ecotel communication ag / Miscellaneous 02.10.2009 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Reimbursement of EUR 1.65 million - Strengthening of financial leeway - Net debt shall be reduced to Zero until 2011 Düsseldorf, October 2, 2009 ecotel communication ag, which is listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has reached an amicable settlement with Tiscali regarding a retroactive purchase price adjustment for the acquisition of Tiscali Nacamar GmbH on February 5, 2007. In the context of the settlement ecotel has received a cash payment of EUR 1.65 million. The original purchase price for Tiscali Nacamar GmbH was EUR 18.5 million. 'The conclusion of an amicable settlement has helped us to avoid a long lasting lawsuit with the corresponding legal fees. Our liquid funds have been additionally strengthened. Therefore we expect to reduce our net debt to Zero until 2011', says Bernhard Seidl, CFO of ecotel. A couple of weeks ago ecotel has received a EUR 5 million innovation loan of KfW and Commerzbank for the financing of further growth and new development projects. ecotel expects to generate revenues of appr. EUR 100 million and to generate an EBITDA adjusted for extraordinary cost and revenues of appr. EUR 5 million for 2009. ecotel publishes its third quarter figures on November 13, 2009. Additional information: ISIN: DE0005854343 WKN: 585434 Symbol: E4C Trading segment: Official Market of the Frankfurt stock exchange, Prime Standard Location: Düsseldorf --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News: 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. 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 appr. 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. 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 Weitere Informationen erhalten Sie im Internet unter www.ecotel.de 02.10.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------