D&E Communications Announces Dividend

EPHRATA, PA -- (Marketwire) -- 04/23/09 -- The Board of Directors of D&E Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: DECC) announced a quarterly dividend of $.125 (12.5 cents) per share of common stock payable on June 15, 2009, to shareholders of record on June 1, 2009, maintaining the Company's current dividend.

D&E is a leading integrated communications provider offering high-speed data, Internet access, local and long distance telephone, business continuity services, co-location facilities, data and professional IT services, network monitoring, security solutions and video services. Based in Lancaster County, D&E has been serving communities in central and eastern Pennsylvania for more than 100 years. For more information, visit www.decommunications.com.