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T-Mobile Austria GmbH,trading asMagenta Telekomis the second largest mobile and fixed company inAustria.It is owned byDeutsche Telekom.In 2022 it had 5.2 million customers.[2]Its CEO isRodrigo Diehlsince 1 October 2022.[3]
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| Magenta Telekom | |
| Formerly | T-Mobile Austria |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Predecessor | UPC Austria |
| Founded | 1977(as Telekabel Wien) 1996(as max.mobil) 2002(as T-Mobile Austria) |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Austria |
Key people | Rodrigo Diehl(CEO) |
| Products | Mobile telephony Wireless broadband Internet CATV |
| Revenue | €1.39 billion(2022)[1] |
Number of employees | 2200(2023)[1] |
| Parent | Deutsche Telekom |
| Website | magenta |
History
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The company was founded asmax.mobilin 1996 by the Ö-Call consortium. In 2000, the company was bought byDeutsche Telekom.In 2002, max.mobil was renamed to T-Mobile Austria. In 2019, there was a merger of the companies UPC Austria and T-Mobile Austria, resulting in Magenta Telekom.[4]
tele.ring acquisition
editIn 2005, T-Mobile Austria acquired mobile providertele.ringfrom its parent companyWestern Wireless Corporationfor 1.3 billion euros, and transformed it into its own lower-costflanker brand.[5]Thetele.ringbranding was discontinued on 23 March 2020.[6]
UPC Austria acquisition
editIn December 2017, T-Mobile Austria announced it would acquire cable provider UPC Austria (originally founded in 1977 asTelekabel Wien) from its parent companyLiberty Globalfor 1.9 billion euros.[7]The acquisition was approved by theEuropean Commissionon 10 July 2018.[8]
The company announced plans to retire the "T-Mobile" and "UPC" brands in 2019, merging the companies under a single "T" brand. The new brand name was announced on the evening of 6 May 2019.[9]
References
edit- ^ab"Das Unternehmen"[The Company] (in German). Magenta Telekom. April 3, 2023.
- ^"Magenta Telekom mit positiver Umsatz- und Ergebnisentwicklung im Geschäftsjahr 2022".
- ^Peter Schiefer (4 August 2022)."Rodrigo Diehl folgt ab Oktober 2022 auf Andreas Bierwirth als CEO von Magenta Telekom".Magenta Telekom.
- ^René Bresgen (7 May 2019)."With Magenta Telekom into Austria's Digital Future".Deutsche Telekom.
- ^"T-Mobile gets tele.ring".TeleGeography. 11 August 2005.
- ^"Telekommunikation - tele.ring geht in Magenta auf".
- ^"Liberty Global to sell UPC Austria to T-Mobile".TeleGeography. 22 December 2017.
- ^"EC greenlights T-Mobile acquisition of UPC Austria".Telecompaper.10 July 2018.
- ^Helmut Spudich (2 August 2018)."Two become one: T-Mobile and UPC make the ultimate promise for Austria's digital future".T-Mobile Austria.