Globecomm Awarded Various Contracts from US Government

Agency Contracts Valued at $8.8 Million

Updated: April 22, 2011

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM), a leading global provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services, today announced that the Company has been awarded various contracts from US Government Agencies valued at $8.8 million.

Under the terms set forth in the contracts, Globecomm will provide terminal upgrades, multiple band frequency conversions, antennas, RF electronics, its Network Management Software (NMS) product, AxxSys® Orion, and associated engineering support services.

Mike Plourde, Vice President of System Products, said: “These upgrade contracts from our existing customers demonstrate our core value proposition of providing reliable terminals and exceptional after-sales support. Our customers rely on us to upgrade their infrastructure with more efficient hardware and software products to lower their recurring cost of ownership.”

About Globecomm Systems

Globecomm Systems Inc., or Globecomm, is a leading global provider of satellite-based managed network solutions. Employing our expertise in emerging communication technologies we are able to offer a comprehensive suite of system integration, system products, and network services enabling a complete end-to-end solution for our customers. We believe our integrated approach of in-house design and engineering expertise combined with a world-class global network and our 24 by 7 network operating centers provides us a unique competitive advantage. We are now taking this value proposition to selective vertical markets, including government, wireless, media, enterprise and maritime. As a network solution provider we leverage our global network to provide customers managed access services to the United States Internet backbone, video content, the public switched telephone network or their corporate headquarters or government offices. We currently have customers for which we are providing such services in the United States, Europe, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Based in Hauppauge, New York, Globecomm Systems also maintains offices in Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, the Netherlands, South Africa, Hong Kong, Germany, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan.

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