Editing T-Mobile (brand) (section)

==History==

[[File:Telekom Logo 2013.svg|thumb|Previous logo]]
[[File:Deutsche Bundespost Telekom logo.svg|thumb|Logo of Deutsche Bundespost Telekom with posthorn before privatization]]

Germany's first mobile-communications services were [[radiotelephone]] systems that were owned and operated by the state postal monopoly, ''[[Deutsche Bundespost]]''. It launched the [[analog signal|analog]] [[1G|first-generation]] [[C-Netz]] ("C Network", marketed as ''C-Tel''), Germany's first true mobile phone network in 1985.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=797lqT4MxusC&q=germany%27s+first+mobile+phone+network+c-netz+1985&pg=PA38|title=Secure Roaming in 802.11 Networks|last1=Goransson|first1=Paul|last2=Greenlaw|first2=Raymond|date=2011-04-01|publisher=Newnes|isbn=9780080548944|access-date=2020-11-03|archive-date=2021-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105112856/https://books.google.com/books?id=797lqT4MxusC&q=germany%27s+first+mobile+phone+network+c-netz+1985&pg=PA38|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 1 July 1989, West Germany reorganized Deutsche Bundespost<ref>{{cite web|title=PostUmwG – nichtamtliches Inhaltsverzeichnis|url=http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/postumwg/index.html|website=www.gesetze-im-internet.de|access-date=2016-05-25|archive-date=2022-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408063333/https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/postumwg/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and consolidated telecommunications into a new unit, ''Deutsche Bundespost Telekom''.<ref name="dthistory">{{cite web|title=Deutsche Telekom: Telecommunication milestones|url=https://www.telekom.com/company/milestones/153782|website=www.telekom.com|date=27 July 2023|access-date=25 May 2016|archive-date=7 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007171709/http://www.telekom.com/company/milestones/153782|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=GG – Einzelnorm|url=http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_143b.html|website=www.gesetze-im-internet.de|access-date=2016-05-25|archive-date=2022-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331181154/https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_143b.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On 1 July 1992, it began to operate Germany's first [[GSM]] network, along with the C-Netz, as its ''DeTeMobil'' subsidiary. The GSM 900 [[hertz|MHz]] frequency band was referred to as the "D-Netz", and Telekom named its service ''D1''; the private consortium awarded the second license (now [[Vodafone Germany]]) chose the name ''D2''.<ref name="americanedu">{{cite web|title=Privatization and Deregulation|url=http://www1.american.edu/initeb/es0939a/Privatization.htm|website=www1.american.edu|access-date=2016-05-25|archive-date=2015-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502115607/http://www1.american.edu/initeb/es0939a/Privatization.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Deutsche Bundespost Telekom was renamed '''[[Deutsche Telekom|Deutsche Telekom AG]]''' on 1 January 1995 as part of phase two of the German communications reform.<ref name="dthistory" /> This process of deregulation continued in November 1996, when DT was [[privatization|privatized]] and had the largest European IPO at the time, with the stock abbreviation 'DT 1'.<ref name="dthistory" /><ref name="americanedu" /><ref name="dtag-interneten">{{cite book | title= Internet Entrepreneurship in Europe: Venture Failure and the Timing of Telecommunications Reform | first= Niko Marcel | last= Waesche | pages= [https://archive.org/details/internetentrepre0000waes/page/162 162]–164 | year= 2003 | publisher= Edward Elgar Publishing | isbn= 978-1-84376-135-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/internetentrepre0000waes| url-access= registration }}</ref>

In December 1999, '''T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG''' holding company was founded (later renamed T-Mobile International AG). In 2002, as DT consolidated its international operations, it [[English language|anglicized]] the T-Mobil name to ''T-Mobile''.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

On 5 July 2005 Deutsche Telekom transformed its structure and adopted a regional setup (Germany, Europe, US). Where available, the local mobile businesses were combined with the respective local wireline businesses to follow the integrated business approach. In 2009 T-Mobile International AG was merged into Deutsche Telekom AG.{{cn|date=October 2024}}