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Telekom, and O2 all banking on the mpass payment system

 Telekom joins the mpass initiative of O2 and Vodafone  Mobile payment system now with over 20 million pre-registered customers  German mobile network operators emphasise their commitment to the pay- ment market

Düsseldorf//Munich, November 23, 2010. Deutsche Telekom is now banking on the mobile payment system mpass like the founding partners Vodafone and Telefónica

O2 . The Bonn-based provider has thus become an equal member of the payment initiative. mpass enables purchases on the to be paid for easily and securely. The ad- vantage of paying with mpass is that sensitive customer data such as bank details must not be entered during the purchasing process and these data are not transmitted to retailers. The authorisation of the payment order is only possible via the buyer's . mpass was initiated in 2009 by Vodafone and O2 and has been developed on an ongo- ing basis ever since. The latest optimisation, which is already being implemented to- gether with Telekom, allows the model to be opened up for further payment integrators.

As a result of Telekom's involvement, mpass has also expanded its participant base of already pre-registered post-paid customers to over 20 million. Pre-paid customers and customers of other mobile network providers with a bank account in Germany can also use mpass by signing up at www.mpass.de in just a few steps. Therefore mpass is one of the most far-reaching payment methods on the German market.

"Telekom Deutschland's decision to join our payment initiative helps us to establish mpass as a standard method of payment in the German mobile payment market and to

Vodafone D2 GmbH, Konzernkommunikation Am Seestern 1, D-40547 Düsseldorf, T + 49 (0) 211/533-5500, F + 49 (0) 211/533-2154 [email protected], www.vodafone-deutschland.de

make it the most important payment procedure in Germany", commented Jochen Bor- nemann, Head of Payments & Enabling Services at , and Michael Kurz, Head of Corporate Wholesale at Telefónica O2. "Together with Vodafone and O2 we will further optimise the mpass business model and gradually tap into new market segments", says Stefan Eulgem, Head of Enabling Services in the Value-Added Services Centre at Telekom Deutschland.

Today it is already possible to use mpass in numerous online and mobile shops. Thanks to the partnership with large payment integrators, the number of acceptance points will multiply over the next few years. In addition to use in e-commerce and m- commerce, mpass will also offer mobile payment options in stationary trade.

Further information:

Vodafone D2 GmbH Thorsten Höpken t +49 (0) 211 533-5597 f +49 (0) 211 533-5500 e [email protected]

Telefónica O2 Germany GmbH & Co. OHG Albert Fetsch, spokesman t +49 (0)89 2442-1220 f +49 (0)89 2442-1209 e [email protected]

Deutsche Telekom Corporate Communications t +49 228 181 4949 e [email protected]

Vodafone Deutschland

With 13,000 employees and around nine billion in turnover, Vodafone Germany is one of the largest and most modern telecommunications providers in Europe. As an innovative and integrated technology and services group headquartered in Düsseldorf, Vodafone Germany stands for communication from a single source: mobile network and fixed network as well as Internet and data services for business and residential customers. Continuous developments, numerous patents as well as investments in new products, services and the modern - work have made Vodafone an innovation leader in the German telecommunications market. In 2009 Vodafone was once again honoured by the trade magazine "connect" for having the best voice and data network in Germany. Vodafone accepts its social responsibility. As a socio-political think tank, the Vodafone Foundation Germany initi- ates and promotes numerous projects in the areas of education, integration and social mobility, art/culture and health. The company belongs to the Vodafone Group. Further information is available at www.vodafone- deutschland.de.

Telefónica O2 Germany GmbH & Co. OHG belongs to Telefónica Europe and is part of the Spanish group Telefónica S.A. The Company offers its German private and business customers postpaid and prepaid mobile telecom products as well as innovative mobile data services based on the GPRS and UMTS technologies. In addition, the integrated communications provider also offers DSL fixed network telephony and high-speed internet. Te- lefónica Europe has about 55 million mobile and fixed network customers in Great Britain, Ireland, the Czech Republic, and Germany.

Deutsche Telekom AG

With over 129 million mobile customers as well as around 37 million fixed network and 16 million broad- band connections, Deutsche Telekom is one of the leading integrated telecommunications companies in the world (as of 30 September 2010). The Group offers products and services in the areas of the fixed net- work, mobile network, Internet and IPTV for residential customers as well as ICT solutions for key accounts and business customers. Deutsche Telekom is represented in around 50 countries and has over 250,000 employees worldwide. In the 2009 fiscal year the Group generated turnover of 64.6 billion euros, over half of which came from outside Germany (as of 31 December 2009). Additional information for journalists: www.telekom.com/presse and http://twitter.com/deutschetelekom