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Corporate | 14 July 2016 11:14

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ecotel communication ag: New cooperation: ecotel and Unitymedia launch strategic partnership for joint marketing of fibre optic cable access

DGAP-News: ecotel communication ag / Key word(s): Alliance

2016-07-14 / 11:14
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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Düsseldorf, July 14th 2016 
Starting immediately ecotel is expanding its availability of Ethernet
access via the fibre optic infrastructure in the federal states of North
Rhine-Westphalia, Baden Württemberg and Hessen.

On the basis of the new cooperation ecotel can offer increased network
coverage to its business customers in the SME segment. Fibre optic based
broadband access is gaining significant importance in view of the
IT/telecom, cloud computing requirements and virtual private networks (VPN)
of large enterprises and increasingly also of SMEs.

"We are looking forward to the long-term cooperation with Unitymedia. The
company's high-speed fibre optic networks make Unitymedia an important
partner for ecotel, and the fibre optic infrastructure is a substantial
element of our multi-carrier concept. With the increased digitalisation of
core processes in many enterprises, the importance of fibre optics for the
competitiveness of our customers is constantly growing. On the basis of
redundant interconnection we are also capable of providing additional
services through the Unitymedia cable network. Since Unitymedia is part of
the international cable company Liberty Global, our customers also have
access to an MEF-certified infrastructure in 12 European countries,"
explains Peter Zils, CEO of ecotel communication ag.

For Unitymedia the cooperation is another important element of the
company's business customer strategy of addressing SMEs also through
wholesale partners in the future. "We look forward to the cooperation with
ecotel, because together we can make the fibre optic infrastructure
available to even more enterprises. With 18,000 business customers in the
B2B market ecotel is well positioned and is an important partner for
Unitymedia. We are confident that both companies will benefit from the
cooperation and will more effectively be able to implement growth
potentials in the important B2B high-speed internet market," explains
Heribert Clemens, Senior Vice President B2B Unitymedia GmbH.


About ecotel communication ag:

The ecotel Group (hereinafter »ecotel«) is a telecommunications company
operating throughout Germany since 1998 that specialises in meeting the
information and telecommunication (IT/telecom) requirements of customers.
The parent company is ecotel communication ag. The shares are traded in the
Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. ecotel markets
products and services in the following business segments: »Business
Solutions (B2B)«, »Wholesale Solutions«, »Private Customer Solutions (B2C)«
and »new media solutions«.

ecotel's core segment is represented by »Business Solutions (B2B)«. Here
ecotel offers 18,000 small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as
large-scale customers throughout Germany, an integrated product portfolio
of voice and data services (IT/telecom solutions) from a single source.

In »Wholesale Solutions« ecotel integrates the services offered to other
telecommunications companies. In addition, ecotel is active in
cross-network trading of telephone minutes (Wholesale) for national and
international carriers; for this purpose, ecotel maintains network
interconnections with approximately 100 international carriers.

The »Private Customer Solutions (B2C)« of ecotel include the services of
the easybell Group. The Berlin-based subsidiary markets high-quality yet
low-priced Internet and telephone services. For this purpose easybell
provides rate-adaptable ADSL2+ and VDSL services nationwide. easybell is
also one of the market leaders in the provision of classic call-by-call and
Internet-by-call access.

With its »new media solutions« nacamar GmbH offers streaming services for
media enterprises on the basis of its own Content Delivery Network (CDN),
which is hosted in the ecotel computer centre. The company also markets
customised solutions for content management systems, online representation
and technical developments (apps) for access by end devices (smartphones,
tablet PC and smart TVs).

The corporate group, with its main office in Düsseldorf, currently has
about 240 employees, including subsidiaries and holdings.

Note: 
This publication is not an offer for the sale nor an invitation for the
purchase or subscription of securities. This publication is not a
securities brochure. This publication and the information contained therein
are not intended for direct or indirect dissemination to or within the
United States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan.


PR office ecotel communication ag:

Business media
Bernadette Loosen-Flanz
Tel.: 0211-55 007-316
Fax: 0211-55 007 5 316
E-mail: presse@ecotel.de

Business and Financial Media
Annette Drescher (Assistant to the Managing Director)
Tel.: 0211-55 007-740
Fax: 0211-55 007 5 740
E-mail: presse@ecotel.de


For more information, please visit us on the web at www.ecotel.de


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   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:      Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated   
                Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart  
 
   
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