Aktiengesellschaft | |
Traded as | : UTDI |
Industry | Telecommunications |
Predecessor | 1&1 EDV-Marketing GmbH |
Founded | 1988 |
Headquarters | Montabaur, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
Key people
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Ralph Dommermuth (CEO and chairman of the management board), Kurt Dobitsch (Chairman of the supervisory board) |
Services | ISP, web hosting, webmail |
Revenue | €2.397 billion (2012) |
€153.7 million (2012) | |
Profit | €71.5 million (2012) |
Total assets | €1.241 billion (end 2012) |
Total equity | €815 million (end 2012) |
Number of employees
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6,254 (end 2012) |
Subsidiaries |
Mail.com 1&1 Internet GMX Mail |
Website | [1] |
United Internet AG is a German Internet services company. With 2.91 million DSL customer contracts, it is a leading ISP in Germany. It is headquartered in Montabaur, Rhineland-Palatinate. Since 2003, it is listed on the TecDAX. In its operating business, United Internet AG acts primarily via 1&1 Internet and is active in various countries (as of February 2014: Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, and USA).
United Internet operates its own Internet backbone with computer clusters at several Internet exchange points (DE-CIX, INXS (Vodafone Munich Exchange), AMS-IX, LINX).
In July 2008, United Internet AG acquired a 30% stake in Jimdo GmbH. Jimdo's website builder became the core of 1&1's MyWebsite product (formerly dubbed "MyBusiness Site)". Jimdo bought back its shares in 2009.
United Internet AG's subsidiary 1&1 Internet AG acquired the DSL business from Freenet AG for EUR 123 million in May 2009.
In 2013, through its subsidiary United Internet Ventures the company acquired a 25% share in Open Source Software company Open-Xchange.
In February 2014 United Internet announced the acquisition of a 25% stake in e-commerce software company ePages. ePages announced on the same day that the company would provide a new global e-commerce platform for customers of United Internet's 1&1 brand.