Congstar

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Congstar GmbH
Introduced11 November 2004
Website congstar.de

Congstar GmbH is a mobile network operator headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

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The company is a subsidiary of Telekom Deutschland, and specializes in discount mobile phone service marketed to younger people.

In August 2014, Congstar's services had approximately 3.4 million users. [1]

In December 2019 the brand had over five million customers. [2]

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References

  1. Winter, Marie-Anne (18 August 2014). "congstar ist die Nr. 3 im deutschen Discount-Markt" [Congstar is number three in the German discount market]. teltarif.de (in German). Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  2. "Congstar-Kunden wechseln automatisch zur Telekom – Die Marke Congstar bleibt" [Customers of congstar changing automatically to Telekom - brand exist]. handyflash.de (in German). 1 December 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.