Deutsche Telekom AG

History

Year	Detail
1995	Deutsche Bundespost Telekom, a public sector company, becomes Deutsche Telekom AG. In response to globalization, Deutsche Telekom begins entering into partnerships and joint ventures worldwide, on a significant scale.
1996	T-Mobile introduces the Skyper paging service. It supports text-message transmissions of up to 80 characters, It is an innovative information service, with a wide range of user-selectable informational channels, for mobile users.
1997	It has launched its first prepaid card and the process of digitalizing the company's network in Germany is completed.
1998	Deutsche Telekom AG launches a pilot project for broadband multimedia applications, in cooperation with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the initiative "NRW Broadband" (Breitband.NRW).
1999	Establishment of Kabel Deutschland GmbH. Launched the fast T-DSL data service is provided with ADSL technology, and via the copper wire pairs found in normal telephone lines. Deutsche Telekom acquires the British mobile network operator One 2 One.
2000	It increases its stake in max.mobil, an Austrian mobile-network operator, to 100 percent. In addition, it acquires a majority stake of 60 percent in Matáv, a Hungarian company, and it gains a majority stake in Slovenské Telekomunikácie (Slovakia).
2001	The Deutsche Telekom Group introduces a structure comprising the four divisions T-Com, T-Systems, T-Mobile and T-Online.
2003	Deutsche Telekom's subsidiary T-Com launches its own brand presence. Deutsche Telekom divests itself of its cable business.
2004	Establishment of Deutsche Telekom Stiftung. Deutsche Telekom and the university TU Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin) jointly establish the university-affiliated institute Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T-Labs), as a public-private partnership.
2005	T-Systems acquires gedas AG from Volkswagen. In October 2004, Deutsche Telekom announces its plan to merge its subsidiary T-Online International AG with the Deutsche Telekom parent company.
2006	The private-equity company Blackstone purchases 192 million Deutsche Telekom shares from KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau).
2008	DT acquires a stake in the Greek company OTE. DT moves forward with broadband expansion.
2009	Deutsche Telekom restructures itself. The organizational separation between fixed-network and mobile-network services is eliminated, and the company's product development, IT and technology areas are consolidated on a Europe-wide basis.
2010	It has acquired Polish mobile communications company Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa (PTC).
2011	The Polish mobile network operator PTC is renamed "T-Mobile Polska. Fiber-optic network expansion launched at CeBIT.
2012	Merger between T-Mobile USA and Metro PCS.
2014	Deutsche Telekom opens a high-performance data center in Biere, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
2016	It has launched the Open Telekom Cloud. The Open Telekom Cloud combines flexibly available IT resources with service and rigorous German data protection standards.
2017	T-Mobile Austria acquired the company UPC Austria. As a result, Deutsche Telekom is now also present in Austria with an integrated product portfolio covering internet, cable TV, and fixed and mobile services.
2020	Deutsche Telekom launches the new T-Mobile US.
2021	Deutsche Telekom and Tele2 sell T-Mobile Netherlands to a consortium of Apax and Warburg Pincus.
2023	It has established its own civil engineering company to ensure further acceleration of the network build-out.
2024	Telekom, in partnership with Intelsat and Skylo, is launching its first commercial satellite-based connectivity offering.