PanAmSat Launches Emergency Response Team

PanAmSat Launches Emergency Response Team

Company Assembles Experts to Support Emergency Communication Needs

WILTON, Conn., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PanAmSat (NYSE:PA) announced today that it has formed an Emergency Response Team (ERT) focused on quickly restoring lifeline telecommunication services to government agencies and private industry affected by natural and man-made disasters. Using PanAmSat's extensive satellite fleet and a range of on-the-ground transmission and support systems, PanAmSat can quickly restore crucial communication services even when terrestrial network alternatives are unavailable. Offering everything from satellite telephones to transportable and fixed transmission facilities, PanAmSat's Emergency Response Team can quickly bring communications online for voice, video, internet and routed IP services -- typically in less than 24 hours.

The ERT will be dispatched from PanAmSat's Customer Service Center in Ellenwood, GA, and work directly with new and existing customers to immediately re-establish crucial communications links. PanAmSat will tap experts from across its video, networking and government businesses as well as leverage its network of ground facilities to support customers.

Any customer needing assistance in the event of an emergency is encouraged to contact PanAmSat either via phone at 1-800-814-7717 or 1-240-638-7301 or email at disasterrecovery@panamsat.com. Customer service technicians will be available 24 x 7 x 365. In advance of Hurricane Rita, the Company has assembled extra teams across its U.S. facilities. It also has dispatched advance support teams to the Gulf Coast to provide on-the-spot support.

About PanAmSat

Through its owned and operated fleet of 26 satellites, PanAmSat (NYSE:PA) is a leading global provider of video, broadcasting and network distribution and delivery services. It transmits nearly 2,000 television channels worldwide and, as such, is the leading carrier of standard and high-definition signals. In total, the Company's in-orbit fleet is capable of reaching over 98 percent of the world's population through cable television systems, broadcast affiliates, direct-to-home operators, Internet service providers and telecommunications companies. In addition, PanAmSat supports the largest concentration of satellite-based business networks in the U.S., as well as specialized communications services in remote areas throughout the world. For more information, visit the Company's web site at http://www.panamsat.com/.

Source: PanAmSat

CONTACT: Kathryn Lancioni of PanAmSat, +1-203-210-8649

Web site: http://www.panamsat.com/

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