Vodafone GmbHis a telecommunications operator inGermanyowned byVodafone Group Plcand headquartered inDüsseldorf.It providesmobile phone,LTE,5G,cable internet,landlines,cable TV,and IPTV services. As of the third quarter of 2021, Vodafone GmbH has more than 31 million mobile customers in Germany, making it the third-largest provider of mobile phone services in Germany.[2]The company's headquarters are in the suburb ofHeerdtinDüsseldorf,with regional offices throughout Germany. Vodafone Germany'smain competitorsare1&1 Mobilfunk,Telekom Deutschland(Deutsche Telekom's German private customer unit) andTelefónica Germany.
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 Vodafone Deutschland's headquarters inDüsseldorf | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1990(as Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH) 2002(as Vodafone D2 GmbH) |
| Headquarters | Düsseldorf,Germany |
Key people | Marcel de Groot (CEO) |
| Products | Prepaidandpostpaidmobile phones,DSL,IPTV,cable internet,cable television |
| Revenue | 11,616,000,000 Euro (2022) |
Number of employees | 16,000[1] |
| Parent | Vodafone Group Plc |
| Website | vodafone |
Vodafone Germany's network serves bothprepaidandpostpaidcustomers onGSMand LTE (Long Term Evolution). In July 2019, Vodafone started providing5Gservices.[3]At the end of 2010, Vodafone had 36.676 million mobile phone or mobile internet customers and 3.945 million customers with a DSL / VDSL connection.[4]
History
editThe company in its present form resulted from Vodafone's takeover of the German engineering groupMannesmann GmbHin 2000. On 8 December 1989, the West GermanFederal Ministry for Posts and Telecommunications(Bundesministerium für Post und Telekommunikation[de];one of several predecessors of the present-dayBundesnetzagentur) awarded the second digitalGSM-900(also known asD-Netz(D-Netz[de];D-Networkin Germany) network in Germany to Mannesmann, as the first private company in Germany to break the monopoly of the telecommunications services operated byDeutsche Bundespost(nowDeutsche Telekom). This licence was subsequently expanded to cover the former East Germany afterGerman reunificationin 1991. Mannesmann subsequently began operations of its mobile network on 30 June 1992. It was rebrandedVodafone D2in 2002.
In February 2011, Vodafone Germany started providing IPTV via DSL and VDSL connections. In April 2011,[5]Vodafone Germany started to distributeDisneycontent via IPTV.[6]
Following Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone Germany started selling the AppleiPhone 4Sin September 2011.[7]
As of 2014, the company owns around 75% ofKabel Deutschlandand in 2019Unitymediawas merged with Vodafone.
In February 2020, the Unitymedia brand was phased out from market, by Vodafone Germany.[8]
Sponsoring
editThe company sponsored theAMG-Mercedesteam in theFIA GT Championship,[9]bothDeutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft[10]andDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters,[11]24 Hours of Le Mansunder the D2 naming.
The company also sponsorsRAM Racingin theBritish GT Championship[12]and theGulf 12 Hours.[13][14]
References
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- ^"Vodafone Deutschland Finanzkennzahlen Quartal 03/2021"(PDF).Retrieved2 February2022.
- ^"5G-Handy-Netz von Vodafone: Jetzt auf Deinem Smartphone".17 July 2019.Retrieved17 July2019.
- ^"Vodafone in Deutschland auf Wachtstumskurs / + 238000 DSL Kunden".Vodafone-angebote-news.de. 31 March 2011.Retrieved21 June2012.
- ^"Vodafone TV - Digitales Fernsehen IPTV per Vodafone DSL / VDSL Tarif".Vodafone-iptv.de. 30 April 2012.Retrieved21 June2012.
- ^"Local media contacts".Vodafone.Retrieved21 June2012.
- ^"Apple iPhone 5 im Test: Benchmarks, Daten, Tipps und Tricks".Netzwelt(in German).Retrieved11 January2022.
- ^"Vodafone Germany pulls Unitymedia brand".telecompaper.17 February 2020.Retrieved27 April2021.
- ^Simanaitis, Dennis; Millen, Steve (4 March 2016)."Driving the Championship Winning Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR".Road & Track.Retrieved10 April2023.
- ^"MULI1196, MB C-Klasse Tourenwagen DTM, Siegerwagen Ludwig ´94".marsMediaSite.Retrieved10 April2023.
- ^"Gallery: Mercedes DTM cars through the years".Top Gear.27 July 2017.Retrieved10 April2023.
- ^"BRSCC | SENSATIONAL BRITISH GT OPENER IN STORE AT OULTON PARK".Retrieved10 April2023.
- ^"Tillbrook joins British GT title rival Loggie for Gulf 12 Hours assault with RAM".Tillbrook joins British GT title rival Loggie for Gulf 12 Hours assault with RAM.Retrieved10 April2023.
- ^"RAM Racing Bring Classic Mercedes AMG Livery To Gulf 12 Hours | dailysportscar.com".www.dailysportscar.com.Retrieved10 April2023.