STRATO AG

STRATO named NUMBER ONE WEB HOSTER in the UK

11th October 2006 - STRATO, one of Europe’s leading web hosters, has been named the number one budget web hosting service in the UK by leading site, the Web Host Directory, part of the Web Host Directory group of companies.

This neutral customer product site awards the web hosts in each of its categories by tabulating votes received from visitors and reviewers to the site.

Each web host is given a rating of one to ten in six areas of performance, including cost, features, support, reliability and speed. The votes are tabulated and double checked for accuracy and duplicates from the same voter are removed.

The Web Host Directory Review Board then determine the final winners through a combination of customer votes, customer reviews, and analysis of the nominees websites.

Damian Schmidt, CEO of STRATO, said: “We are delighted that just after six months of introducing our products to the UK we have already made an impact with UK customers, who happen to make up one of the most knowledgeable audiences when it comes to web hosting applications. We believe that our strategic approach is working due to our ability to offer web hosting packages to suit every need, from beginners to professionals, at extremely competitive prices. Our eight years of experience make us a trustworthy partner for quality web hosting and this award further cements that.”

Notes to Editors

• STRATO is one of Europe’s leading web hosting providers and in June 2006 was recognised as Germany’s number one web host provider by the eco Association of the German Internet industry, for their ongoing focus on excellent quality and customer service

• STRATO is based in Berlin and currently has two million domains and one million customer contracts. STRATO operations currently exist across Europe, including Germany, UK, Italy, Spain, France and the Netherlands

• Besides complete domain packages and DSL broadband access, STRATO markets high-quality servers and solutions in the area of e-commerce

• STRATO was the first major European web host to receive the internationally coveted German Technical Control Board seal “BS7799“ which is now ISO 27001:2005. The British standard certification was awarded by the independent German testing organisation TÜV SÜD, for the reliability of its computing centres, security and data availability

• STRATO is a one hundred per cent subsidiary of freenet.de, a listed Internet and telecommunications company with over ten million customers

• STRATO benefits from the competence of its parent company and utilises existing group synergies to offer its own customers exceptional services: freenet.de is one of the few providers to have its own network and hence a powerful infrastructure for data and speech exchange. This enables freenet.de to offer customers throughout the group optimum tariff plans and the highest level of performance as well as innovative products like the DSL telephony package iPhone