Debitel

The mobilcom debitel GmbH (md ), formerly mobilcom Communications GmbH, a German telecommunications company freenet AG is the same brand mobilcom debitel was born from the merger of belonging to the freenet AG Brand mobilcom and the mobile service provider debitel (Stuttgart). The name remains intact freenet as a portal brand for the stationary as well as for the mobile Internet. mobilcom debitel is by his own admission, with over 14 million customers of the largest mobile service provider in Germany.

History

Freenet was founded in December 1999 as an Internet service provider and Internet portal what mobilcom AG was involved with an absolute majority of 50.43 %. freenetMobile that separate division for mobile users by the year 2008 reached only 200,000 customers, while mobilcom recorded 5.2 million. debitel yet reached 13 million customers a higher market share, after a takeover by freenet was considered. Talkline was purchased in mid-2007 for 560 million euros from the Debitel group. Following the acquisition of debitel by the financial investor Permira about 19 million mobile phone but freenet recorded only 1.7 million telephony customers. With the resignation of the founder Eckhard Spoerr the two mobile divisions mobilcom debitel and then merged to April 2009 and thus separate names technically from the DSL segment, which in the same year at 1 & 1 ( United Internet ) was sold.

On December 18, 2012 GRAVIS announced that mobilcom debitel GRAVIS wants to take over. If the competition authorities approve, should the takeover be completed in 2013 [ deprecated].