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'We're running late on this': Deutsche Bahn promises better Wifi on German trains by 2026

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 13:29:00 +0200

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn has vowed to address what is widely considered to be one of the weakest areas of the country's telecommunications network: internet on trains.

Scientists offer app to help with digital diets

Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:23:00 +0100

How many times do you check emails, news sites and social networking sites each day on your smartphone? Most people have no idea, say a group of German scientists, who have developed an app to help people regain control.

Telekom puts up to 8,000 jobs in firing line

Mon, 02 Dec 2013 09:54:00 +0100

Deutsche Telekom is planning to cut at least 6,000 and possibly as many as 8,000 jobs at its IT subsidiary T-Systems, the business newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Monday.

German internet providers fail to impress

Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:53:00 +0100

Although more than 85 percent of German households are connected to the internet, many consumers are rightly unimpressed with the service they get from providers a study published on Monday suggested.

Deutsche Telekom 'lost billions' in 2012

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:00:00 +0100

German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom said on Thursday that multi-billion-euro writedowns in the United States had pushed it into a net loss of €5.255 billion in 2012.

Telekom cuts 1,200 jobs in reshuffle

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:21:00 +0100

Deutsche Telekom will cut 1,200 jobs in Germany by June in what it termed "reorganization" rather than a downscaling operation, the Handelsblatt reported on Thursday.

1,000 jobs teeter as Nokia Siemens venture fails

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:13:00 +0100

Nokia Siemens Networks, a joint venture between Finnish and German engineering giants Nokia and Siemens, said on Wednesday it was shutting down one of its German units with the potential loss of 1,000 jobs.

Government divided over phone data law

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:54:00 +0100

The German government is riven over whether telecom companies should be allowed to keep customers' data indefinitely. Critics say easier police access to data could have helped solve recently-revealed Neo-nazi murders.

Deutsche Telekom preps for Serbian telecom bid

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:08:00 +0100

Seven companies, among them Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom, have purchased tender documentation for the upcoming sale of a majority stake of state-controlled Telekom Serbia, officials said Friday.

4G phone auction raises 'only' €4.4 billion

Thu, 20 May 2010 20:41:00 +0200

Europe's first auction of "fourth generation" frequencies, which promise to revolutionise what mobile phones can do, raised €4.4 billion ($5.4 billion), German authorities said Thursday.

O2 opens networks for VoIP use on mobile phones

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:52:00 +0200

O2 Germany announced plans on Monday to be the first major mobile phone provider in the country that would no longer block internet voice (VoIP) applications on devices.

New law puts cold calling on hold

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:07:00 +0200

Those pesky telemarketers may have interrupted your dinner for the last time thanks to a change in German law that takes effect Tuesday.

Germany’s first Apple store to open in Munich

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:10:00 +0100

Computer giant Apple is to open its first store in Germany, the company has announced. A link on Apple’s homepage put an end to speculation over the company’s plans for Germany by announcing plans to open the republic’s first Apple store in Munich. Apple is also looking for store employees over the Internet.

Nokia offers workers transfer to Romania

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:23:00 +0100

Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has offered workers in Bochum, Germany a chance to transfer to the new plant in Romania. Nokia’s 44 percent surge in net profit over the last quarter has stirred further anger among those affected by Nokia’s plant closure in Bochum and has intensified criticism.

Germans boycott Nokia

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:54:00 +0100

Bonn city employees are giving up their Nokia phones in solidarity with the soon to be unemployed Bochum residents.