Brunnthal, Germany, January 29, 2007. P21 GmbH, a leading provider of fuel cell based backup power supporting the telecommunications industry, is now ready to deliver two 3kW fuel cell systems to a large
Mobile Network Operator in South Africa for testing.

The six weeks field tests will start at the beginning of February 2007 in Gauteng, the district around Johannesburg and Pretoria. P21 is conducting high temperature tests, in an area with a very high population and extreme operating conditions. The two parallel Premion T fuel cell systems are designed to meet wide-ranging needs: a Base Station with a monthly blackout rate of more than 20hrs will be protected by our state-of-the-art fuel cell backup system.

Together with our local partner we take care of supplying and the installation of the Premion T systems and of monitoring this trial period.

The complete gas management will also be rendered by P21 in conjunction with a local hydrogen supplier.

“P21 is the first fuel cell company that signed a contract with a South African MNO. This approach is also expected to position us well for significant growth opportunities among a variety of customer-specific
requirements”, said Dieter Braechtken, CEO of P21 GmbH.