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Update on Germany‘s
Telecoms-Market
Q2/2015
DSP-Partners I Darmstadt I September 2015

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Mobile
- In Q2/2015, the number of SIM-cards on the German market rose again to 112,4
mil. customers after 2 quarters of decline
- Telefonica with O2/ePlus showed strongest growth with 438,000 new SIMs,
Deutsche Telekom grew by 265,000 SIMs
- After losses in Q1/2015, Vodafone lost another 628,000 SIM-cards in Q2/2015
Fixed-line Broadband
- Deutsche Telekom showed strongest growth with 81,000 new DSL-subscribers
to 12,5 mil. customers
- With 70,000 new broadband customers, Kabel Deutschland/Vodafone grew 2nd
fastest, but slower than Deutsche Telekom – growth was fueled by Kabel
Deutschland acquiring 102,000 new subscribers and a decline of -32,000 in
Vofafone‘s DSL-offerings
- United Internet remains on position 3 with 4,3m DSL-lines, up 29,000
- Telefonica continued DSL line-losses with -13,000 DSL customers in Q2/2015
German Telecoms Market Update Q2/2015 at a Glance

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Germany: Number of Mobile Customers
[Q2/2015 in 1,000]
Telefonica with ePlus/O2-brands: 42,6 Million Mobile Customers
Deutsche Telekom: 39,5 Million Mobile Customers
Vodafone: 30,3 Million Mobile Customers

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Germany: Change in Mobile Customers
[Q2/2015 vs Q1/2015 in 1,000]
ePlus/Telefonica/O2 gained 438,000 new Customers
Deutsche Telekom gained 265,000 new Customers
Vodafone lost 628,000 Customers

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Germany: Number of Fixnet Broadband Customers
[Q2/2015 in 1,000]
Deutsche Telekom: 12,5 Million Broadband Customers (DSL)
Vodafone-Group: 5,5 Million Broadband Customers (DSL and Cable via KDG)
United Internet with 1&1-brand: 4,3 Million Broadband Customers (DSL)
Unity Media: 3,0 Million Broadband Customers (Cable)
Vodafone: 2,8 Million Broadband Customers (DSL)
Kabel Deutschland (KDG): 2,7 Million Broadband Customers (Cable)
Telefonica: 2,1 Million Broadband Customers (DSL)

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Germany: Change in Fixnet Broadband Customers
[Q2/2015 vs Q1/2015 in 1,000]
Deutsche Telekom gained 81,000 new Broadband Customers
Vodafone Group gained 70,000 new Broadband Customers (Vodafone & KDG)
United Internet/1&1 gained 29,000 new Broadband Customers
Unity Media gained 59,000 new Broadband Customers
Vodafone lost 32,000 DSL Broadband Customers
Kabel Deutschland (KDG) gained 102,000 new Broadband Customers
Telefonica lost 13,000 Broadband Customers

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Germany: Broadband Customers DSL vs. Cable
[Q2/2015 in 1,000]
21,7 Million German Broadband Customers are using DSL as their
Broadband Access Technology in Fixedline
5,7 Million Customers are accessing the Internet via Cable Networks
In total, the largest 5 Broadband Operators are serving 27,4 Million
German Households

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Contact
Stefan Behrendt
Founder I Managing Partner
DSP-Partners
www.twitter.com/stbe
http://www.dsp-partners.com/about-dsp/contact/