ComStream, an international provider of digital transmission solutions for data, audio, and video applications, today announced that its Satellite Global Access (SGA) division has signed several new contracts for its VSATPlus II satellite networking product, in Latin America, the U.S. and Eastern Europe.

ComStream has signed 3 new contracts with COMSAT Brasil

Ltda., a leading provider of private voice and data networks for

businesses operating in Brazil. The combined value of these contracts

is in excess of $3 million.

COMSAT Brasil's new customers include a large retailer. COMSAT

Brasil has selected ComStream's VSATPlus II for a 70-node network that

will provide private voice and data communications capabilities

between stores, distribution points, and credit and collection sites

in Brazil. The retailer is also planning to expand the network to

include its operations in Argentina.

Another COMSAT Brasil customer, a major soft drink distributor,

will use the VSATPlus II system for a satellite-based private voice

and data network to interconnect its bottling facilities and sales

offices. And, Aguia Branca, a leading trucking firm in Brazil, will

use services offered by COMSAT Brasil and ComStream's VSAT equipment

to dispatch long-haul drivers throughout the nation.

In the United States, Dow Jones and Company, publisher of the

Wall Street Journal, is upgrading its ComStream TDMA network. The

initial purchase of three VSATPlus IIer nodes is valued at $278,950.

ComStream has also been awarded a contract by a service provider in

Eastern Europe for the supply of VSATPlus II equipment. The system

will be used to provide voice and data satellite services for sites

located across Russia. The contract is in excess of $1 million.

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