T-Mobile (brand)

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T-Mobile
Product typeTelecommunications
Owner Deutsche Telekom
Introduced1996;29 years ago (1996)/1989;36 years ago (1989)
Discontinued
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T-Mobile is the brand name used by some of the mobile communications subsidiaries of the German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom AG in the Czech Republic (T-Mobile Czech Republic), Poland (T-Mobile Polska) and the United States (T-Mobile US).

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The T-Mobile brand was introduced in 1996 and the name was previously used by subsidiaries in other countries, including Austria (now Magenta), Croatia (now Hrvatski Telekom), Germany (now Deutsche Telekom), Hungary (now Magyar Telekom), Montenegro (now Crnogorski Telekom), the Netherlands (now Odido), North Macedonia (now Makedonski Telekom), Slovakia (now Slovak Telekom), and the United Kingdom (now EE).

In 1999, Deutsche Telekom formed the holding company T-Mobile International AG for its mobile communications subsidiaries. [1] From 2003 to 2007, T-Mobile International was one of Deutsche Telekom's services, in addition to "Broadband/Fixnet", "Business Customers" and "Group HQ and Shared Services". In 2009, Deutsche Telekom transformed its structure to adopt a regional setup (Germany, Europe, US). By combining its previously separated fixed and mobile subsidiaries to form integrated local businesses, T-Mobile International itself was merged into Deutsche Telekom AG. [2]

When T-Mobile International AG existed, the holding company was based in Bonn, Germany, and its subsidiaries operated GSM-, UMTS- and LTE-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company had financial stakes in mobile operators in both Central and Eastern Europe. Globally, T-Mobile International's subsidiaries had a combined total of approximately 230 million subscribers. It was the world's thirteenth-largest mobile-phone service provider by subscribers, and the fourth-largest multinational after the UK's Vodafone, India's Airtel, and Spain's Telefónica. [3]

History

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Logo of Deutsche Bundespost Telekom with posthorn before privatization

Germany's first mobile-communications services were radiotelephone systems that were owned and operated by the state postal monopoly, Deutsche Bundespost . It launched the analog first-generation C-Netz ("C Network", marketed as C-Tel), Germany's first true mobile phone network in 1985. [4]

On 1 July 1989, West Germany reorganized Deutsche Bundespost [5] and consolidated telecommunications into a new unit, Deutsche Bundespost Telekom. [6] [7] On 1 July 1992, it began to operate Germany's first GSM network, along with the C-Netz, as its DeTeMobil subsidiary. The GSM 900 MHz frequency band was referred to as the "D-Netz", and Telekom named its service D1; the private consortium awarded the second license (now Vodafone Germany) chose the name D2. [8] Deutsche Bundespost Telekom was renamed Deutsche Telekom AG on 1 January 1995 as part of phase two of the German communications reform. [6] This process of deregulation continued in November 1996, when DT was privatized and had the largest European IPO at the time, with the stock abbreviation 'DT 1'. [6] [8] [9]

In December 1999, T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG holding company was founded (later renamed T-Mobile International AG). In 2002, as DT consolidated its international operations, it anglicized the T-Mobil name to T-Mobile.[ citation needed ]

On 5 July 2005 Deutsche Telekom transformed its structure and adopted a regional setup (Germany, Europe, US). Where available, the local mobile businesses were combined with the respective local wireline businesses to follow the integrated business approach. In 2009 T-Mobile International AG was merged into Deutsche Telekom AG.[ citation needed ]

Deutsche Telekom Mobile Operations

CountryOperatorNumber of customers
(in millions) [10]
Austria Magenta Telekom 5.066
Bosnia and Herzegovina HT Eronet (JP Hrvatske telekomunikacije d.d. Mostar) (39.10% shares held by Hrvatski Telekom)0.834
Croatia Hrvatski Telekom (51.71%)2.273
Czech Republic T-Mobile Czech Republic 6.206
Germany Telekom Deutschland GmbH 50.272
Greece Cosmote (Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications S.A.) 100.00% (shares held by OTE)6.935
Hungary Magyar Telekom Nyrt. (60.49%)5.504
Montenegro Crnogorski Telekom A.D. (76.53% shares held by Hrvatski Telekom)0.3
North Macedonia Makedonski Telekom AD (59.21% shares held by Magyar Telekom)1.2
Poland T-Mobile Polska 11.290
Romania Telekom Romania Mobile (99.99% shares held by OTE)3.539
Slovakia Slovak Telekom 2.478
United States T-Mobile US 104.790/104.791
Map of countries where T-Mobile offers carrier services as of 2025
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Map of countries where T-Mobile offers carrier services as of 2025
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