Boeing Selects Teleglobe

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Connexion by Boeing Selects Teleglobe to Enable High Speed Internet Access for Pacific Region Commercial Air Travelers

Teleglobe to Provide Satellite Uplink and Downlink Ground Station Services
HAMILTON, Bermuda and SEATTLE, Nov 9, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Teleglobe International Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:TLGB) and The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) have agreed to arrangements enabling the Connexion by Boeing business unit to provide satellite uplink and downlink ground station services to enable in-flight, high-speed Internet access service throughout the Pacific region. Commercial airline operators and their passengers will receive in-flight real-time high-speed Internet access for email and data connectivity, as well as streaming audio and video services. The ground station services are expected to begin in the second quarter of 2005.

Teleglobe's satellite ground station in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, one of three earth stations operated by Teleglobe, will provide the uplink and downlink between the terrestrial Internet backbone and the satellites that maintain continuous Internet protocol connections with each airplane and its on-board ethernet or WiFi local area network. Trans-Pacific passengers and staff connect to the public Internet and their company intranet just as if they were on the ground.

On May 17, Connexion by Boeing entered commercial service onboard Lufthansa Flight 452 from Munich to Los Angeles. The German carrier is currently equipping its long-haul aircraft with the Connexion by Boeing(SM) system. In addition, ANA, Asiana Airlines, China Airlines, Japan Airlines, Korean Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines System and Singapore Airlines have announced they will begin offering the Connexion by Boeing high-speed in-flight Internet service on selected routes in the months ahead. Roaming agreements also have been established to provide "WiFi in the Sky" to customers of Infonet MobileXpress(TM), iPass, NTT Docomo Mzone(TM) and StarHub, all of which are terrestrial-based wireless hot spot and mobility service providers.

"Reliable real-time, high-speed Internet connectivity is a growing requirement for business and leisure travelers enduring 8-18 hour flights across the Pacific," said Connexion by Boeing Vice President of Marketing and Direct Sales David Friedman. "Through our partnership with Teleglobe, we now have the proven ability to securely anchor the in-flight data streams from the satellites to the terrestial network for our airlines customers who will begin offering the Connexion by Boeing service over the Pacific region in 2005."

"With our inventory of over 40 teleport antennas and transponder capacity from leading global satellite operators, Teleglobe has long been a market-segment leader in satellite-based IP services connecting traditional earth-bound internet endpoints," said Liam Strong, CEO of Teleglobe International Holdings, Ltd. "We are quite excited that our Lake Cowichan ground station is now enabling a pioneering 'mobile internet in the sky'. Teleglobe is very proud of our partnership with Connexion by Boeing and we look forward to supporting their visionary in-flight Internet plans."

About Connexion by Boeing:

Connexion by Boeing, recipient of the 2003 World Travel Award for World's Leading High-Speed In-flight Internet Services Provider, brings high-speed Internet, data and entertainment connectivity to travelers via a broadband connection to the aircraft. Connexion by Boeing has definitive agreements with Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines System, Japan Airlines, ANA and Kingdom Holding Co. to equip their long-haul aircraft with the service. In addition, Singapore Airlines, China Airlines, Korean Air and Asiana have announced their intent to install the Connexion by Boeing system on their long-range aircraft. Connexion by Boeing also offers a high-speed connectivity solution for the business aviation and maritime markets. For more information, please visit www.connexionbyboeing.com.

About Teleglobe:

Teleglobe International Holdings Ltd is a leading provider of international voice, data, Internet and mobile roaming services with over 50 years of industry expertise in international telecommunications. Teleglobe became a public company trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol TLGB with the acquisition of Voice over IP (VoIP) network leader ITXC Corp. on June 1, 2004.

Teleglobe owns and operates one of the world's most extensive telecommunications networks, reaching over 240 countries and territories with advanced voice, mobile, and data services. Teleglobe is the carrier of choice to more than 1,200 wholesale customers representing the world's leading telecommunications, mobile operators and Internet service providers.

Carrying over 11 billion minutes per year, and a significant portion of the world's Internet traffic, Teleglobe's network is consistently ranked among the most robust and reliable, performing at the high end of industry standards. Detailed information about Teleglobe is available on the company's web site at www.teleglobe.com.

SOURCE: Teleglobe International Holdings Ltd

Teleglobe International Holdings Ltd
Megan Cannell, 609-750-3262
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Connexion by Boeing
Terrance Scott, 206-571-8070
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