Strong CEE Ltd. is East European Partner.

Betzdorf, 23 October 2003: Europe Online, Europe’s premier Satellite Broadband DSL Multimedia operator announced today the addition of the Czech language market and service to its ever expanding satellite broadband network and thanked Strong CEE Ltd., its partner for Eastern Europe. The expansion follows on the heels of the company’s introduction a few weeks ago of the “Citizens Broadband Bill of Rights” and the its “DSL Volkstarif” of 9.90 Euro per month across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the Caucuses.

“Today’s launch of the Czech language service after the successful Polish, Hungarian, and Slovak language markets shows our commitment to the expanding European Union and those new members who will be joining ‘Euro Land’ as of 01 May 2004,” said Europe Online’s President, Candace Johnson.

“We want to make certain that all of Europe’s citizens can access Broadband Internet in their own languages at affordable prices regardless of geographic or demographic constraints, “ said Johnson. “ It goes without saying that the strength of the expanded Europe is its rich cultural and language diversity and that every European should have access to services - particularly Broadband where access to rich content is vital - in his or her own language,” declared Johnson.

“In particular, we would like to thank Strong CEE Ltd., our partner in the Czech Republick, Slovakia, and Hungary as well as for other Eastern European countries, for not only doing and maintaining the respective various language services but for also being our local marketing, sales and delivery agent in these exciting new markets. We already have more than 90% market share in these countries for Satellite Broadband and owe that exclusively to Strong CEE, Ltd., their CEO Jozsef Zsiman, and their re-sellers in each market ,” concluded Ms. Johnson.

“Europe Online has been the leading force in bringing Broadband to the new EU members and in destroying the Digital Divide in our countries,” commented Zsiman. “In addition, Europe Online has created new opportunities for countless of our re-sellers to sell, install, and maintain satellite broadband for mass-consumers in the region. We are delighted to be creating the Broadband World via Satellite together with EOL for citizens throughout Europe,” concluded Zsiman.

For more information, please contact:

Europe Online Investments S.A.		Strong CEE Ltd.
Candace Johnson, President		Jozsef Zsiman
Tel. +352 719 785 1		Tel. +36 20 9474743
Fax. 00352 719 787
E-Mail: cj@europeonline.net		E-Mail: jzsiman@strongsat.com

Acerca Europe Online:

Europe Online Investments S.A. possui e opera uma das primeiras e maiores redes via satélite de Internet/Multimédia no mundo. A companhia baseada em Luxemburgo, tem 60,000 utilizadores para a sua E-DSL Internet de Banda Larga via Satélite e serviço completo com vídeo on demand, MP3, Jogos, software e filmes.
Utilizadores tipicamente ligam-se à sua antena parabólica, ou instalam uma, e podem usar o provedor de Internet da sua escolha, para a conexão modem via telefone. Europe Online é o único ISP que está presente em ambos os sistemas de satélite ASTRA e Eutelsat, e tem parcerias com BT, Kabel Deutschland, e PrimaCom, entre outros.
Europe Online recentemente assinou um Memorando de Compreensão com Teles AG para conjuntamente fundar a corporação “Global Broadband Satellite Services” na qual eles tencionam integrar os meios apropriados , tais como, por ex. direitos para usar patentes, capacidades de transponders, potenciais de marketing internacionais e clientes de base de modo a alcançar tão rápido como possível a utilização por todo o mundo dos seus serviços de banda larga, em particular para o rápido, simples e mais eficiente relativamente ao custo lançamento de “Satellite WLAN Internet Services” e “TV Cable Internet Services” para o mercado em massa do PC.

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