Cable & Wireless Panama Selects Gilat for Broadband Network Solution That Will Serve...

Cable & Wireless Panama Selects Gilat for Broadband Network Solution That Will
Serve Hundreds of Public Schools Nationwide

PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Oct. 8, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gilat Satellite Networks
Ltd. (Nasdaq:GILT) today announced it has been chosen by Cable & Wireless Panama
(C&W), Panama's largest telecommunications operator, to provide a SkyEdge II
high-performance network that will be used to deliver broadband Internet to
hundreds of schools in remote areas nationwide.

As part of the solution, Gilat will provide equipment, technical support,
assisted network operations, and training. The new network will enable students
in Panama's remote areas to enjoy an enhanced educational experience through
interactive learning programs and other Internet applications.

C&W is already using a Gilat SkyEdge network, which was deployed in recent
years, to provide telephony and Internet services to more than 450 remote
Panamanian communities.

"The telecom industry in Panama is highly competitive. We have continually
upgraded our communications infrastructure to stay at the forefront of the
industry. Our experience proves that Gilat provides the ideal combination of
superior technology and thorough support," said Pedro Diaz, Executive Vice
President of Sales, Cable & Wireless Panama. "By featuring highly efficient
bandwidth utilization, Gilat's SkyEdge II platform will enable us to deploy the
most economical solution, over the long term, while offering our customers
reliable, high quality services."

Guy Moskowitz, Gilat Network Systems' Executive Vice President of Sales, said,
"Gilat's SkyEdge II network will enable C&W to benefit from the platform's
highly efficient use of the satellite link while providing an advanced,
high-performance and reliable solution to Panama's schools. We are pleased to
once again partner with C&W, this time to enhance the quality of education for
students throughout the country."

Gilat's SkyEdge II is a multi-service platform enabling the delivery of
high-quality voice, broadband data and video services for diverse environments
including enterprises, rural networks, cellular backhaul and government network
applications. SkyEdge II is a standards-based system using DVB-S2 and DVB-RCS.
With better efficiencies and full adaptivity for both the inbound and outbound
channels, it provides higher performance that serves the growing requirements of
end-users. Gilat's diverse portfolio of SkyEdge II VSATs are all supported by a
unified platform, offering service providers the most suitable product for their
application needs as well as the flexibility to evolve their networks. The
newest addition to Gilat's SkyEdge II portfolio is NetEdge(TM), a dedicated
solution for multi star networks, specifically designed to meet the needs of
corporations and cellular backhaul applications.

About Cable & Wireless

Cable & Wireless is one of the leading international communications companies in
the world. It began operations in 1860 in London, England, from where it
positioned itself as one of the main providers of global telecommunications in
the world. Today, Cable & Wireless International is the leader in many of the
markets where it operates; including Panama. On May 20, 1997, Cable & Wireless
plc acquired a 49% stake in Panama's state-owned telecommunications company,
INTEL, S.A for US$652 million. Cable & Wireless Panama is the only
telecommunications company with presence in all of the Panamanian territory,
including rural areas inaccessible by means of conventional transportation, and
remote indigenous communities. The company's installation of over 400,000 fixed
lines and more than 11,000 public telephones in all of the Republic of Panama
comprises a business vision focused on today's enormous opportunities as well as
future growth, without neglecting the traditional business segments.

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(TM) and SkyEdge II Product Family.

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within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The
words "estimate", "project", "intend", "expect", "believe" and similar
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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.

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