Eutelsat Confirms to Alcatel Alenia Space the S-Band Mission on the W2A Satellite

Eutelsat Confirms to Alcatel Alenia Space the S-Band Mission on the W2A Satellite

PARIS, October 30/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris : ETL), one of the world's
leading satellite operators, and Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) today
announced that Eutelsat has confirmed the decision to embark an S-Band
payload on the W2A satellite for which the construction contract was awarded
earlier this year.

Alcatel welcomes this decision which is a major success for
its strategy to promote Mobile TV in S band in Europe, and confirms its
vision of the market and the attractiveness of its solution.

Based on the Alcatel Alenia Space Spacebus 4000C4 platform, W2A's
missions also comprise up to 46 transponders in Ku-band and a C-band payload
of 10 transponders. Designed with a lifetime of more than 15 years, W2A has
a maximum launch mass of 5.7 tonnes and will deliver 11 kW of payload power.

The state-of-the-art S-band payload at 2.2 GHz on W2A will allow the
delivery, for the first time, of mobile multimedia broadcast services
(Mobile TV, digital radio...) directly onto user terminals over France,
Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain or the UK. It will therefore initiate the
building of a hybrid infrastructure over Europe, combining satellite and
terrestrial networks, providing both universal coverage and indoor
penetration for Mobile TV services. W2A's S-band payload will also enable
other communications services for example, for security communications or
crisis management.

Alcatel confirmed its support to Eutelsat and SES, who joined forces to
deliver S-Band services, through its technology development programme,
necessary for these innovative services. This solution uses an evolution of
the DVB-H standard in the S-Band. These developments are carried out by a
number of industrial partners including chipset manufacturers and terminal
vendors, and have been selected for the support of the French Agence de
l'Innovation Industrielle.

The W2A satellite will be in orbit in the beginning of 2009.
It is anticipated that the terrestrial deployment associated to this solution
could start as early as end 2007.

About Eutelsat Communications

Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234)
is the holding company of Eutelsat S.A. The Group is a leading satellite
operator with capacity commercialised on 23 satellites providing coverage
over the entire European continent, as well as the Middle East, Africa,
India and significant parts of Asia and the Americas. The Group is one of the
world's three leading satellite operators in terms of revenues. Its
satellites are used for broadcasting more than 2,100 TV and 970 radio
stations to more than 120 million cable and satellite homes. The Group also
provides TV contribution services, corporate networks, mobile positioning and
communications, Internet backbone connectivity and broadband access for
terrestrial, maritime and inflight applications. Eutelsat Communications is
headquartered in Paris, and the Group's workforce comprises over 490
employees from 27 countries.

www.eutelsat.com

For further information
Press Relations
Eutelsat
Vanessa O'Connor
Tel: +33-1-53-98-38-88
voconnor@eutelsat.fr

Frederique Gautier
Tel: +33-1-53-98-38-88
fgautier@eutelsat.fr

Investor Relations
Eutelsat
Gilles Janvier
Tel: +33-1-53-98-35-35
investors@eutelsat-communications.com

About Alcatel Alenia Space

Alcatel Alenia Space is the European leader in satellite systems, at the
forefront of orbit infrastructures. Created in July 2005, the company brings
together the vast experience and know-how of Alcatel Space and
Alenia Spazio to form a new leading force in European space technology.
Alcatel Alenia Space represents a worldwide standard for space development
that impacts everybody's future: from navigation to telecommunications, from
meteorology to environmental monitoring, from defense to science and
observation. Alcatel Alenia Space is an affiliate of Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA
and NYSE: ALA) (67%) and Finmeccanica (Milan:SIFI.MI, FNC.IM) (33%).

About Alcatel

Alcatel provides communications solutions to telecommunication
carriers, Internet service providers and enterprises for delivery of voice,
data and video applications to their customers or employees. Alcatel brings
its leading position in fixed and mobile broadband networks, applications and
services, to help its partners and customers build a user-centric broadband
world. With sales of EURO 13.1 billion and 58,000 employees in 2005, Alcatel
operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on
the Internet: http://www.alcatel.com

About Alcatel's "Unlimited Mobile TV" solution

The goal of Alcatel's "Unlimited Mobile TV" solution is to make
television available on mobile phones throughout rural and urban areas,
including indoors, with a wide range of programming options and excellent
image quality, regardless of the number of viewers simultaneously watching
the same program. This universal broadcast coverage is possible thanks to the
unique combination of a high-power geo-stationary satellite for
cost-effective nationwide coverage and a network of low power repeaters,
co-located with mobile base stations, to provide urban and indoor coverage.
This innovative solution uses an evolution of the DVB-H standard in the 2 GHz
band (S-Band), a telecom frequency band between 2.17 and 2.2 GHz associated
with satellite usage, which is adjacent to the 3G/UMTS band. This 30MHz band
is currently available all across Europe. For more information:
www.alcatel.com/mobiletv

Alcatel Press Contact;

Regine Coqueran/HQ
Tel.:+33-1-40-76-49-24
regine.coqueran@alcatel.com

Stephane Lapeyrade/HQ
Tel.:+33-1-40-76-12-74
stephane.lapeyrade@alcatel.com

Florence Pontieux/Alcatel Alenia Space
Tel.:+33-1-40-76-12-02
florence.pontieux@alcatelaleniaspace.com

Eric Giaretto/Alcatel Mobile Broadcast
Tel.:+ 33-1-30-77-88-47
eric.giaretto@alcatel.com

Alcatel Investors Relations;

Pascal Bantegnie
Tel. : +33-1-40-76-52-20
pascal.bantegnie@alcatel.com

Nicolas Leyssieux
Tel. : +33-1-40-76-37, 32
nicolas.leyssieux@alcatel.com

Maria Alcon
Tel .: +33-1-40-76-15-17
maria.alcon@alcatel.com

Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane
Tel: +1-703-668-7016
charlotte.laurent-ottomane@alcatel.com

Source: Eutelsat Communications

Press Relations, Eutelsat; Vanessa O'Connor, Tel: +33-1-53-98-38-88, voconnor@eutelsat.fr; Frederique Gautier, Tel: +33-1-53-98-38-88, fgautier@eutelsat.fr; Investor Relations, Eutelsat;
Gilles Janvier, Tel: +33-1-53-98-35-35, investors@eutelsat-communications.com; Regine Coqueran/HQ, Tel.:+33-1-40-76-49-24, regine.coqueran@alcatel.com, Stephane Lapeyrade/HQ
Tel.:+33-1-40-76-12-74, stephane.lapeyrade@alcatel.com, Florence Pontieux / Alcatel Alenia Space, Tel.:+33-1-40-76-12-02, florence.pontieux@alcatelaleniaspace.com; Eric Giaretto/Alcatel Mobile Broadcast, Tel.:+ 33-1-30-77-88-47, eric.giaretto@alcatel.com; Alcatel Investors Relations Pascal Bantegnie, Tel. : +33-1-40-76-52-20, pascal.bantegnie@alcatel.com, Nicolas Leyssieux,
Tel. : +33-1-40-76-37, 32, nicolas.leyssieux@alcatel.com; Maria Alcon Tel .: +33-1-40-76-15-17
maria.alcon@alcatel.com; Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane, Tel: +1-703-668-7016, charlotte.laurent-ottomane@alcatel.com

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