THE HAGUE, Netherlands, March 15, 2005 – New Skies Satellites B.V., the global satellite communications company, today announced a long-term agreement with Latin American broadband service provider Impsat in Argentina to support a new two-way broadband Internet network using the high-powered NSS-7 satellite.

Impsat has deployed a new IP hub at its teleport facility in Buenos Aires to launch two-way, broadband Internet, Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and Virtual Private Network (VPN) services throughout Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia and Brazil. The network is designed for government users, large corporate enterprise networks, small offices/home offices (SOHOs), small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and ISPs.

Dolores Martos, New Skies’ vice president of sales for Latin America, said: “We are very proud to have been entrusted by Impsat to support their new IP hub and broadband services. This agreement pairs NSS-7, one of the most advance satellites serving Latin America, with the latest network technology, bringing cost-effective, high-speed broadband communications services to users anywhere in the region.”

Matias Heinrich, executive vice-president of Networks for Impsat Fiber Networks, Inc., said: “New Skies’ NSS-7 satellite fits perfectly into our network as it presents the ideal combination of reliability, power and coverage, allowing us to provide services over a wide area using antennas as small as 75 centimeters. Given the broad coverage and smaller, more cost-efficient hardware, we will be able to target a wider potential customer base with more affordable services.”

About NSS-7
NSS-7 features 49 C-band and 48 Ku-band 36 MHz-equivalent transponders and 11 high-powered coverage beams capable of broadcasting video, Internet and data traffic throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The satellite is one of the most powerful serving Latin America, enabling the use of antennas ranging in size from 75 centimeters to 1.2 meters. The combination of power and coverage makes it an ideal platform to launch two-way, broadband communications services to even the most remote locations.

About Impsat
Impsat Fiber Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of private telecommunications network, Internet services and Data Centers in Latin America. Offering integrated data, voice, data center and Internet solutions, with an emphasis on broadband transmission, including IP/ATM switching, DWDM, and non-zero dispersion fiber optics. Impsat provides telecommunications, data center and Internet services through our networks, which consist of owned fiber optic and wireless links, teleports, earth stations and leased satellite links. Impsat owns and operate 15 metropolitan area networks in some of the largest cities in Latin America, including Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Caracas, Quito, Santiago, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba and São Paulo and has also deployed fifteen facilities to provide hosting services. Impsat currently provides services to more than 3.000 national and multinational companies, financial institutions, governmental agencies, carriers, ISPs and other service providers throughout the region with operations in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Chile, Peru and the United States.

About New Skies Satellites
New Skies Satellites is one of only four fixed satellite communications companies with global satellite coverage, offering data, video, Internet and voice communications services to a range of telecommunications carriers, broadcasters, large corporations, Internet service providers and government entities around the world. New Skies has five satellites in orbit and ground facilities around the world. The company has one additional spacecraft under construction, NSS-8, which is expected to enter commercial service in the first half of 2006, and also has secured certain rights to make use of additional orbital positions for future growth. New Skies is headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, and has offices in Hong Kong, New Delhi, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Washington, D.C.