Detecon Al Saudia Contracts Pre-launch Capacity on the Intelsat-15 Satellite

Pembroke, Bermuda, 3 March 2009

Intelsat Ltd., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced that Detecon Al Saudia Co. Ltd. (DETASAD) signed a multi-year contract for Ku-band capacity on Intelsat’s new satellite, IS-15 which will be located at 85ºE when it is launched later this year.

DETASAD, a German-Saudi Arabian joint venture telecommunications and IT company, will use this capacity to provide additional Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) transmission services to its small and medium enterprise, government and maritime customers throughout the Middle East.

“We chose to lease capacity on the IS-15 because in our view, it will be the highest performing satellite in the Middle East region. This contract will support our strategy to provide our clients satellite services with the best power and bandwidth solutions, offering flexible, high data rate satellite links using antennas that are as small as possible. We will also be able to support the latest modulation technologies such as DVB-S2, ACM and LDPC,” said Dr. Harald Stange, Director, Information and Communication Technology, DETASAD. “This additional satellite capacity is another milestone for us, responding to our growing market share in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It will support our services to our oil and gas, enterprise and government customers.”

“Our IS-15 satellite will serve a strategic role within our fleet, providing our customers such as DETASAD much needed Ku-band transmission services throughout the Middle East, Russia and the Indian Ocean region,” said Jean-Philippe Gillet, Intelsat’s Regional Vice President, Europe and Middle East.

Under a separate contract signed in June 2008, DETASAD became a distributor of Intelsat’s Network Broadband Global Maritime service. DETASAD’s maritime customers will benefit from Intelsat’s service that offers an always-on, true broadband connection and automatic beam switching technology for a flat monthly fee.

Intelsat and DETASAD will be exhibiting in Hall 3, Stand B3-1 and in Hall 2, Stand A3-25, respectively at CABSAT MENA 2009, the leading tradeshow for the digital media industry in the Middle East region, which is being held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, 3 - 5 March.

About Detecon Al Saudia Co

Detecon Al Saudia Co., Ltd., (DETASAD) a German-Saudi Arabian joint venture, with more than 1,000 engineers, technicians and representatives of Deutsche Telekom AG, provides satellite telecommunication services to private corporate customers such as small and medium enterprises, retail, banks, oil and gas, and government organizations. Detecon Al Saudia offers a wide range of HUB based and/or rooftop-to-rooftop solutions for different kinds of data, VoIP, broadband Internet and video applications. Its turnkey solutions include the provisioning of satellite capacity, VSAT and IT hardware and software, installation, network operation services, local field services at remote locations, and VSAT operation licenses for Saudi Arabia and other countries if required. In close cooperation with leading satellite operators and telecom carriers in the EMEA region, Detecon Al Saudia is able to provide turnkey standard communications, mobile communications, communications on the move, as well as maritime satellite solutions with fixed, self-positioning and self-commissioning as well as stabilized antennas. In order to provide real end-to-end ICT services, Detecon Al Saudia offers value added LAN/WAN services starting from structured cabling, provision and management of all LAN infrastructure components, as well as back-up/disaster recovery services via its new data center and through its related IT consultancy.

About Intelsat

Intelsat is the leading provider of fixed satellite services worldwide. For more than 40 years, Intelsat has been delivering information and entertainment for many of the world’s leading media and network companies, multinational corporations, Internet service providers and governmental agencies. Intelsat’s satellite, teleport and fiber infrastructure is unmatched in the industry, setting the standard for transmissions of video, data and voice services. From the globalization of content and the proliferation of HD, to the expansion of cellular networks and broadband access, with Intelsat, advanced communications anywhere in the world is closer, by far.

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