Israeli Satellite Connectivity Technology in Peru

Israeli Satellite Connectivity Technology in Peru

3053164_sGilat Satellite Networks  a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, announced that its subsidiary Gilat To Home Peru has been selected by Banco de la Nación, Peru’s state bank, to provide satellite connectivity for 320 rural locations as well as a disaster recovery site in Chiclayo. The contract is for three years and is valued at $9.6m.

In this new project, Gilat’s SkyEdge II solution featuring the innovative WebEnhance VSAT will be used to bring broadband connectivity to the bank’s many branches. Based on Gilat’s innovative CacheMode technology, WebEnhance enables a better user experience with accelerated web browsing.

Gilat will provide satellite connectivity to outlying areas, connecting remote offices with enterprise applications and allowing mobile and remote banking branches to extend ATM and online banking access to customers.

As part of the contract, Gilat will also deploy a disaster recovery site in the northern city of Chiclayo providing satellite backup to the Bank’s data center located in Lima. Satellite backup is used to provide full broadband connectivity, allowing mission critical operations to continue unharmed during emergency outages when terrestrial systems fail.

According to Luis Saavedra Zegarra,  Head of Information Systems at Banco de la Nación “In Peru’s expanding economy, a broader access to financial services is critical for sustainable growth. The bandwidth efficiency of Gilat’s SkyEdge platform coupled with the platform’s ability to sustain high-speed connectivity make it an ideal solution to expand broadband connectivity to remote bank locations, supporting the bank’s commitment to improve social inclusion of financial services,”

Danny Fridman, CEO of Gilat Colombia and Peru says, “Satellite communications is essential for banks as they work to improve customer access to the sector’s growing range of financial services. We are happy to continue working with Banco de la Nación in supporting such an important national initiative.”

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd is a leading provider of products and services for satellite-based broadband communications. Gilat develops and markets a wide range of high-performance satellite ground segment equipment and VSATs, with an increasing focus on the consumer and Ka-band market. In addition, Gilat enables mobile SOTM (Satellite-on-the-Move) solutions providing low-profile antennas, next generation solid-state power amplifiers and modems. Gilat also provides managed network and satellite-based services for rural telephony and Internet access via its subsidiaries in the United States, Peru and Colombia.

With over 25 years of experience, and over a million products shipped to more than 85 countries, Gilat has provided enterprises, service providers and operators with efficient and reliable satellite-based connectivity solutions, including cellular backhaul, banking, retail, e-government and rural communication networks. Gilat also enables leading defense, public security and news organizations to implement advanced, on-the-move tactical communications on board their land, air and sea fleets using Gilat’s high-performance SOTM solutions.