Gilat Satellite Networks Tuesday announced that its US subsidiary, Spacenet, has been selected by WendCentral to provide a Connexstar broadband satellite network to a minimum of 250 Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburger restaurants.
WendCentral, based in Cortland, New York, provides back-office support to more than 270 Wendy’s franchised restaurant locations throughout the United States.
The Connexstar VSAT high-speed network will support a range of retail networking applications, including fast credit authorization, PCanywhere remote control solution, Clearview back-office service management application, and point-of-sale polling.
Andy Brush, director of administrative services for WendCentral, said, “Upgrading our connectivity platform to Connexstar VSAT ensures better performance from all of our networking applications, thus helping us improve operating efficiency and customer service.”
“When evaluating different connectivity options, Spacenet simply outperformed its competition. Connexstar’s superior performance exceeded our expectations in every area.”
Spacenet President and CEO Bill Gerety said, “Wendy’s franchisees are regarded as being some of the most progressive operators in the quick service food industry.”
“We consider it a privilege to help the nation’s largest Wendy’s franchise group to continue its tradition of excellence through the deployment of a highly reliable, persistent Internet connection.”
