avanza. Spain is currently embarked on the third segment of its project to provide both terrestrial and satellite broadband connectivity to the entire country.

Gilat adds disaster recovery functionality to SkyEdge II VSAT platform

In light of the growing number and severity of disasters worldwide, Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. took the precaution of adding advanced Dual IPsec disaster recovery functionality to its SkyEdge II VSAT product.

An ‘embedded Dual IPsec’ functionality -unique to Gilat systems- enables simultaneous processing over two ‘end-to-end’ IPsec tunnels. Dual IPsec-capable VSAT platforms will automatically switch transaction data to disaster recovery sites without needing to purchase and install external equipment.

The timely arrival of critical information is important to many thousands of networked terminals, ATM banks, retailers, and other distributed enterprises. High service availability ensures the accuracy and responsiveness of the flow of information in today's online and real time computing environments. It is important to ensure that a communications network can quickly recover and resume operations after a failure in communications caused by anything up to a natural disaster.

Gilat's IPsec functionality gives its SkyEdge II VSAT product an affordable and effective disaster recovery option that takes full advantage of the strengths of satellite communications systems.