TALIA CONTRACTS MULTIPLE TRANSPONDERS ON NSS-12

SES NEW SKIES, an SES company announces that Talia Limited, one of the largest suppliers of satellite internet services for North Africa and the Middle East, has contracted multiple transponders on the NSS-12 satellite due for launch in the second half of 2009. NSS-12 will replace the existing NSS-703 satellite at the orbital position of 57 degrees East.

Talia is recognised as one of the premier satellite internet providers in the Middle East, Africa and Europe, and already operates a successful broadband network on the NSS-703 satellite. The company is headquartered in London with offices in Dubai. Talia has contracted capacity on NSS-12 valued in excess of 10 million USD.