T-Mobile is the brand name used by a mobile communications subsidiary of the German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom AG. The brand is active in Austria (under the subsidiary of T-Mobile Austria), Czech Republic (T-Mobile Czech Republic), Netherlands (T-Mobile Nederland), Poland (T-Mobile Polska), and United States (T-Mobile USA ). The name was previously used by subsidiaries in other countries, including Albania (now Telekom Albania), Croatia (now Hrvatski Telekom), Germany (now Deutsche Telekom), Hungary (now Magyar Telekom), Macedonia (now Makedonski Telekom), Montenegro (now Crnogorski Telekom), United Kingdom (now EE Limited), Romania (now Telekom Romania), and Slovakia (now Slovak Telekom).
Deutsche Telekom previously had a parent company T-Mobile International AG for its mobile communications subsidiary. From 2003 to 2007, T-Mobile International is one of the Deutsche Telekom segments in addition to the 'Broadband/Fixnet' segment, 'Business Subscribers' and 'HQ Group and Service Shared'. T-Mobile International AG subsequently lost relevance when Deutsche Telekom changed its structure to adopt regional arrangements (Germany, Europe, USA) in 2009 by incorporating previously established separate and mobile subsidiaries to form an integrated local business.
When T-Mobile International AG exists, the holding company based in Bonn, Germany and its subsidiaries operates GSM, UMTS and LTE cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. The company owns financial shares in mobile operators in Central and Eastern Europe. Globally, T-Mobile International's subsidiary has a combined total of approximately 230 million subscribers. T-Mobile International is the world's third largest mobile phone service provider by fourth largest customer and multinational company after Vodafone UK, Airtel India and TelefÃÆ'³nica from Spain.
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Histori
The first mobile communications service in Germany is a radio telephone system owned and operated by a state post monopoly, Deutsche Bundespost . It launched the first generation of analogue C-Netz ("Network C", marketed as C-Tel ), Germany's first mobile phone network in 1985.
On 1 July 1989, West Germany reorganized the Deutsche Bundespost and consolidated telecommunications into a new unit, Deutsche Bundespost Telekom . On July 1, 1992, he began operating the first GSM network in Germany, along with C-Netz, as a subsidiary of DeTeMobil. The GSM 900 MHz frequency band is referred to as "D-Netz", and Telekom names its services D1 ; a private consortium granted a second license (now Vodafone Germany) chose the name D2 .
Deutsche Bundespost Telekom was renamed to Deutsche Telekom AG on January 1, 1995 as part of phase two of German communication reform. The deregulation process continued in November 1996, when DT was privatized and had the largest European IPO at the time, with the abbreviation of 'DT 1' stock. In the same year, DT started to brand its subsidiary with T-prefix, renaming the DeTeMobil T-Car branch.
In 2002, when DT consolidated its international operations, it changed the name of T-Mobil to T-Mobile .
On July 5, 2005, Deutsche Telekom changed its structure and adopted regional arrangements (Germany, Europe, USA). Where available, local mobile businesses are combined with their respective local cable businesses to follow an integrated business approach.
At the end of 2007, it was ensured that the incorporation of high-speed 3G and HSDPA networks operated by T-Mobile UK and 3 (UK) will run from January 2008. It leaves T-Mobile and 3 with the largest mobile HSDPA phone network in the country. In 2009, France TÃ © Ã © lÃÆ'Â © Com Orange and DT, T-Mobile's parents, announced they are in advanced talks to combine their UK operations to create the largest mobile carrier in the UK. In March 2010, the European Commission approved the merger on condition that the joint company sells 25% of its spectrum on the 1800 MHz radio band and change the network sharing agreement with smaller competitors 3. The merger is completed in the next month, the new company name then announced as EE. Orange and T-Mobile continue to be a separate brand in the market until 2015, both run by a new parent company.
On January 31, 2018, T-Mobile announced the joining of the RE100 initiative, committed to 100% renewable energy by 2021.
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Operation
Austria
Until 2000, T-Mobile was a shareholder of former max.mobil. network. In April 2001, the company acquired a hundred percent and then introduced the T-Mobile brand in Austria by rebranding max.mobil. in April 2002 as T-Mobile Austria.
In 2005, he acquired a former tele.ring competitor from Western Wireless International. Now used as a discount brand. tele.ring is an Austrian mobile network operator. Since it was bought by T-Mobile in 2006, it is no longer a legally independent company. Tele.ring is administratively independent and now acts primarily as a discount offer, similar to Yesss and BoB of A1. In the past, tele.ring was known for their aggressive pricing policies.
Croatian
T-Mobile entered the Croatian market in October 1999 when DT initially acquired thirty-five percent interest in Hrvatski telecom, including its cell phone service provider Cronet . Two years later, DT signed an agreement with the Croatian government to obtain the additional 16 percent needed for majority ownership. In January 2003, Hrvatski Telekom collected all of its cellular activities under one HTmobile brand. Finally, in October 2004, HTmobile became T-Mobile Hrvatska , or T-Mobile Croatia , thus joining the global T-Mobile family as well by name. From 1 January 2010, Hrvatski Telekom and T-Mobile Croatia merged into one company on the Croatian market under the name Hrvatski Telekom (in English: Croatian Telecom); the T-Mobile brand remains active in the mobile business area and T-Com in the fixed business area until 2013 when they were replaced by the integrated brand "Hrvatski Telekom".
Czech Republic
T-Mobile was formerly known as Paegas in the Czech Republic. T-Mobile Czech Republic a.s. has been operating on the Czech market since 1996. As of December 31, 2014, 6 million subscribers use T-Mobile services.
T-Mobile Czech Republic a.s. operates a general mobile communications network on GSM standards in the 900 and 1800 MHz bands and is also authorized to operate the UMTS network. On October 19, 2005, T-Mobile was the first operator in the Czech Republic to launch this third generation technology under the name 4G Internet .
German
Germany's earliest mobile communications service is a radio telephone system owned and operated by a country post monopoly, Deutsche Bundespost . This early mobile communication network is referred to as the "A" and "B" networks.
Deutsche Bundespost Telekom built the first mobile cellular network in Germany, an analog first generation system called the "C" or C-Netz network. This network began operations in 1985 and services are marketed under the C-Tel brand. After Germany's reunification in 1990, the "C" network expanded to former East Germany.
On July 1, 1992, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bundespost Telekom DeTeMobil began operating the first 900 MHz GSM mobile network in Germany, referred to as D-Netz . Digital GSM services are marketed under the "D1" brand and DeTeMobil continues to sell analog cellular services simultaneously under the existing C-Tel brand. In 1994, DeTeMobil introduced a short messaging service (SMS).
In 1996, DT started the brand of its subsidiary with the prefix T - , renamed the DeTeMobil T-Car branch and rebranding the GSM T-D1
D1 introduced a prepaid service called Xtra in 1997.
Despite many changes in the names and brands of subsidiaries, Germans sometimes continue to use the name T-D1 in Germany and refer to T-Mobile as D1. On April 1, 2010, after German T-Home and T-Mobile operations merged to form Telekom Deutschland GmbH , a wholly owned subsidiary of DT; the T-Mobile brand was suspended in Germany and replaced with the Telekom brand.
Hungarian
On May 1, 2004, the same day when Hungary joined the European Union, the previous company, named Westel (wholly owned by former MatÃÆ'¡v) changed its name, and overall marketing. Westel was the most popular mobile phone network in Hungary at the time. The company was called T-Mobile Hungary , but after some financial decisions, as with other T companies, it was formed into Magyar Telekom Nyrt. Car SzolgÃÆ'¡ltatÃÆ'¡sok ÃÆ'Ã… "zletÃÆ'¡g (Hungarian Telekom, Business Unit of Cellular Services), and its branding began using Telecom instead of T-Mobile . T-Mobile also provides high-speed services, such as EDGE, 3G, and HSDPA in major Hungarian cities. Macedonia
In the Republic of Macedonia, T-Mobile was formerly known as Mobimak . The company has been operating in the Macedonian market since 1996. On September 7, 2006, Mobimak received T-Mobile's international branding. In June 2007, T-Mobile reached one million subscribers, of which 85 percent were active and used their services. T-Mobile MK covers 98 percent of the population. It has a GSM 900 license, offers GPRS, MMS and mobile internet services using T-Mobile HotSpots and has implemented the EDGE mobile quick internet specification. T-Mobile Macedonia applied for a UMTS license on August 1, 2007. Beginning July 1 T-Mobile no longer exists as a legal entity and is replaced by the Telekom brand. The name of the current operator is Telekom.mk . The codes are 070/071/072.
Montenegro
The T-Mobile brand entered the Montenegro market in 2006 through the acquisition of GSM MoNet mobile operator. T-Mobile Montenegro ( T-Mobile Crna Gora ) is wholly owned by T-Crnogorski Telekom, owned by Magyar Telekom, a subsidiary of DT. Although the acquisition by Magyar Telekom was conducted in 2005, it was not until 26 September 2006, that the GSM operator MoNet has been re-branded as T-Mobile Montenegro.
MoNet GSM was launched on July 1, 2000, as part of Telecom Montenegro. The company became a limited-legal corporation independent one month later, on August 1, 2000. The company currently holds about 34 percent of the Montenegrin market and uses GSM 900, GPRS, and EDGE technologies. Since June 21, 2007, 3G/UMTS service has been available in major cities as well as on the coast.
Dutch
Deutsche Telekom entered the Dutch market with the acquisition of Ben on September 20, 2002. In 2007, T-Mobile Netherlands, a wholly owned subsidiary of T-Mobile International, acquired Orange Netherlands from France TÃ © Ã © lÃÆ'Ã… © com worth EUR 1, 33 billion. This makes it the third largest mobile phone operator in the country behind KPN and Vodafone.
Polish
T-Mobile Polska serves over thirteen million subscribers, and has licenses for band 900, 1800, 2100 MHz used for GSM, WCDMA and LTE. Previously Era , the rebranding took place on June 5, 2011. T-Mobile Poland with Orange Polska has consolidated their infrastructure and used this opportunity to launch 3G coverage using 900Ã, MHz bands.
Slovakia
The T-Mobile brand entered the Slovak market in May 2005, after changing the EuroTel network from Eurotel Bratislava to T-Mobile Slovensko today Telekom . Eurotel Bratislava is partly owned by Slovak Telekom, an incumbent fixed-line operator, which then acquires a hundred percent stake in Eurotel Bratislava. T-Mobile International and DT have never had T-Mobile Slovensko directly; DT is the owner of part of Telekom Slovakia and thus T-Mobile International has a procurement management function in T-Mobile Slovensko. On July 1, 2010, Slovak Telekom and T-Mobile Slovensko merged into a single company on the Slovak market under the name Telekom ; The T-Mobile brand no longer remains active in the mobile-business area, as well as T-Com in a fixed business area.
Telekom Network provides services on three GSM networks (900/1800Ã, MHz), UMTS (2100Ã, MHz), Flash OFDM (450Ã, MHz). The mobile data service is provided in 4G, 3G, GSM network with EDGE extension and in UMTS with 42 Mbit/s and HSUPA DC-HSPA 5.8 Mbit/s. Flash OFDM is one of the two commercially successful databases launched in the world. Supports up to 5.8 Mbit/s upload speed.
United Kingdom
T-Mobile UK started life as Mercury One2One , the world's first GSM 1800 mobile network. Originally operated by Mercury Communication which is now dead. Then known only as One 2 One , bought by DT in 1999 and renamed T-Mobile in 2002.
T-Mobile offers pay-as-you-go and pay-monthly contract phones. T-Mobile launched their UMTS 3G service in Fall 2003.
The T-Mobile UK network is also used as a backbone network behind Virgin Mobile's virtual network.
T-Mobile UK announced on April 1, 2010 that it will combine its UK operations with Orange UK and they will run their brand separately but at the same time will create their next joint brand with EE_Limited.
T-Mobile UK and Orange UK announced on 15 February 2015 EE_Limited sales to BT Group amounted to £ 12.5B and took a 12% stake in BT Group as part of the deal.
United States
T-Mobile US provides wireless voice, messaging and data services in the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands under T-Mobile , MetroPCS and GoSmart Mobile brand. The company operates the third largest wireless network in the US market with more than 65.5 million subscribers and annual revenues of $ 32 billion. Its national network reaches 98 percent of Americans, through its 4G/4G LTE 3G/HSPA 4G/HSPA EDGE network, and through a roaming agreement (see section: Radio frequency spectrum graph) . In 2018, J. D. Power and Associates, a global marketing information service company, puts the highest among major wireless carriers to retail store satisfaction four years in a row and the highest for wireless subscriber service two years in a row.
The company is licensed to operate GSM PCS 1900MHz digital cellular network and UMTS AWS 1700 MHz digital mobile network covering the continents of the US, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. This provides coverage in areas where it does not have a radio frequency spectrum license through roaming agreements with other carriers of a compatible network. In addition to its mobile cellular network, T-Mobile US operates a national Wi-Fi internet access network under the T-Mobile HotSpots brand. The T-Mobile HotSpot service offers access to a national network of approximately 8,350 access points, installed in places such as Starbucks coffee shops, FedEx Office Offices and Print Centers, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, Red Roof Inns, Sofitel Hotels, Novotel Hotels, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways, and airports.
T-Mobile US, Inc. traces its roots at the founding of 1994 from VoiceStream Wireless PCS as a subsidiary of Western Wireless Corporation. Spinning from the Western Wireless holding on May 3, 1999, VoiceStream Wireless Corporation was purchased by Deutsche Telekom on May 31, 2001, for $ 35 billion and renamed T-Mobile USA, Inc. in July 2002. This legacy is reflected in some discrepancies between the US and Germany's T-Mobile Service, especially the frequency incompatibilities that make the phone not operate in other countries, and the problem of sending picture messages (no image delivery in text messages) between these networks.
After an unsuccessful attempt by AT & T in 2011 to buy the company in a $ 39 billion stock and cash offer (withdrawn after facing significant regulatory and legal hurdles, along with heavy US government resistance), T-Mobile USA announced its intention to joined MetroPCS Communications, Inc., the sixth largest carrier in the US, to improve its competitiveness with other national carriers; The deal was approved by the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission in March 2013. The merger agreement gave Deutsche Telekom an option to sell its 72% stake in the combined company, worth about $ 14.2 billion, to third parties before the end of an 18-month locking period. On May 1, 2013, the combined company, now known as T-Mobile USA, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange as a public company.
According to OpenSignal's "Mobile Network Status", T-Mobile has the best network.
On April 29, 2018, T-Mobile and Sprint announced in a $ 26 billion deal that they will merge to form a new company under the name T-Mobile.
Marketing
T-Mobile's five-note audio logo was compiled by Lance Massey in 1999, and was originally part of the song ("Hello Ola" by Clan Chi) used to promote the DT's Tour de France bike team.
Sponsor
T-Mobile, in particular a subsidiary of T-Mobile US in the United States, holds the naming rights for T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip near Las Vegas.
T-Mobile parent company, Deutsche Telekom, currently serves as a sponsor kit for German Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich. T-Mobile is also the official sponsor of the English Premier League Football League champions West Bromwich Albion and previously sponsored Rotherham United as well as Scottish Premier League clubs Rangers and Celtic.
T-Mobile sponsors Everton with the One2One brand and they also sponsor the 2002 FA Youth Cup Final. T-Mobile is also a sponsor kit for English club Birmingham City. The telephone company is also involved in sponsoring leagues such as the Austrian Football Bundesliga, which is named T-Mobile Bundesliga . It is also the official global mobile carrier for the 2006 FIFA World Cup football tournament in Germany and sponsors its own cycling team, Team T-Mobile (then Team HTC-High Road).
T-Mobile also has banner ads in some of Mexico's top league soccer league games, the MX League, although it has no presence in the country.
Since 2016, wireless companies sponsor Home Run Derby.
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