T-Mobile

T-Mobile is the UK network of T-Mobile International, one of the three strategic growth areas of Deutsche Telekom AG. Over 120 million people throughout Europe and the USA use services provided by companies in which T-Mobile or Deutsche Telekom hold a stake, making us the only mobile provider with a seamless transatlantic proposition.

1992
July	Deutsche Telekom (DT) establishes wireless division

1996
	Austrian and Czech operations acquired

1999
August	DT acquires One 2 One in the UK
	UK 3G licence purchased for £2.4bn

2000
September	T-Mobile launches data portal in Germany

2001
February	US operation, Voicestream, acquired
	Data portal launches in UK
May	Data portal available in Austria
September	UMTS partnership with mm02 announced
	Everyone tariffs start in the UK

2002
March	UMTS trials begin in Germany
April	UK operation re-branded as T-Mobile (UK)
June	T-Mobile (UK) becomes first national operator to launch MMS 'picture messaging'
	GPRS launched in the UK
	T-Mobile (UK) becomes first to launch downloadable Java games
	Blackberry launched by T-Mobile (D)
July	MMS launched in Germany/Austria
August	T-mobile data users pass 8.5million
	W-Lan hotspots in the UK and USA launched in partnership with Starbucks
October	T-Mobile has 10 million subscribers accessing data services
November	T-Mobile (UK) launches Blackberry
	T-Mobile (USA) brings MMS to marketplace
December	Rene Obermann becomes CEO T-Mobile International (TMO). His predecessor, Kai-Uwe Ricke, takes over from Ron Sommer as CEO at Deutsche Telekom AG

2003
February	T-Mobile (UK) and BT Retail announce partnership. T-Mobile to provide network services for BT Retail mobile offering
March	t-zones launched
July	Mix It - first flexible Tariff introduced
August	Brian McBride becomes managing director, T-Mobile (UK)
December	T-Mobile UK is first to launch Caller Tunes, the first personalised ring tone service in Europe

The mobile world has been changing rapidly in recent years and continues to do so. New technologies are driving innovative voice and data solutions for businesses and consumers. At the same time, one-product national businesses are moving into a complex multi-product service world. Just ten years ago, national operators with almost no international presence dominated their respective markets.

One of the global market leaders
T-Mobile International is one of the world’s leading companies in mobile communications. As one of Deutsche Telekom’s three strategic business units, T-Mobile concentrates on the most dynamic markets in Europe and the United States. By the end of 2005, more than 86 million customers are served in the nine T-Mobile markets. T-Mobile is a partner of FreeMove, an alliance formed by four of Europe’s leading mobile companies - Orange, Telefónica Móviles, TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) and T-Mobile - to help their customers communicate as easily while travelling abroad as they do at home.

Global player in mobile communications
T-Mobile International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, was established in December 1999. Since then, it has positioned itself as one of the largest international mobile communications carriers. It is the first to operate a trans-Atlantic mobile network based on GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), the world’s most successful digital wireless standard. T-Mobile subsidiaries and affiliates were among the first operators worldwide to use future-oriented technologies like GPRS, UMTS (3G) and W-LAN.