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WildBlue Communications(R) Offers Enhanced WildBlue.Net Customer Portal With Google Technology

December 17, 2007
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WildBlue Communications, Inc. today announced that they have signed an agreement with Google, Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) to provide a suite of enhanced services to WildBlue customers.

The new WildBlue.net home page, slated to launch in the first quarter of 2008, will include many of Google’s popular web services, including Gmail™ webmail services, Google Calendar™ shared calendaring, Google Talk™ instant messaging and Google Page Creator™ web page creation tools. The new WildBlue.net home page will also feature a mix of news, weather, sports, and entertainment, plus powerful new customizable features from more than 2,000 available Google Gadgets that can be easily added to each customer’s individual WildBlue.net home page.

“Our partnership with Google is another example of WildBlue’s continued commitment to providing our customers with innovative products and services that improve their high-speed Internet experience,” said David Leonard, WildBlue’s Chief Executive Officer. “Google’s strong brand and extensive suite of valuable services are the perfect complement to WildBlue and we’re proud to be able to offer it to our rapidly growing base of customers.”

“We’re pleased WildBlue can now provide members with a rich set of Google email, calendaring, collaboration and personalized homepage services,” said Stephen Cho, Product Management Director, Google Syndication Products. “We think WildBlue’s customers will enjoy discovering these new and exciting opportunities to find, share and interact on the web.”

As the Internet continues to become more data-intensive, it also becomes less accessible to many consumers and small businesses whose only alternative to accessing the Internet today is through a dial-up connection. WildBlue’s high-speed Internet over satellite service offers Internet access speeds that are up to 30 times faster than dial-up, making more of the Internet available to more Americans.

About WildBlue

WildBlue Communications, Inc. provides high-speed Internet access over its satellite-based network to consumers and small businesses in rural communities throughout the contiguous United States. More information on the company is available at www.wildblue.com.

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