Launch date set for HYLAS 1

Avanti Communications Group plc

Launch date set for HYLAS 1

Avanti Communications (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, is delighted to announce that the HYLAS 1 satellite has safely arrived at its launch site at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. On site preparations for launch have now commenced and a date for launch upon an Ariane 5 launch vehicle has now been set for 25 November 2010.

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For further information please contact:

Avanti Communications Group Plc Tel: +44 (0) 20 7749 1600

David Williams

Cenkos Securities Tel: +44 (0) 20 7397 8900

Nick Wells / Max Hartley

Jefferies International Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7029 8000

Julian Smith / Oliver Griffiths

Redleaf Communications Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 20 7566 6700

Emma Kane / Rebecca Sanders-Hewett / Mike Ward

Notes to Editors:

About Avanti

¡ Avanti sells satellite broadband services to telecoms companies which use them to supply residential, enterprise and institutional users.

¡ Avanti's first satellite, called HYLAS 1, will launch in November 2010 and will be the first superfast broadband satellite launched in Europe.

¡ Avanti's second satellite, called HYLAS 2, is fully funded and will launch in Q2 2012. It will extend Avanti's coverage to Africa and the Middle East.

¡ The market for 2Mb satellite broadband products in the markets served by Avanti is estimated at more than 100 million households.