The lottery network spreads across several countries including the Ivory Coast and Senegal.
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT; TASE: GILT) said today that it will provide a multi-million dollar broadband satellite communications network for a large gaming and lottery project in Africa.
The new network is being deployed to provide gaming and lottery services to an initial 2,500 sites in several countries in West Africa, including the Ivory Coast, DRC and Senegal. Subsequent phases will potentially increase the scope of the project to up to 10,000 sites and will include additional countries in the region.
Modern gaming terminals require secure communications for their operations. In addition, migrating to online services is usually based on web technologies. VSAT networks provide an excellent solution for lottery -- being both secure and providing very high availability -- even in the most difficult locations in Africa. VSAT technology enables upgrading the network centrally to support additional online games and services as these are added.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on April 14, 2010
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