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United Internet

United Internet AG
Aktiengesellschaft
Traded as UTDI
Industry Telecommunications
Predecessor 1&1 EDV-Marketing GmbH
Founded 1988 (1988)
Headquarters Montabaur, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Key people
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
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.


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