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      "text": "FREENET is a German telecommunications and media-services group whose core business is mobile communications. It offers mobile services and devices, internet services and related products, primarily to private customers in Germany, providing services over mobile networks while maintaining direct customer relationships. Its business also includes waipu.tv IPTV and terrestrial broadcasting activities. [P78434548][P108027556][P29522948] From 2026, the company reports its activities in Mobile Communications, IPTV, and Other/holding. [P26368664][P62596910]\n\nFREENET identifies customer focus as a guiding principle, aiming to build long-term relationships and support digital participation through a range of mobile services. [P998676][P46364324] In its latest reported period available as of 4 October 2026, the first half of 2026, revenue was €1,512.9 million and the group had 3,293 employees at 30 June 2026. [https://www.freenet.ag/binaries/_ts_1786549204262/content/assets/freenetgroup/pdf/ir-englisch/finanzberichte/2026/freenet_2026_half-year_report_web.pdf]\n[P78434548][P108027556][P29522948][P26368664][P62596910][P998676][P46364324][https://www.freenet.ag/binaries/_ts_1786549204262/content/assets/freenetgroup/pdf/ir-englisch/finanzberichte/2026/freenet_2026_half-year_report_web.pdf]",
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      "text": "freenet’s mobile offering comprises mobile service plans and devices sold through brands including freenet and klarmobil. It operates as a service provider rather than a mobile network operator: its offer centers on customer plans and services, with freenet managing customer relationships, service, billing and marketing. In 2025, postpaid service revenue was €1,606.1 million and postpaid ARPU was €17.3. [P108027556][P56582541] In H1 2026, the postpaid customer base was 8.304 million. [https://www.freenet.ag/en/investor-relations/news/corporate-news/2026/08/12/freenet-confirms-its-2026-guidance-robust-customer-and-revenue-growth-as-well-as-strong-cash-conversion-in-the-first-half-of-2026_198684711.html]\n\nwaipu.tv is freenet’s IPTV service, combining live television channels and digital content over the internet. Its features and products include restart functionality, a waipu.tv Stick 2.0 streaming device, the “Perfect Plus” package and the waipu Start entry package, introduced at €5 per month. The channel portfolio exceeded 320 programmes in 2025. [P100849824][P110575286] In H1 2026, waipu.tv had 1.832 million subscribers. [https://www.freenet.ag/en/investor-relations/news/corporate-news/2026/08/12/freenet-confirms-its-2026-guidance-robust-customer-and-revenue-growth-as-well-as-strong-cash-conversion-in-the-first-half-of-2026_198684711.html]\n\nfreenet TV provides paid access to terrestrial DVB‑T2 television, including public and private HD channels. Media Broadcast also provides terrestrial television signal distribution to broadcasters and operates terrestrial radio networks, primarily DAB+. [P29522948]\n[P108027556][P56582541][P100849824][P110575286][P29522948][https://www.freenet.ag/en/investor-relations/news/corporate-news/2026/08/12/freenet-confirms-its-2026-guidance-robust-customer-and-revenue-growth-as-well-as-strong-cash-conversion-in-the-first-half-of-2026_198684711.html]",
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      "text": "Freenet’s core operating and sales market is Germany; its 2025 report discusses its position in the German mobile-communications market, including market shares of just under 10% by value added and around 20% of the consumer mobile market. These are market-share figures, not revenue shares. [P50063479][P69846118] The cited reporting does not provide a country or regional breakdown of revenue, so geographic revenue percentages cannot be stated. [T8488014]\n\nFreenet identifies Büdelsdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, as its headquarters and Hamburg as the location of central functions; its locations page lists eight sites in Germany. [https://www.freenet.ag/en/company/locations/index.html] The 2025 report describes office space at various sites, owned office buildings at two sites, and storage space and a data centre at one site each. [P95826842] It reports 3,085 employees in 2025, but does not provide a geographic distribution of staff. [T2082977]\n[P50063479][P69846118][T8488014][https://www.freenet.ag/en/company/locations/index.html][P95826842][T2082977][https://www.freenet.ag/en/company/locations/index.html]",
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      "text": "Effective 1 January 2026, freenet reports three segments: Mobile Communications, IPTV and Other/holding; the former TV and Media segment was discontinued, with waipu.tv reported separately as IPTV and Media Broadcast allocated to Other/holding. [P26368664] Mobile Communications is principally a mobile-service-provider business: freenet markets services using German network operators’ infrastructure, alongside tariffs, services and devices. [P44030957][P46364324] IPTV is operated through waipu.tv and offers internet-delivered television and streaming services, including live channels and on-demand content. [P21678731] Other/holding covers holding functions and activities or group units not directly assigned to the other segments. [P62596910]\n\nFor FY2025, the last complete annual breakdown on the prior segment basis, third-party revenue was €1,993.1m for Mobile Communications (about 81.7% of group third-party revenue), €406.4m for TV and Media (16.7%) and €40.4m for Other/holding (1.7%), out of €2,439.9m. [T10109956] TV and Media combined Media Broadcast’s terrestrial broadcasting activities with waipu.tv, so its FY2025 share is not an IPTV-only contribution and is not directly comparable with the 2026 structure. [P62596910][P26368664] In H1 2026, Mobile Communications revenue of €1,307.1m and IPTV revenue of €107.1m equated to approximately 86.4% and 7.1% of group revenue of €1,512.9m, respectively. These ratios are indicative rather than additive segment shares because segment totals can differ from consolidated revenue after intersegment eliminations; an Other/holding share is therefore not inferred from the remainder. [https://www.freenet.ag/binaries/_ts_1786549204262/content/assets/freenetgroup/pdf/ir-englisch/finanzberichte/2026/freenet_2026_half-year_report_web.pdf][https://www.freenet.ag/binaries/_ts_1790748746300/content/assets/freenetgroup/excel/ir/data-sheet/freenet_data_sheet_2026_q2_incl.-iptv_web.xlsx]\n[P26368664][P44030957][P46364324][P21678731][P62596910][T10109956][T10109956][T10109956][T10109956][https://www.freenet.ag/binaries/_ts_1786549204262/content/assets/freenetgroup/pdf/ir-englisch/finanzberichte/2026/freenet_2026_half-year_report_web.pdf][https://www.freenet.ag/binaries/_ts_1790748746300/content/assets/freenetgroup/excel/ir/data-sheet/freenet_data_sheet_2026_q2_incl.-iptv_web.xlsx]",
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      "text": "FREENET’s history began in 1999 with the launch of freenet.de as an internet provider. In 2003–04, it acquired mobilcom’s fixed-network business, introduced DSL and added internet telephony. The merger of mobilcom AG and freenet.de AG formed freenet AG in 2007, with the company’s shares beginning to trade on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange that year. [P28598178][P74216345]\n\nIn 2008, freenet agreed to acquire the debitel Group, expanding its mobile-services business. Its mobilcom-debitel subsidiary agreed to acquire electronics retailer GRAVIS in 2012, adding Apple retail and device sales. [https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTE_20080427_OTE0001/euro-adhoc-freenet-ag-mergers-acquisitions-takeovers-freenet-to-acquire-debitel-group-e][https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTE_20121218_OTE0013/eans-news-freenet-ag-freenet-group-acquires-gravis-and-becomes-one-of-apples-biggest-partners-in-germany]\n\nIn 2016, freenet expanded into television and media by acquiring Media Broadcast Group and taking a majority stake in EXARING AG; its internet-TV service waipu.tv launched that year. In 2022, products previously sold under the mobilcom-debitel brand began adopting the freenet brand. In 2025, freenet completed its acquisition of mobilezone Deutschland; Robin Harries became CEO in June, succeeding Christoph Vilanek. [P117847360][P76938409][https://www.freenet.ag/en/company/index.html][https://www.freenet.ag/en/investor-relations/news/corporate-news/2025/10/08/freenet-strengthens-its-position-in-the-german-mobile-market-with-the-acquisition-of-mobilezone-deutschland-and-extends-its-exclusive-partnership-with-mediamarktsaturn-for-another-5-years_537274611.html]\n[P28598178][P74216345][P117847360][P76938409][https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTE_20080427_OTE0001/euro-adhoc-freenet-ag-mergers-acquisitions-takeovers-freenet-to-acquire-debitel-group-e][https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTE_20121218_OTE0013/eans-news-freenet-ag-freenet-group-acquires-gravis-and-becomes-one-of-apples-biggest-partners-in-germany][https://www.freenet.ag/en/company/index.html][https://www.freenet.ag/en/investor-relations/news/corporate-news/2025/10/08/freenet-strengthens-its-position-in-the-german-mobile-market-with-the-acquisition-of-mobilezone-deutschland-and-extends-its-exclusive-partnership-with-mediamarktsaturn-for-another-5-years_537274611.html]",
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