WorldSpace Announces Timing for Third Quarter Earnings and Conference Call

WorldSpace Announces Timing for Third Quarter Earnings and Conference Call

SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WorldSpace, Inc., (NASDAQ:WRSP), one of the world leaders in satellite-based digital radio services, announced today that the Company expects to release results for the third quarter of 2005 ended September 30, 2005, after the close of the market on Monday, November 7, 2005. The Company plans to host a conference call and webcast to discuss those results that day at 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time. Noah Samara, chairman and chief executive officer, and Sridhar Ganesan, chief financial officer, will host the conference call.

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To participate in the call, please dial 1-866-700-7441, using passcode 94605436. Internationally the call may be accessed by dialing 1-617-213-8839 using the same passcode. To listen to the call live, please tune in to the webcast by following the directions under the investor relations heading at the Company's website, http://www.worldspace.com/. An archived webcast of the call will be available at the website beginning approximately one hour following the call's completion.

About WorldSpace, Inc.

WorldSpace (NASDAQ:WRSP) is the world's only global media and entertainment company positioned to offer a satellite radio experience to consumers in more than 130 countries with five billion people, driving 300 million cars. WorldSpace delivers the latest tunes, trends and information from around the world and around the corner. WorldSpace subscribers benefit from a unique combination of local programming, original WorldSpace content and content from leading brands around the globe including the BBC, CNN, Virgin Radio, NDTV and RFI. WorldSpace's satellites cover two-thirds of the globe with six beams. Each beam is capable of delivering up to 80 channels of high quality digital audio and multimedia programming directly to WorldSpace Satellite Radios anytime and virtually anywhere in its coverage area. WorldSpace is a pioneer of satellite-based digital radio services (DARS) and was instrumental in the development of the technology infrastructure used today by XM Satellite Radio. For more information, visit http://www.worldspace.com/.

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CONTACT: Judith Pryor of WorldSpace, +1-301-960-1242, jpryor@worldspace.com; or Leslie Tullio of Brodeur, +1-202-775-2672, ltullio@brodeur.com, for WorldSpace

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

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