A History of Leadership
Founded in 1987, Gilat Satellite Networks today is a VSAT market leader, an accomplishment that reflects our dedication to serving customers through innovative, reliable VSAT satellite solutions.

MILESTONES

1987 Gilat Satellite Networks is founded.
1989 Gilat introduces The OneWay, a receive-only VSAT mainly for the paging industry.
1991 Gilat, together with its partner GTE Spacenet, introduces the two-way Skystar Advantage VSAT, enabling new enterprise satellite networking capabilities.
1993 Gilat began public trading in the USA (NASDAQ: GILT).
1994 Gilat introduces its FaraWay VSAT, enabling telephony via satellite to remote locations.
1997 Gilat introduces its DialAway VSAT, expanding the company’s telephony offerings.
1998 Gilat acquires GE Spacenet (formerly GTE Spacenet), a North American enterprise service provider.
1999 The SkyBlaster VSAT receives the award for “Most Innovative VSAT Solution” from Satellite Communications Magazine.
2000 Gilat founds StarBand Communications – the industry’s first consumer broadband services company and first high-speed ISP with US-wide capability.
2002 Introduction of Skystar 360E for SMEs, SOHOs and corporations.
2003 Financial restructuring.
2004 Gilat introduces the SkyEdge Family of products, a “one system does it all” platform enabling interactive data, broadband IP, public and corporate telephony on the same platform.
2005 Separation into three business units: GNS, Spacenet and Spacenet Rural Communications.
2006 Gilat joins Cisco Technology Developer Partner Program to provide interoperability between SkyEdge and the Cisco VSAT NM.