Carlsbad, CA - ViaSat has finalized a contract to supply its SurfBeam® broadband satellite networking system to Smart Digital Communications Bhd in Malaysia. Smart will use the system, the first of its kind in Asia, to provide enhanced satellite managed services and networking operations for a new service called Triple Play that will bring video, voice and high-speed Internet to homes and small businesses in Malaysia. Under this contract, ViaSat will supply a hub and 5,000 Ku-band satellite terminals for the project. The value of the contract is over US$5.75 million and the installations are scheduled to be completed by the end of 2005.

SINGAPORE, June 13, 2005 – New Skies Satellites (NYSE: NSE), the global satellite communications company, today announced that it has signed a significant new agreement with Malaysia’s SMART Digital Communications to deliver two-way broadband Internet transmissions in Southeast Asia via the NSS-6 satellite.