With emergencies occurring everyday, EchoStar Corporation [NASDAQ: SATS] and its EchoStar Satellite Services division announced an agreement with Vredes, Inc., to provide satellite services for emergency management and other remote location broadcast demands. With access to EchoStar's satellites and state-of-the-art digital broadcast centers, Vredes will provide fully redundant transponder and hub services to support MotoSAT and its EtherSAT™ Service, which offers government and enterprise customers redundant, on-demand broadband Internet, voice and video services, especially during national disasters or when working in remote locations.

Vredes will have the ability to provide MotoSAT with domestic Ku-band satellite access across multiple satellites via EchoStar's uplink facilities, giving MotoSAT customers an always-on, redundant hub. MotoSAT's mobile antenna can be placed on emergency management vehicles or commercial vehicles in remote locations and send and receive broadband data quickly via satellite, particularly when landlines are unavailable or have been disabled due to national emergencies. MotoSAT's motorized antenna solution eliminates the need for customers to re-point dishes, ensuring quick operation.

"We are delighted to enter into this agreement with Vredes to provide a fully redundant, satellite-based communications network," said Steve Skalski, vice president of EchoStar Satellite Services. "With EchoStar's U.S. fleet of powerful Ku and Ka-band satellites, we are able to provide a long-term solution to help Vredes and its partners like MotoSAT build one of the most robust and reliable satellite-based networks anywhere."

EchoStar's satellites can deliver a robust and dependable connection than relying on landlines or cell towers. For example, Westchester County Emergency Management in New York is an existing customer who will now have the ability to move between multiple satellites and multiple hubs without any network changes. The authentication is fully automated, and customers can select the amount of shared or dedicated bandwidth needed on an hourly, daily or monthly basis. Multiple satellite access means multiple look angles in rugged canyons or in cities with tall buildings.