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Gilat
Satellite Networks Ltd. has announced it has expanded its
business operations in India and is now India's leading
VSAT provider.
The company provides satellite-based, end-to-end enterprise
networking and rural telephony solutions to customers across
six continents, and markets interactive broadband data services,
an official release says.
According to the May 2002 issue of India's Voice & Data
magazine, Gilat captured nearly 70 per cent of the market
for Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) VSATs for the period
April 2001 through March 2002.
Bharti Broadband Networks was the first company in India
to choose the 360E platform and eventually established for
its client Sahara India one of the largest shared hub systems
in Indian VSAT history, the release says. Within the past
several months, Bharti Broadband Networks has secured orders
for more than 3,000, 360E VSATs - including 1,420 sites
for Sahara India alone.
Through the two-way VSAT network Sahara India expects to
expand the scope of applications to Internet access, tele-education
and news gathering. The VSAT network is crucial to Sahara
India's plans to launch a national news channel and 37 independent
city-based regional news stations in the next few months.
Earlier this year, Bharti Broadband launched its Skymantra-Power
Internet service - based on the 360E platform - for the
corporate, small-to-medium enterprise (SME) and small office-home
office (SOHO) markets.
Bharti Broadband CEO Ashok Juneja said: "Indian businesses
now have access to extremely robust and scalable technology
that provides the true broadband experience, regardless
of geographic location. That is where our Skymantra-Power
Internet service excels."
In the most recent new-contract development, Gilat has been
selected by HCL Comnet to provide a 360E satellite hub station
and 500 VSAT terminals. HCL Comnet has also completed the
deployment of a nationwide, 600-site broadband satellite
communications network for the State Bank of India.
Comsat Max, another long-standing customer of Gilat in India,
chose the 360E platform in October 2001 and has already
purchased 1,000 units.
Erez Antebi, Gilat's general manager for Asia, Africa and
Pacific Rim, said: "India continues to fulfill its promise
as one of the world's fastest-growing markets for VSAT technology.
With the acquisition of the 360E platform by three major
VSAT service providers in India, we have completed our consolidation
of the TDMA segment in the country."
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