[Satellite Today – 5-12-08] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will provide Mongolian telecommunications company Incomnet with a SkyEdge broadband satellite communications network, Gilat announced May 12.
    Incomnet will use the new VSAT network to provide toll-quality telephony to rural citizens. The network will also provide interactive data networking to selected Mongolian government agencies and businesses, particularly those in the financial services sector.
    "After evaluating competing VSAT offerings, we determined that Gilat’s SkyEdge network best met our technology requirements for Mongolia’s demanding telephony and data applications," Incomnet CEO Sanjaa Ganbaatar said in a statement. "We expect that our ongoing relationship with Gilat will help us build our customer base and continue to provide superior telecommunications services. In the future, we expect to deploy Gilat’s SkyAbis satellite-based cellular backhaul solution to meet the needs of Mongolia’s cellular operators."