Deutsche Telekom
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| Type | Public (NYSE: DT); (LSE: DEU); (TYO: 9496 ) |
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| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Bonn, Germany |
| Key people | René Obermann, Chairman & CEO |
| Products | Fixed telephone Mobile telephone Broadband, Internet services IT/Network services |
| Revenue |  €59,6 billion EUR (2005) |
| Employees | around 243,000 (September 2005) |
| Slogan | "Hallo Zukunft!" {"Hello future!") |
| Website | www.telekom.de |
Deutsche Telekom AG (NYSE: DT) (TYO: 9496 ) (LSE: DEU) (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. 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 slumping sales and the fleeing customers to cheaper competitors have led the company to look for a new CEO. More than 1.5 million customers changed to rivaling companies during 2005 and 2006 so the Deutsche Telekom had to lay-off more than 30,000 workers. The new CEO was announced on November 12, 2006 after a long-night board session, his name is René Obermann who is also the CEO of T-Mobile International.
The predecessor of Ricke, Ron Sommer, 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".
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[edit] Holdings
All subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom have names starting with "T-".
- T-Com, a legacy telephone and fixed network carrier
- T-Mobile, a mobile phone provider
- T-Online, an internet service provider (ISP)
- T-Systems, a business division focused on providing to large customers, includes R&D
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.
Deutsche Telekom also holds substantial shares in other telecom companies, including Central European subsidiaries T-Slovak Telekom (Slovakia), Magyar Telekom (Hungary), T-Crnogorski Telekom (Montenegro), and T-Hrvatski Telekom (Croatia), which are now fully consolidated into T-Com.
[edit] Facilities
A list of transmission facilities follows.
[edit] TV Towers/Telecommunication towers
The following facilities are free standing TV Towers - some of which have publicly accessible observation decks.
- Berliner Fernsehturm
- Fernmeldeturm Berlin
- Fernmeldeturm Bremen
- Transmission Tower Geyer
- Telemax, Hannover
- VW-Tower, Hannover
- Heinrich-Hertz-Turm, Hamburg
- Florianturm, Dortmund
- Rheinturm Düsseldorf
- Fernmeldeturm Bungsberg, Eutin
- Fernmeldeturm Kiel
- Colonius, Köln
- Transmission towers on Brocken
- Fernsehturm Kulpenburg
- TV Tower Dresden
- Fernsehturm Schwerin-Zippendorf, Schwerin
- Europaturm, Frankfurt/Main - referred to by Frankfurters as the "Ginnheimer Spargel" (Ginnheim's Asparagus!)
- Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg
- Fernmeldeturm Mannheim
- Fernmeldeturm Heubach
- Fernmeldeturm Münster
- Fernmeldeturm Frauenkopf
- Olympiaturm, München
- Fernmeldeturm Jakobsberg, Porta Westfalica
- Friedrich-Clemens-Gerke Turm, Cuxhaven
- Nordschwarzwaldturm, Schömberg
- Directional Radio Tower Torfhaus
- Transmission Tower Sonneberg-Bleßberg
[edit] Guyed masts for FM, directional radio and TV
- Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau
- Transmitter Gartow
- FM- and TV-mast Behren-Bekel
- FM- and TV-mast Heidelstein
- Transmitter Torfhaus
- Transmitter Wesel
- Cloppenburg transmitter
- FM- and TV-mast Treolin
- FM- and TV-mast Casekow
- Bleialf transmitter
[edit] Transmission facilities for long- and mediumwave
- Longwave transmitter Donebach (Programme: DLF)
- Long- and mediumwave transmitter Zehlendorf (Programm: DLR und Mittelwelle, Programm: Stimme Rußlands)
- Longwave transmitter Aholming (Programme: DLF)
- Medium wave transmitter Nordkirchen (Programme: DLF)
- Medium wave transmitter Thurnau (Programme: DLF)
- Medium wave transmitter Ravensburg (Programme: DLF)
- Medium wave transmitter Cremlingen (Programme: DLF)
- Medium wave transmitter Ehndorf (Programme: DLF)
- Mainflingen longwave transmitter
- Mediumwave Transmitter Mainflingen
- AM transmitter Burg (Longwave and mediumwave transmission facility)
- Medium wave transmitter Wilsdruff (Sendeanlage für Mittelwelle, Programme: MDR Info)
- Transmitter Wiederau (Programme: MDR Info, also FM- and TV-broadcasting)
- Medium wave transmitter Wachenbrunn (Programmes: MDR Info und Stimme Russlands)
- Medium wave transmitter Wöbbelin (out of service)
- Medium wave transmitter Hirschlanden (Programme: AFN)
- Medium wave transmitter Reichenbach (Programme: MDR Info)
[edit] Transmission facilities for shortwave
[edit] Aerial testing sites
[edit] Facilities for satellite communication
- Erdfunkstelle Raisting
- Erdfunkstelle Usingen
[edit] External links
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