Exhibit 99.1

Pareteum Secures Convertible Note Financing

NEW YORK, NY – June 9, 2020 – Pareteum Corporation (Nasdaq: TEUM), (the “Company”), a global cloud communications platform company, today announced that the Company closed the issuance of $17.5 million in Senior Secured Convertible Notes, which mature in 2025, with warrants, to an institutional investor. The net proceeds to the Company upon the closing of the final tranche will be $14 million, and the Company intends as part of its capital raising strategy to raise a further $4 million from its largest shareholder group. The Company intends to use the proceeds for working capital, general corporate purposes, growth initiatives and new product development.

"We are pleased to complete this financing as it strengthens our balance sheet, provides working capital, and allows us to reinvest in growing the business” said Bart Weijermars, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Pareteum. " Our team is focused and continues operating and serving our clients well . Our software platform remains in demand for connectivity and collaboration for our new and existing customers. We now have the ability to invest further, directly in our proprietary technology, to drive our customers’ subscriber growth and success. We are well positioned to capitalize on this large market opportunity globally."

More information regarding the financing may be found on Form 8-K dated June 9, 2020 on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

About Pareteum Corporation

Pareteum is an experienced provider of Communications Platform as a Service solutions. Pareteum empowers enterprises, communications service providers, early stage innovators, developers, IoT, and telecommunications infrastructure providers with the freedom and control to create, deliver and scale innovative communications experiences. The Pareteum platform connects people and devices around the world using the secure, ubiquitous, and highly scalable solution to deliver data, voice, video, SMS/text messaging, media, and content enablement. For more information please visit: www.pareteum.com.

Forward Looking Statements

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