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CapRock Provides Service to Asia-Pac Region, Forms Alliance With Hawaii-Pacific Teleport

Posted on: Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 06:00 CST

HOUSTON, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- In its continuing quest to provide reliable communications to the harshest and most remote regions of the globe, CapRock Communications has formed an alliance with Hawaii-Pacific Teleport. The alliance enables CapRock to provide increased satellite communications coverage and to extend the reach of its IPxpress(TM) technology for clients throughout the entire Asia-Pacific region.

"CapRock has made no secret of its desire to offer service to customers around the globe, and we now have one more piece of that worldwide puzzle," said CapRock President Errol Olivier. "The alliance with Hawaii-Pacific Teleport means customers operating in the Asia-Pacific region can take better advantage of CapRock's highly reliable advanced satellite communications services."

Having excellent fiber access to the U.S. mainland and to Singapore, Hawaii is the ideal location from which to provide satellite services to the Asia-Pacific region. Featuring the CapRock IPxpress network service platform, the Asia-Pacific coverage region now stretches westward from the U.S. mainland to the western edge of Turkmenistan.

"We believe we will benefit from aligning ourselves with CapRock -- a company whose reputation for communications reliability and service excellence is unparalleled in the oil and gas industry," said Hawaii-Pacific Teleport VP of Business Development Vince Waterson. "As we seek additional business opportunities, we feel our alliance with CapRock is a very positive step in the right direction."

About CapRock Communications

Established in 1981 to provide communications services to the most extreme locations, CapRock Communications is the dominant satellite communications provider for the drilling industry. By offering complete managed telecommunications solutions in the world's harshest and most hard-to-reach environments, CapRock has earned a reputation as the one to call when reliability matters. The company utilizes the latest technologies to present its easily managed line of products and services to many additional markets, including the military, homeland security, cruise lines, construction and others. Strategic partnerships and technical expertise enable CapRock to deliver on its promise to be the market's reliability leader. More information about CapRock is available on the company Web site at http://www.caprock.com/ .

About Hawaii-Pacific Teleport

Hawaii-Pacific Teleport (HPT) is one of the largest privately held teleports operating in Hawaii. By leveraging the combination of Hawaii's strategic position as a mid-point between Asia and the Americas, and low-cost, high capacity submarine fiber between the United States and Hawaii, HPT operates as a global connectivity telecommunications, Internet and broadcasting services provider. HPT's network of fiber and commercial satellites spans from North and South America as far west as the Indian subcontinent. HPT provides a range of services, including dedicated and ad hoc satellite uplink/downlinks, Internet backbone connectivity, DVP-IP multicast, plus full-time and occasional use video relay services between Asia and the United States.

Contact:

Sadie McCrary

M/C/C

972-480-8383 x. 222

Sadie_McCrary@mccom.com

CapRock Communications

CONTACT: Sadie McCrary of M-C-C, +1-972-480-8383, ext. 222, orSadie_McCrary@mccom.com , for CapRock Communications

Web site: http://www.caprock.com/

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