Deutsche Telekom

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Deutsche Telekom AG <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:16px 0 16px 0;">Image:DT logo.gif</td></tr>
Type	Public (NYSE: DT); (LSE: DEU); (TYO: 9496 )
Founded	1996
Headquarters	Bonn, Germany <tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>René Obermann, Chairman & CEO</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Products</th><td>Fixed telephone Mobile telephone Broadband, Internet services IT/Network services</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Revenue</th><td>Image:Green Arrow Up.svg €59,6 billion EUR (2005)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Employees</th><td>around 243,000 (September 2005)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Slogan</th><td>"Hallo Zukunft!" {"Hello future!")</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th><td>www.telekom.de</td></tr>

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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".

1 Holdings
2 Facilities
3 External links

[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

[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

Aerial test facility Brück

[edit] Facilities for satellite communication

Erdfunkstelle Raisting
Erdfunkstelle Usingen

[edit] External links

Yahoo! - Deutsche Telekom AG Company Profile

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