Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom AG
Type Aktiengesellschaft (FWB: DTE)
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 1996
Headquarters Bonn, Germany
Area served Worldwide
Key people René Obermann (CEO and Chairman of the executive board), Ulrich Lehner (Chairman of the supervisory board)
Products Fixed-line and mobile telephony, broadband and fixed-line internet services, IT and network services
Revenue €64.60 billion (2009)[1]
Operating income €6.012 billion (2009)[1]
Profit €353 million (2009)[1]
Total assets €127.8 billion (2009)[1]
Total equity €41.94 billion (2009)[1]
Employees 257,600 (2009)[1]
Subsidiaries Everything Everywhere (UK) (50% Stake with France Telecom)
Website www.telekom.com
DTAG corporate headquarters, Bonn

Deutsche Telekom AG (abbreviated DTAG, English: German Telecom, FWB: DTE) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Europe after Vodafone.[2]

Deutsche Telekom was formed in 1996 as the former state-owned monopoly Deutsche Bundespost was privatized. As of June 2008, the German government still holds a 15% stake in company stock directly, and another 17% through the government bank KfW.

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.[3] The new CEO was announced on November 12, 2006 after a long-night board session: René Obermann, the former CEO of T-Mobile International.[4]

The predecessor of Ricke, Ron Sommer, chairman of Deutsche Telekom between 1995 and 2002, was ousted because of the drop in the share price of the company in 2002.[5] At the height of the dot-com bubble, the share was valued at over €100 but fell significantly to about €12/share during a couple of months.[5] Sommer said that "he had some opinion-based difficulties between him and board of the Telekom".

As part of the Deutsche Telekom eavesdropping controversy, charges were filed against the company for allegedly abusing call data to snoop on supervisory board members and journalists.[6][7][8] In October 2008 the company confirmed that personal information of 17 million mobile phone customers had been copied.[9][10]

Contents

Holdings

Deutsche Telekom world locations

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

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 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 Combridge (Romania), Makedonski Telekom (Macedonia), and T-Crnogorski Telekom (Montenegro) all of which have also been rebranded and included under the T-Com/T-Home umbrella.

On September 8, 2009 Orange and T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom announced they were in advanced talks to merge their UK operations to create the largest mobile operator with 37% of the market. It is unclear the future of either brand when such deal is completed in November 2009.[11]

Facilities

A list of transmission facilities follows.

TV Towers/Telecommunication towers

Berliner Fernsehturm in 2006
Deutsche Telekom phonebooths next to the Olympic Stadium (Berlin) in 2006, in a design of FIFA 2006 with a sphere decorated as a football

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

Acquisitions

2001

2007

2008

2010

Music in television advertisement

The Telekom AG promoted the career from Ella Larsson,[12] her first song was "Lara's Song", which was featured in their television advertisement during the winter of 2008.[13]

The Company is also promoting songs from many other musicians. The songs are downloadable for free on the official website.

List of Songs

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Annual Report 2009" (PDF). Deutsche Telekom. http://www.download-telekom.de/dt/StaticPage/82/04/80/deutsche_telekom_annual_report_2009_820480.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-25. 
  2. ↑ O'Brien, Kevin (8 May 2008). "Chief fuels talks of Deutsche Telekom takeover of Sprint Nextel". International Herald Tribune. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/08/technology/telekom.php. Retrieved 2008-08-28. 
  3. ↑ "Deutsche Telekom Looks for New Leadership". Der Spiegel. 13 November 2006. http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,448082,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-28. 
  4. ↑ Moore, Matt (13 November 2006). "Deutsche Telekom Names New CEO". Associated Press (The Washington Post). http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/13/AR2006111300236.html. Retrieved 2008-08-28. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Deutsche Telekom Chief Steps Down". Deutsche Welle. 16 July 2002. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1431,593333,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-28. 
  6. ↑ Forbes.com
  7. ↑ ZDF
  8. ↑ ZDF
  9. ↑ The New York Times
  10. ↑ Dw-world.de (German)
  11. ↑ BBC NEWS
  12. ↑ Musiktipps24.com (German)
  13. ↑ TVsongs.de

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