Medical Satellite Broadcasting Corporation Selects Loral Cyberstar to Deliver Medical Network News to Healthcare Professionals Around the World.

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ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2000

Loral CyberStar announced today that Medical Satellite Broadcasting Corporation (MSBC) a subsidiary of Global Healthcare Communications Corporation (GHCC), will use CyberStar's satellite-based digital video broadcasting services (DVB) to deliver its new broadband information service, Medical Network News (MNN). Initial estimates suggest that within the next three years MNN could reach healthcare professionals at approximately 20,000 sites worldwide.

Using CyberStar's satellite-based, IP multicast technology, MSBC's healthcare information portal will deliver directly to the desktop a wide range of data that will include medical textbooks, publications, peer-reviewed clinical papers, and live or recorded TV-quality video such as seminars and presentations.

"We're pleased to launch our network using CyberStar's cutting-edge DVB technology. Its expertise and proven track record provides us with the capabilities we need to help ensure that this important project is a success," said Belinda Roman, director of project development, MNN.

Medical Network News will offer a multimedia rich format that incorporates text, video, and sound and will be introduced on a trial basis in the U.K., Spain, Portugal, Norway, Bulgaria, The Netherlands, and Germany. MSBC will supply and install DVB satellite receiving equipment, free of charge to hospitals across the globe over the next three years.

MSBC will send content in Web site format directly to a server housed at each hospital and connected to the hospital's local area network (LAN). Doctors and other healthcare professionals will be able to read electronic versions of the MNN texts and services at their leisure on their desktop computers or can print and read specific articles.

According to Roman, Medical Network News will enable MSBC to "reduce the cost of producing and delivering the latest in healthcare information to professionals, create a better information flow between health centers, and improve the quality of healthcare to patients around the globe."

CyberStar's broadband technology will speed delivery of large amounts of information by employing a point-to-multipoint, satellite IP multicast service resulting in TV-quality broadcasts to a PC. This will allow end users a broader range of options for manipulating the information received.

Dick Shay, CyberStar's acting president in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, noted, "Medical Network News is a perfect example of how corporations can use CyberStar's technology to provide new or expanded services to worldwide markets in an efficient and cost-effective manner."

About Medical Satellite Broadcasting Corporation

MSBC is a subsidiary of Global Healthcare Communications Corporation and is the producer of Medical Network News, the latest in new media technology for the global healthcare industry. The service provides the world's leading healthcare organisations with a broadband communication channel capable of carrying media-rich content including live, TV-quality video and sound. All of this is delivered to a PC-base, making MNN a unique Internet hybrid technology. MNN is available free of charge to all hospitals, clinics, medical training centres and other healthcare outlets. For information on MNN visit the Web site at www.medicalnetworknews.com.

About Global Healthcare Communications (USA) Corporation

GHCC is a publicly traded company, listed on the OTC as GHCC. The corporate mission is to improve the quality of healthcare around the globe through the exchange of information using the latest in information technology. For more information about GHCC visit its Web site at www.ghcg.com.

About Loral CyberStar

Loral CyberStar, based in Rockville, Maryland, is a leading global Internet and infomedia business providing Internet Protocol (IP) broadband data, Internet and multimedia services, business television and private managed networks to businesses and Internet Service Providers throughout the world. Applications include virtual multicast networks, data networking, high-speed file transfer, distance learning, and audio and video streaming services. CyberStar delivers service to Internet Service Providers reaching over 10 million people in 120 countries. For more information, visit CyberStar's Web site at www.cyberstar.com.

About Loral Space & Communications

Loral Space & Communications (NYSE:LOR) is a high technology company that concentrates primarily on satellite manufacturing and satellite-based services, including broadcast transponder leasing and value-added services, domestic and international corporate data networks, global wireless telephony, Internet services, international direct-to-home satellite services, and broadband data services including business television, distance learning and video to the desktop. For more information, visit Loral's Web site at www.loral.com.