publicly traded aktieselskab traded as nasdaq copenhagen tdc industry telecommunications founded 1990 headquarters copenhagen denmark key people vagn s rensen chairman pernille erenbjerg president and ceo products fixed line and mobile telephony internet digital television it services satellite phone web hosting revenue dkk 23.344 billion 2014 1 operating income dkk 3.808 billion 2014 1 profit dkk 3.228 billion 2014 1 total assets dkk 74.4 billion end 2014 1 total equity dkk 18.6 billion end 2014 1 number of employees 8 594 fte end 2014 1 website tdc.dk tdc a s formerly tele danmark is a danish telecommunications company dating back to 1879 . tdc is the largest telephone company in denmark with 8.5 million customer relations end of 2014 1 within telephony broadband and television . the company s headquarters are located in copenhagen . even though the danish home market is the primary focus of business tdc is also represented as a market challenger in norway sweden and finland through the business unit tdc nordic . beside the parent company the tdc group consists of a number of subsidiaries and brands companymobile dansk kabel tv fullrate get as cirque a s netdesign telmore unotel and yousee . contents 1 history 2 logos 3 activities 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit on 21 august 1882 carl frederik tietgen took over the international bell telephone company an american owned telephone exchange on lille kongensgade in copenhagen for dkk 200 000 and founded kj benhavns telefon aktieselskab kts later kj benhavns telefon aktieselskab ktas . 21 august 1882 is therefore considered tdc s foundation date . in 1990 ktas was renamed to tele danmark . in november 1990 the danish parliament passed a law paving the way for a nationwide telecommunications provider with the aim of creating a strong danish telco that was better able to compete in a growing international market . tele danmark was created as a new umbrella parent company for the existing regional telecos . in 1995 this co operation was taken one step further when the four regional companies were formally merged into tele danmark . in january 2000 tdc got a new logo with five ovals in red yellow green turquoise and blue colour . in december 2000 tele danmark changed its name to tdc . at the same time it demerged into a parent holding company and a number of subsidiaries with the purpose of increasing customer focus creating greater transparency and achieving faster time to market for products and services . over the past decade when tdc developed from a traditional and mainly danish provider of landline and mobile telephony services into a danish based european provider of communications solutions . deregulation of the danish telecommunications market in 1996 created a highly competitive clarification needed market . in 2004 the danish telecommunications market was fully liberalized . tdc was partly privatized in 1994 and fully privatized in 1998 and at year end 2004 tdc s shares were held mainly by institutions and retail investors in denmark the united kingdom and the united states . citation needed in 2006 tdc adopted a new logo which consists of a cursive rounded rectangle in blue colour . the text tdc appears in the rectangle and remind that the letter d is cut a little bit . a group of private equity firms under the banner nordic telephone company ntc offered to buy tdc for a price of about 9.1 billion euro . among the group were companies such as blackstone permira apax partners and kkr . the company bought 88 % of the shares but failed to buy more than 90 % of the shares and was thus unable to remove the company completely from the copenhagen stock exchange . also in 2006 tdc pulled out of the uk mobile telephone market with the closure of their joint venture with easygroup easymobile . citation needed in 2007 tdc folded its subsidiaries back into the parent company with the exception of tdc kabel tv which continued as an independent legal entity in order to maintain and strengthen its core competences . to emphasise a separate identity for its cable television operations tdc kabel tv changed its legal name to yousee a s on 1 october 2007 . in 2010 nordic telephone company ntc began the process of selling its shares in tdc on the copenhagen stock exchange initially reducing its 88 percent holding of the company to less than 60 percent . 2 in 2012 tdc had a total revenue of 26 billion dkk and employed around 9 000 people in denmark . in 2014 tdc purchased the norwegian telecommunications firm get as for 12.5 billion danish crowns . 3 in 2016 tdc purchased danish it and telecom provider cirque a s for an unspecified amount . logos edit 1990 1999 tele danmark introduced its first logo in 1990 . it is a cursive square in blue colour which carries the text tele the e letters without the cursive line . the text danmark is next to the blue square . 2000 2005 tele danmark adopted its new logo in january 2000 . the new logo has five ovals in red yellow green turquoise and blue color . by december 2000 tele danmark was renamed to tdc and redesigned its 2000 logo as the text tele danmark gets removed from the logo . 2006 present this logo for tdc is from 2006 . not in 2007 . on new year s day 2006 tdc discontinued the 2007 reband and introduced a new logo . the new logo consists of a cursive rounded square in blue color which carries the text tdc inside . note that the letter d is almost cut out . tdc came to live in october 2006 with a brand new look of some coloured dots in various colors . the danish design agency kontrapunkt is handling tdc s 2006 logo . in 2012 tdc s 2006 logo was redesigned by kontrapunkt and adopted a new identity . november 1990 december 1999 january 2000 december 2000 december 2000 december 2005 january 2006 present january 2006 present alternate version activities edit tdc is organized as six main business lines tdc solutions provides communications services primarily in denmark and the nordic countries . its activities include landline telephony services convergence products combined landline and mobile telephony broadband solutions advanced security and hosting services data communications and internet services leased lines sale of terminals and installation . tdc mobile international provides mobile services in denmark and a number of european countries . the domestic activities include the fully owned companies tdc mobil a danish based mobile operator and telmore a danish service provider . tdc mobile international also an 80 % stake in telmore international which takes care of cooperation with easygroup and until 2008 held a 19.6 % stake in polkomtel a polish mobile operator . from october 2014 tdc will offer unlimited mobile phone calls in europe for its business customers while those businesses paying for the highest level service would also be able to call non danish numbers for free . 4 yousee a s formerly tdc kabel tv is a provider of cable television and broadband access in denmark and get as is a provider of cable television and broadband access in norway . tdc directories publishes printed electronic and internet based directories in denmark sweden and finland . tdc hosting provides web hosting service . others include primarily tdc services which provides mainly business services for the tdc group s domestic business lines . see also edit list of danish television channels references edit a b c d e f g group annual report 2014 pdf . tdc . retrieved 20 august 2015 . bloomberg business . bloomberg.com . retrieved 29 july 2015 . deals of the day mergers and acquisitions . reuters . retrieved 29 july 2015 . denmark s tdc to launch unlimited business calls in europe . investing.com . retrieved 10 september 2014 . external links edit official website tdc group v t e omx copenhagen 20 companies of denmark march 2016 a.p. m ller m rsk carlsberg chr . hansen coloplast danske bank dsv flsmidth & co. genmab gn store nord iss jyske bank nordea novo nordisk novozymes pandora tdc tryg vestas wind systems william demant v t e cable satellite and other speciality television providers in europe cable alma tv anvia asta net as starman mtel bulgaria cabovis o caiway netherlands canal digital casema com hem dna welho finland evision ireland elta kabel er telecom get go malta inea poland ipko kabel deutschland kabel noord katv1 azerbaijan kazakhtelecom kujtesa lattelecom liwest austria madritel magnet networks magyar telekom mc cable melita cable meo portugal movistar spain mtis belarus m & h company naxoo switzerland north west telecom nos portugal numericable sfr france sfr belgium ono spain orange tv france petrus poland primacom promax poland radijus vektor rcs & rds romania rostelecom russia r spain sappa tv sat film poland satro slovakia seemore serbia broadband southern telecom splius lithuania stofa demnark stv as super tv bosnia and herzegovina swisscom tango tv luxembourg tdc denmark telecable spain telekabel republic of macedonia tele columbus germany tele2 telemach bosnia & herzegovina & slovenia telenet belgium teled nya telset estonia terrakom toya poland turksat kablo tv unitymedia germany uralsvyazinform upc cablecom upc magyarorsz g upc polska upc romania vectra vialis virgin tv uk virgin media ireland vodafone ireland vodafone tv volgatelecom volia ukraine voo wightfibre ziggo netherlands satellite ab sat france akta tv romania antik sat austriasat bulsatcom canal digital canaldigitaal canalsat france caspio hd cs link cyfrowy polsat digi tv digit alb digiturk dolce romania d smart turkey euro1080 filbox focus sat romania fransat freesat uk freesat from sky uk free sat romania globecast world tv hd magticom georgia movistar spain mtel bulgaria meo portugal nc poland nos portugal nova cyprus nova greece ntv plus russia orbita telecom otau tv kazakhstan ote tv real digital saorsat sky uk sky deutschland sky ireland sky italia skylink t l sat num rique belgium tiv sat italy tntsat totaltv tricolor 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