DGAP-News: Tele Columbus AG: PŸUR continues positive trend in connect magazine broadband and landline test

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Overall rating of "good" and significant year-on-year improvement

PŸUR continues positive trend in connect magazine broadband and landline test

- PŸUR network rated "good"

- Rated best out of all providers in the high-speed internet category

- Significant year-on-year improvement testament to quality offensive

Berlin, 6 July 2021. PŸUR has continued the positive trend of previous years and achieved a test rating of "good" in connect magazine's latest broadband and landline test. For Tele Columbus AG, the result demonstrates that the measures consistently taken to improve network performance are having the desired effect.

PŸUR improved significantly year on year from 773 points to 840, only just missing out on the "very good" rating, according to connect. In the high-speed internet category, which involves a standardised test including parallel upload and download measurements, PŸUR achieved the best rating of all providers at 100%. The measurements are aimed at measuring connection speed at full broadband load. connect was also impressed with PŸUR's performance in the online TV category, in which "over-the-top" measurements are taken on a variety of video content providers.

"We are delighted to see that our hard work throughout the PŸUR network this year has been reflected in the results of broadband and landline tests," says Dietmar Pöltl, Chief Technology Officer of Tele Columbus AG. "The outstanding results in data tests show that we are moving in the right direction with our improvements to the quality of our fibre optic networks. It goes without saying that there is always room for improvement, and we will continue to work towards optimising our networks to offer our customers the best possible products and services."

About us

Tele Columbus AG is one of Germany's leading fibre network operators which reaches more than 3 million homes. Via its brand PŸUR, the Company, offers high-speed internet including telephony and more than 250 TV channels. All of this via a digital entertainment platform that combines linear TV with video on demand entertainment. To its housing association partners the Tele Columbus Group offers tailored models of cooperation and state-of-the-art services such as telemetric and tenant portals. As a full-service partner for municipalities and regional utilities, the Company is actively supporting the fibre-based infrastructure and broadband internet expansion in Germany. For its business customers the Group offers carrier services and corporate solutions on its proprietary fibre network. Besides its headquarter in Berlin, the Company has locations in Hamburg, Leipzig, Ratingen and Unterföhring/Munich. Since January 2015, Tele Columbus AG is listed on the regulated market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock exchange.

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