Talia and CETel Forge Partnership to Provide World-Class Satellite Services

LONDON, UK. -- 2007-07-11

Talia and CETel are pleased to announce they are joining forces to offer expanded satellite services. Talia will land capacity from Arabsat BADR-4, and co-locate their iDirect 5IF hub at CETel's teleport in the vicinity of Bonn, central Germany. The companies will jointly operate a 9.4 meter antenna on BADR-4. In addition, CETel's full range of satellites will be available to Talia for DVB/SCPC, SCPC/SCPC, iSCPC, and private network use.

'We're excited to enter into this partnership,' said Alan Afrasiab, Talia's Chief Executive Officer.'CETel are a dynamic and experienced teleport operator. Combining their knowledge with our iDirect and Middle Eastern expertise is certain to strengthen both sides.'

Guido Neumann, Managing Director of CETel, added, 'Teaming up with a strong partner like Talia, who is a leading provider of iDirect services, enables us to offer a wider product portfolio to our customers in the African and Middle East region and to extend our leading network solutions to additional regions and customers throughout the world.'

In addition to BADR-4, DVB and SCPC services on Arabsat 2B and Arabsat BADR-C are immediately available. iSCPC services will follow in a few weeks, as will services on additional satellites.

Martin Terlunen, Managing Director of CETel, who worked with Arabsat from 1992-95, said, 'We are delighted to cooperate with Talia and to jointly operate their services from our teleport via the Arabsat satellite fleet, and we are looking forward to a continued growth and success in the global communications and satellite services industry.'

'Arabsat BADR-4 is the perfect complement to our existing Express AM-22 service,' said Travis Mooney, Talia's Chief Operations Officer. 'It has excellent coverage throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Arabsat 2B and BADR-C will give us additional coverage, especially suited to Africa. The combination of CETel's access to satellites and our iDirect 5IF hub open a lot of new doors: we're able to offer new services, especially Virtual Network Operator (VNO) packages.'

Talia's VNO packages will come in three variations: Dedicated VNO, Shared VNO, and CNO. Pricing and full details will be available next week.

'Crucial to the selection of CETel is the breadth of services they offer,' said Tyler Wagner, Talia's Chief Technical Officer. 'They also have a flexibility which should allow us to access many different satellites, and bring whichever services are required, be they iDirect, dedicated, or something completely different.'

About Talia

Talia is emerging as a top-tier provider of Internet and voice services. Experts in satellite, wireless, and voice communications, Talia provide coverage from Europe to the Middle East and beyond. Headquartered in London with offices in Dubai, Talia is committed to providing excellent services at reasonable prices.

For more information about Talia, please see http://www.talia.net/

Press Contact: Leslie McShane pr@talia.net, +44 (0)20 7631 3323

About CETel

CETel GmbH (Central European Telecom Services) is one of the leading providers of Teleport & Satellite Services worldwide. The CETel services from its Teleport facilities close to Bonn, Central Germany and Hanover, North Germany and from several gateways and Teleports of its national and international partners comprise corporate VSAT networks, provision of satellite capacity, up- and downlink services and fibre connections, operation, service & maintenance of satellite networks, broadband Internet via satellite and consulting.

CETel's strength and reliable services to provide satellite connections between worldwide facilities and offices for industrial companies, construction areas, production platforms and oil- and gas rigs for construction, oil and gas companies, governmental organisations such as embassies or universities are based on close partnerships with strong and trustful partners worldwide.

CETel is cooperating with several satellite operators, telephone network carrier, major TIER-1 IP backbone provider and Field Service Providers worldwide. Therefore, CETel is able to offer End-to-End broadband communication solution as a complete package. Major partners and customers include Arabsat, Intelsat, Eutelsat, Intersputnik, Deutsche Telecom, T-Systems, British Telecom, Orange, Siemens, Reach and many more.

For more information about CETel, please see: http://www.ce-tel.com or contact@ce-tel.com