FORM 6 – K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Report on
Foreign Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a – 16 or 15d – 16
of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the
Month of January 2010
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.
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of Registrant’s Name into English)
Gilat
House, Yegia Kapayim Street
Daniv
Park, Kiryat Arye, Petah Tikva, Israel
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of Principal Corporate Offices)
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Attached hereto is Registrant’s press
release dated January 12, 2010 announcing that Registrant’s wholly owned
subsidiary, Spacenet Inc., has been selected to provide its Prysm Pro network
appliance, which enables a fully PCI compliant managed network services
solution, to over 7,000 Regis Corporation North American locations.
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Gilat
Satellite Networks Ltd.
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(Registrant)
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Dated
January 12, 2010
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By:
/s/ Rachel
Prishkolnik
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Rachel
Prishkolnik
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Corporate
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Gilat's Spacenet subsidiary selected to provide managed
network services to over 7,000 Regis Corporation locations
-Regis to Deploy Spacenet’s Prysm Pro
for Integrated Support of its Advanced Applications Over Wireline and Wireless Networks
Including WiFi, Backup and VoIP-
Petah Tikva, Israel, January 12,
2010 – Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT) announced
today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Spacenet Inc., has been selected to
provide its Prysm Pro network appliance, which enables a fully PCI compliant
managed network services solution, to over 7,000 Regis Corporation North
American locations. Regis, a global leader in beauty salons, hair restoration
centers and cosmetology education, is using Spacenet’s managed network services
and Prysm Pro network management appliance to provide integrated support and
management for its business communication infrastructure. This infrastructure
includes DSL, 3G, analog and digital voice, WiFi and VPN networking at its
beauty salon stores.
“Increasing
the utility and cost effectiveness of our communications network and corporate
wide applications is very important for Regis Corporation,” said Regis VP of
Information Technology Joel Wiens. “Spacenet’s managed network services through
its Prysm Pro is helping us meet this goal by serving as an all-in-one flexible
network appliance that supports our comprehensive business applications more
cost efficiently than competing alternatives. It provides a simplified network
design enabling us to interface with all of our applications on a single device.
In addition, the Prysm Pro is highly customizable by Spacenet, which enables us
to make changes to our configuration or develop new features as our network
requirements change.”
Regis
Corporation requires reliable communications to support critical business
applications at its thousands of salon locations. As part of its network upgrade
plans, Spacenet is providing managed network services enabled by the Prysm Pro
appliance to interface with terrestrial and 3G modems at Regis salon locations.
The Prysm Pro appliance provides support for automatic hybrid switching between
its wireline and wireless technologies for network backup, integrated Wi-Fi
hotspot services for customers, integrated Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA) for
VoIP functionality, and POS hardware for its retail applications.
“We’re
thrilled to be working with a global leader such as Regis,” said Glenn Katz,
President and COO of Gilat's Spacenet Inc. subsidiary. “With thousands of
locations, multiple network access methods, and critical business applications
to manage, Regis is an ideal customer for Spacenet and our Prysm Pro
appliance. Spacenet’s managed network services will help Regis
Corporation meet its business requirements by providing a unique and flexible
solution for its application challenges today and in the future as its network
evolves. Spacenet has been meeting the networking and communications needs of
enterprises for nearly 30 years, and we are pleased to add Regis to our list of
valued customers.”
Prysm Pro
supports advanced applications over satellite, wireline and wireless networks,
helps multi-site enterprises support multiple secure networks with centralized
management and enables hybrid switching between wireline and wireless
technologies. It is a modular, scalable, off-the-shelf IP network appliance that
offers unique benefits to customers. Additionally, the Prysm Pro appliance can
be integrated with Spacenet’s managed network services, providing access to a
user-friendly web portal to enable simplified and centralized network
management.
About
Regis Corporation
Regis
Corporation (NYSE:RGS) is the beauty industry’s global leader in beauty salons,
hair restoration centers and cosmetology education. As of September 30, 2009,
the Company owned, franchised or held ownership interests in 12,900 worldwide
locations. Regis’ corporate and franchised locations operate under
concepts such as Supercuts, Sassoon Salon, Regis Salons, MasterCuts, SmartStyle,
Cost Cutters, Cool Cuts 4 Kids and Hair Club for Men and Women. In
addition, Regis maintains an ownership interest in Provalliance, which operates
salons primarily in Europe, under the brands of Jean Louis David, Franck Provost
and Saint Algue. Regis also maintains ownership interests in Empire
Education Group in the U.S. and the MY Style concepts in
Japan. System-wide, these and other concepts are located in the U.S.
and in over 30 other countries in North America, South America, Europe, Africa
and Asia. Regis also maintains a 49 percent ownership interest in Intelligent
Nutrients, a business that provides a wide variety of certified organic products
for health and beauty. For additional information about the company,
please visit the Investor Information section of the corporate website at www.regiscorp.com.
About
Spacenet®
Founded
in 1981, Gilat's Spacenet Inc. is one of the world’s leading providers of
high-performance satellite and hybrid terrestrial networking solutions for US
based enterprise, government and small office/small business customers. Spacenet
has a longstanding tradition of industry leadership and innovation, and today
has more than 100,000 operational network endpoints for customers including many
Fortune 500 companies and major government agencies. Spacenet's services include
its custom satellite and hybrid network solutions for enterprise and government;
Connexstar™ VSAT services for primary, backup and disaster recovery networks;
and StarBand® broadband Internet by satellite. Spacenet is based in McLean,
Virginia, and operates its own end-to-end services infrastructure including
network management, field services and teleport facilities in McLean, VA;
Atlanta, Georgia; and Chicago, Illinois. Spacenet is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT). Visit Spacenet at
www.spacenet.com.
About
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.
Gilat
Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT) is a leading provider of products and
services for satellite-based communications networks. The Company operates under
three business units: (i) Gilat Network Systems, a provider of network systems
and associated professional services to service providers and operators
worldwide; (ii) Spacenet Inc., a provider of managed services in North America
to the business and government segments; and (iii) Spacenet Rural
Communications, a provider of rural telephony and Internet access solutions to
remote areas primarily in Latin America.
Gilat was
founded in 1987 and has shipped over 750,000 Very Small Aperture Terminals
(VSATs) to more than 85 countries across six continents. Gilat’s headquarters is
located in Petah Tikva, Israel. The Company has 16 sales and service offices
worldwide. Gilat markets a full line of high-performance VSATs under the SkyEdge
™ and SkyEdge II Product Family.
Certain
statements made herein that are not historical are forward-looking within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words
“estimate”, “project”, “intend”, “expect”, “believe” and similar expressions are
intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Many factors could
cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Gilat to be materially
different from any future results, performance or achievements that may be
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, among
others, changes in general economic and business conditions, inability to
maintain market acceptance to Gilat’s products, inability to timely develop and
introduce new technologies, products and applications, rapid changes in the
market for Gilat’s products, loss of market share and pressure on prices
resulting from competition, introduction of competing products by other
companies, inability to manage growth and expansion, loss of key OEM partners,
inability to attract and retain qualified personnel, inability to protect the
Company’s proprietary technology and risks associated with Gilat’s international
operations and its location in Israel. For additional information regarding
these and other risks and uncertainties associated with Gilat’s business,
reference is made to Gilat’s reports filed from time to time with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
Gilat
Media Contact:
Kim
Kelly, Phone: +972-3-925-2406, Email: Kimk@gilat.com