ecotel communication ag / Quarter Results 13.11.2009 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Stabilizes revenues and EBITDA - Increase of cash via KfW loan and settlement with Tiscali - Revenue guidance of appr. EUR 100 million and EBITDA guidance of EUR 5-6 million for 2009 Düsseldorf, November 13, 2009 ecotel achieved revenues of EUR 72.5 million (EUR 79.1million) in the first nine months of 2009. The ordinary course of business is on track despite the difficult economic situation; third quarter revenues were EUR 24.1 million and thus on par with the previous quarter's revenues. EBITDA in the third quarter was EUR 1.3 million and equal to the previous quarter's EBITDA. The cumulated EBITDA for the first nine months of 2009 was EUR 3.8 million (EUR 4.8 million). EBIT in the first nine months was EUR 0.9 million (EUR 2.2 million). The amicable settlement with Tiscali led to a positive finance result and Net income for the first nine months of EUR 1.2 million (EUR 0.9 million). This amounts to earnings per share of EUR 0.31. Due to extraordinary effects (settlement with Tiscali and KfW loan) the company was able to strengthen its liquid funds and its cash position to EUR 4.4 million. In addition, ecotel reduced its net debt from EUR 12.2 million to EUR 9.8 million. The equity ratio grew from 42.2% to 43.1%. As a first success in the area of product development ecotel meanwhile sells full access product bundles based on the infrastructure of alternative carriers (e.g. Versatel) in called 'on-net' regions in addition to full access products of Deutsche Telekom AG. ecotel intends to offer this product to business customer with the need of a 'real' ISDN access line at attractive prices. By means of a migration from preselection- to full access products ecotel expects to stabilize its customer base and to strengthen its competitive position with net additions to its customer base. Against of the background of its current business performance ecotel maintains its guidance for 2009 and expects to generate revenues of appr. EUR 95-100 million and to generate an EBITDA adjusted for extraordinary cost and revenues of EUR 5 million. Furthermore, the company expects to reduce its net debt to Zero until 2011. The quarterly report Q3 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. 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, 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. 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 Bernadette Loosen-Flanz (PR) Tel.: 0211-55 007-316 Fax: 0211-55 007 5 316 Email: presse@ecotel.de Further information: www.ecotel.de. 13.11.2009 Financial News 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------