Deutsche Telekom today said it is bringing fixed and mobile networks together to become the first integrated telecommunications provider in Germany.
The company’s launch of MagentaEINS portfolio – at IFA 2014 today – is aimed at offering the fixed and mobile networks — telephony, Internet and television — in one package.
Deutsche Telekom also announced new packages for its customers in Germany.
The price of S integrated package is less than EUR 50 a month. The flat rate plan for mobile and fixed-network telephony allows users to benefit from a text flat rate and a Internet connection of up to 16 Mbps in the fixed network.
L package costs around EUR 70 a month, allowing home internet with speeds of up to 100 Mbps, LTE with up to 150 Mbps, and text and phone flat rates for at home and on the go – including the Entertain Premium TV package with 47 HD channels.
Some 22 million fixed-network connections and 40 million mobile customers show the market potential for Deutsche Telekom as an integrated telecommunications provider. The company has a market share of over 40 percent in the broadband market and roughly 2.3 million Entertain customers.
With a market share of 35.5 percent, the company is the market leader in service revenues in mobile communications.
Deutsche Telekom targets to offer VDSL to 17.5 million this year-end from 16 million households at present.
In addition, 3.5 million households will have VDSL with vectoring by the end of this year.
Deutsche Telekom’s LTE network offers coverage of 77 percent.
The telecom operator plans to introduce LTE service with bandwidth of up to 300 Mbps.
Deutsche Telekom also said it would launch a new hybrid router later this year.
These smart devices unify LTE, WLAN and fixed networks, combining speeds of up to 100 Mbps from the fixed network with up to 150 Mbps of mobile bandwidth.
As a result, the hybrid router combines the best of fixed and mobile networks – a convergent package that Deutsche Telekom will launch this fall as the first provider worldwide. It will allow the company to attain top access speeds, even in rural areas. This represents the first step in efforts to eliminate the coverage gap outside of cities.
