SES NEW SKIES To Provide Satellite Internet Trunking to French Polynesia

SES NEW SKIES, an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), is pleased to announce that its NSS-5 satellite has been selected by the Office des Postes et Telecommunications of French Polynesia (OPT) to provide Internet trunking services to the 118 islands constituting French Polynesia. The value of the three-year, two transponder contract, which was signed today in Sydney (Australia) by Lydia Nouveau, OPT’s General Manager and Scott Sprague representing SES NEW SKIES in the presence of Jean-Alain Frebault, Chairman of the Board and Michel Yip, Minister of Telecoms of French Polynesia, remains confidential. NSS-5, positioned at the orbital location of 183° East, is SES NEW SKIES’ principal connectivity satellite for the Pacific Ocean Region. The powerful spacecraft is one of the few satellites that can connect North America with all major destinations in the Pacific Rim. It is therefore particularly well suited to provide Internet backbone and trunking services via U.S. West coast teleports to the far-flung Pacific island archipelago. States Scott Sprague, Senior Vice President Global Sales of SES NEW SKIES: "With the total integration of broadband into virtually every aspect of economic activity and into many people’s daily lives no matter where they live, the need to service the required broadband connectivity becomes more and more important. SES NEW SKIES is proud to provide unique and well suited satellite capacity which allows the Pacific island community of French Polynesia to fully participate in the Internet age.” About SES NEW SKIES SES NEW SKIES is an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) offering satellite communication services to a range of customers including telecommunications providers, broadcasters, corporations and governments around the world. SES NEW SKIES owns and operates a global fleet of seven satellites in orbit, with an additional spacecraft under construction (NSS-9) and ground facilities around the world. Headquartered in The Hague, the company has offices in Hong Kong, New Delhi, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Washington, D.C. In addition to SES NEW SKIES, SES wholly owns the market-leading satellite operators SES ASTRA in Europe and SES AMERICOM in North America and also holds strategic participations in SES Sirius in Europe, Ciel in Canada and Quetzsat in Mexico. SES provides outstanding satellite communications solutions via a combined fleet of 43 satellites across the globe. Further information on the company is available at www.ses-newskies.com and on SES at www.ses.com