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Manila, the Philippines. November 6, 2008. THAICOM Public Company Limited (SET BKK: THCOM), Asia’s leading commercial satellite operator and the operator of the IPSTAR broadband satellite system, today announced that the Company has naugurated its eleventh IPSTAR Gateway in Manila, The Philippines. During the opening ceremony at The Peninsula Hotel Manila, THAICOM also launched the new retail hi-speed Internet package called “IPSTAR BigSky” for The Philippines market starting at only US$49 per month.

We are IT Phils., Inc. (WIT), IPSTAR’s partner in The Philippines, will operate the gateway as well as being one of the Service Providers. In addition to the retail broadband market, IPSTAR will also target government projects, schools, and enterprises. WIT has provided IPSTAR services to schools through IPSTAR’s First Generation service using a conventional satellite to Mindanao and many other areas in The Philippines. With the opening of the IPSTAR Gateway in Manila, existing customers will be transferred to the IPSTAR satellite, which is higher in performance and has greater capacity to accommodate the growing demand for broadband in the country.

Dumrong Kasemset, Ph.D., Executive Chairman of THAICOM Public Company Limited said, “We are very delighted to officially open our eleventh IPSTAR gateway and our eighth market in Asia-Pacific in The Philippines. This archipelago consisting of over 7,000 islands makes IPSTAR an ideal solution to provide nationwide broadband services. With the launch of the, IPSTAR BigSky hi-speed Internet package, Filipinos nationwide now have the opportunity to be connected to broadband, anytime and anywhere. We also look forward to working closely with WIT and other Service Providers in the Philippines to develop and expand the broadband market here.”

Currently, IPSTAR provides full nationwide broadband satellite services in eight (8) countries with 11 gateways: Australia, Cambodia, China, Myanmar, New Zealand, Thailand, Vietnam and The Philippines.

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Ms. Piyanuch Sujpluem
Corporate Communications Department
THAICOM Public Company Limited
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