RSCC is Russia's largest satellite operator, with ownership of all Russian satellites. The landmark agreement came at the end of competitive process in which Gilat emerged as the preferred vendor. Delivery of the equipment is expected within 60 days.

The JackPot agreement includes a Skystar 360E hub and 500 remote sites, which will allow for network-wide gambling for JackPot customers at the gaming sites on-line, as well as an independent network for data transfer within the JackPot organization.

JackPot customers who play on one machine can win the entire jackpot, which is collected by thousands of machines across the network. The rollout of the network is expected to be completed by the end of this year. A special telecommunications company called 'Stec.com' was established to implement and manage the project.

Beyond the JackPot project, RSCC plans on offering a wide variety of broadband and IP services to its customers throughout Russia. Gilat's Skystar 360E solution will be an important part of that offering.

The Skystar 360E platform offers a flexible, two-way, satellite-based solution enabling interactive broadband IP and multicasting applications. With DVB standards and extensive IP capabilities, the Skystar 360E supports virtually any data and IP multicast application.

Alexander Duka, General Manager of RSCC said, "Until now, RSCC has maintained about 2,000 VSAT terminals in Russia of which about half were used by the Central Bank of Russia. The contract with JackPot is the second major VSAT project of this scale in the country.

It is important for us that the hub can be expanded and used for several different projects, which will certainly be a stimulus for the further development of the VSAT market in the country."

"The Gilat VSAT network will unite our geographically dispersed sites over a huge territory, and will be independent of the difficult infrastructure issues we'd have to face using a non-satellite technology," said Mr. Viktor Kryssiakov, General Director of 'Stec.com,' commenting on the JackPot agreement.

"Following a competitive process, we chose Gilat's Skystar 360E as we believe this is the best solution for our purposes. We are also well aware of Gilat's strong track record in providing VSAT solutions for gaming and lottery applications around the world."

Arie Rozichner, Gilat's Director of Sales, Russia and CIS, said, "The agreement with RSCC is a very important one for Gilat, as we begin fruitful cooperation with Russia's most prestigious VSAT operator.

"We are confident that the combination of Gilat's vast experience in large-scale telecommunications projects and RSCC's strong and influential position in the country, can deliver the much-needed telecommunications solutions required in the Russian Federation.

"We are also pleased to provide our latest technology to JackPot, a company that shares Gilat's views with regard to the development of the telecom market in Russia," continued Rozichner.

"Once JackPot is settled in with this network, we believe there is excellent opportunity to expand cooperation. JackPot can provide services based on Gilat's equipment, and can implement new projects in Russia and other countries."

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