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Austrian telecommunications company
T-Mobile Austria
, also known in German as
Magenta Telekom
, is the second largest mobile and fixed company in
Austria
. It is owned by
Deutsche Telekom
. In 2022 it had 5.2 million customers.
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Its CEO is
Rodrigo Diehl
since 1 October 2022.
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History
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The company was founded as
max.mobil
in 1996 by the O-Call consortium. In 2000, the company was bought by
Deutsche Telekom
. In 2002, max.mobil was renamed to T-Mobile Austria. In 2019, there was a merger of the companies UPC Austria and T-Mobile Austria, resulting in Magenta Telekom.
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tele.ring acquisition
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In 2005, T-Mobile Austria acquired mobile provider
tele.ring
from its parent company
Western Wireless Corporation
for 1.3 billion euros, and transformed it into its own lower-cost
flanker brand
.
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The
tele.ring
branding was discontinued on 23 March 2020.
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UPC Austria acquisition
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In December 2017, T-Mobile Austria announced it would acquire cable provider UPC Austria (originally founded in 1977 as
Telekabel Wien
) from its parent company
Liberty Global
for 1.9 billion euros.
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The acquisition was approved by the
European Commission
on 10 July 2018.
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The company announced plans to retire the "T-Mobile" and "UPC" brands in 2019, merging the companies under a single "T" brand. The new brand name was announced on the evening of 6 May 2019.
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