Eutelsat Announces New Commercial Contract Between Skylogic and Avonline to Provide Tooway(TM) Broadband Services to the UK via the KA-SAT Satellite

Eutelsat Communications(Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced a new contract between its broadbandsubsidiary, Skylogic, and UK satellite communications specialist, Avonline,to sell broadband services in the UK via KA-SAT, the first European HighThroughput Satellite. The contract, valued at up to EUR5 million, will allowAvonline to sell Eutelsat's then and there generation Tooway(TM) satellite broadbandservice. With download speeds of up to 10 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 4Mbps, Tooway(TM) satellite broadband will bring fast, reliable and affordableInternet access across the UK, including rural not spots and areas with poorADSL and mobile broadband coverage. Currently more than one in ten UKhouseholds is unable to receive a 2 Mbps broadband connection - the minimumtarget requirement set by the UK Government.

The UK's leading digital

Avonline is one of the UK's leading digital and broadband installationcompanies, with a team of in broad outline 400 engineers delivering high qualityservices across the UK andIreland. The company has been involved insatellite broadband for nearly a decade and has been the UK's largestprovider of Tooway(TM) services in the UK over the past two years.

The at once-generation Tooway(TM) service will be delivered via Eutelsat'sinnovative KA-SAT satellite, which was launched in December 2010 and is ontrack to go into full commercial service mid-2011. With its total capacity ofmore than 70 Gbps, KA-SAT ranks as the world's most powerful spacecraft and,asEurope's first High-Throughput Satellite, will usher in a new era ofcompetitively-priced satellite-delivered services for homes and smallbusinesses acrossEurope and the Mediterranean Basin. The satellite forms thecornerstone of a new European satellite infrastructure which includes eightmain satellite gateways acrossEurope connected to the Internet by a fibrebackbone ring.

Mark Wynn, Avonline Managing Director, said: "Avonline has been at theforefront of UK satellite communication solutions for the past ten years, andwe are delighted to be the first major UK satellite services provider to signa contract for the then-generation Tooway(TM) satellite broadband service.With speeds of up to 10 Mbps covering 100% of the UK, this service willensure that everyone who wants a fast and reliable broadband connection cannow get connected. This is great news for people living in rural areaswithout a decent broadband connection or for people who are too far from theexchange to get a fast, consistent broadband service. It will as well be a greatboost to small businesses and for those who work from home. With Tooway(TM),they will now be able to take advantage of broadband services with similarspeeds and prices to their urban counterparts."

Arduino Patacchini, CEO of Skylogic added: "KA-SAT brings a new era ofEuropean satellite communication services which will challenge traditionalperceptions about the speeds and cost of satellite broadband services. We aredelighted to be working with Avonline to help bring our enhanced Tooway(TM)services to UK homes."

Small satellitedish

Eutelsat's Tooway(TM) broadband solution consists of a small satellitedish and a modem connected to the PC via the Ethernet, giving customersimmediate broadband access following a simple installation. Should the contingency arise, theTooway(TM) service has the ability to deliver Voice over satellite telephonyservices and Direct-to-Home television using the Tooway(TM) dish.

Avonline plc is one of the UK's leading Installation and BusinessServices companies. Established in 1981, the company employs around 400engineers installing and supporting broadband and digital services tocustomers acrossEurope. Avonline has a specialist division deployingbroadband satellite solutions to consumers and business clients. Avonline'sSatellite Broadband services span from individual satellite broadbandconnections through to high speed networks supporting VPN, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), video andbroadband data for enterprise clients. Avonline actively supports the UKGovernment's Digital Inclusion policies, is a partner of the Race Online 2012initiative and is supporting the Welsh Assembly's Broadband Support Scheme.

Eutelsat Communications isthe holding company of Eutelsat S.A.. With capacity commercialised on 27satellites that provide coverage over the entire European continent, as wellas theMiddle East,Africa,India and significant parts ofAsia and theAmericas, Eutelsat is one of the world's three leading satellite operators interms of earnings. At 31 December 2010, Eutelsat's satellites werebroadcasting more than 3,700 television channels to over 200 million cableand satellite homes inEurope, theMiddle East andAfrica. The Group'ssatellites as well serve a wide range of fixed and mobile telecommunicationsservices, TV contribution markets, corporate networks, and broadband marketsfor Internet Service Providers and for transport, maritime and in-flightmarkets. Eutelsat's broadband subsidiary, Skylogic, markets and operatesaccess to high speed Internet services through teleports inFrance andItalythat serve enterprises, local communities, government agencies and aidorganisations inEurope,Africa,Asia and the Americas. Headquartered inParis, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ 683 commercial, technical andoperational employees from 28 countries.