PRESS RELEASE : Tele Columbus AG: Tele Columbus switches to green electricity

DGAP-News: Tele Columbus AG / Key word(s): Sustainability/Miscellaneous 
Tele Columbus AG: Tele Columbus switches to green electricity 
2021-01-13 / 10:00 
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PRESS RELEASE 
Protecting the climate with products from PYUR 
Tele Columbus switches to green electricity 
- Networks powered entirely by renewable energy 
- Savings of around 14,500 tonnes of CO[2] per year 
- TV and Internet are going green thanks to PYUR 
Berlin, 13 January 2021. Since the start of the year, the networks operated by Tele Columbus AG and its brand PYUR have 
been powered entirely by certified green electricity. The move allows all active customers to significantly reduce the 
carbon footprint caused by receiving television signals or using telephony and internet services through a cable 
connection. By changing how it sources its electricity, the Group is pursuing its sustainability strategy, which calls 
for climate-neutral network operation, among other targets. 
The continued increase in internet use has fuelled a constant rise in power consumption by telecommunication networks. 
In 2020, the ever-growing use of the web was further accelerated by two lockdown phases in Germany during which many 
people either worked or studied primarily from home. Regardless of whether they only use cable television or additional 
services such as telephony and internet, households supplied by PYUR will be significantly more eco-friendly in 2021. 
While the Tele Columbus Group's cable networks switched to green power at the start of 2021, IP services for business 
customers and the PYUR Business data centres have been running entirely on green electricity for over a year now. By 
selecting appropriate electricity providers, the Group had already succeeded in reducing location-based CO[2] emissions 
from 14,500 tonnes to 6,200 tonnes in previous years. Starting now, that same figure stands at zero. All electricity 
purchased by the Tele Columbus Group comes from certified, renewable sources of energy. Across the country, every PYUR 
customer can now automatically benefit from the Group's carbon-free network operations. 
"PYUR wants to play a state-of-the-art role in helping transform the way we study, work and consume media," says Tele 
Columbus' Chief Commercial Officer Stefan Riedel. "With e-learning and web meetings becoming the norm as digitalisation 
advances, the networks used to transmit that data have to be operated with a focus on environmental sustainability. 
Eighty per cent of the data volume in the networks is streaming content, or videos. Through its fibre-optic cable 
networks, Tele Columbus offers a particularly eco-friendly way of accessing the internet, according to a study by the 
German Environment Agency," Riedel adds. Under the Tele Columbus Group's optical fibre expansion strategy, an 
ever-growing number of households are slated to gain access to a PYUR fibre-optic connection in the years ahead, 
thereby further boosting energy efficiency. 
Switching to green electricity plays a vital role for Tele Columbus on its path to providing "green cable". Still, 
further work is needed to achieve internet connections that are green from start to finish. The mission to make the 
internet climate friendly also depends on the electricity customers use to power their modems, computers and 
televisions. Video streaming providers' server farms and the amount of CO[2] generated through the use of cloud 
applications, to name just a few examples, also have an influence. 
PYUR Business' state-of-the-art, energy-efficient data centres in Leipzig and Berlin, which power such applications, 
are already running on 100% renewable energy today. As a result, Tele Columbus AG and its PYUR brand are underscoring 
their ambition of being among the top providers in the German market from an environmental perspective as well. 
About us 
Tele Columbus AG is one of Germany's leading fibre network operators which reaches more than 3 million homes. Via its 
brand PYUR, 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. 
Disclaimer 
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risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from 
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statements, which speak only as of the date of this document. 
This release contains references to certain non-GAAP financial measures, such as Normalized EBITDA and Capex, and 
operating measures, such as RGUs, ARPU, and Unique Subscribers calculations. These non-GAAP financial and operating 
measures should not be viewed in isolation as alternatives to measures of the Company's financial condition, results of 
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Contact: 
Leonhard Bayer 
Senior Director Investor Relations 
Phone [phone] 
Fax [phone] 
[e-mail] 
www.telecolumbus.com 
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Language:     English 
Company:      Tele Columbus AG 
              Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 108 
              10553 Berlin 
              Germany 
Phone:        [phone] 
Fax:          [phone] 
E-mail:       [e-mail] 
Internet:     www.telecolumbus.com 
ISIN:         DE000TCAG172 
WKN:          TCAG17 
Listed:       Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, 
              Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange 
EQS News ID:  1160246 
 
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