PR/08/10

EUTELSAT RENEWS COMPLAINTS ON DELIBERATE JAMMING AND APPEALS FOR ACTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION

Paris, 12 February 2010

Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today renewed its complaint to the ANFR (the French national frequency agency) about repeated and deliberate interference targeting satellite transmissions by television and radio channels that include BBC Persian Television, the Voice of America Television Channel in Persian, the Radio Farda service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Deutsche Welle's Television and Radio services.

Today’s complaint, officially channelled through the EUTELSAT International Intergovernmental Organisation, specifically asks the ANFR to renew its objection to this interference to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and for this case to be addressed at the next meeting of the Radiocommunications Regulations Board, scheduled in March. Eutelsat asks that its complaint be addressed by the ITU as a priority issue.

This call for action to French and international regulatory authorities follows appeals made by Eutelsat since May 2009 to put an end to this interference.

About Eutelsat Communications

Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is the holding company of Eutelsat S.A.. With capacity commercialised on 27 satellites that provide coverage over the entire European continent, as well as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world's three leading satellite operators in terms of revenues. At 30 September 2009, Eutelsat’s satellites were broadcasting 3,300 television channels and 1,100 radio stations. More than 1,000 channels broadcast via its HOT BIRD™ video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East which serves over 123 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The Group’s satellites also serve a wide range of fixed and mobile telecommunications services, TV contribution markets, corporate networks, and broadband markets for Internet Service Providers and for transport, maritime and in-flight markets. Eutelsat's broadband subsidiary, Skylogic, markets and operates services through teleports in France and Italy that serve enterprises, local communities, government agencies and aid organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ 615 commercial, technical and operational employees from 28 countries.

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