This is for those who are interested in the progress of O2/ Telefinica Germany with further expansion over the years.
Telefónica Germany Timeline
Foundation 1995
Base :Munich, Deutschland Germany
Employees 8590 (2019)
Sales €7.4 billion (2019)
The company was founded in 1995 by the mobile phone company VIAG Interkom.
In 2002 the name VIAG Interkom was adapted to O2 Germany.
In 2006, the Spanish telephone company Telefónica acquired O2 with its subsidiaries in Germany, Great Britain and Ireland for a total of GBP17.7 billion.
2007 at International Radio Exhibition, O2 Germany presented its discount brand Fonic.
2008, O2 Germany became the Telefónica O2 Germany
2010 The company purchased LTE frequencies for 1.38 billion euros.
2011 A further change of name followed on 1 April The company was now called Telefónica Germany
2012 Telefónica Deutschland was launched. In September 2012, Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG was created by the German company of Telefónica Germany Verwaltungs GmbH
2014 Telefónica Germany took over E-Plus for 8.6 billion euros from the owner, the Dutch KPN Group. This required significant physical network integration This was completed by the end of 2018. Following the merger with E-Plus
2015 At the spectrum auction, Telefónica Germany invested 1.2 billion euros in additional mobile frequencies.
2015, Telefónica Deutschland sold 7,700 radio locations to Telekom Deutschland.
2019, At the 5Gfrequency auction in mid-2019, the company acquired new frequencies for an amount of 1.42 billion euros.
2020 Telefónica Germany / O2 switched on the 5G data turbo in its O2 network.
150 5G stations in the O2 network will be transmitting data in the largest German cities Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne and Frankfurt.
O2 5G in Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Essen and Potsdam, using the frequencies at 3.6 GHz,
2021, Plans to build more than 2,000 5G stations in the O2 network especially rural areas in . Technology improvements planned to get more private customers into the area much faster than in the past.
2022 1&1 Drillisch accepted the National Roaming Offer of Telefónica Germany . The companies establish their long-term partnership by converting the current MBA-MVNO contract into a National Roaming Agreement (NRA) subject to the conditions arising from the merger of Telefónica Germany and E-Plus in 2014.
