Deutsche Telekom

DTAG corporate headquarters, Bonn

Deutsche Telekom AG () () () (abbreviated DTAG) is the biggest telecommunications company both in Germany and the EU.

Deutsche Telekom was formed in 1996 as the former state-owned monopoly Deutsche Bundespost was privatized. As of 2005, the German government still holds a 15.7% stake in company stock.Its headquarters are in Bonn, Germany.

Holdings

All subsidiaries of the Telekom have a name starting with "T-".
*T-Com, covering the conventional telephone and fixed network
*T-Mobile, the mobile phone subsidiary
*T-Online, the internet service provider (ISP)
*T-Systems, for large business customers, also including the R&D department

Deutsche Telekom also holds substantial shares in other telephone companies, including Central European subsidiaries T-Slovak Telekom (Slovakia), Magyar Telekom (Hungary), and T-Hrvatski Telekom (Croatia), which are now fully consolidated into T-Com.

Facilities

As running of transmission services many remarkable facilities belong to Deutsche Telekom.

TV Towers/Telecommunication towers

The following facilities are free standing TV Towers - some of which have publicly accessible observation decks.
*Berliner Fernsehturm
*Fernmeldeturm Berlin
*Fernmeldeturm Bremen
*Transmission Tower Geyer
*Telemax, Hannover
*VW-Tower, Hannover
*Heinrich-Hertz-Turm, Hamburg
*Florianturm, Dortmund
*Rheinturm Düsseldorf
*Fernmeldeturm Bungsberg, Eutin
*Fernmeldeturm Kiel
*Colonius, Köln
*Transmission towers on Brocken
*Fernsehturm Kulpenburg
*TV Tower Dresden
*Fernsehturm Schwerin-Zippendorf, Schwerin
*Europaturm, Frankfurt/Main - referred to by Frankfurters as the "Ginnheimer Spargel" (Ginnheim's Asparagus!)
*Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg
*Fernmeldeturm Mannheim
*Fernmeldeturm Heubach
*Fernmeldeturm Münster
*Fernmeldeturm Frauenkopf
*Olympiaturm, München
*Fernmeldeturm Jakobsberg, Porta Westfalica
*Friedrich-Clemens-Gerke Turm, Cuxhaven
*Nordschwarzwaldturm, Schömberg
*Directional Radio Tower Torfhaus
*Transmission Tower Sonneberg-Bleßberg

Guyed masts for FM, directional radio and TV

*Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau
*Transmitter Gartow
*FM- and TV-mast Behren-Bekel
*FM- and TV-mast Heidelstein
*Transmitter Torfhaus
*Transmitter Wesel
*FM- and TV-mast Treolin
*FM- and TV-mast Casekow

Transmission facilities for long- and mediumwave

*Longwave transmitter Donebach (Programme: DLF)
*Long- and mediumwave transmitter Zehlendorf (Programm: DLR und Mittelwelle, Programm: Stimme Rußlands)
*Longwave transmitter Aholming (Programme: DLF)
*Medium wave transmitter Nordkirchen (Programme: DLF)
*Medium wave transmitter Thurnau (Programme: DLF)
*Medium wave transmitter Ravensburg (Programme: DLF)
*Medium wave transmitter Cremlingen (Programme: DLF)
*Medium wave transmitter Ehndorf (Programme: DLF)
*Mediumwave Transmitter Mainflingen
*AM transmitter Burg (Longwave and mediumwave transmission facility)
*Medium wave transmitter Wilsdruff (Sendeanlage für Mittelwelle, Programme: MDR Info)
*Transmitter Wiederau (Programme: MDR Info, also FM- and TV-broadcasting)
*Medium wave transmitter Wachenbrunn (Programmes: MDR Info und Stimme Russlands)
*Medium wave transmitter Wöbbelin (out of service)
*Medium wave transmitter Hirschlanden (Programme: AFN)
*Medium wave transmitter Reichenbach (Programme: MDR Info)

Transmission facilities for shortwave

* Shortwave transmitter Wertachtal
* Shortwave transmitter Jülich
* Shortwave transmitter Nauen

Aerial testing sites

*Aerial test facility Brück

Facilities for satellite communication

*Erdfunkstelle Raisting
*Erdfunkstelle Usingen

External links

*T-Com Slovakia
*Slovak Telekom
*Telekom - Deutsche Telekom
*Official website of T-Systems
*German website of T-Systems

Data

*Yahoo! - Deutsche Telekom AG Company Profile