Poste Italiane Selects Eutelsat's Tooway Satellite Broadband Service to Take True Broadband Across Italy

* According to the latest data from the Italian Ministry of Economic Development (June 2013), the percentage of Italian residents not covered by broadband services through a landline or mobile broadband services (provided by operators of third-generation, fourth-generation or WiMax services) is 4% (Digital Divide index). This equates to 2.37 million Italian citizens in 3,600 locations where broadband is unavailable or speeds are below 2 Mbps.

About Eutelsat Communications

With capacity commercialized on 31 satellites delivering reach of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, significant parts of the Americas and the Asia-Pacific, Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is one of the world's leading satellite operators. As of 30 September 2013, Eutelsat's satellites were broadcasting more than 4,700 television channels to over 200 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Group's satellites also provide a wide range of services for TV contribution, corporate networks and fixed and mobile broadband markets. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ over 780 commercial, technical and operational professionals from 30 countries. Eutelsat has a longstanding presence in Italy with two teleports in Turin and Cagliari as well as support functions located in Turin, employing more than 150 people. The company's HOT BIRD satellites already serve Italy's leading broadcasters, delivering 368 Italian TV channels to eight million homes across the country. http://www.eutelsat.com

About Eutelsat Broadband

Eutelsat Broadband is the business unit of Eutelsat in charge of providing satellite broadband services to residential and professional markets, as well as to broadcasters across the European continent and the southern rim of the Mediterranean Basin. Its residential product tooway™ is the best in class satellite broadband solution and a unique cost-effective alternative to terrestrial access technologies in unserved and underserved areas, with download speeds up to 20 Mbps and upload speeds up to 6 Mbps. The connectivity needs of corporate customers and telcos are also catered for through the KA-SAT Access product line and its VNO and VPN solutions. Eutelsat Broadband also provides top-notch IP based satellite newsgathering solutions with its NewsSpotter service. Eutelsat Broadband reached the symbolic milestone of 100,000 active terminals on KA-SAT last August. For more information, visit: http://www.eutelsat.com/en/services/data/eutelsat-broadband.html.

Poste italiane

Poste Italiane's logistics and technology infrastructure is the largest and most extensive in the country, providing, in addition to postal services, integrated communication, logistics, financial, insurance and mobile telephony products and services to consumers, businesses and the public sector throughout Italy. With its network of post offices located throughout the country, Poste Italiane serves over 37 million customers. Its widespread presence around the country, extensive experience and use of new technologies, have enabled Poste Italiane to play a leading role in the process of economic and social development in Italy.

PosteMobile

PosteMobile is the mobile operator of Poste Italiane Group. On the market since the end of 2007, it currently has around 3 million active customers.

PosteMobile develops and offers mobile information, transaction and communication solutions, integrated with a portfolio of useful services within the Poste Italiane Group.

PosteMobile's marketing proposition includes a set of distinctive and unique services, both SIM-based and application-based, combining traditional mobile-phone services with innovative mobile financial services, covering m-banking, m-payment, and m-commerce services.

SOURCE Poste Italiane and Eutelsat Communications