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Successful market entry in Spain for United Internet - Over 50,000 customer contracts since August 2007

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Montabaur/Madrid, January 24, 2008. With
over 50,000 customer contracts and 30,000 registered Internet 
addresses, the United Internet brand 1&1 has successfully completed 
its market entry in Spain. In less than half a year 1&1 has thus 
succeeded in becoming one of Spain's Top 7 providers of webhosting 
services.
From August 2007 to the end of the year, 1&1's Spanish customers were
offered a "Pack Bienvenida" - a webhosting package worth some 200 
euros with numerous features and an .es-domain, which users can test 
for free and without risk over a two-year period. Since its launch, 
the United Internet subsidiary has overtaken numerous competitors who
have long been established on the Spanish market. In December 2007 
alone, 1&1 registered every third new .es-domain in Spain. According 
to figures published yesterday by the Spanish registration authority 
red.es, 1&1 is already the 7th largest registrar in Spain based on 
the total number of domains registered during the whole of 2007. Four
years ago 1&1 was successful with a similar introductory offer in the
USA, where the provider is now among the Top 5.
"Before the launch we analyzed the Spanish market very carefully and 
decided it was currently the most attractive foreign market for us," 
says Ralph Dommermuth, CEO of United Internet AG. "Around 95 percent 
of all companies with more than 10 employees have broadband internet 
access, for example, but only a fifth of all Spanish companies have 
their own homepage". United Internet invests some 5 million euros in 
its market entry on the Iberian peninsular for the establishment of 
an office in Madrid, a Spanish-language support service and for 
marketing measures.
Starting in January, Spanish internet users can choose from the full 
1&1 webhosting range comprising 16 products, including domain and 
hosting packages as well as dedicated servers. Further products, such
as the software-as-a- service solutions Microsoft Exchange and 
MailXchange, are to be added in the course of the year.
"After this success, our next target is to break into the Top 3 of 
Spanish webhosters within the next two years," explains Ralph 
Dommermuth.
About United Internet With around 7.07 million customer contracts, 
United Internet AG is a leading Internet Service Provider (ISP). In 
its "Product" segment, the Group's value- added internet services and
fast internet connections are directed at private users, small/home 
offices (SoHos) and small to mid-size enterprises (SMEs). These 
groups are served by the brands GMX, WEB.DE, 1&1, InterNetX and 
Fasthosts. In addition to its "Product" business, the Group is also 
engaged in "Online Marketing" (via the brands AdLINK Media, affilinet
and Sedo).
end of announcement                               euro adhoc

Further inquiry note:

Marcus Schaps
Head of PR
United Internet AG
Elgendorfer Straße 57
56410 Montabaur
Tel: +49 2602/96-1076
Fax: +49 2602/96-1013
E-mail: mschaps@united-internet.de
Internet: www.united-internet.de

Branche: Telecommunications Services
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