T-Mobile (brand)

T-Mobile is the brand name used by some of the mobile communications subsidiaries of the German telecommunications company <a href="/facts/Deutsche_Telekom/GBfL2DPH">Deutsche Telekom AG</a> in the <a href="/facts/Czech_Republic/vJYLD66Q">Czech Republic</a> (<a href="/facts/T-Mobile_Czech_Republic/sEwz5HPH">T-Mobile Czech Republic</a>), Poland (<a href="/facts/T-Mobile_Polska/l79w1tdJ">T-Mobile Polska</a>) and the United States (<a href="/facts/T-Mobile_US/tRY9PLtF">T-Mobile US</a>).
The T-Mobile brand was introduced in 1996 and the name was previously used by subsidiaries in other countries, including Austria (now <a href="/facts/Magenta_Telekom/p64U8aUm">Magenta</a>), <a href="/facts/Croatia/MSS0yyvw">Croatia</a> (now <a href="/facts/Hrvatski_Telekom/73CYjfwH">Hrvatski Telekom</a>), Germany (now <a href="/facts/Deutsche_Telekom/GBfL2DPH">Deutsche Telekom</a>), Hungary (now <a href="/facts/Magyar_Telekom/CJgMVvAg">Magyar Telekom</a>), <a href="/facts/Montenegro/QynKJrw5">Montenegro</a> (now <a href="/facts/Crnogorski_Telekom/Lg5yMnfK">Crnogorski Telekom</a>), the Netherlands (now <a href="/facts/Odido/nscKIToX">Odido</a>), <a href="/facts/North_Macedonia/YpfcC5DA">North Macedonia</a> (now <a href="/facts/Makedonski_Telekom/uJRC4Efq">Makedonski Telekom</a>), <a href="/facts/Slovakia/gmJwpwM3">Slovakia</a> (now <a href="/facts/Slovak_Telekom/h83dgejF">Slovak Telekom</a>), and the United Kingdom (now <a href="/facts/EE_(telecommunications)/Hn3txMur">EE</a>).
In 1999, Deutsche Telekom formed the <a href="/facts/Holding_company/nBGIp6rU">holding company</a> T-Mobile International AG for its mobile communications subsidiaries. From 2003 to 2007, T-Mobile International was one of Deutsche Telekom's services, in addition to "Broadband/Fixnet", "Business Customers" and "Group HQ and Shared Services". In 2009, Deutsche Telekom transformed its structure to adopt a regional setup (Germany, Europe, US). By combining its previously separated fixed and mobile subsidiaries to form integrated local businesses, T-Mobile International itself was merged into Deutsche Telekom AG.
When T-Mobile International AG existed, the holding company was based in <a href="/facts/Bonn/eCSu8vB1">Bonn</a>, Germany, and its <a href="/facts/Subsidiary/l25YN38x">subsidiaries</a> operated <a href="/facts/GSM/Sw8QYaLE">GSM</a>-, <a href="/facts/UMTS/lhy2RrMw">UMTS</a>- and <a href="/facts/LTE_(telecommunication)/72QhwXHT">LTE</a>-based <a href="/facts/Cellular_network/8zA0jQJ9">cellular networks</a> in Europe, the United States, <a href="/facts/Puerto_Rico/jVStMyG4">Puerto Rico</a> and the <a href="/facts/United_States_Virgin_Islands/VwDBzBGT">U.S. Virgin Islands</a>. The company had financial stakes in mobile operators in both <a href="/facts/Central_Europe/VdxzSbJz">Central</a> and <a href="/facts/Eastern_Europe/f5CDGzNA">Eastern Europe</a>. Globally, T-Mobile International's subsidiaries had a combined total of approximately 230 million subscribers. It was the world's <a href="/facts/List_of_mobile_network_operators/JfQmT1Ed">thirteenth-largest mobile-phone service provider</a> by subscribers, and the fourth-largest multinational after the UK's <a href="/facts/Vodafone/kjCgcHma">Vodafone</a>, India's <a href="/facts/Bharti_Airtel/uw56Vd2L">Airtel</a>, and Spain's <a href="/facts/Telef%25C3%25B3nica/9oQKlCw8">Telefónica</a>.

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