Gilat Satellite Networks announced it has won a multi-year contract to provide equipment and services for broadband connectivity over ISRO’s GSAT-11 across India.

The award was granted by Larsen & Toubro (L&T), which was selected by ISRO to supply, install, commission and maintain GSAT-11 ground system network.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched the multi-spot beam satellite GSAT-11 last month, to provide broadband coverage over India’s mainland and islands, boosting connectivity to rural India.

GSAT 11 will enhance public welfare systems like e-banking, e-health, e-governance as well as provide a platform to demonstrate new generation applications.

L&T chose Gilat’s multi-application SkyEdge II-c platform to deliver broadband services across the country. Gilat’s hubs will be placed and operated in the following main and diversity gateway sites in India: Ranchi, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Bangalore.

“We are gratified by the trust L&T put in Gilat to deliver the baseband equipment and services for the GSAT-11 satellite,” said Abhay Kumar, regional vice president Asia and North America at Gilat. “This is another testimony to Gilat’s superior solution being chosen by satellite operators worldwide to deliver plentiful, quality and affordable satellite-based broadband communication.”