Tag: Telecommunications industry
How Telekom uses its market power in fiber optic expansion
Berlin Shortly before Pentecost, association representatives and managers from telecommunications companies met in Bonn for the “David versus Goliath” duel. Not in the corporate headquarters of the industry giant Deutsche…
Expansion backlog of 1&1 is larger than known
1&1 boss Ralph Dommermuth The 1&1 boss sees his business partners as primarily responsible for the development backlog of his own network, (Photo: Michael Englert for Handelsblatt) Hamburg United Internet…
Why the majority of Deutsche Telekom is at risk
T-Mobile store in Richmond If T-Mobile quotes above $150 for 45 days, it’s payday for Softbank. (Photo: Getty Images; Per-Anders Pettersson) For Deutsche Telekom and its CEO Timotheus Höttges, it…
How Tim Höttges makes Telekom look better than it is
Telekom T The idiosyncratic structure of the group becomes a problem. Under CEO Timotheus Höttges, the former state-owned company grew to unprecedented heights – in terms of both profit and…
How Tim Höttges makes Telekom look better than it is
Telekom T The idiosyncratic structure of the group becomes a problem. Under CEO Timotheus Höttges, the former state-owned company grew to unprecedented heights – in terms of both profit and…
New boss Margherita Della Valle cuts 11,000 jobs
Vodafone boss Margherita Della Valle The new CEO prescribed the company a tough restructuring course. Hamburg,London The new Vodafone boss Margherita Della Valle took over a company in crisis in…
Telekom wants to improve cell phone network on highways
Freeway With the agreement, Telekom goes beyond state expansion obligations. (Photo: IMAGO/HEN-FOTO) Bonn Deutsche Telekom wants to significantly improve its cell phone network on the Autobahn. The Bonn-based company announced…
Telekom wants to improve cell phone network on highways
Freeway With the agreement, Telekom goes beyond state expansion obligations. (Photo: IMAGO/HEN-FOTO) Bonn Deutsche Telekom wants to significantly improve its cell phone network on the Autobahn. The Bonn-based company announced…
Deutsche Telekom is reducing debts of nine billion euros
Telekom boss Timotheus Höttges For the current year, the manager has set a slightly higher target for operating profit. (Photo: IMAGO/Panama Pictures) Hamburg Stagnating sales, falling free cash flow, but…
Deutsche Telekom is reducing debts of nine billion euros
Telekom boss Timotheus Höttges For the current year, the manager has set a slightly higher target for operating profit. (Photo: IMAGO/Panama Pictures) Hamburg Stagnating sales, falling free cash flow, but…
5G mobile network: Dommermuth’s roaming push enrages competitors
At the same time, he called for regulated access to their new, particularly powerful 5G networks. It was above all Dommermuth’s announcement that he would apply for so-called national roaming…
Google confirms entry into the folding smartphone business
mountain view Google has confirmed that the internet giant will release a foldable smartphone. A short video released Thursday shows a phone that folds open into a tablet. Initially, there…
Apple thanks to strong iPhone sales with surprisingly good numbers
Apple The iPhone maker despite the bleak prospects in the smartphone market. (Photo: AP) san francisco An increasing demand for smartphones brought Apple a quarterly result above market expectations. According…
Deutsche Telekom loses Matthias Budde to AT&T
Telekom boss Timotheus Höttges The search for a new head of strategy is ongoing. (Photo: IMAGO/Panama Pictures) Hamburg At the headquarters of Deutsche Telekom in Bonn, an unusual personnel situation…
Monopolies Commission speaks out against data tolls
data center The big tech companies route enormous amounts of data through European networks. The Federal Government’s Monopolies Commission is nevertheless against an additional levy on network operators. (Photo: dpa)…
Tough competition ruined T-Mobile’s balance sheet again
The competition with AT&T and Verizon also hit T-Mobile at the start of the current year. The mobile operator’s sales fell surprisingly significantly in the first quarter by 2.4 percent…
Media industry: Bertelsmann sells call center subsidiary Majorel
Thomas Rabe The Bertelsmann boss has sold the call center holding Majorel. (Photo: Bertelsmann) Dusseldorf Bertelsmann sells its call center investment Majorel to the market leader Teleperformance from France. The…
Traffic light politicians are calling for Huawei to be excluded from the railways
ICE of the Deutsche Bahn in Frankfurt am Main Politicians are now asking the Deutsche Bahn board of directors to take on the Huawei issue. (Photo: AP) Berlin Politicians in…
Deutsche Telekom reaches majority in US subsidiary T-Mobile early
Timotheus Höttges at the Telekom Annual General Meeting The Dax group now holds the majority in the successful US subsidiary T-Mobile. (Photo: dpa) Bonn Deutsche Telekom has acquired the majority…
Deutsche Telekom looks back on a record year
Deutsche Telekom balance sheet check In January, the T-Share rose above the EUR 20 mark for the first time in decades. Hamburg On January 10, the time had come: Deutsche…