ecotel communication ag / Key word(s): Quarter Results/Interim Report 15.11.2011 / 08:10 --------------------------------------------------------------------- - EBITDA was 66% higher than in the previous year figures - Net debt was reduced to EUR 1.4 million - Earnings per share for the first 9 months was 0.28 EUR ecotel maintains its profitability growth path also in the third quarter of 2011. While ecotel's revenues for the first nine month were EUR 62.0 million and stayed below previous year figures (2010: EUR 72.6 million) gross profit improved from EUR 16.2 million to EUR 18.5 million. This corresponds to a gross margin of 30% (2010: 22%). The decline in revenue is mainly due to the reduction of interconnection fees towards mobile networks since end of 2010. Revenues in third quarter 2343 EUR 21.4 million after EUR 24.6 million in the previous year figures. In the B2B segment ecotel was able to raise its profitability via lower procurement cost as well as via its migration process from preselection to full access products. EBITDA for the first six months of 2011 was EUR 5.3 million and was 66% above previous year figures (2010: EUR 3.2 million). EBIT was EUR 2.5 million after EUR 0.7 million in the previous year results. Net income for the first nine months was EUR 1.1 million (2010: EUR 0.1 million), which corresponds to earnings per share of EUR 0.28. Free Cash Flow in the first nine months was EUR 3.6 million (2010: EUR 1.5 million). Net debt was reduced to EUR 1.4 million and was thus reduced by EUR 5.1 million in the past 12 months. The equity ratio was raised to 48%. For 2011 ecotel anticipates revenue of EUR 80-85 million. ecotel maintains its expectation to reach the upper limit of its EBITDA guidance of EUR 5.5-6.5 million. The 2011 quarterly report can be downloaded from the company's website at www.ecotel.de. About ecotel communication ag: ecotel communication ag is a publicly listed telecommunications company at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard), 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 to appr. 20.000 business customers. In its second division 'Wholesale Customers' the company provides carrier and wholesale services to other telecoms operators. This business segment comprises the wholesale activities of ecotel as well as i-cube GmbH and mvneco GmbH. The division 'New Business' contains fast growing business sectors. Apart from easybell GmbH, this division also comprises nacamar's New Media business. ecotel is headquartered in Düsseldorf and has at present appr. 190 employees. 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. PR office: Business and Financial Media Annette Drescher (Assistant to the Managing Director) Phone: 0211-55 007-740 Fax: 0211-55 007 5 740 E-mail: presse@ecotel.de Business media Bernadette Loosen-Flanz (PR) Phone: 0211-55 007-316 Fax: 0211-55 007 5 316 E-mail: presse@ecotel.de For more information, please visit us on the web at www.ecotel.de End of Corporate News --------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.11.2011 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: ecotel communication ag Prinzenallee 11 40549 Düsseldorf Germany 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, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 146262 15.11.2011