Gilat Wins SkyEdge 2 Contract in Vietnam

[Satellite TODAY 06-23-10] Gilat Satellite Networks will provide a SkyEdge 2 broadband satellite communications network to Vietnam Telecom International (VTI), a subsidiary of VNPT, Vietnam’s national telecommunications service provider, Gilat announced June 22.
      The VSAT network will consist of hundreds of remote sites and support applications such as broadband Internet access, GSM trunking and private leased circuits.
     The system will operate via Vinasat-1, the first Vietnamese communications satellite, and combine C- and Ku-band capacity within the same network using the SkyEdge 2 multi-transponder capability.