D&E Communications, Inc., Completes Sale of Its Interest in PenTeleData.

EPHRATA, Pa. -- D&E Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:DECC) sold its 8.19 percent interest in the PenTeleData Limited Partnership I on February 28, 2005, for $2.9 million.

The sale will result in a pre-tax gain of $2.1 million in the first quarter of 2005.

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D&E acquired the partnership interest in PenTeleData when it acquired Conestoga Enterprises, Inc., in 2002. Conestoga Telephone and Telegraph Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Conestoga Enterprises, Inc., had been a limited partner in PenTeleData since 1995. Since D&E operates its own Internet Service Provider, the partnership was no longer a strategic fit in the organization, and D&E pursued a sale of its interest.

D&E is an integrated communications provider offering high-speed data, Internet access, local and long distance telephone, voice and data networking, network management and security, and video services. Based in Lancaster County, D&E has been serving communities in central Pennsylvania for more than 100 years. For more information, visit www.decommunications.com.

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