O2 (Germany)
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| GmbH & Co. OHG | |
| Traded as | : O2D |
| Industry | Telecommunication |
| Predecessor | Viag Interkom (1995) |
| Founded |
British Telecommunications (45%) VIAG (45%) Telenor (10%) |
| Headquarters | Munich, Germany |
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Area served
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Germany |
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Key people
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Thorsten Dirks (CEO) |
| Services |
Telecommunications Internet Service Provider |
| Revenue |
 €3.745 billion (2009) |
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Number of employees
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5288 (2010) |
| Parent | Telefónica |
| Website |
www www |
Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG (pronounced [teləˌfɔnɪkaː ˈdʒœːɐ̯məniː]; also called Telefónica Deutschland [-ˈdɔʏtʃlant]) is a provider of broadband, landline and mobile telecommunications in Germany. The company trades as O2 (typeset as O2) and O2 DSL (formerly Alice).
The company was renamed from Telefónica O2 Germany to Telefónica Germany on April 1, 2011 following the completion of a merger with HanseNet. Telefónica Germany purchased E-Plus on 1 October 2014, unifying the business under O2 brand on 3 February 2016. Telefónica Germany's main competitors are Telekom Deutschland (Deutsche Telekom's German private customer unit) and Vodafone.
Originally launched in 1995 as Viag Interkom, it was a joint venture between British Telecommunications (45%), VIAG (45%) and Telenor (10%).
In 2001, BT acquired VIAGs remaining shares for €11.4 billion, and the company was renamed BT Germany, it became a part of BT Wireless, a group of subsidiary companies owned by BT. BT Wireless demerged from BT in 2001 to form mmO2 plc and Viag Interkom was relaunched as O2 Germany.
In 2005, mmO2 plc. of which O2 Germany is a part, was acquired by Spanish telecoms giant, Telefónica. O2 Germany rebranded as Telefónica O2 Germany GmbH.
In 2011, Telefónica O2 Germany merged with HanseNet and renamed the merged company to Telefónica Germany.
In September 2014, Telefónica Germany announced the sale of €3.62 billion in new stock to help finance the acquisition of its competitor E-Plus from KPN. As part of the purchase, Telefónica reduced its stake in its subsidiary to 62.1%.
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