Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom AG
Telekom
Company typePublic
FWBDTE
DAX Component
ISINDE0005557508
IndustryTelecommunications
PredecessorDeutsche Bundespost
Founded1 January 1995 (1995-01-01)
Headquarters,
Germany
Area served
Worldwide; mainly Germany and the US
Key people
Products
Revenue 119.1 billion (2025)
€24.8 billion (2025)
€3.2 billion (2025)
Total assets €289.8 billion (2025)
Total equity €92.2 billion (2025)
OwnerFederal Republic of Germany (31.9%)
Public float (68.1%)
Number of employees
199,999 (2025)
Subsidiaries
ASN
Traffic Levels50+ terabits
Websitewww.telekom.com
Footnotes / references

Deutsche Telekom AG (German pronunciation: [ˌdɔʏtʃə ˈteːləkɔm ʔaːˌɡeː] , lit.'German Telecom'; often just Telekom, DTAG or DT; stylised as ·T·) is a partially state-owned Germany telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn and is the world-wide largest telecommunications provider by revenue. It was formed in 1995 when Deutsche Bundespost, a state monopoly at the time, was restructured. 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 and biggest in Europe by revenue.

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. On 4 June 2024, the German government reduced its total shareholding to 27.8%. The company is a component of the EURO STOXX 50 stock market index.