Marlink Previews New Line of Global Maritime Broadband VSAT Service

Marlink, a leading supplier of integrated satellite communications
equipment and network services, today previewed VSAT@SEA, the
company's a new line of global maritime broadband satellite services
enabling "always-on" at sea connectivity at a fixed monthly rate.

Marlink's VSAT@SEA will feature three standard service
configurations that include a minimum guaranteed committed information
rate for IP-based communications providing resource-efficient means
for conducting ship's business and enabling free Internet access and
calling for crew members and passengers.

Option 1 will provide vessels with two Voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP) phone lines coupled with a guaranteed 32kbps committed
information rate for IP-based communications at sea. Additionally,
this option is designed to provide a maximum bandwidth rate of 128kbps
ship-to-shore and 256kbps shore-to-ship capacity.

Option 2 will furnish ships at sea with three VoIP telephone lines
along with a two-way guaranteed data rate at 64kbps and featuring a
maximum bandwidth rate of 256kbps ship-to-shore and 512kbps return
speed.

Option 3 will deliver four VoIP telephone lines per vessel
combined with a guaranteed rate of 128kbps with maximum data rates
ceilings of 384kbps and 1024kbps, respectively.

"Marlink's VSAT@SEA offers a voice quality that meets the
expectations of modern mariners in addition to the guaranteed
bandwidth for linking the vessel to the rest of the inter-company
network," said Soren Einshoj, managing director of Marlink. "With
VSAT@SEA, the vessel becomes an extension of the home office as well
as a more comfortable 'second home' for the crew. Business at Sea is
Business as Usual and Life at Sea has become closer to home."

The Marlink VSAT@SEA line of services are designed to efficiently
meet the expanding maritime requirements for communications for cruise
liners and ferries, research and production vessels, shipping
companies and pleasure boaters, that rely on fully-managed broadband
service for business-essential communications at sea.

Marlink is planning commercial availability of VSAT@SEA during the
4th quarter of 2007.

Marlink is a subsidiary of Telenor Satellite Services and is part
of Telenor ASA of Norway, listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (TEL) and
NASDAQ (TELN).