ecotel communication ag / Alliance 16.12.2009 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Düsseldorf, December 16, 2009 ecotel now sells full access product bundles based on the infrastructure of alternative carriers in so called 'on-net' regions. The offer is based on a new cooperation contract with the integrated telecoms carrier Vodafone Germany. A similar contract has already been concluded with Versatel AG in September 2009. ecotel is going to offer this product to more than 70% of the business customers in Germany with the need of a 'real' ISDN access line at attractive prices. 'Via the cooperation with Vodafone we are able to further push our full access product strategy. The combination of these new full access products with the access products of Deutsche Telekom AG puts us in a position to be the first alternative provider in Germany to provide business customers with bundled fixed (ISDN) and mobile products,' says Achim Theis, board member of ecotel communication ag and responsible for marketing and sales. ecotel thus strengthens its competitive position in the B2B segment and focuses on a multi supplier strategy. By means of a migration from preselection to full access products ecotel expects to stabilize its customer base and improve the profitability. For Vodafone the cooperation with ecotel is a logical step in its business strategy to improve its footprint in the small and medium size enterprise segment via its business partner channel. In order to enable a smooth launch Vodafone implements automated order management and network interfaces in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt. 'We look forward to the cooperation with ecotel. With its 35,000 business customers ecotel is well positioned in the B2B segment and a strategic partner for Vodafone Germany' says Mark Klein, Director SME & SoHo of Vodafone Germany. 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 approximately 35.000 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. ecotel deploys state of the art enabling and switching platforms in order to provide its product portfolio (unbundled local loops, broadband access lines, mobile services) to other resellers. 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 the 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 approximately 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. Press contact: ecotel communication ag Trade Press Bernadette Loosen-Flanz (PR) Tel.: 0211-55 007-316 Fax: 0211-55 007 5 316 Email: presse@ecotel.de Further information: www.ecotel.de 16.12.2009 Ad hoc announcement, Financial News and Media Release distributed by DGAP. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------