as fwb dte otcqx dtegy industry telecommunications founded 1995 ; 21 years ago 1995 privatization 1996 ; 20 years ago 1996 flotation headquarters bonn germany area served worldwide key people timotheus h ttges ceo and chairman ulrich lehner chairman of the supervisory board products fixed telephony mobile telephony broadband internet it services networking solutions digital television revenue 69.2 billion 2015 1 operating income 7 billion 2015 1 profit 3.3 billion 2015 1 total assets 143.9 billion 2015 1 total equity 38.2 billion 2015 1 owner free float 68.2 % 2 federal republic of germany 31.8 % number of employees 226 000 2015 1 divisions group headquarters and shared services germany fixed and mobile europe fixed and mobile united states mobile systems solutions t systems subsidiaries t systems t mobile international ag holding company for t mobile us website www.telekom.com footnotes references 3 deutsche telekom ag listen help info short form in writing only dt english german telecom is a german telecommunications company headquartered in bonn . deutsche telekom was formed in 1996 as the former state owned monopoly deutsche bundespost was privatized . as of january 2016 the german government holds a 14.3 % stake in company stock directly and another 17.5 % through the government bank kfw . the company is a component of the euro stoxx 50 stock market index . 4 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the deutsche bundespost was the federal german government post office created in 1947 as a successor to the reichspost . on 1 july 1989 as part of a post office reform deutsche bundespost was split into three entities one being deutsche telekom . on 1 january 1995 as part of another reform deutsche bundespost telekom became deutsche telekom ag and was privatized in 1996 . as such it shares a common heritage with the other privatized deutsche bundespost companies deutsche post dhl and deutsche postbank . 5 6 deutsche telekom was the monopoly internet service provider isp for the german internet until its privatization in 1995 and the dominant isp thereafter . 7 until the early 21st century deutsche telekom controlled almost all internet access by individuals and small businesses in germany as they were one of the first german telekom units . 7 on 6 december 2001 deutsche telekom became the first official partner of the 2006 fifa world cup . 8 on 1 january 2005 deutsche telekom implemented a new company structure . the two organizational business units of t com and t online were merged into the broadband fixed network bbfn strategic business unit t online merged with parent deutsche telekom in 2006 . it provides around 40 million narrowband lines over 9 million broadband lines and has 14 million registered internet customers . in 2008 the structure was changed again . t online was separated from deutsche telekom and merged with t com to form the new unit t home . in 2010 orange parent france t l com and t mobile parent deutsche telekom merged their uk operations to create the largest mobile network in britain to form ee . 9 in april 2010 t mobile was merged with t home to form telekom deutschland gmbh . this unit now handles all products and services aimed at private customers . in october 2012 deutsche telekom and orange created a 50 50 % joint venture named buyin for regrouping their procurement operations and benefiting from scale effect . 10 in april 2013 t mobile us and metropcs merged their operations in the united states . 11 in february 2014 deutsche telekom acquired the remaining parts of its t mobile czech republic division for around 800 million . the size of the remaining stake was numbered at 40 percent . 12 in december 2014 it was announced that deutsche telekom were in talks with bt group on the acquisition of ee and part of the deal was to provide deutsche telekom a 12 % stake and a seat on the board in the bt group upon completion . 13 14 bt group announced agreement in february 2015 to acquire ee for 12.5 billion 15 and received regulatory approval from the competition and markets authority on 15 january 2016 . 16 the transaction was completed on 29 january 2016 . 17 operations edit deutsche telekom world locations deutsche telekom also holds substantial shares in other telecom companies including central european subsidiaries t mobile slovakia magyar telekom hungary and t hrvatski telekom croatia which are now fully consolidated into t com t home . furthermore magyar telekom holds majority shares in makedonski telekom macedonia and crnogorski telekom montenegro all of which have also been rebranded and included under the t com t home umbrella . dt also holds shares in the hellenic telecommunication operator ote which also have shares in several other companies like the mobile operators telekom albania telekom romania and the it & c retailer germanos . most of these companies are consolidated into t branding . deutsche telecom also operates a wholesale division named international carrier sales & solutions icss that provides white label voice and data solutions to large carriers including t mobile . 18 19 references edit a b c d e f annual report 2015 . deutsche telekom . retrieved 2016 08 22 . the 2015 financial year . deutsche telekom . retrieved 22 august 2016 . http www.annualreport.telekom.com gb10 backstage 04 picpool gfx en 051 large.jpg deutsche telekom organizational structure frankfurt stock exchange r diger ariane . die geschichte der deutschen telekom german . pc welt germany . retrieved 16 december 2012 . matthews christopher 2 february 2012 . the 11 largest ipos in u.s. history . time inc. retrieved 16 december 2012 . a b waesche niko marcel 2003 . internet entrepreneurship in europe venture failure and the timing of telecommunications reform . edward elgar publishing . pp. 162 164 . isbn 978 1 84376 135 8 . deutsche telekom becomes official partner of 2006 fifa world cup germany . fifa.com . 6 december 2001 . retrieved 30 september 2015 . bbc news http www.buyin.pro deutsche telekom to merge u.s. ops with metropcs . the verge . retrieved 26 july 2013 . reuters 9 february 2014 . deutsche telekom buys remainder of t mobile czech unit . reuters . bt in talks to buy mobile phone operator ee for 12.5 bn . the guardian . 16 december 2014 . retrieved 16 december 2014 . neville simon 5 february 2015 . bt returns to mobile phones with 12.5 bn takeover of ee . the independent . london . bt to buy mobile firm ee for 12.5 bn . bbc.co.uk . bbc . 5 february 2015 . retrieved 5 february 2015 . bt takeover of ee gets final competition and markets authority clearance . bbc news . 15 january 2016 . retrieved 29 january 2016 . bt group plc completion of the acquisition of ee limited . 4 traders . 29 january 2016 . retrieved 29 january 2016 . http www.telekom icss.com factsandfigures http finance.yahoo.com news deutsche telekom icss big win 143300112.html external links edit media related to deutsche telekom at 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