SES AMERICOM Launches IPConnect, Delivers Suite of IP-Based Enterprise Solutions via Satellite

Offers cost-effective, secure voice, video and data. Signal Mountain Networks first Virtual Network Operator to enlist IPConnect. IPConnect demos featured at SATCON Booth # 207

PRINCETON, NJ October 24, 2005. With its first wholesale customer signed and several trials underway, SES AMERICOM, an SES GLOBAL company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg stock exchanges: SESG), today launched IPConnect®, a centralized distribution platform designed to serve key enterprise markets with a powerful suite of satellite-delivered, IP-based voice, video and data solutions.

In conjunction with the SATCON conference and Expo in New York, SES AMERICOM unveiled its new IPConnect VNO (Virtual Network Operator) services, enabling enterprise service providers to cost-effectively operate their own virtual VSAT network and offer everything from basic Web surfing and point-of-sale authorizations to business continuity, voice over IP (VoIP), video, and private networks.

The company also announced a suite of IPConnect services, based on Verestar’s IPLex offering acquired by SES AMERICOM in December 2004. The refined services allow corporate networks and public organizations to tap dedicated and shared bandwidth for an array of point-to-point and point-to-multipoint applications, including voice and videoconferencing.

"IPConnect delivers the solutions communications service providers, corporations, and organizations of all types and sizes must have to meet the evolving demand for secure, cost-effective enterprise communications across North America and around the world," said Brent Bruun, president of North American enterprise solutions for SES AMERICOM. "Delivered over the world's most reliable satellite-centric hybrid distribution network, IPConnect arms businesses with the power of customized voice, video and data."

First IPConnect VNO Customer Signal Mountain Networks has inked the first IPConnect VNO agreement with SES AMERICOM. The Atlanta-based network integrator is providing secure voice and data services across the U.S. and around the world to businesses and government agencies serving mission-critical markets, including oil and gas, hospitality, disaster recovery, homeland security, and national defense.

"Signal Mountain Networks customers demand highly reliable and flexible connectivity solutions to run secure, mission-critical operations throughout the U.S. and the world," said Jonathan Huffman, president of Signal Mountain Networks. "IPConnect VNO is the best satellite-delivered enterprise-class product available for primary, back-up, and parallel networks. Given the complexity of today's international communications networks, having a single point of contact in SES AMERICOM is a real competitive advantage."

IPConnect services in North America originate from the SES AMERICOM teleport in Woodbine, Maryland, where two-way IP satellite connections are initiated and monitored, and enterprise solutions are managed and delivered to customer remote locations. In the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, IPConnect services are delivered from the SES AMERICOM teleport in Leuk, Switzerland.

About SES AMERICOM

The largest supplier of satellite services in the U.S., SES AMERICOM is recognized as a pioneer of global satellite communications services. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the launch of its first satellite, the company today operates a fleet of 18 spacecraft in orbital positions predominantly providing service throughout the Americas. As a member of the SES GLOBAL family, SES AMERICOM is able to provide end-to-end telecommunications solutions to any region of the world via a fleet of 40 plus satellites. In addition, AMERICOM Government Services, a wholly owned subsidiary, is dedicated to providing satellite-based communications solutions to both civilian and defense agencies of the U.S. government. With its combined operations, SES AMERICOM serves broadcasters, cable programmers, aeronautical and maritime communications integrators, Internet service providers, mobile communications networks, government agencies, educational institutions, carriers and secure global data networks with efficient communication and content distribution solutions.

Media Contacts:
Monica Morgan,
SES AMERICOM,
Tel: +1-609-987-4143,
Email: monica.morgan@ses-americom.com

Paul Sims,
SES AMERICOM,
+1-678-576-6126,
Email: paul.sims@ses-americom.com