Intelsat Selected by RRD to Support 3 Italia's New Mobile TV Service

Over 140,000 Subscribers Signed Up Since Product Launch

Pembroke, Bermuda, September 8, 2006

Intelsat today announced that it was selected by Reti Radiotelevisive Digitali (RRD) to support the first commercially available Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) mobile TV service in Europe, operated by 3 Italia. Launched in June, the service, called WalkTV, has already attracted over 140,000 clients.

3 Italia is using the IS-905 satellite, located at the 335.5°E orbital location, to broadcast a multiplex of 12 television channels from the 3 Italia network operations to over 450 UHF transmitters throughout Italy. The signal is then re-transmitted terrestrially from the UHF transmitters directly to mobile phones. 3 Italia used capacity on the IS-905 satellite to quickly deploy WalkTV to terrestrial transmitters, getting the service to market in time to leverage 3 Italia's exclusive video to mobile rights for the 2006 World Cup soccer matches.

"We needed to get to market quickly and with a reliable offering for subscribers who were excited about the service, especially because of Italy's triumph in the World Cup this year," said Antonio Mazzara at RRD, the company that implemented the 3 Italia DVB-H service. "A good video to mobile service needs to have a high quality and reliable transmission, and working with Intelsat for our network helped ensure our successful market entry without any concerns."

Stephen Spengler, Intelsat's Senior Vice President, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific Sales, stated, "We've been investing in the development and deployment of cutting-edge IP video solutions optimized for specific customer needs. We are pleased that RRD has recognized our expertise in this area by selecting Intelsat to support this growth application. Intelsat is sitting at the intersection of cutting edge video, telephony and data applications and is ideally suited to serve the mobile TV distribution market. We are already supporting a similar service in the U.S. and we're happy to have enabled 3 Italia to be the first to commercially market this service in Europe."

About RRD - Reti Radiotelevisive Digitali

Active in all parts of the mobile TV supply chain, RRD is today the first company in the market who brought to life the first DVB-H mobile TV service in the world: the one for the Italian mobile operator 3. Its experts were the first in Italy and continental Europe to propose a unique DVB-H Service Centre capable of managing the convergence between broadcast and mobile. Committed to continuous innovation, RRD partners and collaborates with the leading players in the mobile TV field and is in a position to offer totally integrated systems, compatible with every part of the supply chain, from content providers to handset manufacturers. Member, among the others, of the DVB consortium, bmcoForum and Mobile DTV Alliance, RRD aims to open markets and differentiate them by using the new opportunities offered by the broadcast standards.

RRD Contact:

Beatrice Tedone
btedone@rrd.tv
+39 335 7630864

About Intelsat

Intelsat is the largest provider of fixed satellite services worldwide and is the leading provider of these services to each of the media, network services/telecom and government customer sectors, enabling people and businesses everywhere constant access to information and entertainment. Intelsat offers customers a greater business potential by providing them unrivaled resources with ease of business and peace of mind. Our services are utilized by an extensive customer base, including some of the world’s leading media and communications companies, multinational corporations, Internet service providers and government/military organizations. Real-time, constant communication with people anywhere in the world is closer, by far.

Intelsat Contact

Jodi Katz
jodi.katz@intelsat.com
+1 202 944 8223

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