Ad-hoc | 21 September 2001 07:50

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Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– Bonn / London, September 21, 2001 T-Mobile International AG and mmO2 have signed agreement to cooperate on building UMTS networks in Germany and the UK Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiary T-Mobile International AG and mmO2 agreed to the contractual terms of an agreement to cooperate on building UMTS networks. This follows the signing in June of the Memoranda of Understanding between the two companies. There have been thorough negotiations over the past few months, in which both companies have been clarifying the operating, technical and commer-cial details of the agreement. The cooperation might lead to positive finan-cial effects of up to 30 percent from the estimated costs of building the UMTS networks. end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 21.09.2001 Issuer’s information/explanatory remarks concerning this ad-hoc-announcement: Kai-Uwe Ricke, member of the board of Deutsche Telekom and chief executive officer of T-Mobile International AG, underlined the importance for mobile markets in Germany and the UK: “These are the first international agreements of this kind and it’s an important step for the future.” The rapid conclusion of the negotiations, he said, emphasises how important it was for both parties to transform their initial memorandum of understanding swiftly into a binding contract. Now both companies, together with their subsidiaries in Germany and the UK, T-Mobil and One 2 One, can proceed “to realize a swift, and more cost- effective construction of their UMTS networks in the two largest mobile markets in Europe.” ——————————————————————————– WKN: 555750; Index: DAX, EURO STOXX 50 Listed: Amtlicher Handel in Berlin, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Stuttgart und München; EUREX; New York (ADS); Tokio; Toronto 210750 Sep 01