CapRock Communications Celebrates 25^th Anniversary

Leading Satellite Communications Provider Marks 25^th Year of Providing World Class Service to the Harshest and Most Remote Locations in the World

HOUSTON - April 11, 2006

For CapRock Communications, a leading global satellite communications provider to extreme and remote locations, April 2006 marks an important milestone in the company's history — its 25^th anniversary. Founded in 1981 to meet the demanding communications requirements of the Gulf of Mexico oil industry, the company has seen tremendous growth and expansion since its inception, and now has offices and service centers in seven countries around the world and customers in six global markets including energy, maritime, mining, disaster recovery and government.

"The past 25 years has been an exciting time in the satellite communications industry. Increasing dependency on communications for daily business operations and a global economy have pushed the need for reliable real-time communication services into more and more remote regions of the world," said Errol Olivier, President and COO of CapRock. "In the past five years alone, CapRock has grown to support these needs through several strategic acquisitions, the addition of five new global offices, a new custom built global headquarters, and an industry leading technology and product development program."

During this time, CapRock has seen the launch of its pioneering IPxpress™ network architecture which makes it possible for customers to use a singe Internet Protocol-based satellite network to place a call, connect to their corporate networks or use the Internet from virtually any remote location in the world - be it an oil rig 200 miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico or a mining operation in the wilds of Indonesia.

The global satellite communications provider has also grown significantly in the past quarter of a century, more than tripling in revenue and employees in just the last five years. CapRock also has significantly expanded its technology infrastructure and now offers its broadband satellite communications services worldwide to customers in North and South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, as well as to most of the world's oceans.

"We expect the next 25 years in the industry to be just as eventful as the last," said CapRock CEO Peter Shaper, "and we plan to continue expanding to meet the needs of our global customer base well into the future."

About CapRock Communications

Celebrating 25 years in business, CapRock Communications is a premier global satellite communications provider for the off-shore energy, maritime, construction and mining industries, as well as for disaster relief and government applications. The Company utilizes the latest field proven satellite technologies to deliver highly reliable managed communication services for broadband networking, real-time video and digital telephony to the world's harshest and most remote locations. CapRock delivers on its promise to be the market's reliability leader by leveraging "best of breed" partnerships, technical expertise and a robust self-owned and operated global infrastructure that includes four international teleports and ten regional operation centers across the U.S., Central and South America, Europe, West Africa and Asia Pacific. More information about CapRock is available at www.caprock.com.

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