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Telenor Satellite Services Executive Recognized As Outstanding International Leader

Posted on: Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 09:00 CST

Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Telenor of Norway (Oslo Stock Exchange:TEL and NASDAQ:TELN), today announced that Britt Carina Horncastle, president of the company's United States operations, has been named one of Maryland's outstanding international business leaders for 2006.

The award to Ms. Horncastle is part of the Maryland World Trade Center Institute's 10th Annual International Business Leadership Awards. The World Trade Center Institute (WTCI) is the region's premier private sector international business partner. Financed jointly by area businesses and the State of Maryland, WTCI operates as a non-profit membership organization.

Maryland's International Business Leadership Awards are presented annually to business champions from Maryland companies who have led their firms to new global heights. Each international business leader is awarded for exemplifying the entrepreneurial spirit, determination, creativity and cultural sensitivity that the global marketplace demands. Of Maryland's 150,000 firms, Telenor Satellite Services is one of seven being recognized as Maryland's exemplary International Leadership Award winners for 2006. These winners were interviewed and selected by the WTCI's Leadership Awards Review Committee, made of public and private sector businesspeople.

"Your solid business accomplishments and strong growth record make Telenor Satellite Services a terrific model for other Maryland firms on the global horizon," noted Deborah M. Kielty, president and executive director of the World Trade Center Institute.

"Only four years after we closed the Telenor Satellite Services acquisition of COMSAT Mobile Communications here in the US, I am extremely proud both personally and on behalf of the company to have been recognized with this award," said Britt Carina Horncastle, president of Telenor Satellite Services Inc. Holdings. "Considering the many very competent companies established around the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and throughout the state of Maryland, it is an honor to be nominated and selected. We are all very grateful for this recognition and we will continue do our utmost to maintain service to our customers and future users of our satellite communication services at the highest quality and support possible."

The award ceremony will take place on March 30, 2006 at the Jim Rouse Visionary Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Telenor Satellite Services is a leading global provider of communications via satellite with more than 300 service providers and partners serving business, industry and government users around the world. The company owns and operates a global network of teleports located in the United States and throughout Europe to serve customers on land, at sea, and in flight using the satellite systems of Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, New Skies, Satmex, Thuraya and Telenor's own satellites for its services.

About Telenor:

Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Telenor is an international provider of high quality telecommunications, data and media communication services. Telenor is one of Norway's largest companies with 2005 revenues of approx NOK 68.9 billion (approximately US$ 10.1billion) and a workforce of 20,900 located in Norway and abroad. Telenor is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (TEL) and NASDAQ in New York (TELN).

Telenor Satellite Services is the world's preferred provider of global communications via satellite for customers on land, at sea, and in flight. Telenor's expanded product portfolio offers broadband satellite solutions, on demand services, and an innovative menu of value-added services capable of meeting communications requirements of users around the globe. Telenor also offers The Source(R), a Web-based account management system available exclusively to Telenor Service Providers. Telenor Satellite Services owns and operates a global network of teleports located at Eik (Norway) and Southbury (Connecticut) and Santa Paula (California) in the United States, and operates VSAT hubs at facilities in Nittedal (Norway) and Prague (Czech Rep). The company uses the satellite systems of Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, New Skies, Satmex, Thuraya and Telenor's own satellites for its services. Telenor Satellite Services Web site is: www.telenor.com/satellite.

About WTCI:

Established in Baltimore in 1989 to help connect Maryland to the globe, today the World Trade Center Institute (WTCI) is the region's premier private sector international business partner. Financed jointly by area businesses and the State of Maryland, WTCI operates as a non-profit membership organization. More than 2,500 Maryland firms benefit from WTCI's extensive global network, pragmatic international business programs and customized consulting. WTCI is a member of the World Trade Center Association, a family of 300 World Trade Centers located in vibrant business centers around the world.

Source: Business Wire

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