Gilat to Cooperate with VDOnet to Offer High Quality, Cost-Effective Internet Video to Satellite-Based Private Networks
October 7, 1997 08:01 AM
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1997--VDOnet Corp. announced today that it intends to cooperate with Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. GILTF in order to add key video capabilities to Gilat's new SkySurfer(TM) VSAT product.
Now customers using Gilat's SkySurfer network can take advantage of video applications based on VDOnet's technology. This may be the first time such high-quality video, designed for use specifically on IP (Internet protocol) networks, will be delivered through a satellite-based private network to an individual user's PC.
"With this cooperation agreement, we combine VDOnet's leadership in IP video applications with Gilat's leadership in VSAT products and services," said Gilat Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Yoel Gat. "We are pleased to bring this new video capability to our customer base and look forward to working with VDOnet over the long term."
SkySurfer VSAT is an Internet-access product for private networks, incorporating a PC-based satellite receiver that includes a terrestrial or satellite link for its return path. Using IP multicast and a high-speed channel, SkySurfer can deliver live MPEG, video and audio streams, as well as perform reliable data broadcast. With VDOnet's video solutions, specially optimized for use with SkySurfer over satellite networks, corporate customers can receive high quality full-motion video over the corporate LAN and benefit from applications such as interactive video call centers for sales and customer support, distance training, corporate communications, and more.
"VDOnet's goal is to provide video solutions for any premium network," said Marty Falaro, president and CEO of VDOnet. "We are very pleased to add satellite networks to the list, and look forward to working with Gilat to bring more solutions to its customer base and help build up this very important market."
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. designs, develops, manufactures, markets and supports Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite earth stations and related hub equipment and software. Gilat products are incorporated into telecommunications networks that provide satellite-based communications between a central location and a large number of geographically dispersed sites. The Company offers a range of products: Skystar Advantage(TM), which incorporates Gilat's TwoWay(TM) VSAT into GE Spacenet's Skystar Advantage system, enables interactive, transaction-oriented applications; ISAT(TM) enables frame-relay delivery of voice and data; FaraWay(TM) VSAT offers multi-channel, toll-quality telephone service; DialAway(TM) VSAT offers single-channel, near toll-quality telephone service; SkySurfer(TM) VSAT, the Company's first PC plug-in card, delivers satellite-based Internet-access; OneWay(TM) VSAT provides unidirectional data broadcasts.
VDOnet Corporation is the leading provider of video applications for the Internet, intranets, and broadband networks. The company has developed both fundamental technology and compelling applications for video broadcasting and video telephony over computer networks of any bandwidth. Today, VDOLive(TM) is being used by hundreds of companies, and approximately 10 million Internet users currently have accessed the VDOLive player to view video media. The VDOPhone(TM) is available both as a standalone commercial product and bundled with products offered by leading PC and PC peripheral providers.
VDOnet's was the first and is today one of the few video technologies for the Net which is "dynamically scalable" -- allowing it to adapt automatically to the available bandwidth. The company is now actively working with a variety of Premium Service Providers to develop next generation video applications for intent and broadband networks. The company was founded in 1995. Its investors are Microsoft Corporation, USWest Media Group, NYNEX, Battery Ventures, and private sources. VDOnet's URL is vdo.net .
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