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  • May 2008

    • Spy Scandal at German Phone Giant Grows

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  May 30, 08 3:44 PM CDT

      Spy Scandal at German Phone Giant Grows

      Deutsche Telekom apparently didn’t stop at looking through the phone records of board members and journalists in its bid to end leaks. The German phone giant also tracked their movements and may have snooped into personal bank records, Der Spiegel reports. Top executives also worked with a detective agency run by members of the former East German secret police. More »

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      Germany  • scandals  • privacy  • journalist  • Deutsche Telekom  • Stasi

    • German Telecom Spying Ignites Privacy Uproar

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 27, 08 4:35 PM CDT

      German Telecom Spying Ignites Privacy Uproar

      German phone giant Deutsche Telekom has ignited a privacy firestorm by admitting it tracked board members’ phone calls to root out the source of embarrassing press leaks. The dominant national fixed-line provider revealed “severe and far-reaching” misuse of private information, generating anger in a country sensitive to civil liberties abuses, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Germany  • scandals  • privacy  • Deutsche Telekom  • press leaks

    • T-Mobile Parent Mulling Bid for Sprint Nextel

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 5, 08 7:54 AM CDT

      T-Mobile Parent Mulling Bid for Sprint Nextel

      T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom may bid for troubled Sprint-Nextel, a deal that would move the German telecom to the top of the US mobile communications heap, ahead of AT&T and Verizon, reports the Wall Street Journal. DT increasingly has looked to global options to help fuel earnings hurt by competition and sagging landline revenue at home. More »

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      mergers and acquisitions  • cell phone industry  • Sprint Nextel  • T-Mobile  • Deutsche Telekom

  • March 2008

    • Deutsche Telekom to Buy Greek Stake

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 17, 08 1:03 PM CDT

      Deutsche Telekom to Buy Greek Stake

      Deutsche Telekom plans to buy a 20% stake in Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE) of Greece, for $3.92 billion. The deal is conditional on the German carrier getting management control, and the company will open talks immediately with the Greek government, the only larger shareholder. The OTE stake will let Europe’s biggest telephone company expand into Eastern Europe, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

  • December 2007

    • Deutsche Telekom Wins Back iPhone Locking Rights

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Dec 4, 07 2:40 PM CST

      Deutsche Telekom Wins Back iPhone Locking Rights

      T-Mobile regained the right to sell iPhones in Germany that use their network exclusively, in a reversal of an injunction last month that forced them to start selling an unlocked version, the AP reports. T-Mobile’s parent, Deutsche Telekom, will link the phones to a two-year contract in an arrangement similar to AT&T’s stewarding of the iPhone in America. More »

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      Apple  • cell phones  • iPhone  • wireless industry  • T-Mobile  • Deutsche Telekom  • Vodafone

  • November 2007

    • Court: Deutsche Telekom Must Sell iPhone Minus Contract

      newser  |  Financial Times (UK)  |  Nov 21, 07 2:49 PM CST

      Court: Deutsche Telekom Must Sell iPhone Minus Contract

      Deutsche Telekom can't force customers to buy a phone contract from them if they buy an iPhone in Germany, says a German court decision in a suit brought by rival carrier Vodafone, reports the Financial Times . DT says they will start offering the phones without a contract immediately, but they will still cost 600 Euros less if the buyer signs up. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • Deutsche Telekom  • Vodafone

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