The Hague, The Netherlands, June 19, 2001 -- New Skies Satellites is joining Alcatel Space during the Paris Air Show, taking place this week, to demonstrate an advanced interactive multimedia Ku-band satellite system, which combines digital video and Internet traffic into a single data stream.

The demonstration, being conducted at Alcatel Space’s facilities in Nanterre, France, involves sending IP traffic from a hub over the New Skies NSS-K satellite at 338.5 E. to a remote 1.2 meter terminal at 4.2 Mbps. The return link, via the NSS-K satellite, is at 384 Kbps. The content is sent using DVB (digital video broadcast) technology which enables the use of low-cost receiving electronics and can make data rates of several tens of Megabits possible.

Access from the remote terminal to servers located at the hub enables private network applications, as well as access to the Internet backbone. Moreover, connections at the hub to the PSTN enable Voice-over-IP connections.

Applications for two-way broadband links include Direct-To-Home video, Internet access with net-browsing and video streaming, Voice-over-IP, video-conferencing, distance learning and telemedicine. Using satellite networks for these applications is a cost-effective option for many communications requirements - particularly in countries where local telephone calls to ISPs are expensive and connections are highly congested or impossible via terrestrial links.

Emmanuel Hébrard, New Skies' Vice President Satellite Services Strategy, said, "We are glad to be participating in this demonstration of broadband communications via satellite. Combining digital video and Internet traffic into a single data stream gives customers enormous scope for versatile communications for a wide variety of applications.

“Over the coming two and a half years, New Skies expects to double its capacity by launching three satellites, optimally designed for these kinds of broadband multimedia applications.”

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 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.

Additional information is available at http://www.newskies.com.

For any further information, please contact:
Daniëlle Keukenmeester, Corporate Communications, New Skies Satellites
Tel: +31 70 306 4227, dkeukenmeester@newskies.com