New Skies Satellites, the global satellite communications company, is installing Source Media routers (SMRs) by SkyStream in its Internet access network, expanding capacity available for India, Latin America and the Middle East.

The network supports IPsys® , New Skies’ service that creates a direct connection from the Internet backbone to an ISP’s local service point. IPsys® uses IP encapsulation on a high-speed Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) transport stream or by Single Channel per Carrier (SCPC) connections.

Multi-homing satellite links enable ISPs to offer their customers one-hop connections from the global Internet backbone, thus reducing latency and IP packet loss. The IPsysSM service makes use of direct peering with Tier 1 Internet backbone providers for more direct and thus more robust connections.

“SkyStream’s SMR 25 platform is known for its stability, performance and high through-put per platform,” said David Price, director of Network Engineering for New Skies. “We were also impressed by the automatic redundancy architecture which is consistent with our network reliability standards. We conducted an independent validation of various IP encapsulators in our own lab and SkyStream was clearly the winner among five other suppliers,” Price continued.

Currently, New Skies provides over 700 Mbps of Internet connectivity directly to ISP customers around the world through seven DVB platforms and SCPC carrier services covering India, South and East Africa, Central Africa, Asia and Latin America, making New Skies one of the largest Internet-over-satellite players in the industry.

For any further information, please contact:
Elizabeth Hess, Corporate Communications, New Skies Satellites
Tel: +31 70 306 4133, ehess@newskies.com
Additional information is available at http://www.newskies.com.



ABOUT NEW SKIES SATELLITES (AEX, NYSE: NSK)
New Skies is a global satellite communications company with five satellites in geosynchronous orbit and ground facilities around the world. New Skies has three new spacecraft under construction, which are planned to serve the Atlantic Ocean Region, Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, and with offices in Johannesburg, London, New Delhi, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Washington, D.C., New Skies is one of only three fixed satellite services companies with truly global satellite coverage. New Skies offers video, voice, data and Internet communications services to a range of telecommunications carriers, broadcasters, large corporations and Internet service providers around the world.

By combining its satellite resources with terrestrial communications facilities, New Skies is developing a broadening range of state-of-the-art, value-added, high-quality satellite communications services. New Skies’ fastest growing revenue stream comes from data transmissions, including Internet traffic and corporate networks. New Skies estimates that approximately 61% of new business in 2000 was for Internet services. The company completed its Initial Public Offering in October 2000, listing on both the Euronext Amsterdam exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.

ABOUT SKYSTREAM NETWORKS
SkyStream Networks is an international networking infrastructure company whose products enable service providers and broadcasters to deliver digital services like content delivery, satellite broadband delivery, corporate communications and enhanced television. SkyStream's media routers and content management software allow service providers to deliver media-rich content with a consistently high level of performance and quality to millions of people or multiple locations closer to the user, leveraging the global reach of digital television, satellite and cable networks. SkyStream's customers are satellite, content distribution, Internet and cable companies around the world, including Clear Channel, DotCast, EchoStar Communications Corporation, Europe Online, Gilat, Granite Broadcasting, iBlast, Pacific Convergence Corporation, SpeedCast and Telefonica. SkyStream Networks' Website can be found on the Internet at www.skystream.com.


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