Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom AG (short form 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 at number 79. In 2023, the company was ranked 41st in the Forbes Global 2000. The company operates several subsidiaries worldwide, including the mobile communications brand T-Mobile. It is the world's fifth-largest telecommunications company by revenue.
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| Company type | Public |
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Traded as | FWB: DTE DAX Component |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Predecessor | Deutsche Bundespost |
| Founded | 1 January 1995 |
| 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 | €114,4 billion (2022) |
| €16.2 billion (2022) | |
Net income | €4.5 billion (2022) |
| Total assets | €298.6 billion (2022) |
| Total equity | €87.3 billion (2022) |
| Owner | Federal Republic of Germany (31.9%) |
Number of employees | 211,000 (2022) |
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| Traffic Levels | 10+ Terabit/s |
| Website | telekom |
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As of April 2020, the German government held a direct 14.5% stake in company stock and another 17.4% through the government bank KfW. The company is a component of the EURO STOXX 50 stock market index.