# DEUTSCHE TELEKOM

Summary updated: 2026-03-19T20:47:41.83278Z
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## Overview

Deutsche Telekom is a global telecommunications and information technology services group. It provides fixed-network and broadband, mobile communications, internet, and internet-based TV services for consumers, alongside ICT and digitalization services for business and corporate customers.[1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-68ae94f116604d429d145b70e2f8c75a)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-75d1cf7f0ec14266a4488b9b514720cf) Its operating structure is centered on Germany, the United States, Europe, and Systems Solutions, which together reflect a mix of mobile and fixed-line telecom services, devices and high-speed internet, wholesale activities, and enterprise offerings such as cloud, security, networking, and advisory services.[3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-9166f726abad48b8bfb285b1df49d1e9)[4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-7dcefc5eddd94acf8b44164526509bfb)[5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-2f9138c7ff29453d8da788f607e61e0d)[6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-c4935363785247aebe754e5a0c435a9d)[7](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-eaf9bcf415434481a55d4450353b9853)

The company describes its purpose as “We won't stop until everyone is connected,” and its broader positioning emphasizes connecting people, supporting customers, creating value, and operating sustainably.[8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-5560bad96f82457292c85fb9e6fc31fa)[9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-d324cb5efb534b569e36abc74f5c63f1) Deutsche Telekom has an international footprint, is represented in more than 50 countries, and generates most of its business outside Germany.[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-75d1cf7f0ec14266a4488b9b514720cf) As a general indicator of scale, it reported revenue of EUR 115.8 billion in 2024 and employed about 200 thousand people worldwide at year-end.[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-75d1cf7f0ec14266a4488b9b514720cf)
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## Products & services

Deutsche Telekom’s consumer product portfolio centers on branded connectivity and entertainment offers. In mobile, its German lineup includes MagentaMobil S to XL tariffs, the entry-level MagentaMobil Basic plan, and prepaid MagentaMobil M to XL plus the Jahrestarif annual plan; the company also added prepaid data rollover so unused allowances can be carried into the next billing period. Its 5G offers include consumer 5G Standalone tariffs with network slicing, built on a network the company said reached 98.0% population coverage in Germany at year-end 2024 and was designed for high throughput and low latency. [10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-919156563b474388ab4037d0f890c29e)[11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-08ce2cf1a430405bb63d43cabd2cd9cc)[12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-2d4ad7bc1c5b4c3fb9d0c27d75ca2217)

In fixed-line and home services, Deutsche Telekom groups broadband, smart home, entertainment, and TV under its “Home experience & TV” offering. Its fiber products are based on FTTH, where fiber terminates in the customer’s home or apartment, and in Germany the company launched new fiber tariffs in July 2024 with higher upload rates, including a mid-tier plan offering up to 600 Mbit/s download and 300 Mbit/s upload. In video, MagentaTV 2.0 is positioned as a TV and streaming aggregation platform that combines linear television and major streaming services on one interface, with a customizable design, faster performance, and voice-command search. [13](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-c0faa826021c481e86cbd48f7d2da9ac)[14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-2dc66b67c32c4fa2a23aeceeeaa50027)[15](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-65cc393af09048288fbf4194f0ef1441)[16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-a4ef7522df4c45aa9cc74c4847de623f)[17](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-62ff33f163a841b5a7fa93001824dcb2)

For business customers, Deutsche Telekom sells ICT services mainly through T-Systems, whose portfolio is described around advisory, cloud services, digitalization, security, and networking. Its cloud products include Dynamic Services for flexible ICT resource procurement, while its IoT portfolio ranges from SIM cards and flexible data plans to cloud IoT platforms and end-to-end solutions; the company also offers satellite-enabled NB-IoT packages through the T IoT Hub for machine-to-machine communications outside terrestrial coverage. In networking and cybersecurity, Deutsche Telekom highlights integrated firewalls, MPLS, SD-WAN, and SASE as part of converged end-to-end offerings across mobile, fixed, campus-network, and IoT environments. Where the company discloses mix, service revenue accounted for EUR 96.5 billion of EUR 115.8 billion in group revenue in 2024, or about 83% of total revenue. [18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-11d7f602f89b4630a42d7dde870f57c3)[19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-8e6966f1c4c84c3290e937980641b25d)[20](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-622f7d53ee5c48fe88f74b4b9142f2a1)[21](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-857e93e18c01470089785365b25e3623)[22](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-d82f94854cea4905b774770938ccd786)[23](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-070b5426e55949a48fccf32aec671ffa)
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## Geographic presence

Deutsche Telekom reports its geographic footprint in four regions: Germany, Europe excluding Germany, North America, and other countries; North America comprises the United States and Canada, and net revenue is allocated by the location of customers’ operations.[24](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-6356fbd3d08c48c0bcf7bfacb0c3df24) Its Europe operating segment includes national companies in Greece, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia, Austria, North Macedonia, and Montenegro, while Romania is primarily a mobile operation.[25](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-e34ce5eef59a4ed18007aa4536c93075) In 2024, net revenue by customer location was €75.1 billion in North America, €27.4 billion in Germany, €12.6 billion in Europe excluding Germany, and €0.6 billion in other countries, equal to roughly 64.9%, 23.7%, 10.9%, and 0.5% of group net revenue, respectively.[26](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T-73c36e3703da491b9d6b49478e24a369)

Deutsche Telekom AG’s registered office is in Bonn, Germany.[27](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-d5b9940d82a44fcf9f85e57255e6cc2c) Major subsidiary locations listed by the group include Bonn and Frankfurt/Main in Germany; Bellevue, Washington in the United States; and Athens, Zagreb, Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, Prague, and Warsaw across Central and Southeastern Europe.[28](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T-0a9975952f6f459ca2e01ad671bd3c1c) As of December 31, 2024, Deutsche Telekom had 198,194 employees, with 74,550 based in Germany and 123,644 internationally; the international workforce included 65,355 in North America, 48,169 in other EU member states, 2,105 in the rest of Europe, and 8,015 in the rest of the world.[29](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-c7a5e3f3fc57459fa8933454bb08b879)
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## Business segments

Deutsche Telekom officially reports five operating segments plus a separate Group Headquarters & Group Services segment. Its reporting structure mixes regional segments — Germany, United States, and Europe — with a customer/product-based segment, Systems Solutions, and a task- and investment-focused segment, Group Development [3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-9166f726abad48b8bfb285b1df49d1e9). The Germany segment covers fixed-network and mobile activities for consumer and business customers in Germany, including wholesale telecommunications services and network build-out managed by the Technology unit [30](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-1df4426de6ca4cf6b4a2801ae2f0b35c). The United States segment combines the group’s U.S. mobile activities through T-Mobile US, including wireless services, devices and accessories, business plans, 5G-based high-speed internet, and related offerings such as device protection [6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-c4935363785247aebe754e5a0c435a9d). The Europe segment includes fixed-network and mobile operations in Greece, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia, Austria, North Macedonia, and Montenegro, while Romania is focused on mobile; these businesses also include ICT solutions for business customers in many markets [31](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-a8b0ae5686f049a9aa34c23ad339ab31).

Systems Solutions consists of T-Systems, which provides ICT services to business customers in the DACH region, centered on advisory, cloud, digitalization, security, networking, and selected industry solutions [7](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-eaf9bcf415434481a55d4450353b9853). Group Development is used to actively manage entities and equity investments, including Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, Comfort Charge, and portfolio-management activities [32](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-72d4f942b383456aa346a90c2a938665). Group Headquarters & Group Services contains group functions that are not assigned directly to the operating segments, including strategic management and shared services such as accounting, HR, procurement, real estate, and fleet management [33](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-38702d1267c648de9d2781128b6fb3f4). Based on 2024 net revenue, the segment mix was approximately 64.8% United States, 21.7% Germany, 10.5% Europe, 2.9% Systems Solutions, 0.1% Group Headquarters & Group Services, and effectively 0.0% Group Development [34](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T-1ef8c6116d714812a7608a8d57f36426).
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## Company history

Deutsche Telekom’s roots in its current form go back to Germany’s postal reforms: in 1989, Postreform I split the former Deutsche Bundespost into Post, Postbank and Telekom, and on January 1, 1995, Deutsche Bundespost Telekom was converted into Deutsche Telekom AG as a stock corporation. The company then opened to public investors through its first IPO on November 18, 1996, followed by further public offerings in 1999 and 2000. [35](https://www.telekom.com/en/company/company-history)[36](https://www.telekom.com/en/media/media-information/archive/25-years-of-deutsche-telekom-ag-589922)[37](https://www.telekom.com/en/investor-relations/share/ipos-initial-public-offerings)

In the next phase of its development, Deutsche Telekom broadened its business mix and international reach. It founded T-Systems International GmbH on October 1, 2000, building a dedicated IT services arm, and in 2001 completed the acquisitions of VoiceStream Wireless and Powertel, a major step into the U.S. mobile market. In 2006, the merger of T-Online International AG into Deutsche Telekom AG became effective, simplifying the group structure. [38](https://www.telekom.com/en/media/media-information/archive/25-years-t-systems-1096752)[39](https://www.telekom.com/en/media/media-information/archive/deutsche-telekom-completes-acquisitions-of-voicestream-wireless-corporation-and-powertel-inc-and-reports-merger-considerations-356554)[40](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P-f249391e88954e018084a01b58940e34)

More recently, Deutsche Telekom reshaped its U.S. business through industry consolidation: T-Mobile USA combined with MetroPCS in 2013, and T-Mobile US merged with Sprint in 2020, creating a much larger U.S. wireless operator. These transactions marked the company’s most important later-stage expansion milestones. [41](https://www.telekom.com/en/media/media-information/archive/t-mobile-usa-and-metropcs-to-combine-creating-value-leader-in-u-s-wireless-marketplace-358338)[42](https://www.telekom.com/en/media/media-information/archive/new-t-mobile-us-with-combined-resources-to-launch-on-april-1-2020-598134)
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