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| <i><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="4" color="#DC232B">Press | |
| Releases</font></strong></i> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="#5-30-00">05/30/00 | |
| - Bennett Joins Maritime Telecommunications Network as VP of | |
| Technical Services</a></span></font> | |
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| <p align="left"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><a href="#5-15-00">05/15/00 | |
| - Maritime Telecommunications Network Announces Purchase of | |
| CruisePhones Assets</a></font></span> | |
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| <p align="left"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><a href="#5-11-00">05/11/00 | |
| - MTN and DSI Complete Installation of Carnival Cruise | |
| Lines First Internet Café on Carnival Triumph</a></font></span> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="#4-28-00">04/28/00 | |
| - Maritime Telecommunications Network Offers Complete | |
| Communication Solutions by Adding Inmarsat Services</a></span></font> | |
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| <p align="left"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><a href="#3-15-00">03/15/00 | |
| - Maritime Telecommunications Network and BT Link Cruise | |
| Ships To Cell Phone Network - Cruise-ship Passengers and | |
| Staff will be able to use Their Cell phones While at Sea | |
| Anywhere in the World for the First Time</a></font></span> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><a href="#3-6-00">03/06/99 | |
| - Maritime Telecommunications Announces Expansion to Support | |
| Company's Growth Rate</a></font> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><a href="#12-6-99">12/6/99 | |
| - Maritime Telecommunications Network Sets Sail On Worlds | |
| Largest Cruise Ship - Maritime Telecommunications Network | |
| Provides Live Broadcast From Royal Caribbean | |
| Internationals Voyager of the Seas</a></font> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><a href="#10-6-99">10/6/99 | |
| - ICG Satellite Services Signs Contract with First | |
| Broadcasting Company in Central America</a></font> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="#9-20-99">9/20/99 | |
| - Baker Oil Tools Awards Maritime Telecommunications Network | |
| with Three-year Lease Agreement</a></font> | |
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| <p align="left"><a href="#8-12-99"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">8/12/99 | |
| -</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">ICG | |
| Communications Announces Sale of Satellite Services Division | |
| to ATC Teleports</font></a><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><br> | |
| </font> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="#8-10-99 1">8/10/99 | |
| - Maritime Telecommunications Network and Digital Seas | |
| International Sign Contract To Provide NCL Fleet with | |
| High-Speed Internet Access</a></font> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="#8-10-99 2">8/10/99 | |
| - ICG Satellite Services Expands Satellite Coverage To Its | |
| International and Domestic Customers With Satmex 5</a></font> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><a href="#8-3-99"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">8/3/99 | |
| - Holland America Line Extends Contract With Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network Until 2005</font></a> | |
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| <p align="left"><a href="#7-12-99"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">7/12/99 | |
| - Renaissance Cruises Expands Telecommunications Services | |
| Contract With Maritime Telecommunications Network To Include | |
| Two New Vessels</font></a> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><a href="#6-25-99"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">6/25/99 | |
| - ICG Satellite Services Provides Communications Link To | |
| United Nations Complex in Haiti</font></a> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><a href="#6-14-99"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">6/14/99 | |
| - ICG Satellite Services International Voice and Data | |
| Division Names New Vice President</font></a> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><a href="#6-9-99"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">6/9/99 | |
| - Maritime Telecommunications Network Signs Exclusive | |
| Contract With AT&T</font></a> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><a href="#6-1-99"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">6/1/99 | |
| - Maritime Telecommunications Network Provides Live | |
| Broadcast For Ericssons Caribbean Adventure</font></a> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><a href="#4-13-99"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">4/13/99 | |
| - Maritime Telecommunications Network Provides Unisys | |
| Corporations "Top Producers" With Floating | |
| Office On Board Carnivals MS Destiny</font></a> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><a href="#4-1-99"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">4/1/99 | |
| - MTN Takes Part In Princess Cruise Lines Love Boat | |
| National Holiday</font></a> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="#d">2/25/99 | |
| - MTN and Digital Seas International Form Alliance to | |
| Provide Internet Services to Cruise Line Industry</a></font> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="http://www.mtnsat.com/press/releases.htm#a">12/4/98 | |
| - Norwegian Cruise Line Extends Relationship With MTN; | |
| Renews Contract for Three Additional Years</a></font> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="http://www.mtnsat.com/press/releases.htm#b">11/24/98 | |
| - Telia AB Selects ICG Satellte Services To Provide | |
| High-Speed Connection To Ecuador</a></font> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="http://www.mtnsat.com/press/releases.htm#c">11/19/98 | |
| - Topaz International Shipping, Inc. Signs a 3-Year | |
| Agreement with MTN</a></font> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><a href="#11-6-98"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">11/6/98 | |
| - ICG Satellite Services Business Growth Led By | |
| International Voice and Data Division</font></a> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="http://www.mtnsat.com/press/releases.htm#9">10/6/98 | |
| - ICG Satellite Services Expands Offering With the | |
| Installation of Two New Antennas</a></font> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="http://www.mtnsat.com/press/releases.htm#1">8/3/98 | |
| - MTN provides TV Direct to Sailors (TV-DTS)</a></font> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="http://www.mtnsat.com/press/releases.htm#4">7/28/98 | |
| - Royal Caribbean International Signs 3-Year | |
| Telecommunications Agreement with MTN for Entire Fleet</a></font> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="http://www.mtnsat.com/press/releases.htm#2">7/27/98 | |
| - MTN Provides Telecommunications Equipment for Titanic | |
| Expedition</a></font> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="http://www.mtnsat.com/press/releases.htm#3">1/28/98 | |
| - Princess Cruises signs with Maritime Telecommunications | |
| Network To Provide Telecommunications Service to the Grand | |
| Princess</a></font> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="http://www.mtnsat.com/press/releases.htm#5">1/5/98 | |
| - Carnival Cruise Ship to Host First-Ever live Digital Radio | |
| Broadcast Via MTN/C-Band Technology</a></font> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="http://www.mtnsat.com/press/releases.htm#6">9/26/97 | |
| - Maritime Telecommunications Network and R Cruises Sign | |
| Three Year Agreement</a></font> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="http://www.mtnsat.com/press/releases.htm#7">9/19/97 | |
| - Maritime Telecommunications Network and Royal Caribbean | |
| International Sign Three Year Agreement</a></font> | |
| <li> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="http://www.mtnsat.com/press/releases.htm#8">9/19/97 | |
| - Maritime Telecommunications Network and Carnival Cruise | |
| Lines Sign a $40 Million, 5 Year C-Band Communications | |
| Agreement</a></font></li> | |
| </ul> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><b><a name="5-30-00"></a>Bennett | |
| Joins Maritime Telecommunications Network as VP of | |
| Technical Services</b></span></font></p> | |
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| <p align="justify" class="MsoBodyText3" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Miramar, | |
| FL - May 30, 2000</b> - Maritime Telecommunications | |
| Network (MTN), the leader in maritime communications and | |
| a subsidiary of ATC Teleports Inc., today announced that | |
| Ronald Bennett has joined the company as Vice President | |
| of Technical Services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>He will report to Sr. VP and General Manager | |
| Bradford Briggs and will serve on MTNs leadership | |
| team.<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <O:P> | |
| </O:P> | |
| </span></font></p> | |
| <p align="left" class="MsoBodyText3" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Ron | |
| Bennett, 53, joined MTN from Advanced Communications | |
| System, Inc., where he served as Systems Engineer for | |
| the past five years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>There he performed as Technical Consultant for | |
| the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) and | |
| implemented NEXCOMs personal telecommunications | |
| service and the first ever-commercial personal e-mail | |
| system installed on Navy ships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>For two years prior to that, he served as | |
| Principal Analyst at C-Cubed Corp., where he supported | |
| Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command by assessing how | |
| commercial satellites could be implemented to support | |
| digital transmission of data, voice, and imagery for | |
| Navy ships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He | |
| joined the Navy in1972 and enjoyed a long career as a | |
| Naval Officer for more than 20 years with experience in | |
| the industry of satellite connectivity and equipment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>He retired from the Navy in 1993, but still | |
| maintains close relationships with the Navy | |
| organization. <O:P> | |
| </O:P> | |
| </font></p> | |
| <p align="left" class="MsoBodyText3" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">According | |
| to MTNs Sr. VP and General Manger, Bradford Briggs, | |
| Ron Bennett has in-depth experience in the critical | |
| disciplines of management, operations, government | |
| regulations and safety, technical satellite expertise, | |
| and over two decades of communications experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>He will prove to be an invaluable part of our | |
| leadership team as he demonstrates a standard of | |
| Operational Excellence to MTN customers by | |
| maintaining a high level of technical services. <O:P> | |
| </O:P> | |
| </font></p> | |
| <p align="left" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Bennett | |
| received a B.A. in English at Florida Atlantic | |
| University and his M.S. in Telecommunications Systems | |
| Management at the Naval Postgraduate School.</span></font> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="#top">top</a></span></font></p> | |
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| <p align="left"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><a name="5-15-00"></a>Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network Announces Purchase of | |
| CruisePhones Assets</font></b></span></p> | |
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| <p align="justify" class="MsoBodyText3" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network (MTN), the leader in maritime | |
| communications and a subsidiary of ATC Teleports Inc., | |
| today announced that they have completed a definitive | |
| Asset Purchase Agreement to purchase specific assets of | |
| CruisePhone for approximately $1 Million.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>MTN is the leader in providing C-Band satellite | |
| communications for the cruise line industry with the | |
| global satellite networks and the technical capabilities | |
| to support the additional systems and vessels included | |
| in this transaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><br> | |
| <br> | |
| CruisePhone previously filed for relief under Chapter 11 | |
| of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United | |
| States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>The Chapter 11 proceeding held on May 4, 2000 | |
| has, among other things, allowed CruisePhone to complete | |
| the sale of assets to MTN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>MTN is expected to complete the transfer of all | |
| CruisePhone services to its network by June 30, 2000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>MTN will support the following vessels:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>P & O Cruises <i>Arcadia </i>and <i>Oriana</i>, | |
| Orient Lines <i>Marco Polo</i>, Regal Cruises <i>Regal | |
| Empress</i>, Radisson Seven Seas Cruises <i>Radisson | |
| Navigator</i>, and Western Geophysicals <i>Western | |
| Inlet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br> | |
| <br> | |
| We look forward to serving these new customers and | |
| expanding our state-of-the-art C-Band maritime | |
| telecommunications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>We are also very pleased to be able to introduce | |
| MTNs latest ShipNet technology, which allows | |
| high-speed Internet connectivity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>This will give modern cruise vessels the | |
| communications capabilities that passengers want, | |
| including Internet connectivity through the installation | |
| of Internet cafés with our partner Digital Seas | |
| International, states Bradford Briggs, Senior Vice | |
| President and General Manager of MTN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="#top">top</a></span></font></p> | |
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| <p align="left"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><a name="5-11-00"></a>MTN | |
| and DSI Complete Installation of Carnival Cruise | |
| Lines First Internet Café on <i>Carnival Triumph-</i></font></span></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Fleetwide | |
| Implementation Expected by Years End</font></p> | |
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| <p align="justify" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><b>Miramar, | |
| May 11, 2000</b> - Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), | |
| the leader in maritime communications, today announces | |
| they have installed Carnival Cruise Lines first | |
| Internet Café on the <i>Carnival Triumph</i>. <span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The | |
| Internet Café unites Digital Seas Internationals (DSI) | |
| unique and exciting Internet product with the latest in | |
| high-speed Internet satellite communications from | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network.<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Carnivals 14 other Fun Ships are | |
| expected to have Internet Cafés installed by the end of | |
| the year.</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><br> | |
| MTN has revolutionized satellite delivery of the | |
| Internet for the cruise lines and the US Navy by | |
| providing ShipNet, an asymmetric Internet service which | |
| delivers high-speed connectivity and cost-effective use | |
| of satellite space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>This technology is making MTN the largest | |
| Internet service provider (ISP) in the maritime | |
| industry.<br> | |
| Guests sailing aboard the Carnival Triumph will now be | |
| able to surf the web 24-hours-a day, seven-days-a week | |
| to obtain stock prices, daily news, travel arrangements, | |
| weather, check e-mail and even send electronic video | |
| postcards back to their loved ones, all while sailing | |
| on the high seas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The | |
| Internet Cafés feature the latest flat-panel | |
| computer screen technology, which is connected by | |
| MTNs high-speed satellite Internet link.<br> | |
| Glenn Farrington, President of Digital Seas | |
| International said, The world is becoming more high | |
| tech on a consumer level with each passing day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>As the Internet keeps becoming an integral part | |
| of peoples lives, they will find it more and more | |
| inconvenient to live without it.<br> | |
| Dave Kagan, President of ATC Teleports and MTN comments, | |
| These new Internet Cafés are a really exiting | |
| development for the cruise line industry, and for MTN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Our cruise line customers can now deliver all the | |
| latest services and entertainment their guests are | |
| requesting and we are taking a leadership role in making | |
| it possible for Carnival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>He adds, Communicating off the ship has never | |
| been so efficient and fun.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><br> | |
| Consumers today have come to rely on the Internet for | |
| keeping abreast of current events and staying connected | |
| with family and friends even while on vacation | |
| and we are pleased to provide this convenient service | |
| for guests sailing aboard the Fun Ships, said | |
| Bob Dickinson, Carnivals President.</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br> | |
| Carnival Cruise Lines is the largest and most popular | |
| cruise line in the world with 14 Fun Ships | |
| operating voyages of three to 16 days in length to the | |
| Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, the | |
| Panama Canal and Canadian Maritimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>The lines 15<sup>th</sup> Fun Ship, the | |
| 102,000-ton Carnival Victory, is scheduled to enter | |
| service August 31.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>More information is available at www.carnival.com.<br> | |
| <br> | |
| </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Digital | |
| Seas International, Inc., is a privately held company | |
| with offices in New York, and Florida. DSI was founded | |
| to enable the cruising industry to tap into the | |
| communication medium of the future, the computer and | |
| on-line industry. For more information on DSI and the | |
| products and services offered visit Digital Seas' web | |
| site located at <span style="COLOR: blue"><a href="http://www.digitalseas.com/">www.digitalseas.com</a>.</span></span></font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="#top">top</a></span></font></p> | |
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| <p align="left"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a name="4-28-00"></a>Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network Offers Complete Communication | |
| Solutions by Adding Inmarsat Services</span></font></b></p> | |
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| <p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Miramar, | |
| April 28, 2000</font></span></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> | |
| - Maritime Telecommunications Network, the leader in | |
| maritime communications, is pleased to announce today | |
| that they will now provide Inmarsat communication | |
| services to the cruise and offshore industries, offering | |
| a complete satellite communications solution. <O:P> | |
| </O:P> | |
| </span></font></p> | |
| <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">MTNs | |
| decision to offer Inmarsat services is two-fold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>First, Inmarsat services provides current | |
| customers with an auxiliary communications system in | |
| addition to their existing C-Band system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Second, this service offers a cost effective | |
| satellite communication solution to smaller cruise ships | |
| and oil and gas vessels, whose needs do not require a | |
| full time<span style="COLOR: red"> </span>communications | |
| solution system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>MTN can now better fulfill the cruise and oil | |
| & gas<span style="COLOR: red"> </span>industrys | |
| communications needs by delivering the high quality of | |
| service necessary for maintaining a competitive | |
| advantage in todays marketplace.<br> | |
| <br> | |
| MTN has formed a strategic alliance with Stratos, an | |
| international leader in the provision of mobile | |
| satellite services.<span style="COLOR: red; mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>We are proud to have selected Stratos, because | |
| of their extensive range of Inmarsat services and their | |
| superb technical knowledge of complete end-to-end | |
| Inmarsat service as well as the various products | |
| available for use over these networks, stated | |
| Bradford C. Briggs, VP and General Manager of MTN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>We are enthusiastic about supplying our | |
| customers with an array of communication solutions.</font></span><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <O:P> | |
| </O:P> | |
| </span></font></p> | |
| <p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-spacerun: yes"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"> </font></span><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The | |
| following Inmarsat services are also available through | |
| MTNs alliance with Stratos:<O:P> | |
| </O:P> | |
| </span></font></p> | |
| <p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .75in"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> | |
| </span>Global satellite coverage in Inmarsat<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>-A, -B, -C, -M, and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Mini-M<O:P> | |
| </O:P> | |
| </font></span></p> | |
| <p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .75in"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> | |
| </span>Global internet access and e-mail capabilities<O:P> | |
| </O:P> | |
| </font></span></p> | |
| <p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .75in"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> | |
| </span>Sophisticated International PSTN | |
| interconnections; providing faster call setup<O:P> | |
| </O:P> | |
| </font></span></p> | |
| <p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .75in"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> | |
| </span>Flexible billing</font></span></p> | |
| <p align="left" class="MsoBodyText3" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">About | |
| Stratos</font></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><br> | |
| Stratos is a full service communications provider of | |
| remote data and voice services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>It owns and operates Land Earth Stations (LES) | |
| around the world, providing the international gateways | |
| to the public switched networks for Inmarsat calls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Stratos customer base includes diverse markets | |
| including merchant, navy, cruise, and yachting vessels, | |
| general aviation, fishing, oil and gas industries, | |
| natural resource exploration companies, humanitarian aid | |
| organizations, journalists, UN peacekeeping operations, | |
| government agencies such as military, fisheries | |
| enforcement, Coast Guard and Emergency Measures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>More information is available at <a href="http://www.stratos.ca/">www.stratos.ca</a>.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left" class="MsoBodyText3" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="#top">top</a></span></font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" width="100%"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b><a name="3-15-00"></a>Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network and BT Link Cruise Ships To | |
| Cell Phone Network - Cruise-ship Passengers and Staff | |
| will be able to use Their Cell phones While at Sea | |
| Anywhere in the World for the First Time</b></font></span></td> | |
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| <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Miramar, | |
| March 15, 2000</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> | |
| </span></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a subsidiary | |
| of American Towers ATC Teleports Inc., of Fairfax, VA | |
| (NYSE:AMT), announced today it will provide the | |
| satellite communications network for a new service | |
| developed and patented by BT A&M, BTs satellite | |
| communications division.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>This new service, known as Cruise Connect, | |
| will enable passengers and staff on cruise ships to make | |
| and receive calls from their cell phones while at sea.<br> | |
| <br> | |
| Using the new service, has solved the problem of | |
| passenger vessels cruising beyond the reach of cellular | |
| signals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Passengers | |
| and staff can make and receive calls on their cell | |
| phones in exactly the same way as they would on land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Discrete mini cellular stations are | |
| installed on the vessels themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>These stations are linked, via the MTN satellite | |
| communications network, to a mobile switching center | |
| within the land based cellular network. <br> | |
| <br> | |
| In addition to providing global cell phone coverage | |
| while aboard the ship by using MTNs Ship<i>Net </i>technology, | |
| an IP broadcast network with a continuous full-time data | |
| link, Cruise Connect gives passengers and staff | |
| the added benefit of being directly contacted on their | |
| normal cellular number with the flexibility of the call | |
| charges appearing on their regular cellular bill. <br> | |
| <br> | |
| Stephen Brunskill, BTs product manager for Cruise | |
| Connect said:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The | |
| successful integration of satellite and cellular | |
| communications has enabled us to extend the cellular | |
| network.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Cruise | |
| passengers can now benefit from the growing convenience | |
| offered by mobile communications while at sea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>If they wish, passengers can make and receive | |
| calls at any time during their holiday and will have the | |
| cost charged to their normal bill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>This<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span>development | |
| allows cruise passengers to relax in the knowledge that | |
| they can contact their families and friends at any time | |
| or place during their holidays, without moving from | |
| their deckchairs or having to pay separately for the | |
| calls. <br> | |
| <br> | |
| The service will be compatible with future mainstream | |
| cellular developments such as GPRS and UMTS, which will | |
| provide even more flexibility by allowing mobile | |
| Internet access. <br> | |
| <br> | |
| Bradford Briggs, MTNs Senior Vice President & | |
| General Manger states:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>MTN is excited to bring the extended | |
| convenience of connecting cellular networks with vessels | |
| served by MTNs global C-band network.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>We look forward to delivering BTs Cruise | |
| Connect and other exciting emerging technologies to | |
| our customers. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br> | |
| <br> | |
| MTN and BT are working together jointly to implement | |
| Cruise Connect for MTN customers.<br> | |
| <br> | |
| <a href="#top">top</a></span></font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" width="100%"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><a name="3-6-00"></a>Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Announces Expansion to Support | |
| Companys Growth Rate</font></b></span></td> | |
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| <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Miramar, | |
| March 06, 2000</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> | |
| </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol; mso-ascii-font-family: Serifa BT; mso-hansi-font-family: Serifa BT"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a subsidiary | |
| of ATC Teleports Inc. of Fairfax, VA (NYSE:AMT), | |
| announced today it signed a five-year lease with Sunbeam | |
| Properties to occupy a 23,763 square-foot building in | |
| Miramar Park of Commerce at 3044 N. Commerce Parkway in | |
| Miramar, Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>The decision to expand facilities is based on the | |
| companys increasing growth and the goal towards more | |
| efficient operations. <br> | |
| <br> | |
| MTN is the leader in maritime communications providing | |
| C-Band voice, fax, data and Internet services for over | |
| ten years with over 23 years experience in Earth Station | |
| operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>MTN | |
| also has access to seven company owned domestic Earth | |
| Stations and affiliated Intl teleports with 40 | |
| factory trained and certified service personnel.<br> | |
| <br> | |
| The new facility employs approximately 70 people and | |
| provides an on-site warehouse<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>facility, which is scheduled to be completed by | |
| April 30<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>The expansion will double the size of the | |
| companys operations and logistic facilities, and will | |
| allow room to add additional employees to support | |
| technology and customer training, to support MTNs | |
| continuing growth.<br> | |
| </span><br> | |
| Other technological benefits in moving will include | |
| increased redundancy for our customers and an expanded | |
| monitor and control (M & C) facility.<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br> | |
| The companys expansion has been fueled by a strong | |
| positive response to our global satellite communications | |
| network and the continuous addition of new customers, | |
| said Bradford C. Briggs, Sr. VP and General Manager.</span></font></p> | |
| <p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="#top">top</a></span></font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b><a name="12-6-99"></a>Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network Sets Sail On Worlds | |
| Largest Cruise Ship - Maritime Telecommunications | |
| Network Provides Live Broadcast From Royal Caribbean | |
| Internationals Voyager of the Seas</b></font></td> | |
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| <td align="middle" bgColor="#ffffff" width="100%"><b> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Miami, | |
| December 6, 1999</font></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"> | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a subsidiary | |
| of ATC Teleports of Alexandria, Virginia, set sail from | |
| Finland to the port in Miami on the worlds largest | |
| cruise ship, the Voyager of the Seas. MTN was onboard to | |
| provide the live broadcast for the much-anticipated | |
| arrival of the 3,114-passenger ship. MTN assumed round | |
| the clock personalized services to the production crews | |
| of "Gourvitz Communications, Inc" of New York | |
| City, executive producers of all LIVE and taped segments | |
| transmitted from the ship.</font></p> | |
| <p align="justify"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">MTN | |
| has outfitted the Voyager with full redundancy services | |
| including dual antennas and 2 MPEG-2 Digital Video | |
| units. Each antenna on the 142,000-ton vessel will have | |
| 12 lines for multiple voice and data capabilities. To | |
| prepare the Voyager for the live broadcast, MTN modified | |
| one of the existing communications antennas to allow for | |
| full motion video uplink. Additionally, two flyaway | |
| video/audio systems, which are used to convert analog | |
| signals to digital signals, have been placed below deck.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">"We | |
| are proud to have been selected yet again for our | |
| expertise in the ability to provide the vehicle which | |
| allowed the both CEO and President of RCI to announce | |
| the arrival of this new vessel to the public | |
| media," said Richard Hadsall, vice president of | |
| operations for MTN.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Voyager | |
| of the Seas is the first ship to offer vacationers | |
| ice-skating, a rock climbing wall 200 feet above sea | |
| level, full-court basketball and interior staterooms | |
| with views of a shopping and entertainment boulevard. | |
| Other exciting features include an entertainment area, | |
| Studio B, a cross between Madison Square Garden and | |
| Universal Studios back lot; a 1350-seat Broadway-style | |
| theater; golf course and golf simulator; an in-line | |
| skating track and the largest casino afloat.</font></p> | |
| <b> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">About | |
| Royal Caribbean International</font></p> | |
| </b> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Royal | |
| Caribbean International is operated by Royal Caribbean | |
| Cruises Ltd., a global cruise company, which also owns | |
| Celebrity Cruises. The brands combined fleet consists | |
| of 17 vessels in service with an additional eight under | |
| construction. The ships currently visit Alaska, the | |
| Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Hawaii, | |
| Mexico, New England, the Panama Canal and Scandinavia.<br> | |
| <br> | |
| </font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="http://www.mtnsat.com/press/releases.htm#top">top<br> | |
| </a></font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b><a name="10-6-99"></a>ICG | |
| Satellite Services Signs Contract with First | |
| Broadcasting Company in Central America</b></font></td> | |
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| <td align="left" bgColor="#ffffff" width="100%"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Miami, | |
| October 06, 1999</font></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"> | |
| ICG Satellite Services, Inc. (ICGSS), a subsidiary of | |
| ICG Communications of Englewood, Colo., has signed a | |
| three-year agreement to provide 128 Kbps satellite | |
| services on the Satmex 5 (116.8 <u><sup>o</sup></u>) | |
| satellite to INTERDATA of Honduras. The services will | |
| provide INTERDATA with the capability to send radio news | |
| broadcasts throughout Honduras and Central America. | |
| INCOM, the parent company of INTERDATA Inc., is the | |
| first company in Central America to offer radio | |
| broadcast services to the public.</font> | |
| <p align="justify"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">ICGSS | |
| provides world-class communications services supported | |
| by advanced state-of-the-art facilities for global | |
| satellite transmission for international Internet and | |
| telephony carriers. These services include installations | |
| of highly asymmetric (34/8) and OC-3 Internet services | |
| to Latin America. "We are dedicated to providing | |
| companies like INCOM, which seek viable solutions to | |
| expand their services nationwide, with the quality and | |
| efficient communication services they need to be | |
| successful," said Brent Perrott, vice president, | |
| International Voice and Data, a division of ICG | |
| Satellite Services.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">A | |
| true pioneering company, INTERDATA was also the first <i>private | |
| </i>company to receive a satellite teleport license in | |
| Central America, said a spokesperson for INCOM. | |
| Concentrating primarily on radio broadcast, INTERDATA | |
| has established a strong presence in the broadcast | |
| market in Honduras. Additionally, INTERDATA plans to | |
| expand its broadcast capabilities to provide Internet | |
| services to its customers throughout Honduras and other | |
| countries. "Providing our customers with a fast, | |
| reliable connection at an affordable price meant | |
| choosing a communications provider which could deliver | |
| 24-hour service while keeping our costs down," said | |
| Francisco Hernandez Pon, general manager of INCOM and | |
| CEO of INTERDATA. "ICGSS has enabled us to | |
| successfully meet our customers needs and achieve our | |
| business goals."</font></p> | |
| <b> | |
| <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">About | |
| INCOM and Interdata</font></p> | |
| </b> | |
| <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">INCOM | |
| provides engineering and consulting services to | |
| customers who seek to develop telecommunications | |
| services in Honduras. INCOM offers solutions to its | |
| customers in the area of broadcasting, video/audio | |
| digital services, all via satellite. INCOM is the parent | |
| company of INTERDATA and is located in Tegucigalpa, | |
| Honduras. More information is available at INTERDATAs | |
| web site at <a href="http://www.interdata.hn/">http://www.interdata.hn/</a></font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="http://www.mtnsat.com/press/releases.htm#top">top<br> | |
| </a></font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><a name="#8-12-99"></a>ICG | |
| Communications Announces Sale of Satellite Services | |
| Division to ATC Teleports</b></font></td> | |
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| <p align="justify"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Englwood, | |
| Colo., Aug.12 1999.</font></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
| ICG Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICGX) announced | |
| today that it has entered into a definitive agreement | |
| with ATC Teleports, Inc. (ATC), a subsidiary of | |
| American Tower Corp. (NYSE:AMT), to sell its Satellite | |
| Services division, including its Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network (MTN) subsidiary, for | |
| approximately $100 million in cash. The agreement is | |
| subject to regulatory approvals, but is expected to | |
| close during the fourth quarter of 1999. ATC will | |
| acquire all ICG Satellite Services operations, | |
| including sites and equipment in Holmdel, N. J., | |
| Fairfield, N. J. and Miami. Headquartered in Miami, | |
| ICG Satellite Services employs approximately 90 | |
| full-time employees. "The sale of ICGs | |
| Satellite Services fulfills a key element of our 1999 | |
| business plan a plan focusing on our strengths in | |
| core telecommunications," said J. Shelby Bryan, | |
| chairman and chief executive officer of ICG. "In | |
| addition, the proceeds of this deal provide ICG with | |
| another source of funding, which enables us to further | |
| expand our core business." With an estimated 71 | |
| percent share of the cruise line industry, MTN is the | |
| leading provider of C-Band voice, fax, data, and | |
| Internet communications to the cruise industry, the | |
| U.S. Navy and to offshore oil and gas platforms around | |
| the world. MTN also provides ship-to-shore live video | |
| and radio broadcast capabilities in C- or Ku-Band. | |
| Additionally, the company offers international | |
| satellite voice, data and Internet services. ICG was | |
| advised in this transaction by Bear, Stearns & Co. | |
| Inc. About ICG Communications With headquarters in | |
| Englewood, Colo., ICG Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: | |
| ICGX) is a competitive telecommunications provider of | |
| high-quality, integrated communications solutions. ICG | |
| offers local, long distance and enhanced telephony, | |
| and data communications to small and medium-sized | |
| businesses in California, Colorado, Ohio, Texas, and | |
| the southeastern United States. The company also | |
| provides high-speed data network capabilities and | |
| services to Internet service providers throughout the | |
| United States, using ICGs nationwide network. For | |
| further information on ICG, visit the companys Web | |
| site at http://www.icgcom.com.<br> | |
| Information and statements contained in this press | |
| release contain, expressed or implied, forward-looking | |
| disclosures that are based on the beliefs of | |
| management as well as assumptions made based on | |
| information currently available to management. These | |
| forward-looking statements and information involve | |
| risks and uncertainty, including, but not limited to, | |
| future demand for the companys services, general | |
| economic conditions, government regulations, | |
| competition and customer strategies, capital | |
| deployment, the impact of pricing and other risks and | |
| uncertainties. Should one or more of these risks | |
| materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove | |
| incorrect, actual results may vary materially from | |
| those described herein as anticipated, believed, | |
| estimated or expected. These risks are detailed from | |
| time to time in various reports filed by ICG with the | |
| SEC, including Form 10-K filed by ICG for the fiscal | |
| year ended December 31, 1998, Forms 10-Q filed for the | |
| quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 1999.</font></p> | |
| </div> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="http://www.mtnsat.com/press/releases.htm#top">top</a></font><br> | |
| </p> | |
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| <td align="middle" width="100%"><a name="9-20-99"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Baker | |
| Oil Tools Awards Maritime Telecommunications Network | |
| with Three-year Lease Agreement</font></strong></a></td> | |
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| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><b>ENGLEWOOD, | |
| Colo., Sep. 20, 1999</b> Maritime Telecommunications | |
| Network (MTN), a subsidiary of ICG Communications in | |
| Englewood, Colo., proudly announced today that it has | |
| been awarded a three-year contract to provide a complete | |
| C-band system, including antennas, stabilized platforms | |
| and terminal services, onboard Baker Oil Tools' newest | |
| vessel, the RC Baker. The RC Baker is currently under | |
| construction at Bender Shipyard in Mobile, Ala., and is | |
| scheduled for sea duty in mid-September. MTN currently | |
| provides communications services to over 30 offshore | |
| oilrigs and seismic vessels worldwide. "We are | |
| pleased to be able to provide Baker Oil Tools with an | |
| affordable method of transporting information in an | |
| increasingly competitive global marketplace, " said | |
| Dave Kagan, president and COO of MTN. | |
| <p>The lease service will be implemented by utilizing | |
| two satellite circuits, one primary 128 KBPS circuit | |
| with a backup circuit of 64 KBPS. MTN will provide | |
| onboard telecommunications services via C-band service, | |
| providing voice, fax and data capabilities. "This | |
| agreement will give us the ability to provide faster and | |
| more cost effective service to our clients," said | |
| Charley Scott, senior project engineer, Baker Oil Tools.</p> | |
| <p>The RC Baker will provide completion services to | |
| several major oil companies, including Shell Oil, Mobile | |
| and Exxon. Another "fracboat," Republic Tide, | |
| will be outfitted with a complete communications package | |
| in late December or January. "Prior to utilizing | |
| MTN's state-of-the-art communications services, data was | |
| retrieved from a site and transported to a land location | |
| to be processed and disseminated, thus requiring several | |
| man hours. Today, data can be uploaded and downloaded | |
| instantly," said Tom Vannoy, Gulf Coast Region | |
| manager for Sand Control of Baker Oil Tools.</p> | |
| <p><b>About Baker Oil Tools</b><br> | |
| Baker Oil Tools is a world leader in total completion, | |
| workover, and fishing solutions that help exploration | |
| and production companies optimize their hydrocarbon | |
| recovery investment. Baker Oil Tools solutions are based | |
| on advanced downhole and surface technology, practically | |
| applied, to help operators produce at the highest levels | |
| and the lowest cost throughout the life of the | |
| reservoir. Baker Oil Tools is a division of Baker Hughes | |
| Incorporated, a leading worldwide supplier of products, | |
| services and solutions to the oil and gas, and process | |
| industries. Baker Hughes is headquartered in Houston, | |
| Texas. More information is available on Baker Hughes' | |
| Web site located at <a href="http://www.bakerhughes.com">http://www.bakerhughes.com</a>.</p> | |
| <p><b>About Maritime Telecommunications Network</b><br> | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) is the leading | |
| provider of C-Band voice, fax, data and Internet | |
| communications to the cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, | |
| and to offshore oil and gas platforms around the world. | |
| MTN also provides ship-to-shore live video and radio | |
| broadcast capabilities in C- or Ku-Band. Through its | |
| Earth Station in Holmdel, N.J., it also offers | |
| international satellite voice, data and Internet | |
| services. MTN and its parent company, ICG Satellite | |
| Services, Inc., are divisions of ICG Communications, | |
| Inc., which is headquartered in Englewood, Colo. (NASDAQ | |
| - "ICGX"). At present, ICG Communications has | |
| entered into an agreement with ATC Teleports, Inc., to | |
| sell its Satellite Services division, including its | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) subsidiary. | |
| Further information is available on ICG's Web site | |
| located at http://www.icgcom.com.</p> | |
| <p align="left"><a href="http://www.mtnsat.com/press/releases.htm#top">top</a></font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" bgColor="#c0c0c0" width="100%"><a name="8-10-99 1"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network and Digital Seas | |
| International Sign Contract To Provide NCL Fleet with | |
| High-Speed Internet Access</font></strong></a></td> | |
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| <td align="middle" width="100%"> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>Miami, | |
| August 10, 1999</strong> - Maritime Telecommunications | |
| Network (MTN), a subsidiary of ICG Satellite Services, | |
| Inc., and Digital Seas International, Inc., (DSI) have | |
| signed a multi-year agreement to offer Internet services | |
| to the Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) fleet. NCL's newest | |
| flagship, Norwegian Sky, will be the first to offer | |
| guests and crew members Internet access from the high | |
| seas. Another vessel soon to be Internet ready is the | |
| elegant S/S Norway.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Internet | |
| services will be made possible through the utilization | |
| of MTNs advanced satellite technology. MTN will wire | |
| each ship with high tech fiber optic cable, linking the | |
| ships communications centers with the newly installed | |
| Internet Cafés. Additionally, each ship will have a | |
| Remote Access Server (RAS), which will connect directly | |
| to the ships PBX, allowing up to 16 simultaneous | |
| users to connect to the Internet with their laptop | |
| computers from their cabins.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">DSI | |
| will provide the portal software and equipment, which | |
| will make the Internet Café a reality. The 24-hour | |
| Internet Café will be located on the International Deck | |
| of the Norwegian Sky and will provide nine Internet | |
| stations. Additionally, four stations have been | |
| installed in the crew area. Some of the services | |
| available include Internet access to check hometown | |
| news, stock market updates, video mail and the ability | |
| to send or receive E-mail.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">"MTN | |
| and DSI have come together to offer the cruise lines a | |
| state-of-the-art communications package," said Dave | |
| Kagan, president and COO of MTN. "We are pleased to | |
| be able to provide NCL with the communication | |
| capabilities to make the Internet at sea a possibility, | |
| while dramatically enhancing their cruise product | |
| offering to guests and crew."</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>About | |
| Digital Seas International</strong><br> | |
| The world leader in cruise ship solutions, DSI is | |
| bringing the Digital Age to the cruise industry. A | |
| privately held company with offices in New York and | |
| Florida, DSI was founded to allow the cruising industry | |
| to tap into what has become the communications medium of | |
| the future, the computer and on-line industry. With this | |
| in mind the Digital Seas Internet Café was born, a | |
| computer room on board where passengers can stay wired | |
| while at sea. The earth is mostly water: somebody has to | |
| wire it! TM Visit Digital Seas web site, <a href="http://www.digitalseas.com/">http://www.digitalseas.com</a> | |
| for information about the company.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>About | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network</strong><br> | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network, Inc. (MTN) is the | |
| leading provider of C-Band voice, fax, data and Internet | |
| communications to the cruise industry, the U.S. Navy and | |
| to offshore oil and gas platforms around the world. MTN | |
| also provides ship-to-shore live video and radio | |
| broadcast capabilities in C- or Ku-Band. Through its | |
| Earth Station in Holmdel, N.J., it also offers | |
| international satellite voice, data and Internet | |
| services. MTN and its parent company, ICG Satellite | |
| Services, Inc., are divisions of ICG Communications, | |
| Inc., which is headquartered in Englewood, Colo. (NASDAQ | |
| - "ICGX"). Further information is available on | |
| ICGs web site located at<a href="http://www.icgcomm.com/"> | |
| </a><a href="http://www.icgcom.com/">http://www.icgcom.com</a></font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" bgColor="#c0c0c0" width="100%"><a name="8-10-99 2"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">ICG | |
| Satellite Services Expands Satellite Coverage To Its | |
| International and Domestic Customers With Satmex 5</font></strong></a></td> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>Miami, | |
| August 10, 1999 -</strong> ICG Satellite Services, Inc. | |
| (ICGSS), a subsidiary of ICG Communications of | |
| Englewood, Colo., has signed a five-year contract with | |
| Satmex of Mexico for satellite capacity on Satmex 5, a | |
| high-power HS 601 satellite built for Satmex. Under the | |
| terms of the agreement, Satmex will provide two | |
| transponders, for Continental region coverage, on the | |
| Satmex 5 satellite, with a total bandwidth of 72 MHz.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Satmex | |
| 5 operates at 116.8o West longitude and spans the 48 | |
| continental states down to Argentina. "The Satmex 5 | |
| satellite will allow us to provide our international and | |
| domestic customers better quality service at an | |
| affordable price," said Dave Kagan, president of | |
| ICG Satellite Services.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">"Our | |
| expansion into Latin America has been experiencing | |
| accelerated growth," said Brent Perrott, vice | |
| president of International Voice and Data (IVD), a | |
| division of ICG Satellite Services. "As the region | |
| continues to deregulate in most countries, the increased | |
| demands for basic Internet access, telephony usage and | |
| international private lines are directly correlated to | |
| the greater demand for our facilities these two | |
| Satmex transponders will help to accommodate these | |
| immediate requirements."</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>About | |
| Satmex</strong><br> | |
| Based in Mexico City, Satmex delivers voice, data and | |
| video services, such as direct-to-home applications | |
| (including the leading DTH platforms in Latin America), | |
| broadcast television, occasional use, distance learning, | |
| government channels and radio. Satmex currently operates | |
| three satellites: Solidaridad 1, Solidaridad 2 and | |
| Satmex 5. For more information, visit Satmex's web site | |
| at <a href="file:///d:/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20FrontPage/temp/www.satmex.com.mx">http://www.satmex.com.mx</a>.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>About | |
| ICG Satellite Services</strong><br> | |
| ICG Satellite Services, Inc (ICGSS) is a Miami-based | |
| company with affiliate offices in Holmdel, N.J. and | |
| Englewood, Colo. ICGSS offers international satellite | |
| voice and data services and is the leading provider of | |
| C-band voice, fax, Internet and data communications to | |
| the cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, and offshore oil and | |
| gas platforms around the world. ICGSS also provides | |
| ship-to-shore live video and radio broadcast | |
| capabilities. ICG Satellite Services, Inc. is a division | |
| of ICG Communications, Inc., headquartered in suburban | |
| Denver (NASDAQ: ICGX). Further information is available | |
| on ICGs web site located at<a href="http://www.icgcomm.com/"> | |
| </a><a href="http://www.icgcom.com/">http://www.icgcom.com</a></font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" bgColor="#c0c0c0" width="100%"><a name="8-3-99"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Holland | |
| America Line Extends Contract With Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network Until 2005</font></strong></a></td> | |
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| <p align="left"><b><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Miami, | |
| Aug. 3, 1999</font></b><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> | |
| ¾ Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a | |
| subsidiary of ICG Satellite Services, Inc., announced | |
| today it will continue to provide telecommunications | |
| services for passengers, staff and crew to all Holland | |
| America vessels. The updated agreement will offer | |
| additional enhanced services including shore- to-ship | |
| calling and Internet capabilities. "MTN is proud to | |
| continue to provide Holland America with the | |
| valued-added services their customers desire," said | |
| Dave Kagan, president of MTN.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">MTN | |
| has been the primary ship related telecommunications | |
| provider to Holland America since 1995, offering voice, | |
| fax and data lines to passengers, staff and crew | |
| traveling through fabulous ports of call, including | |
| Alaska, Caribbean and Northern Europe. New services | |
| including shore-to-ship calling will be introduced on | |
| all Holland America vessels within the coming months. | |
| Shore-to-ship calling will allow passengers to be | |
| contacted on any Holland America ship while they are | |
| cruising. Additionally, an Internet Café is scheduled | |
| for implementation aboard the newest Holland America | |
| ship, the Volendam. The 24-hour Internet Café will | |
| provide passengers and crew members Internet access to | |
| check hometown news, stock market updates and the | |
| ability to send or receive E-mail.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><b><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">About | |
| Holland America<br> | |
| </font></b><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Holland | |
| America Line's award-winning, five-star fleet of eight | |
| luxury cruise ships offers premium cruises to 253 | |
| destinations worldwide, including Alaska, the Caribbean, | |
| Panama Canal, Hawaii, Mexico, Eastern Canada and New | |
| England, Europe, South Pacific, South America and its | |
| Grand World Voyage. The winner of the "Best Value | |
| in Cruising" award from the World Ocean & | |
| Cruise Liner Society for the last seven years. Holland | |
| America also is the highest rated premium cruise line in | |
| the world in the 1998 <i>Conde Nast Traveler </i>Reader's | |
| Choice Awards. Holland America Line is headquartered in | |
| Seattle, WA. More information is available on their web | |
| site at <a href="http://www.hollandamerica.com/">http://www.hollandamerica.com</a></font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><b><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">About | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network<br> | |
| </font></b><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc. (MTN) is the leading | |
| provider of C-Band voice, fax, data and Internet | |
| communications to the cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, | |
| and to offshore oil and gas platforms around the world. | |
| MTN also provides ship-to-shore live video and radio | |
| broadcast capabilities in C- or Ku-Band. Through its | |
| Earth Station in Holmdel, N.J., it also offers | |
| international satellite voice, data and Internet | |
| services. MTN and its parent company, ICG Satellite | |
| Services, Inc., are divisions of ICG Communications, | |
| Inc., which is headquartered in Englewood, CO. (NASDAQ - | |
| "ICGX"). Further information is available on | |
| ICGs web site located at<a href="http://www.icgcomm.com/"> | |
| http://www.icgcom.com.</a></font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" bgColor="#c0c0c0" width="100%"><a name="7-12-99"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Renaissance | |
| Cruises Expands Telecommunications Services Contract | |
| With Maritime Telecommunications Network To Include Two | |
| New Vessels</font></strong></a></td> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>Miami, | |
| July 12, 1999</strong> - Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network (MTN), a subsidiary of ICG | |
| Satellite Services, Inc., has signed an agreement with | |
| Renaissance Cruises to extend their current contract for | |
| telecommunications services to add the companys two | |
| newest cruise ships, R3 and R4. MTN currently provides | |
| C-Band telecommunication services to the R1 and R2.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Passenger | |
| and crewmembers, aboard the R3 and R4, will be able to | |
| stay in touch by utilizing MTNs shore-to-ship calling | |
| service, even while traveling to exotic places like the | |
| French Polynesian Region. Additionally, by calling an | |
| 800 number, family and friends can speak to passengers | |
| 24-hours-a-day. "Our relationship with Renaissance | |
| Cruises continues to grow and prosper with each new | |
| addition," said Brad Briggs, vice president of | |
| sales and marketing for MTN.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Servicing | |
| a total of 68 cruise ships and 11 cruise lines, MTN has | |
| installation experience aboard cruise ships, military | |
| ships and offshore oil and gas platforms. MTN systems | |
| facilitate ship-to- shore/shore-to-ship calls and | |
| switched or dedicated voice, fax and data | |
| communications. Customers are protected with a 24-hour | |
| continuous network monitoring from its Holmdel | |
| International Operations Center in Holmdel, N.J., and | |
| its technical staff in Miami.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>About | |
| Renaissance Cruises</strong><br> | |
| Renaissance Cruises is a pro-consumer cruise line known | |
| for offering unsurpassed value in cruising, and | |
| enriching, non-traditional itineraries for the | |
| discriminating and value-conscious traveler. As the | |
| industry innovator, Renaissance Cruises differentiates | |
| product offerings in a variety of ways including: | |
| operating the industrys first ever smoke-free fleet, | |
| no assigned seating for dining, casual dining options | |
| for dinner, a large inventory of affordable cabins with | |
| spacious balconies, a no-children policy, complimentary | |
| round trip air and complimentary luxurious pre and | |
| post-cruise hotel stays in exciting European ports | |
| cities. Visit R-Cruises web site at <a href="http://www.renaissancecruises.com/">http://www.renaissancecruises.com</a></font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc.<br> | |
| </strong>Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) is | |
| the leading provider of C-Band voice, fax, data and | |
| Internet communications to the cruise industry, the U.S. | |
| Navy, and to offshore oil and gas platforms around the | |
| world. MTN also provides ship-to-shore live video and | |
| radio broadcast capabilities in C- or Ku-Band. Through | |
| its Earth Station in Holmdel, N.J., it also offers | |
| international satellite voice, data and Internet | |
| services. MTN and its parent company, ICG Satellite | |
| Services, Inc., are divisions of ICG Communications, | |
| Inc., which is headquartered in Englewood, CO. (NASDAQ - | |
| "ICGX"). Further information is available on | |
| ICGs web site located at<a href="http://www.icgcomm.com/"> | |
| http://www.icgcom.com.</a></font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" bgColor="#c0c0c0" width="100%"><a name="6-25-99"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">ICG | |
| Satellite Services Provides Communications Link To | |
| United Nations Complex in Haiti</font></strong></a></td> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>Miami, | |
| June 25, 1999 </strong>- ICG Satellite Services Inc. (ICGSS), | |
| a subsidiary of ICG Communications, has signed a | |
| contract with Global Telcom Inc., to provide a 64 Kbps | |
| satellite circuit to the United Nations Complex in Port | |
| a Prince, Haiti. ICGSS will provide the terrestrial | |
| connection via its Holmdel Earth Station in Holmdel, | |
| N.J.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">The | |
| one-year agreement will provide a communication bridge | |
| between the United Nations Complex in Haiti and the | |
| United States, enabling United Nations personnel to take | |
| advantage of low cost, long distance rates not available | |
| within Haiti. "ICGSS is proud to expand its global | |
| reach to provide a cost-effective communication service | |
| to the United Nations, " said Brad Briggs, vice | |
| president of sales and marketing for ICGSS.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>About | |
| Global Telcom Inc.</strong><br> | |
| Global Telcom Inc. is located in Miami, Florida. The | |
| company provides worldwide telecommunication services | |
| via satellite and wireless applications, network | |
| administration, debit platform services and debit | |
| telephone calling cards.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>About | |
| ICG Satellite Services<br> | |
| </strong>ICG Satellite Services, Inc (ICGSS) is a | |
| Miami-based company with affiliate offices in Holmdel, | |
| N.J. and Englewood, Colo. ICGSS offers international | |
| satellite voice and data services and is the major | |
| provider of C-band voice, fax, Internet and data | |
| communications to the cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, | |
| and offshore oil and gas platforms around the world. | |
| ICGSS also provides ship-to-shore live video and radio | |
| broadcast capabilities. ICG Satellite Services, Inc. is | |
| a division of ICG Communications, Inc., headquartered in | |
| suburban Denver (NASDAQ: ICGX). Further information is | |
| available on ICGs web site located at <a href="http://www.icgcom.com/">http://www.icgcom.com</a></font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" bgColor="#c0c0c0" width="100%"><a name="6-14-99"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">ICG | |
| Satellite Services International Voice and Data | |
| Division Names New Vice President</font></strong></a></td> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>Miami, | |
| June 14, 1999 </strong>- ICG Satellite Services, Inc., a | |
| subsidiary of ICG Communications, Inc., has promoted | |
| Brent Perrott to vice president of International Voice | |
| and Data (IVD). Perrott was previously the director of | |
| sales for IVD. As vice president of IVD, Perrott is | |
| responsible for developing the IVD division, building | |
| the product line and the supporting service | |
| organization.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">The | |
| IVD division of ICG Satellite Services has enjoyed | |
| phenomenal growth over the past two years due to an | |
| aggressive strategy in Latin America and other foreign | |
| countries. IVD has expanded its customer base through | |
| the support of international services and has steadily | |
| grown from 15 percent to more than 40 percent of ICGSS | |
| revenue. "The success of the IVD division reflects | |
| several factors," explained Perrott. "ICGSS | |
| has made more efficient use of its assets, which has | |
| enabled the company to serve as a key Internet exchange | |
| point for large foreign telephone companies and | |
| ISPs."</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">IVD | |
| provides telephony, Internet, video and other data | |
| services via satellite to international carriers and | |
| foreign Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Additionally, | |
| IVD provides value-added services, including ATM, frame | |
| relay, switching and high-speed Internet backbone | |
| access.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Prior | |
| to joining ICG, Perrott served as the director of | |
| business development for Americatel Corporation, the | |
| U.S. subsidiary of Entel Chile International. In that | |
| role, Perrott focused on building the carrier services | |
| and value-added portfolio of the company in the Latin | |
| American region. Perrott also served as manager of | |
| Global Network Services for PamSat Corporation in | |
| Greenwich, Conn. His responsibilities included satellite | |
| space segment sales to the U.S., international telephony | |
| and value-added carrier organizations.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">"Perrotts | |
| expertise in Latin American markets and the satellite | |
| industry will provide us with the essential combination | |
| needed to further develop the International Voice and | |
| Data division," said Dave Kagan, president and | |
| chief operating officer of ICG Satellite Services, Inc.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>About | |
| ICG Satellite Services</strong><br> | |
| ICG Satellite Services, Inc (ICGSS) is a Miami-based | |
| company with affiliate offices in Holmdel, N.J. and | |
| Englewood, Colo. ICGSS offers international satellite | |
| voice and data services and is the major provider of | |
| C-band voice, fax, Internet and data communications to | |
| the cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, and offshore oil and | |
| gas platforms around the world. ICGSS also provides | |
| ship-to-shore live video and radio broadcast | |
| capabilities. ICG Satellite Services, Inc. is a division | |
| of ICG Communications, Inc., headquartered in suburban | |
| Denver (NASDAQ: ICGX). Further information is available | |
| on ICGs web site located at<a href="http://www.icgcomm.com/"> | |
| </a><a href="http://www.icgcom.com/">http://www.icgcom.com</a></font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" bgColor="#c0c0c0" width="100%"><a name="6-9-99"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network Signs Exclusive Contract With | |
| AT&T</font></strong></a></td> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>Miami, | |
| June 9, 1999</strong> - Maritime Telecommunications | |
| Network (MTN), a subsidiary of ICG Satellite Services, | |
| has signed an exclusive seven-year lease agreement with | |
| AT&T to provide C-Band equipment including antennas, | |
| stabilized platforms and terminal services to be used on | |
| US Navy ships around the world.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">MTN | |
| already supports numerous government contracts including | |
| Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR), Defense | |
| Information Systems Agency (DISA), Afloat Personal | |
| Telecommunications System (APTS) and Armed Forces Radio | |
| and Television Services (AFRTS). "This agreement | |
| will enhance MTNs association with AT&T and the | |
| US Navy," said Dave Kagan, president of MTN. | |
| "We are excited about being part of providing the | |
| US sailors the ability to call home while at sea."</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">The | |
| new agreement extends MTNs previous contract with | |
| AT&T and will include the installation of at least | |
| 15 APTS systems on board military ships. The MTN system | |
| enables sailors to utilize their AT&T Calling Cards | |
| to make calls from anywhere in the world. The lease | |
| agreement allows renewal options, which will grant | |
| AT&T the ability to continue service throughout the | |
| term of the APTS Programs life.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>About | |
| AT & T Corp.</strong><br> | |
| AT&T is the worlds premier provider of voice and | |
| data communications, with more than 80 million | |
| customers, including businesses, government and | |
| consumers. AT&T runs the worlds largest, most | |
| powerful long-distance network and the largest wireless | |
| network in North America. The company is a leading | |
| supplier of data and Internet services for businesses | |
| and the nations largest direct Internet service | |
| provider to consumers. AT&T also provides local | |
| telephone service to a growing number of businesses. | |
| Visit AT&Ts web site, <a href="http://www.att.com/">http://www.att.com</a> | |
| for more information about the company.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>About | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network</strong><br> | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network, Inc. (MTN) is the | |
| leading provider of C-Band voice, fax, data and Internet | |
| communications to the cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, | |
| and to offshore oil and gas platforms around the world. | |
| MTN also provides ship-to-shore live video and radio | |
| broadcast capabilities in C- or Ku-Band. Through its | |
| Earth Station in Holmdel, N.J., it also offers | |
| international satellite voice, data and Internet | |
| services. MTN and its parent company, ICG Satellite | |
| Services, Inc., are divisions of ICG Communications, | |
| Inc., which is headquartered in Englewood, CO. (NASDAQ - | |
| "ICGX"). Further information is available on | |
| ICGs web site located at<a href="http://www.icgcomm.com/"> | |
| http://www.icgcom.com .</a></font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" bgColor="#c0c0c0" width="100%"><a name="6-1-99"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network Provides Live Broadcast For | |
| Ericssons Caribbean Adventure</font></strong></a></td> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>Miami, | |
| June 1, 1999</strong> - Maritime Telecommunications | |
| Network (MTN), a subsidiary of ICG Satellite Services, | |
| provided the live broadcast for Ericssons hi-tech | |
| satellite event on board the MS Ryndam. Ericsson | |
| storeowners sailing aboard the ship where able to | |
| communicate with store employees while watching them on | |
| the big screen video projection down-linked to the ship. | |
| "Our video project would not have been a success | |
| without MTN," said Erik Franzen, Field Producer, | |
| StarPeople, Sweden.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">MTN | |
| provided the live feed from Sydney, Australia and Venice | |
| Beach, Calif. via their International Gateway located in | |
| Holmdel, NJ to the MS Ryndam while at sea. MTN supplied | |
| International M-PEG 2 Flyaway video system, set up a | |
| technical operations area using plug and play equipment | |
| cases to provide the live segments needed onboard the | |
| ship during the Dealer presentations and awards sessions | |
| each evening. All segments of the digital video service | |
| were provided through the existing MTN C-Band Digital | |
| Stabilized Earth Station (DSES), which currently | |
| provides the MS Ryndam with its voice, fax and data | |
| communications services.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>About | |
| Ericsson Mobile Communications</strong><br> | |
| Ericsson is a leading telecommunications equipment | |
| supplier. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, the | |
| company produces advanced systems and products for wired | |
| and mobile communications in public and private | |
| networks. With more than 100,000 employees in 140 | |
| countries, Ericsson simplifies communications for its | |
| customers ¾ network operators, service providers, | |
| enterprises and consumers ¾ the world over. More | |
| information on Ericsson is available on their global web | |
| site at <a href="http://www.ericsson.com/">http://www.ericsson.com</a></font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>About | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network</strong><br> | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network, Inc. (MTN) is the | |
| leading provider of C-Band voice, fax, data and internet | |
| communications to the cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, | |
| and to offshore oil and gas platforms around the world. | |
| MTN also provides ship-to-shore live video and radio | |
| broadcast capabilities in C- or Ku-Band. Through its | |
| Earth Station in Holmdel, N.J., it also offers | |
| international satellite voice, data and Internet | |
| services. MTN and its parent company, ICG Satellite | |
| Services, Inc., are divisions of ICG Communications, | |
| Inc., which is headquartered in Englewood, CO. (NASDAQ - | |
| "ICGX"). Further information is available on | |
| ICGs web site located at<a href="http://www.icgcomm.com/"> | |
| </a><a href="http://www.icgcom.com/">http://www.icgcom.com</a></font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" bgColor="#c0c0c0" width="100%"><a name="4-13-99"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network Provides Unisys | |
| Corporations "Top Producers" With Floating | |
| Office On Board Carnivals MS Destiny</font></strong></a></td> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>Miami, | |
| April 13, 1999</strong> Unisys Corporation is | |
| committed to their customers. Indeed, it is that strong | |
| commitment to good customer relations, which Unisys has | |
| successfully instilled in their top sales people, that | |
| was the driving force behind the one-week cruise on | |
| board Carnivals MS Destiny. Mixing business with | |
| pleasure, Unisys converted the card room and lounge on | |
| board the MS Destiny into an International | |
| Communications Center.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, (MTN) a subsidiary of ICG | |
| Communications, Inc., was there for the seven-day trip | |
| providing a unilateral T-1 connection. Unisys | |
| Information Technology Group engineered and supported a | |
| virtual private network (VPN) via the Global Internet, | |
| which kept Unisys employees in touch with their | |
| offices, homes and customers worldwide. "With | |
| MTNs help we were able to provide an essential and | |
| cost effect service to over 900 Unisys sales | |
| personnel, executives and spouses," said Tom | |
| Costello, vice president, Special Events for Unisys.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">MTN | |
| provided eighteen telephone, fax and modem lines and | |
| kept the circuits alive from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for | |
| daily Unisys usage. "With the state-of-the-art | |
| technology available today, more and more corporations | |
| will find conducting business at sea to be the norm in | |
| years to come," said Richard Hadsall, vice | |
| president of operations of MTN.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>About | |
| Unisys</strong><br> | |
| Unisys (NYSE:UIS) is more than 33,000 employees helping | |
| customers in 100 countries apply information technology | |
| to solve their business problems. Unisys solutions are | |
| based on a broad portfolio of global information | |
| services including systems integration, outsourcing, | |
| "repeatable" application solutions, | |
| consulting, network integration, remote network | |
| management, and multivendor maintenance and support, | |
| coupled with enterprise-class servers and associated | |
| middleware, software and storage. Headquartered in Blue | |
| Bell, Pennsylvania, in the Greater Philadelphia area, | |
| Unisys had 1998 annual revenue of $7.2 billion. Access | |
| the Unisys home page on the World Wide Web <a href="http://www.unisys.com">http://www.unisys.com</a> | |
| for further information.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>About | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network</strong><br> | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network, Inc. (MTN) is the | |
| leading provider of C-Band voice, fax and data | |
| communications to the cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, | |
| and to offshore oil and gas platforms around the world. | |
| MTN also provides ship-to-shore live video and radio | |
| broadcast capabilities in C- or Ku-Band. Through its | |
| Earth Station in Holmdel, N.J., it also offers | |
| international satellite voice and data services. MTN and | |
| its parent company, ICG Satellite Services, Inc., are | |
| divisions of ICG Communications, Inc., which is | |
| headquartered in Englewood, CO. (NASDAQ - "ICGX"). | |
| Further information is available on ICGs web site | |
| located at<a href="http://www.icgcomm.com/"> | |
| http://www.icgcomm.com.</a></font></p> | |
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| Takes Part In Princess Cruise Lines Love Boat | |
| National Holiday</font></strong></a></td> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>April | |
| 1,1999, Miami</strong> - For the 9th year Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc., (MTN), a subsidiary of | |
| ICG Satellite Services, Inc. has provided enhanced | |
| communication services and all of the satellite links | |
| needed for Princess Cruise Lines annual Valentines | |
| voyage.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">"The | |
| seven-day cruise provided plenty of excitement and fun, | |
| and MTN was there to cover it all," says Brad | |
| Briggs, Vice-President of Sales and Marketing of MTN.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">MTN | |
| stepped up its satellite voice, fax and data | |
| communications system to offer both live video, radio | |
| and high-speed Internet access capabilities to over 15 | |
| television stations on board the Grand Princess. | |
| Additionally, MTN provided 24 hour per day C-Band Video | |
| uplink, dedicated coordination phones, IFBs and | |
| satellite delivered data services. With a four-person | |
| crew, MTN assumed round the clock personalized services | |
| to the production crews of "PERRI PRODUCTIONS" | |
| of Marina Del Ray, Ca. executive producers of all LIVE | |
| and taped segments transmitted from the ship.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">This | |
| years Valentines voyage sailed on February | |
| 8th-14th.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><b><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">About | |
| Maritime Telecommunication Network</font></b><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc. is the leading provider | |
| of C-Band voice, fax and data communications to the | |
| cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, and to offshore oil and | |
| gas platforms around the world. MTN also provides | |
| ship-to-shore live video and radio broadcast | |
| capabilities in C- or Ku-Band. Through its Earth Station | |
| in Holmdel, N.J., it also offers international satellite | |
| voice and data services. ICG Satellite Services, Inc. is | |
| a division of ICG Communications, Inc., which is | |
| headquartered in Englewood, CO. (NASDAQ - "ICGX").</font></p> | |
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| <p align="center"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a name="d">MTN | |
| and Digital Seas International Form Alliance to Provide | |
| Internet Services to Cruise Line Industry</a></font></strong></p> | |
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| <td width="100%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>Miami, | |
| Feb. 25, 1999</strong> - Imagine being able to check | |
| your E-mail in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean or | |
| cruising the Internet from the convenience of your | |
| cruise ship cabin. Many Internet services are now being | |
| offered through new technology developed by Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network (MTN), a subsidiary of ICG | |
| Satellite Services Inc., and Digital Seas International | |
| (DSI).<br> | |
| <br> | |
| Passengers and ship personnel can visit the 24-hour | |
| Internet Café for quick and easy access to many | |
| services, including Internet access to check hometown | |
| news, stock market updates, and the ability to send or | |
| receive E-mail. Other services, for example, video | |
| conferencing, electronic white boards and company | |
| E-mail, provide major corporations with on-board | |
| capabilities never before available. The computer and | |
| on-line services offered by DSI are revolutionizing the | |
| way cruise lines will do business in the future, said | |
| Glenn Farrington, president of Digital Seas | |
| International.<br> | |
| <br> | |
| About Digital Seas International<br> | |
| The world leader in cruise ship solutions, DSI is | |
| bringing the Digital Age to the cruise industry. A | |
| privately held company with offices in New York, Alabama | |
| and soon Florida, DSI was founded to allow the cruising | |
| industry to tap into what has become the communication | |
| medium of the future, the computer and on-line industry. | |
| With this in mind the Digital Seas Internet Café was | |
| born, a computer room on board where passengers can stay | |
| wired while at sea. The earth is mostly water: somebody | |
| has to wire it! Visit Digital Seas web site, | |
| www.digitalseas.com for more information about the | |
| company.<br> | |
| <br> | |
| About Maritime Telecommunications Network<br> | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network, Inc. (MTN) is the | |
| leading provider of C-Band voice, fax and data | |
| communications to the cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, | |
| and to offshore oil and gas platforms around the world. | |
| MTN also provides ship-to-shore live video and radio | |
| broadcast capabilities in C- or Ku-Band. Through its | |
| Earth Station in Holmdel, N.J., it also offers | |
| international satellite voice and data services. ICG | |
| Satellite Services, Inc. is a division of ICG | |
| Communications, Inc., which is headquartered in | |
| Englewood, Colo. (NASDAQ - ICGX). Further | |
| information is available on ICGs web site located at | |
| http://www.icgcomm.com.<br> | |
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| <p align="center"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a name="a">Norwegian</a> | |
| Cruise Line Extends Relationship With MTN; Renews | |
| Contract for Three Additional Years</font></strong></p> | |
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| <strong>December 04,1998, Miami </strong> Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc. (MTN), a subsidiary of | |
| ICG Satellite Services, Inc., will continue to provide | |
| telecommunication services to the Norwegian Cruise Line | |
| (NCL) fleet, under a contract extension signed in | |
| October.</font></p> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">MTN | |
| provides telephone, fax and data services to passengers | |
| and NCLs administrative staff. MTN also offers | |
| enhanced services including shore-to-ship dialing, | |
| Internet access and phone cards. Under the contract, MTN | |
| will provide an upgrade to NCLs current C-Band | |
| service from 64 KBS to 128 KBS, including Dynamic | |
| Bandwidth Allocation. The upgrade to a larger, | |
| more flexible circuit will give NCL the opportunity to | |
| offer greater voice and data capabilities.</font></p> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Additionally, | |
| NCL will implement MTNs new inbound dialing service, | |
| which will enable passengers to be contacted on any | |
| Norwegian cruise ship. Norwegian Cruise Lines and MTN | |
| have developed a productive business partnership, | |
| said Brad Briggs, Vice President of Sales and Marketing | |
| for MTN. As Norwegians business continues to | |
| grow, MTN will continue providing them and their | |
| customers more enhanced services.</font></p> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">MTNs | |
| relationship with Norwegian began in 1992 with the | |
| installation of equipment on the Seaward and has | |
| expanded to include the entire NCL fleet. The new | |
| contract marks the third agreement between NCL and MTN. | |
| MTN has come a long way since 1992, said Johannes | |
| Kausland, director of Maritime Communications of NCL. | |
| Today, MTN offers more telecommunications features to | |
| our fleet than ever before while maintaining low | |
| costs."</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc. is the major provider | |
| of C-Band voice, fax and data communications to the | |
| cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, and to offshore oil and | |
| gas platforms around the world. MTN also provides | |
| ship-to-shore live video and radio broadcast | |
| capabilities in C- or Ku-Band. Through its Earth | |
| Station in Holmdel, N.J., it also offers international | |
| satellite voice and data services. ICG Satellite | |
| Services, Inc. is a division of ICG Communications, | |
| Inc., which is headquartered in Englewood, CO. (NASDAQ - | |
| ICGX).</font></p> | |
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| <p align="center"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a name="b">Telia</a> | |
| AB Selects ICG Satellte Services To Provide High-Speed | |
| Connection To Ecuador</font></strong></p> | |
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| <p class="MsoBodyText"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><br> | |
| <strong>November 24, 1998, Miami, Florida</strong> | |
| ICG Satellite Services, Inc (ICGSS), International Voice | |
| and Data (IVD) division, will provide Telia AB with two | |
| asymmetric T-1 private satellite circuits connecting | |
| Telias North American Internet backbone to its points | |
| of presence (POPs) in both Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador.</font></p> | |
| <p class="MsoBodyText2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Telia | |
| is the largest carrier of telecom-based information | |
| services in Sweden, as well as other Nordic territories, | |
| providing telephony, virtual private networks (VPN), | |
| Video and Internet connections worldwide. The | |
| former PTT monopoly carrier of Sweden in association | |
| with Cyberweb, a local Internet provider in Equador, and | |
| GlobalXChange, a U.S.-based partner of Telia, has | |
| expanded its global reach to provide faster Internet | |
| services to residential and commercial customers in | |
| Ecuador. As a result, Ecuador has become one of | |
| the most promising markets in Latin America. | |
| Progressive companies, like Telia, are constantly | |
| searching for innovative solutions to meet customer | |
| demand, said Brent Perrott, director of International | |
| Voice and Data for ICGSS. This alliance with | |
| Satellite Services will help them fulfill those | |
| needs.</font></p> | |
| <p class="MsoBodyText2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">As | |
| the worlds largest Internet Service Provider (ISP) | |
| outside of the United States, Telia has enlarged its | |
| U.S.-based backbone, thus expanding its volume of | |
| service to Europe, Asia and South America. With a | |
| very aggressive expansion plan for our IP-backbone and | |
| IP-based services, we need flexible and reliable | |
| providers like ICG for our satellite connections, | |
| said Christer Bergman, Director of Marketing IP | |
| Services, The Americas, on Telias association with | |
| ICGSS.</font></p> | |
| <p class="MsoBodyText2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">The | |
| IVD division of ICG Satellite Services has experienced | |
| strong growth during the past 18 months, primarily due | |
| to an aggressive strategy in Latin America. The | |
| IVD division has been successful in providing end-to-end | |
| services such as international satellite connectivity, | |
| hardware requirements, collocation services, and | |
| engineering support, as well as value-added services | |
| including ATM, frame relay, switching and high-speed | |
| Internet backbone access.</font></p> | |
| <p class="MsoBodyText2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">ICGSS | |
| is a Miami-based company with affiliate offices in | |
| Holmdel, N.J. and Englewood, Colo. ICG Satellite | |
| Services, Inc. also provides ship-to-shore | |
| communications for the cruise industry and the U.S. | |
| Navy, including live video and radio broadcast | |
| transmissions. ICG Communications is headquartered | |
| in Englewood, Colo.</font></p> | |
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| <p align="center"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a name="c">Topaz</a> | |
| International Shipping, Inc. Signs a 3-Year Agreement | |
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| <p class="MsoTitle"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><br> | |
| <strong>Miami, Nov. 19,1998</strong> - Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network Inc. (MTN), a subsidiary of | |
| ICG Satellite Services, Inc. has added another cruise | |
| ship to its distinguished client roster. Topaz | |
| International Shipping, Inc. just signed a 3-year | |
| telecommunications agreement for the recently renovated | |
| M/S Topaz. </font></p> | |
| <p class="MsoTitle"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">The | |
| M/S Topaz, formerly Carnival Cruise Lines M/S | |
| Carnivale, refurbished in Greece this year, contains 538 | |
| passenger cabins and has a capacity for 1,050 passengers | |
| and 480 crew members. The ship has been chartered on a | |
| 5-year long-term agreement by Thompson Holidays Ltd. in | |
| the United Kingdom with itineraries primarily in the | |
| Western Caribbean and Europe. Kyma Ship | |
| Management, Inc. is handling all onboard operations. | |
| MTN has a very respectable reputation in the cruise | |
| line industry and we are confident that they will | |
| provide us with reliable telecommunications service for | |
| the Topaz, said a spokesperson for Kyma Ship | |
| Management, Inc.</font></p> | |
| <p class="MsoBodyText"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">MTN | |
| will provide basic onboard telecommunications ability | |
| through C-Band service at 64 KBS, allowing voice, fax | |
| and data capability. This service will give the | |
| M/S Topaz the opportunity to generate onboard revenue | |
| through passenger calling and permit MTN to introduce | |
| new enhanced telecommunications services in the near | |
| future, including calling cards and shore-to-ship | |
| dialing. As a new company, Topaz International | |
| Shippings partnership with MTN will provide crucial | |
| communications services which will help them grow, | |
| stated Bradford C. Briggs, Vice President of Sales & | |
| Marketing for MTN. Installing our telecommunications | |
| services aboard the Topaz will enable them and their | |
| ships guests - to have reliable access to | |
| land-based telephone networks.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc. is the major provider | |
| of C-Band voice, fax and data communications to the | |
| cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, and to offshore oil and | |
| gas platforms around the world. MTN provides | |
| ship-to-shore live video and radio broadcast | |
| capabilities, as well. Through its Earth Station | |
| in Holmdel, NJ, it also offers international satellite | |
| voice and data services. ICG Satellite Services, | |
| Inc. is a division of ICG Communications, Inc., | |
| headquartered in suburban Denver, CO.</font></p> | |
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| <p align="center"><a name="11-6-98"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">ICG | |
| Satellite Services Business Growth Led By International | |
| Voice and Data Division</font></a></b></p> | |
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| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><b>MIAMI</b> | |
| <b>November 06, 1998 </b> ICG Satellite Services, | |
| Inc. (ICGSS), a wholly owned subsidiary of ICG | |
| Communications Inc, today announced that its newest | |
| division, International Voice and Data (IVD), has | |
| successfully driven growth in international voice, data | |
| and video a hot, new market for satellite | |
| facilities.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">The | |
| IVD division provides telephony, Internet, video and | |
| other data services for the international carrier and | |
| foreign Internet service providers (ISPs), via | |
| satellite. During the past 18 months, the IVD division | |
| expanded its customer base through support of | |
| international services and has steadily grown from 15 | |
| percent to more than 40 percent of ICGSS revenue.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">"The | |
| growth in international services is increasingly | |
| generated by non-tier-1 carriers and ISPs who want a | |
| competitive alternative, but have difficulty finding an | |
| able partner," said Dave Kagan, president of ICGSS. | |
| "Because of the expanded services the IVD division | |
| offers, the company can fulfill the needs of these | |
| carrier and ISPs and help them successfully compete with | |
| larger tier-1 carriers."</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">A | |
| market leader in satellite communications applications | |
| for the past 14 years, ICGSS core business focuses on | |
| the cruise and naval maritime industries, as well as the | |
| domestic market for Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) | |
| satellite transmissions and video services.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">"The | |
| success of the Satellite Services division reflects | |
| several factors," said Brent Perrott, Director of | |
| the IVD division. "Satellite Services has made more | |
| efficient use of its assets, which has enabled the | |
| company to serve as a key Internet exchange point for | |
| large foreign telephone companies and ISPs. Our success | |
| in this area compliments our core business and the ICG | |
| Netcom family at-large."</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">ICGSS | |
| growth as an Internet exchange point is witnessed by | |
| recent international transmission deals with companies, | |
| including Comsat General, Telintar Sur (international | |
| carrier of Argentina), and UUNet Technologies.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">"As | |
| nations around the world deregulate their | |
| telecommunications industries, the IVD division assist | |
| them in providing alternative facilities to the | |
| traditional and emerging U.S. carriers," said | |
| Perrott. "Satellite Services excellent | |
| facilities offers superior connections to the Internet | |
| backbone and to the primary international telephony | |
| transfer points in New York, Los Angeles and Miami. In | |
| addition, using a variety of satellite antennas, | |
| Satellite Services is providing access globally."</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Currently, | |
| the IVD division is providing end-to-end services for | |
| customers, including international satellite | |
| connectivity, hardware requirements, collocation and | |
| engineering support. Additionally, IVD provides | |
| value-added services, including ATM, frame relay, | |
| switching and high-speed Internet backbone access. The | |
| company continues to expand this business through the | |
| investment of additional satellite and fiber facilities.</font></p> | |
| <p align="left"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">ICG | |
| Satellite Services, Inc. a Miami based company with | |
| affiliate offices in Holmdel, N. J. and Englewood, Colo. | |
| offers international satellite voice and data | |
| services and is the major provider of C-Band voice, fax | |
| and data communications to the cruise industry, the U.S. | |
| Navy, and to offshore oil and gas platforms around the | |
| world. ICGSS also provides ship-to-shore live video and | |
| radio broadcast capabilities. ICG Satellite Services, | |
| Inc. is a division of ICG Communications, Inc., | |
| headquartered in suburban Denver, CO (NASDAQ - "ICGX").</font></p> | |
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| <p align="center"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a name="9">ICG</a> | |
| Satellite Services Expands Offering With the | |
| Installation of Two New Antennas</font></strong></p> | |
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| <p class="MsoBodyText"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Company | |
| Strives to Provide Its Customers With Increased | |
| Satellite Capabilities</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><strong>Oct. | |
| 6, 1998, Miami</strong> ICG Satellite Services, | |
| Inc.s (ICGSS) operations center in Holmdel, NJ | |
| the recent recipient of the World Teleport | |
| Associations (WTA) Operating Teleport of the Year | |
| Award today announced the rapid expansion of its | |
| range of services and expertise by beginning the first | |
| of two antenna installation projects.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">On | |
| Sept. 15, a Comsat RSI, 11-meter antenna was installed | |
| and activated at the Holmdel Operations Center. This | |
| antenna will primarily service ICGSS International | |
| Voice and Data customers on GE Americoms newest | |
| satellite, GE3 at 87 degrees west.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">"Our | |
| customers will benefit from the added communications | |
| services that we will be able to provide after we add | |
| these new antennas," said Mark DeSantis, operations | |
| manager for ICGSS. "The efficiency and timeliness | |
| with which this first antenna installation was completed | |
| shows our commitment to serving our customers | |
| expanding needs."</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">In | |
| addition, a 16.4-meter Vertex antenna system will be | |
| installed at the Holmdel site in early 1999. The | |
| 16-meter antenna will be utilizing Intelsats first | |
| linear satellite the I805 at 304.5 degrees east. | |
| This antenna will have a remotely controlled hybrid feed | |
| that will allow access to Intelsats linear pole | |
| satellite as well as circular pole satellites. | |
| International voice and data customers will be provided | |
| with an initial service on this antenna of four 34/2 | |
| Mbps asymmetric Internet circuits to South America. | |
| ICGSS cruise and military customers will also benefit | |
| from this antennas 3 Kw HPAs, Up and Down converters | |
| and four-part feed, configured to offer services for | |
| extended C-Band range.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">In | |
| addition to ICGSS ongoing expansion projects for | |
| antennas, and due to the significant demand for its | |
| satellite services, ICGSS is establishing a Research and | |
| Development Laboratory for its engineering department.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">ICG | |
| Satellite Services, Inc. through its Earth Station in | |
| Holmdel, NJ, offers international satellite voice and | |
| data services and is the major provider of C-Band voice, | |
| fax and data communications to the cruise industry, the | |
| U.S. Navy, and to offshore oil and gas platforms around | |
| the world. ICGSS provides ship-to-shore live video and | |
| radio broadcast capabilities, as well. ICG Satellite | |
| Services, Inc. is a division of ICG Communications, | |
| Inc., headquartered in suburban Denver, CO (NASDAQ - | |
| "ICGX").</font></p> | |
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| provides TV Direct to Sailors (TV-DTS)</font></strong></td> | |
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| <strong>August 3,1998, Miami, FL</strong> Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc. (MTN) teamed with Orbit | |
| CT&T, Los Angeles, CA; Allied Technology, Virginia | |
| Beach, VA and World Com Enterprise, Springfield, VA and | |
| has been awarded the contract to supply Television | |
| Direct to Sailors (TV-DTS) terminals for installation on | |
| US Navy vessels by the Space & Naval Warfare Systems | |
| Center (SPAWAR) in San Diego, CA. The contract value, | |
| with all options is estimated in excess of $12.8 | |
| million. "We are glad to have the privilege of | |
| providing this innovative service to the US Navy and are | |
| looking forward to a long and healthy business | |
| relationship," said David Kagan, President and COO | |
| of MTN.</font> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">The | |
| Armed Forces Radio and Television Services (AFRTS) | |
| broadcast operations initially began in late 1997. The | |
| AFRTS TV-DTS initiative takes advantage of global, high | |
| power satellite transponders and small satellite | |
| terminal technologies to provide high quality television | |
| broadcasts to Sailors and Marines at sea, 24 hours a | |
| day, even on the smallest Navy surface vessels. This | |
| concept presents a revolutionary ability to link all | |
| Navy personnel afloat to the news and informational | |
| events affecting their immediate deployed operational | |
| situations while providing them with a familiar and high | |
| quality "touch of home" entertainment service. | |
| This system will eventually become an essential part of | |
| the overall Department of Defense information | |
| architecture and service.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">AFRTS | |
| broadcasts a digital signal to a C-Band shipboard | |
| antenna to support a data channel, one program guide, | |
| two video channels and four audio channels. One channel | |
| of television is AFRTS Newsports channel, which airs | |
| approximately 14 hours of sports and 10 hours of news | |
| broadcast daily. The second television channel carries | |
| entertainment programs comprised of shows presently | |
| aired on the four major networks.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc. is the major provider | |
| of C-Band voice, fax and data communications to the | |
| cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, and to offshore oil and | |
| gas platforms around the world. MTN provides | |
| ship-to-shore live video and radio broadcast | |
| capabilities, as well. Through its Earth Station in | |
| Holmdel, NJ, it also offers international satellite | |
| voice and data services. MTN is a majority owned | |
| subsidiary of ICG Satellite Services, Inc. which is a | |
| division of ICG Communications, Inc., headquartered in | |
| suburban Denver, CO (NASDAQ - "ICGX").</font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" bgColor="#c0c0c0" width="100%"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a name="4"></a>Royal | |
| Caribbean International Signs 3-Year Telecommunications | |
| Agreement with MTN for Entire Fleet</font></strong></td> | |
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| <strong>July 28, 1998, Miami, FL </strong> Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc. (MTN), a subsidiary of | |
| ICG Satellite Services, Inc. has signed a new agreement | |
| with Royal Caribbean International to install | |
| telecommunications equipment. MTN already provides | |
| service on several of Royal Caribbeans Vision class | |
| ships; the Grandeur of the Seas, Rhapsody of the Seas, | |
| Legend of the Seas, Monarch of the Seas, Nordic Empress, | |
| Sovereign of the Seas and Viking Serenade.</font> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">The | |
| 3-year agreement provides for C-Band telecommunications | |
| service for passenger and administrative voice, fax and | |
| data communications. Installation of the MTN system | |
| began on the Splendour of the Seas in April and will | |
| continue on the rest of the ships throughout 1998. | |
| "We have been very happy with MTNs service on | |
| the Vision class ships," said Richard Glasier, | |
| Executive Vice President and CFO of Royal Caribbean | |
| International. "It made good business sense to | |
| expand MTNs reliable services to the rest of our | |
| fleet."</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">In | |
| addition to the basic telecommunication services, MTN is | |
| presently providing crew calling cards on Royal | |
| Caribbeans ships. Shore-to-Ship dialing, Internet | |
| access and video conferencing are also in the works. | |
| "These additional services are convenient, | |
| affordable and reliable for the passengers and | |
| crew," said Bradford Briggs, Vice President of | |
| Sales and Marketing for MTN. "We are looking | |
| forward to rolling them out to the rest of the | |
| fleet."</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc. is the major provider | |
| of C-Band voice, fax and data communications to the | |
| cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, and to offshore oil and | |
| gas platforms around the world. MTN provides | |
| ship-to-shore live video and radio broadcast | |
| capabilities in C- or Ku-Band, as well. Through its | |
| Earth Station in Holmdel, NJ, it also offers | |
| international satellite voice and data services. ICG | |
| Satellite Services, Inc. is a division of ICG | |
| Communications, Inc., headquartered in suburban Denver, | |
| CO (NASDAQ - "ICGX").</font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" bgColor="#c0c0c0" width="100%"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a name="2"></a>MTN | |
| Provides Telecommunications Equipment for Titanic | |
| Expedition</font></strong></td> | |
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| <strong>July 27, 1998, Miami, FL</strong> Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc. (MTN), a subsidiary of | |
| ICG Satellite Services, Inc. is providing | |
| telecommunications equipment/services for the | |
| NBC/Discovery Channel Titanic expedition. The Ocean | |
| Voyager, a 651-ton research ship owned and operated by | |
| GARD Line Surveys, France, will sail from Boston, | |
| Massachusetts on July 30th, arriving at the Titanic | |
| wreckage on August 3, 1998.</font> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">The | |
| NBC/Discovery Channel broadcast schedule begins on | |
| August 10th and runs through August 18th. During this | |
| time, Dateline NBC will air a special one-hour edition | |
| from the expedition site on August 12th. The Discovery | |
| Channel plans to broadcast a live, 2-hour show, feeding | |
| 100 countries, August 16th. And, both NBC News and the | |
| Discovery Channel will run taped news segments | |
| throughout the expedition dates. NBC will be providing | |
| all audio and video production facilities.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">MTNs | |
| role in the expedition will involve providing a 9697 | |
| Intelsat standard G, 2.4 meter antenna system supplying | |
| 400 watts output, MPEG-2 full-motion digital video and a | |
| duplex T1 telecommunications channel. All equipment will | |
| be collocated in and on top of an NBC 8x8x40 | |
| self-contained shipping container with full-blown | |
| production studio and operations center. "We are | |
| very excited about the Titanic expedition and are | |
| confident that our state-of-the-art equipment will | |
| deliver the necessary telecommunications and video | |
| services efficiently and reliably," said Richard | |
| Hadsall, Vice President of Operations for MTN.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Woods | |
| Hole Oceanographic Institute in Woods Hole, | |
| Massachusetts will be providing the underwater portion | |
| of the show via Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV). The ROV | |
| will be tethered to the Ocean Voyager with a 2-mile long | |
| fiber optic cable needed to reach the Titanic which is | |
| located 11/2 miles below the oceans surface. RMS | |
| Titanic will be supplying a 3-man submarine and up to | |
| 2-3 other ships that will surround the Ocean Voyager to | |
| chronicle the expedition via film, photos, etc.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc. is the major provider | |
| of C-Band voice, fax and data communications to the | |
| cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, and to offshore oil and | |
| gas platforms around the world. MTN provides | |
| ship-to-shore live video and radio broadcast | |
| capabilities in C- or Ku-Band, as well. Through its | |
| Earth Station in Holmdel, NJ, it also offers | |
| international satellite voice and data services. ICG | |
| Satellite Services, Inc. is a division of ICG | |
| Communications, Inc., headquartered in suburban Denver, | |
| CO (NASDAQ - "ICGX").</font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" bgColor="#c0c0c0" width="100%"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a name="3"></a>Princess | |
| Cruises signs with Maritime Telecommunications Network | |
| To Provide Telecommunications Service to the Grand | |
| Princess</font></strong></td> | |
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| <strong>January 28, 1998, Miami, FL</strong> | |
| Princess Cruises and Maritime Telecommunications Network | |
| (MTN) signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar | |
| agreement selecting MTN as the communications provider | |
| for the Princess fleet, including their newest addition | |
| The Grand Princess. The Grand Princess will be the | |
| largest Cruise Ship in the world and will require the | |
| innovative C-Band communications equipment that MTN can | |
| provide.</font> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">The | |
| Grand Princess will have a circuit that is twice the | |
| size of most ships today and will double her | |
| communications capacity. Passenger telephone | |
| availability will double along with ship data and | |
| administration capacity. "We are pleased to provide | |
| the Grand Princess and the Princess fleet with our | |
| newest communications technology," said Douglas | |
| Falk, President of MTN.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">The | |
| Grand Princess will also have the added benefit of live | |
| video broadcast capability. Princess Cruises has used | |
| this service many times in the past 4 years to broadcast | |
| news media events featuring past stars of "The Love | |
| Boat" television show. MTN, a subsidiary of ICG | |
| Satellite Services (ICGSS), is the only communications | |
| provider to currently supply the maritime industry with | |
| compressed digital video and audio telecommunications | |
| capabilities.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">"We | |
| chose to expand our relationship with MTN because our | |
| newest ship, the Grand Princess, requires advanced | |
| communications technology. The MTN system meets both our | |
| technology requirements today as well as our anticipated | |
| requirements as we grow and demand more voice, data and | |
| video broadcast capabilities," said Rick James, | |
| Senior Vice President of Sales and Corporate Relations | |
| of Princess Cruises.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">A | |
| leader in worldwide communications, MTN is the major | |
| provider of C-Band voice, fax and data communications to | |
| the cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, and to offshore oil | |
| and gas platforms around the world. ICG Satellite | |
| Services, Inc. is a division of ICG Communications, | |
| Inc., headquartered in Englewood, CO (NASDAQ - "ICGX").</font></p> | |
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| <p align="center"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a name="5"></a>CARNIVAL | |
| CRUISE SHIP TO HOST FIRST-EVER LIVE DIGITAL RADIO | |
| BROADCAST VIA MTN/C-BAND TECHNOLOGY</font></strong></p> | |
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| <strong>January 5, 1998, Miami, FL </strong>- In | |
| early January 1998, Carnival Cruise Lines' Inspiration | |
| will host Capital Radio UK for a one-week cruise. While | |
| cruising, radio station personalities will be | |
| broadcasting live for 4 hours per day. The broadcast is | |
| made possible because Carnival ships employ the advanced | |
| digital telecommunications capabilities of Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network's (MTN) C-Band satellite | |
| systems. MTN is the only maritime telecommunications | |
| company to provide this type of service via C-Band.</font> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Radio | |
| Personalities can broadcast live while the ship is at | |
| sea or in port, allowing the show to be aired during its | |
| regularly scheduled time slot. Capital Radio listeners | |
| in Europe will also be able to "call in" to | |
| the announcers during the broadcast for complete | |
| interaction. "It will be no different than if the | |
| show was broadcast from the UK studio, " said | |
| Richard Hadsall, Vice President Operations of MTN</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">MTN | |
| provides both live video and radio broadcast capability | |
| from its cruise line customers vessels. "Before | |
| MTN installed its telecommunications services on | |
| Carnival's ships, broadcasts were taped on the ship then | |
| played later when the ship reached port or sent via | |
| telephone line which has low voice quality. Now radio | |
| and television stations can share the cruise experience, | |
| live, real time, with their audience, meaning no more | |
| delayed broadcasts," said Doug Falk, President of | |
| MTN.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc. is the major provider | |
| of C-Band voice, fax and data communications to the | |
| cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, and to offshore oil and | |
| gas platforms around the world. Through its Earth | |
| Station in Holmdel, NJ, it also provides international | |
| satellite voice and data services. ICG Satellite | |
| Services, Inc. is a division of ICG Communications, | |
| Inc., headquartered in suburban Denver, CO (NASDAQ - | |
| "ICGX").</font></p> | |
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| <td align="middle" bgColor="#c0c0c0" width="100%"><strong><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><a name="6"></a>MARITIME | |
| TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND R CRUISES SIGN THREE YEAR | |
| AGREEMENT</font></strong></td> | |
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| <strong>September 26, 1997, Miami, FL</strong> | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a subsidiary | |
| of ICG Satellite Services (ICGSS), and R Cruises (a | |
| subsidiary of Renaissance Cruises) signed a 3 year | |
| agreement making MTN the telecommunications provider for | |
| two of R Cruises newest ships: The R1 and R2. The R1 is | |
| expected to be launched mid-1998 and the R2 in | |
| late-1998.</font> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">"We | |
| are pleased to be able to provide worldwide | |
| telecommunications to the ships of R Cruises." said | |
| Douglas Falk, president of MTN.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">"We | |
| chose MTN because our passengers will appreciate state | |
| of the art telecommunications as yet another amenity | |
| onboard our ships," said Richard Kirby, President | |
| of Renaissance Cruises.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc., systems will | |
| facilitate inbound/outbound calls and switched or | |
| dedicated voice/fax and data communication. A leader in | |
| world-wide communications, MTN is the major provider of | |
| C-Band voice, fax and data communications to the cruise | |
| industry, the U.S. Navy, and to offshore oil and gas | |
| platforms around the world. ICG Satellite Services, Inc. | |
| is a division of ICG Communications, Inc., headquartered | |
| in Englewood, CO (NASDAQ - "ICGX").</font></p> | |
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| TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND ROYAL CARIBBEAN | |
| INTERNATIONAL SIGN THREE YEAR AGREEMENT</font></strong></td> | |
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| <strong>September 19, 1997, Miami, FL</strong> | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a subsidiary | |
| of ICG Satellite Services (ICGSS), and Royal Caribbean | |
| International (RCI) have signed a 3 year agreement | |
| making MTN the telecommunications provider for three of | |
| Royal Caribbeans newly launched ships: Enchantment of | |
| the Seas, Grandeur of the Seas and Rhapsody of the Seas.</font> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">MTNs | |
| systems will facilitate inbound/outbound calls and | |
| switched or dedicated voice/fax and data communication. | |
| "We have great plans for the future and are looking | |
| forward to forging a lasting and successful business | |
| relationship with a major cruise line like Royal | |
| Caribbean," said Douglas Falk, president of MTN.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">"We | |
| chose MTN because of their state of the art equipment | |
| and dedication to service, adding to our passengers | |
| overall cruise experience," said Richard Glasier, | |
| Executive Vice-President and CFO of Royal Caribbean | |
| International.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc., a leader in world-wide | |
| communications, is the major provider of C-Band voice, | |
| fax and data communications to the cruise industry, the | |
| U.S. Navy, and to offshore oil and gas platforms around | |
| the world. ICG Satellite Services, Inc. is a division of | |
| ICG Communications, Inc., headquartered in Englewood, CO | |
| (NASDAQ - "ICGX").</font></p> | |
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| TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES | |
| SIGN A $40 MILLION, 5 YEAR C-BAND COMMUNICATIONS | |
| AGREEMENT</font></strong></td> | |
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| <strong>September 19, 1997, Miami, FL</strong> | |
| Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a subsidiary | |
| of ICG Satellite Services, Inc., announced today that it | |
| has signed a 5 year agreement, renewing its position as | |
| the principal provider of telecommunications for the | |
| Carnival Cruise Lines fleet. This new contract provides | |
| for an upgrade of Carnivals current C-Band shipboard | |
| service from 64 KBS to128 KBS per vessel, with | |
| "Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation." This larger, | |
| more flexible circuit will give Carnival vessels greater | |
| voice and data capability and permit MTN to introduce | |
| new enhanced telecommunication services for added | |
| passenger convenience.</font> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">"MTN | |
| is pleased to continue the expansion of its service to | |
| Carnival, a major cruise line, that understands the need | |
| for state of the art communications," said Doug | |
| Falk, President of MTN.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">This | |
| month, MTN is initiating a Crew Debit Card Service, | |
| which allows crew members to stay in touch with family | |
| and friends while working onboard any Carnival Ship. | |
| Future services planned include a | |
| "Shore-to-Ship" telephone service that will | |
| allow passengers to be contacted on any Carnival ship | |
| while they are cruising. The larger circuit and enhanced | |
| services, combined with passenger in-cabin phone service | |
| is expected to produce more than $40 million in gross | |
| revenue from telecom services for Carnival Cruise Lines | |
| over the next 5 years.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">"We | |
| are very pleased with the reliable and state of the art | |
| telecommunications service MTN has provided," said | |
| Brendan Corrigan, VP of Operations, for Carnival. | |
| "The new services will provide our passengers and | |
| crew with even greater flexibility in shipboard | |
| telecommunications."</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">By | |
| the end of the year, MTN plans to provide all ships | |
| currently under contract with crew debit cards, and | |
| shore-to-ship calling.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Maritime | |
| Telecommunications Network, Inc. is the major provider | |
| of C-Band voice, fax and data communications to the | |
| cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, and to offshore oil and | |
| gas platforms around the world. Through its Earth | |
| Station in Holmdel, NJ, it also provides international | |
| satellite voice and data services. ICG Satellite | |
| Services, Inc. is a division of ICG Communications, | |
| Inc., headquartered in suburban Denver, CO (NASDAQ - | |
| "ICGX").</font></p> | |
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