COMSAT Brasil Recognized 'Best Value Added Networking Service Provider' in Brazil.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2000

Network Service Provider Receives Highest Rating in Country by the

Distinguished Publication IDG Computerworld of Brasil

COMSAT Brasil, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications (LMGT), was recently recognized as the "Best Value Added Networking Service Provider" in country by IDG Computerworld of Brasil.

This is the fourth consecutive year that COMSAT Brasil, a unit of LMGT's Network Services line of business, has been recognized by the publication as best in its class and the first time it has been recognized for its value added network services.

In all, 10 networking service providers were evaluated and rated on eight selection criteria including:

-- Increase in revenues over the past year

-- Marketing expenses

-- Image

-- Business ethics

-- Product mix

-- Partnerships and alliances policies

-- Investments to adapt services to local conditions

-- Local manufacturing

Data for the selection criteria was collected from International Data Corporation (IDC), Pyramid Research and the Yankee Group. The selection of COMSAT Brasil also took into account a survey given to the leading network services customers and an internal editors choice voting.

COMSAT Brasil received a rating of 74.5 points out a maximum of 80, outscoring all other in-country network service providers.

"This award is extremely important to COMSAT Brasil because it is the first public recognition of the outstanding networking applications and capabilities that they now offer throughout Brazil," said James J. Welch, president and general manager of Network Services for LMGT. "The selection also attests to the fact that COMSAT Brasil is a complete communications services provider, moving far beyond its more familiar history as a pioneer in satellite communications."

COMSAT Brasil provides tailored e-business networking and transport solutions that harness the power of the Internet with an unmatched level of data security, quality performance and customer care, serving more than 250 multinational and domestic corporations. The company operates in 13 cities throughout the country. It also operates its own metropolitan backbone telecommunications networks serving eight of Brazil's largest cities including Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and Sao Paulo, the center of business operations in Brazil. For more information on the services offered by COMSAT Brasil, call [phone] or visit their website at www.comsat.com.br.

LMGT Network Services, backed by nearly 40 years of experience in global telecommunications, provides Internet-related services and digital networking solutions for corporate and multinational customers and Internet Service Providers.

LMGT, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT), is a premier global provider of network services and advanced technology solutions to enterprise customers. LMGT is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland and includes the satellite, network and product assets of the former COMSAT Corporation and the Integrated Business Solutions unit of Lockheed Martin. LMGT has major operations in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; Clarksburg, Maryland; and Orlando, Florida and has regional offices and facilities in Atlanta, Georgia; Reston, Virginia; King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; Santa Clara and Santa Paula, California; and Southbury, Connecticut. International operations are located in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Venezuela.