WorldSpace Satellite Radio Launches in Pune

WorldSpace Satellite Radio Launches in Pune

Company Completes Seventh Major City Deployment in India Reaching an Additional 3.5 Million Potential Subscribers

SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WorldSpace Satellite Radio, (NASDAQ:WRSP), one of the world leaders in satellite-based digital radio services, today announced subscription availability in Pune, India. Pune marks the seventh major Indian city serviced by the company and represents an estimated 3.5 million additional people to whom WorldSpace is available.

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What clearly distinguishes WorldSpace Satellite Radio from any other offerings in Pune is its wide variety of audio content. With more than 40 radio stations that span a range of musical genres, news, sports and information, WorldSpace offers unsurpassed choice and digital-sound quality to subscribers.

According to Noah Samara, WorldSpace chairman and CEO, "Pune represents WorldSpace's seventh of eight planned India city launches for 2005 and reinforces our commitment to executing on our strategic business plan. We are pleased to provide a new source of music, information and education to the nearly 3.5 million people of Pune and are confident that they will appreciate the value and experience that is WorldSpace."

WorldSpace Satellite Radio sets are available in Pune at leading consumer durable outlets and through WorldSpace directly at http://www.worldspaceasia.com/.

About WorldSpace

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. 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 our website at http://www.worldspace.com/.

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CONTACT: Judith Pryor of WorldSpace, Inc., +1-301-960-1242, jpryor@worldspace.com; or Dacrie Brooks of Brodeur, +1-202-775-2646, dbrooks@brodeur.com, for WorldSpace Satellite Radio

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

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