Kapolei -- August 20, 2008 --  Hawaii Pacific Teleport announced today that they have put into service a Standard  ‘A’  (15.5m) c-band antenna on the NSS-5 satellite at 183E for an anchor customer serving maritime end users across the Pacific Ocean.

Vince Waterson VP of business development at Hawaii Pacific Teleport said “The addition of this new antenna to our extensive antenna farm makes Hawaii Pacific Teleport the largest independent teleport in Hawaii and positions us as the primary satellite gateway between Asia and the USA”

SES NEW SKIES Senior Director of Sales North America, Dixie Wilson,  welcomed the news and said “We are pleased to welcome Hawaii Pacific Teleport to our global network of teleports serving NEW SKIES’ satellites and the additional access point it will provide to our soon be launched next generation NSS-9 satellite replacing NSS-5”

About Hawaii Pacific Teleport
Established in 2000 and winner of the 2003 WTA award for the fastest growing teleport on the planet HPT has grown from a green field site to the largest independent teleport in Hawaii. The privately held company has a total of 14 antennas operating in c-band, extended c-band and ku-band accessing satellites covering the Asia Pacific region, North America and Mexico.  HPT provides internet service via satellite to many parts of Asia and Pacific Islands through its extensive US fiber backbone connectivity and operates a 24x7 Network Operations Center staffed by RF and Internet engineers.  The company also provides television relay services between US and Asian satellites. Further information on the company is available at www.hawaiiteleport.com and www.islandinternetlink.com

About SES NEW SKIES
SES NEW SKIES is an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange:SESG) offering satellite communication services to a range of customers including telecommunications providers, broadcasters, corporations and governments around the world. SES NEW SKIES has a global fleet of seven satellites in orbit, with three additional spacecraft under construction (NSS-9, NSS-12 and NSS-14) and ground facilities around the world. Headquartered in The Hague, the company has offices in Johannesburg, 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, 90% of SES SIRIUS in Europe, and strategic participations in Ciel in Canada and Quetzsat in Mexico. SES provides outstanding satellite communications solutions via a global fleet of 38 satellites in 25 orbital locations. Further information on the company is available at www.ses-newskies.com and on SES at www.ses.com

Contact:
Hawaii Pacific Teleport
Vince Waterson
Tel: 1-808-216-2136
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