ecotel communication ag / Preliminary Results
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ecotel communication ag announces preliminary financial results for 2007 and confirms the revised guidance of September 2007.
In the financial year 2007 ecotel communication ag has generated revenues of € 92.6 million Euro, a growth of 64 percent compared with the previous year revenues of € 56.3 million.

Earnings before interest, tax and depreciation (EBITDA) increased by 91 percent from € 4.5 million in 2006 to € 8.6 million in 2007. This corresponds to an improvement of the EBITDA margin from 8.0 percent to 9.3 percent. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) for 2007 were € 6.0 million, an improvement of 58 percent compared to € 3,8 million in 2006. The EBIT margin declined slightly from 6.7% to 6.5%.
In the fourth quarter of 2007 ecotel has generated preliminary revenues of € 24.9 million, EBITDA of € 2.2 million and an EBIT of € 1.4 million.
Earnings per share for 2007 adjusted for deferred taxes grew to € 1.15.
The guidance for 2008 will be communicated at the end of March in line with the publication of the financial report 2007.


About ecotel communication ag:

As a telecommunications company that operates throughout Germany, ecotel communication ag specialises in the requirements of small and medium-sized enterprises. In its core 'Business Customer Solutions' division, ecotel offers innovative voice, data and value added services including direct connections as a full, low-cost package from a single source. Since acquiring Tiscali Nacamar GmbH in March 2007 (now operating under nacamar GmbH), ecotel also has professional data services such as secure networking of corporate locations (VPN) in its portfolio and operates its own German backbone network including a data centre in Frankfurt. The Company now provides more than 45.000 business customers from all sectors throughout Germany with standardised and individual telecommunications solutions.
In its second division 'Resale' the company provides telecoms carrier services to other telecoms operators and non-industry distributors as well as wholesale services. In addition, ecotel operates a state-of-the-art Wholesale platform for the inter company trade of telephony minutes with more than 100 national and international carriers and broadens its value chain for the core business 'business customers'.

ecotel was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf. At present, the group has over 230 employees. It is among the fastest growing technology companies and was ranked 8 / 38 / 39 in 2005 / 2006 / 2007 in the Deloitte 'Technology Fast 50' competition.


Please note:
 
This publication does not constitute an offer for the sale of shares in the company or a solicitation of an offer for the purchase of shares in the company. Furthermore this publication shall not constitute a securities prospectus. This document must not be distributed outside of Germany, in particular not in the United States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan.

Press contact:

ecotel communication ag

Wirtschafts- und Finanzmedien
Annette Drescher (Assistentin des Vorstandes)
Tel.: 0211-55 007-740
Fax: 0211-55 007 5 740
E-Mail: presse@ecotel.de

Fachmedien
Alexandra Rath (Leitung Marketing / PR)
Tel.: 0211-55 007-310
Fax: 0211-55 007 5 310
E-Mail: presse@ecotel.de

Further information: www.ecotel.de.


05.03.2008  Financial News transmitted by DGAP

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Language:     English
Issuer:       ecotel communication ag
              Prinzenallee 9-11
              40549 Düsseldorf
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)211 55 00 70
Fax:          +49 (0)211 55 00 7 222
E-mail:       info@ecotel.de
Internet:     http://www.ecotel.de
ISIN:         DE0005854343
WKN:          585434
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Düsseldorf  
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