THE HAGUE, Netherlands, July 15, 2004 - New Skies Satellites N.V. (AEX, NYSE: NSK), the global satellite communications company, has signed a new agreement with Telenor Satellite Services, a global provider of satellite communications services, to expand its teleport gateway services out of New Skies' Perth, Australia mediaport.
The agreement virtually doubles Telenor's teleport services through New Skies, expanding and enhancing their capability to provide mobile communications services throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean regions. New Skies hosts a variety of VSAT hubs and communications circuits through the Perth facility, supporting primarily the oil, mining and mobile communications sectors. The company has provided teleport services to Telenor since 1999.
This new agreement enables Telenor to expand its suite of leased and on-demand services available to users on land and at sea throughout both ocean regions.
"During the past five years, New Skies and Telenor have teamed to provide reliable, responsive and well-engineered teleport services from Telenor via the Perth mediaport,” said Tore Hilde, chief executive officer of Telenor Satellite Services. “This new agreement with New Skies enables Telenor to solidify and expand our high-speed data and telephony remote communications offerings to service providers and customers throughout both the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean regions.”
"We are pleased to help Telenor grow their services out of Perth. They have always worked closely with us to help engineer and implement premium teleport solutions, and we are committed to their continued growth,” said Chris Schram, vice president of network engineering and operations for New Skies. “This latest agreement demonstrates their trust in the expertise of our teleport staff and the reliability and quality of our services.”
In February 2004, Telenor and New Skies announced a 10-year agreement for capacity throughout the Pacific Ocean with access to Internet, voice and data communications.
About Telenor Satellite Services
Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Telenor of Norway (Oslo Stock Exchange: TEL and NASDAQ: TELN), is the world’s preferred provider of global communications via satellite for customers on land, at sea, and in flight. Telenor delivers high-speed data, voice and video communications and offers an innovative portfolio of value-added services including prepaid calling solutions, easy Internet access with e-mail and direct calling to Inmarsat terminals. Telenor also offers The SourceTM, a web-based account management system available exclusively to Telenor Service Providers. Telenor Satellite Services owns and operates a global network of land earth stations located at Eik (Norway) and Southbury (Connecticut) and Santa Paula (California) in the United States, and uses the satellite systems of Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, New Skies, Satmex, Spacecom, and also Telenor’s own satellites for its services. For more information go to our Web site: www.telenor.com/satellite.
About New Skies Satellites (AEX, NYSE: NSK)
New Skies Satellites is one of only four fixed satellite communications companies with truly global satellite coverage, offering video, data, voice and Internet 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, ground facilities around the world and one additional spacecraft under construction. The company 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 Beijing, Hong Kong, New Delhi, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Washington, D.C.
For additional information, please contact:
Tom Surface, Telenor Satellite Services
+1 301 838 7805
Thomas.surface@telenor-usa.com
Elizabeth Hess, New Skies Satellites
+ 31 70 306 4133
ehess@newskies.com
