Deutsche Telekom

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Deutsche Telekom AG

Official logo used since 2022
Headquarters in Bonn
Company type	Public
Traded as	FWB: DTE DAX Component
Industry	Telecommunications
Predecessor	Deutsche Bundespost
Founded	1 January 1995; 29 years ago (1995-01-01)
Headquarters	Bonn, Germany
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Timotheus Höttges (CEO) Frank Appel (Chairman of the Supervisory board)
Products	Fixed-line Mobile telephony Broadband Digital television Digital media IT Services
Revenue	€112.0 billion (2023)[1]
Operating income	€33.8 billion (2023)[1]
Net income	€9.0 billion (2023)[1]
Total assets	€290.3 billion (2023)[1]
Total equity	€91.2 billion (2023)[1]
Owner	Federal Republic of Germany (27.8%)
Number of employees	205,000 (2023)[1]
Subsidiaries	List T-Systems International GmbH Telekom Deutschland GmbH T-Mobile US (51.4%) Magenta Telekom T-Mobile Polska T-Mobile Czech Republic Telekom Romania Mobile Slovak Telekom Magyar Telekom (59%) Hrvatski Telekom (52%) OTE (50.86%) Makedonski Telekom Crnogorski Telekom
ASN	3320
Traffic Levels	10+ Terabit/s
Website	telekom.com
Footnotes / references [2]

Deutsche Telekom AG (German pronunciation: [ˌdɔʏtʃə ˈteːləkɔm ʔaːˌɡeː] ^ⓘ; often just Telekom, DTAG or DT; stylised as ·T·) is a German telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn and is the largest telecommunications provider in Europe by revenue. It was formed in 1995 when Deutsche Bundespost, a state monopoly at the time, was privatized. Since then, Deutsche Telekom has consistently featured among Fortune Magazine's top Global 500 companies by revenue, with its ranking as of 2023^[update] at number 79.^[3] In 2023, the company was ranked 41st in the Forbes Global 2000.^[4] The company operates several subsidiaries worldwide, including the mobile communications brand T-Mobile. It is the world's fifth-largest telecommunications company by revenue.

As of April 2020^[update], the German government held a direct 14.5% stake in company stock and another 17.4% through the government bank KfW.^[5] On 4th June 2024, the German government reduced its total shareholding to 27.8%.^[a][6] The company is a component of the EURO STOXX 50 stock market index.^[7]

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