Swedish Space Corporation Selects BitBand for Providing IPTV Services to Operators in Scandinavia

Business Wire, May 23, 2006

NETANYA, Israel -- BitBand, a leading provider of video delivery solutions for Telcos' broadband IP networks, announced that it has been selected by Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) for providing IPTV services to operators from its ground station, Stockholm Teleport.

SSC is a comprehensive Swedish space industry that designs, tests, launches and operates space systems. SSC's ground station, Stockholm Teleport, provides satellite communication services, including uplink and downlink of TV and data, thus enabling Scandinavia based operators to provide high quality IP TV services to their customers.

SSC's ground station, Stockholm Teleport, receives a large number of TV channels and rebroadcasts them via broadband networks to various operators at the same time. BitBand's solutions employed with SSC are BitBand Maestro(TM) content distribution and server management suite and BitBand Vision(TM) servers.

"Choosing BitBand for providing our customers with IPTV services is based on the company's proven experience in the IPTV market, as well as the solutions' high availability," said Karl Magnusson, Manager Teleport Services SSC.

"We are honored to have been chosen by SSC, an innovative satellite communications provider, and take part in providing high quality entertainment packages and services to a growing number of operators in Scandinavia," said Michael Katznelson, VP Sales, BitBand.

About BitBand

BitBand (www.bitband.com) is a world leader in providing video delivery solutions over IP broadband networks for Telcos. The company's solutions are targeted at large scale deployments of TV-centric residential subscribers and are optimized for Telco's hybrid and distributed network architectures. BitBand Maestro(TM) Content Distribution and Video network Management Suite and BitBand Vision(TM) appliance servers form the most scalable and cost-effective On-Demand solution existing today for the IP-TV environment. BitBand helps Telcos and Next Generation Service Providers realize the Triple Play offering, enabling quick entry into new markets, faster ROI and a safe track to profitable large scale service. BitBand's technology is field proven and widely deployed, serving more commercial subscribers than any other IP-TV VOD technology vendor.

About the Swedish Space Corporation

The Swedish Space Corporation is a state-owned, commercial company with about 300 employees at its locations in Solna (near Stockholm) and Kiruna. SSC operates the Esrange facility outside Kiruna for rocket and balloon launches for scientists from the whole world. SSC also operates one of the world's busiest civilian satellite ground stations at Esrange, supporting a growing number of satellites. In Solna, SSC develops state-of-the-art satellites, space vehicle subsystems, payloads for rockets as well as airborne systems for maritime surveillance. These products are sold on the international market. Swedish Space Corporation owns 25 percent of SES - Sirius AB, which distributes television and offers other telecommunication services on its geostationary Sirius satellites.