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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.telekom.de/ Telekom - Deutsche Telekom]
*[http://www.telekom.com/english Corporate website of Deutsche Telekom] with links to its various subsidiaries
*[http://www.t-systems.com/ Official website of T-Systems] [http://www.t-systems.de/ DE]
*[http://www.t-systems.com/ Official website of T-Systems]
*[http://www.t-mobile.com/ Official website of T-Mobile] [http://www.t-mobile.de/ DE]
*[http://www.t-mobile.net/ Official website of T-Mobile International]
:*[http://www.t-systems.cz/ T-Systems Czech Republic]
:*[http://www.orbitel.bg/en Orbitel Bulgaria]
:*[http://www.t-com.sk/ T-Com Slovakia]
:*[http://www.slovaktelekom.sk/ Slovak Telekom]
:*[http://www.telekom.mk/ Makedonski Telekom]
:*[http://www.t-com-cg.com/ T-Com Montenegro]
*[http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/43/43401.html Yahoo! - Deutsche Telekom AG Company Profile]
*[http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/43/43401.html Yahoo! - Deutsche Telekom AG Company Profile]
*[[Google Finance]] stock information for [http://finance.google.com/finance?q=FRA%3ADTE FRA], [http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3ADT NYSE], [http://finance.google.com/finance?q=BIT%3ADTE BIT]
*[[Google Finance]] stock information for [http://finance.google.com/finance?q=FRA%3ADTE FRA], [http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3ADT NYSE], [http://finance.google.com/finance?q=BIT%3ADTE BIT]

Revision as of 18:25, 18 July 2008

Deutsche Telekom AG
Company typePublic (ISINDE0005557508, FWB: DTE, NYSEDT, LSEDEU, TYO: 9496)
Industryinternet service provider
telecommunications industry
telecommunications
mobile phone industry Edit this on Wikidata
Founded1996
HeadquartersGermany Bonn, Germany
Key people
René Obermann, Chairman & CEO
ProductsFixed telephone
Mobile telephone
Broadband, Internet services
IT/Network services
RevenueIncrease 61,3 billion (2006)
34,493,000,000 Euro (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
17,788,000,000 Euro (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
Total assets290,305,000,000 Euro (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
199,652 (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.telekom.de
DTAG corporate headquarters, Bonn

Deutsche Telekom AG (ISINDE0005557508, FWB: DTE, NYSEDT, LSEDEU, TYO: 9496) (English translation: German Telecom) (abbreviated DTAG) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Germany and in the EU.

Deutsche Telekom was formed in 1996 as the former state-owned monopoly Deutsche Bundespost was privatized. As of 2005, the German government still holds a 15.7% stake in company stock directly, and another 14% through the government bank KfW. 4.5% of the company is owned by the Private equity firm Blackstone Group.

The former CEO Kai-Uwe Ricke was ousted by the board of the company because of slumping sales and the flight of customers to cheaper competitors. More than 1.5 million customers changed to rival companies during 2005 and 2006 and as a result, Deutsche Telekom laid off more than 30,000 workers. The new CEO was announced on November 12 2006 after a long-night board session: René Obermann, the former CEO of T-Mobile International.

The predecessor of Ricke, Ron Sommer chairman of Deutsche Telekom since 1995 to 2002, was ousted because of the drop of the share of the Deutsche Telekom in 2002. On the height of the "dot-com-bubble", the share was over €100 and fell significantly to about €12/share during a couple of months. Sommer said that "he had some opinion-based difficulties between him and board of the Telekom".

Holdings

All subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom have names starting with "T-".

  • T-Home (formerly T-Com), a legacy telephone and fixed network carrier and IPTV operator
    • T-Online, an internet service provider (ISP)
  • T-Mobile, a mobile phone provider
  • T-Systems, a business division focused on providing to large customers

A new Group structure was introduced on January 1, 2005, Deutsche Telekom has merged the two organizational business units of T-Com and T-Online into the Broadband/Fixed Network (BBFN) strategic business area. With around 40 million narrowband lines, over 9 million broadband lines and 14 million registered Internet customers, the Broadband/Fixed Network business area is one of the largest providers in Europe. R&D is now driven by Deutsche Telekom Laboratories (T-Labs).

Deutsche Telekom also holds substantial shares in other telecom companies, including Central European subsidiaries T-Slovak Telekom (Slovakia), Magyar Telekom (Hungary), and T-Hrvatski Telekom (Croatia), which are now fully consolidated into T-Com/T-Home. Furthermore, Magyar Telekom holds majority shares in Orbitel (Bulgaria), Combridge (Romania), Makedonski Telekom (Republic of Macedonia), and T-Crnogorski Telekom (Montenegro) all of which have also been rebranded and included under the T-Com/T-Home umbrella.

Facilities

A list of transmission facilities follows.

TV Towers/Telecommunication towers

Erdfunkstelle Raisting is the biggest facility for satellite communication in the world
Berliner Fernsehturm in 2006
Deutsche Telekom phonebooth with a sphere decorated as a football in the runup to the World Cup

The following facilities are free standing TV Towers - some of which have publicly accessible observation decks.

Guyed masts for FM, directional radio and TV

Transmission facilities for long- and mediumwave

Transmitters for non-broadcasting use

Transmission facilities for shortwave

Aerial testing sites

Facilities for satellite communication

  • Erdfunkstelle Raisting
  • Erdfunkstelle Usingen

Acquisitions

2007


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