E-Plus
The E-Plus Group, with 24.8 million customers (as of: October 22, 2013) is the third largest mobile network operator in Germany. Since 2000, E-Plus is part of the Dutch KPN Group. In July 2013 it was announced that E-Plus of the Spanish telecommunication group Telefónica is to be transferred to Telefónica Germany for five billion euros and 17.6 percent of the shares; Shareholders and regulators must approve the plan yet.
The company is divided into the subregions E -Plus mobile in Dusseldorf and E-Plus Service in Potsdam. E-Plus mobile GmbH & Co. KG operates the technical network infrastructure and serves as the parent company, while E-Plus Service GmbH & Co. KG as a service provider takes over the customer service. To market of flat-rate tariffs E-Plus uses the base brand. Also about the brand Ay Yildiz the services of the E-Plus Group are offered. The former E -Plus brand vybemobile was set for 31 December 2011. E-Plus is also the owner of the mobile discounters blue mobile and Simyo. Large customers are served under the name " Sympac ".
- 8.1 EBITDA
- 8.2 number of customers
- 8.3 branches
- 8.5 Supervisory
Market Strategy
At least since 2005, pursuing E-Plus a focus strategy on the mobile market, ie a concentration of supply to the most frequently requested services that are sold at relatively low prices. Innovative products are offered only with delay, if it is foreseeable due to the success of competing companies that investments in these would be profitable. With E-Plus, this strategy results in more favorable tariffs for telephony, a price leadership in this area is aimed at. The UMTS network will be progressively expanded to provide new areas and to expand the capacity. Furthermore, it was the GSM network across Germany extended to E-GSM, so that the network coverage has greatly improved.
Mobile networks
E-Plus operates nationwide mobile networks in the E-GSM, DCS 1800 and UMTS standard. The GSM network has been in operation since 1994. At the end of 2012, 19 274 GSM base stations and 11,076 UMTS base stations including mobile Repeaters were .. According to the company E-Plus achieved through its GSM network 99.9 %, with 84 % EDGE and UMTS network with its 80 % of the population.
The structure of one's own UMTS network takes place since the year 2004. Come here to use in addition to ordinary locations medium height as smaller masts and rooftops also called Ultra High Sites ( UHS ). This refers to antenna sites with a mounting height of more than 100 meters, for example, industrial chimneys or TV towers. UHS allow the supply of large areas with less investment than would usually be necessary. However, reduced by this design also has the capacity, since, despite the larger area still remains the same number of simultaneously detected through talks. The UMTS network includes some of the former network of technology Mobilcom whose development was stopped before the commercial operation. Mobilcom sold much of his technique in 2003 for 20 million euros in E-Plus.
Since early 2006, the company also builds the E-GSM base stations or existing DCS 1800 stations to E-GSM/DCS-1800-Dualband-Stationen to. The E-GSM frequencies were assigned to the two network operators O2, E-Plus and the Federal Network Agency to provide and rural areas better and more efficiently and to improve reception inside buildings. This is to the previously transmitted only at 1800 MHz operators will receive a technical opportunities. Almost all, however, mobile phones manufactured since around 1998, the GSM extension bands E-GSM use some older GSM 900 mobile phones do not.
The GSM network supporting GPRS service for the packet-oriented data transfer. In almost all regions, may also be used for surfing the EDGE data service, enabling a faster data throughput is achieved than with GPRS.
Voice transmission is in the GSM network with the adaptive multirate codec ( AMR) and implemented in older mobile phones with the Enhanced Full Rate Codec ( EFR ).
Since July 2010, E-Plus builds its data network from the data accelerator HSPA . By the end of 2012, the network expansion is to be advanced over a large area with HSPA .
In one study, the data transfer rate in a German mobile network by the Stiftung Warentest in June 2011 E- Plus has cut off the worst. Also, the network test of the magazine landed Connect E-Plus in 2011 among all eleven operators in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the last place.
According to information from the E-Plus network data supplied end of 2011, 80 % of the population over the data network accelerator HSDPA with speeds up to 7.2 Mbit / s
In January 2013 E-Plus announced until the end of 2013, the last German mobile network operators to carry out its LTE launch. The E-Plus -LTE test regions Dusseldorf, Wachtendonk, Cloppenburg, Bonn and Chemnitz, as well as the cities of Aschaffenburg and Landau are to be supplied with LTE.
History
The company was founded in 1992 as E-Plus mobile GmbH 1993 and received a mobile license for DCS 1800 ( E1 network ) by the then Federal Minister of Posts Wolfgang Boetsch (CSU ). License holder was a consortium led by E-Plus, the majority shareholders of the VEBA Telecom, RWE Telliance, Thyssen Telecom and BellSouth were.
1999 failed an attempt by France Télécom, enter at E -Plus. The French telecommunications company wanted to acquire the 17.24 - percent stake in Vodafone, of which Vodafone wanted to separate after the merger with Air Touch. BellSouth took out a loan in the amount of 9.18 billion euros in at the Dutch company KPN and thus secured the right of first refusal. In addition, BellSouth acquired the 60.25 percent share of o.tel.o. ( VEBA / RWE), because the shareholders wanted back on the core business (energy) focus. This credit KPN was then converted to a 77.49 percent stake in E-Plus.
In January 2002 it was announced that KPN planned to acquire the remaining stake in E -Plus as part of an exchange of shares of BellSouth. The complete takeover was then completed in March 2002.
On July 23, 2013, KPN announced that Telefónica is to take over the network operator E-Plus for EUR 5 billion plus 17.6 % of shares of KPN. With the merger with O ₂ would give the largest German mobile service provider.
Chronology of the company
E-Plus was founded in 1993 as E-Plus mobile GmbH and received a mobile license for DCS 1800 ( E1 network ). License holder was the consortium to E-Plus, whose main shareholders VEBA Telecom, RWE Telliance and Thyssen Telecom were.
Network provider for mobile discounter
E-Plus is the network provider for several mobile discounters such as blue mobile, Medion Mobile, MTV Mobile, Ortel Mobile and Data protection, as well as the MVNE Sipgate Wireless. (formerly Telogic ).
Sponsoring
The E-Plus Group supports the social campaign " iCHANCE " by the Federation Literacy and basic education. " ICHANCE " is a multi-media approach to a campaign with the aim of reducing prejudice against ( functional ) illiteracy and to encourage people with basic education needs to perceive learning opportunities such as reading and writing classes.
Criticism
Blocking of certain landline phone numbers
In June 2008 it was announced that E -Plus - similar to O ₂ and Vodafone - significantly limits the accessibility of the numbers of certain voice chat systems. These numbers are normal landline phone numbers that can be called free of charge as part of fixed flat rates and cause a high volume of calls in practice. It takes E-Plus in contrast to O2 not only a limitation of the call volume before, but disables the affected numbers completely.
In February 2009, these locks have been expanded since then include some providers of business telephone conferences. Also affected are certain providers of calling cards, on their phones calls can be made abroad and to special numbers cost effective. Due to the lockout, it is the customer impossible to take advantage of these services, but this is covered by the Conditions. The landline flat rates of most mobile operators include " services use " via landline numbers in the rule. Also it is not provided by the Federal Network Agency to offer on Endteilnehmeranschlüssen mass services.
Company data
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Earnings before interest, extraordinary items, taxes and amortization of goodwill
Number of customers
Offices
E-Plus has operating offices in Hamburg, Berlin, Hanover, Kassel, Leipzig, Ratingen, Frankfurt, Karlsruhe, Nuremberg, Stuttgart and Munich, the company's headquarters is located in Dusseldorf.
Shareholder
The sole shareholder of E-Plus is still the Dutch company KPN Mobile NV, on July 23, 2013 it was announced that E-Plus to Telefónica is sold together with the daughter of Group O ₂ a new merged company will be built. This provider would be the largest German mobile operator, ahead of Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone.
Board
- Eelco Blok, Royal KPN N.V.