ecotel communication ag / Half Year Results Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ecotel: slight increase in revenues and EBITDA * Revenue guidance of appr. EUR 100 million and EBITDA guidance of EUR 5 - 5,5 million for 2009 * New efficiency improvement program Düsseldorf, August 14, 2009 Ecotel stabilized its revenue development in the second quarter of 2009 and increased revenues to EUR 24.3 million - compared to revenues of EUR 24.1 million for the first quarter of 2009. On a year to year comparison revenues for the first six months of 2009 are 8% lower. The decline can be attributed to the tight economic situation as well as the competitive situation in the business segment and the suspended processing of the uninterrupted takeover of access lines by Deutsche Telekom AG (DTAG). EBITDA in the second quarter was EUR 1.3 million and was EUR 0.1 million above the previous quarter's EBITDA, however, stayed EUR 0.4 million below previous year figures. The cumulated EBITDA for the first six months of 2009 was EUR 2.5 million. EBIT in the second quarter was EUR 0.3 million and was EUR 0.6 million lower than the previous year figure. Net income for the first six months was EUR 0.1 million. This amounts to earnings per share of EUR 0.03. A preliminary success was achieved in the regulatory environment. In July DTAG's claim against the regulatory body's (Bundesnetzagentur) decision of an abusive misconduct by DTAG regarding the takeover of DTAG access products by resellers was dismissed. In this context ecotel awaits the final regulatory decision regarding the discounted resale of PSTN and ISDN access lines, which is due for September 2009. As part of its multi supplier strategy for access lines ecotel is going to sell an innovative product bundle based on the infrastructure of alternative carriers in the forthcoming weeks. In order to improve its profitability ecotel has launched an efficiency improvement program in the areas of procurement, administration and staff in order to achieve cost savings of EUR 0.8 million for 2009 and savings plus synergies of more than EUR 2.5 million for 2010. Due to the ongoing delay of the regulatory decision regarding the resale of PSTN and ISDN lines ecotel expects to generate revenues of appr. EUR 100 million and to generate an EBITDA adjusted for extraordinary cost and revenues of EUR 5 - 5,5 million for 2009. The quarterly report Q1 2009 can be downloaded from the company's website at www.ecotel.de. About ecotel communication ag: ecotel is a publicly listed telecommunications company which operates in Germany and focuses on three business divisions. In its core division 'Business Customers' the company offers an integrated product portfolio of voice, data and mobile services. ecotel meanwhile serves appr. 40.000 business customers within Germany with standardised and individual telecommunications solutions and consistently implements its fixed mobile convergence (FMC) strategy. In its second division 'Wholesale Customers' the company provides carrier and wholesale services to other telecoms operators and to non-industry distributors. At the same time the company achieves economics of scale and broadens its value chain for its own core business 'business customers'. The division 'New Business' contains ecotel's fast growing subsidiaries and new ventures. Apart from PPRO and easybell this division also includes nacamar's New Media business, which has been transferred into this unit. ecotel was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf. At present, the group has approx. 200 employees. It is among the fastest growing technology companies and was ranked among the top 50 companies in the Deloitte 'Technology Fast 50' competition for the past four consecutive years. 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 Email: presse@ecotel.de Fachmedien Alexandra Rath (Leitung Marketing / PR) Tel.: 0211-55 007-310 Fax: 0211-55 007 5 310 Email: presse@ecotel.de Further information: www.ecotel.de. 14.08.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, München, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------