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Deutsche Telekom to launch HSDPA in 2006

September 4, 2005

Deutsche Telekom announced a plethora of new technologies, products and services in the run-up to the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) in Berlin. During the next few years, the Group is planning to invest around EUR 3 bn in the rollout of a high-tech optical fiber network with speeds of up to 50 Mbit/s in Germany. This step and the merger of T-Online with Deutsche Telekom are part of the Group's effort to create the basis for providing its customers with high-level triple play services, which means rapid Internet access, top-quality communications services and individually accessible entertainment offerings. At the same time, the speed of broadband access is set to be increased significantly via the UMTS mobile network.

"We are presenting ourselves here at the IFA as Deutsche Telekom, a company with its own aim, its own market strategy, and its own development logic," said Kai-Uwe Ricke, Chairman of Deutsche Telekom AG. "At the same time, we are also convinced that there is not 'just one' customer, either in the consumer or the business customer segment. We must target a range of different customer groups and interests with a variety of products."

Highspeed UMTS to be launched in 2006

Broadband access is also getting even faster for UMTS mobile communica-tions. According to René Obermann, Member of the Board of Management responsible for Mobile Communications at Deutsche Telekom, commercial use of what is known as high-speed UMTS based on HSDPA will be launched in time for CeBIT 2006. "High-speed UMTS will then be available wherever T-Mobile already offers UMTS coverage. HSDPA enables us to offer a high-speed mobile experience outside our WLAN network, which offers access to 16,500 hotspots worldwide."

Speeds will initially be increased to up to 1.8 Mbit/s. This is particularly practical for using Internet applications on devices in the fast-growing pocket computer segment and for laptop applications. Transmission speeds will gradually even be increased to up to 7.2 Mbit/s. HSDPA also enables complex intranet applications or Internet pages to be accessed quickly and significantly reduces the time spent waiting for pages to load. T-Mobile will incidentally be the first operator to put HSDPA-enabled laptop cards onto the market in the fall.

Integrated mobile/fixed-network products

T-Mobile is developing a new product called mobile@home for the growing number of customers that also want to use their cell phone to communicate conveniently and at fixed-network rates from the comfort of their own four walls.

The area referred to as "their own four walls" is also generously defined: a radius up to 2 kilometers. The offer will be launched commercially in the first quarter of 2006.

A highly attractive data rate will also be on offer with the new product. Wireless Internet access will be possible via a UMTS WLAN router. T-Mobile will incidentally be one of the first German mobile operators to launch an Internet box of this kind on the market. It will be available to business customers from October and to consumers from the first quarter of 2006.

Dual phone

"The" fixed-network convergence offer is a dual phone. This device is completely new on the market and is of interest to all those that want to continue reaping the benefits of a landline, but would like more mobility at the same time - without changing devices. The possible uses of the fixed network are increased considerably, and it is made mobile - all with a single phone number, a singe bill and a single point of contact.

At home, customers make calls through the fixed network, and at a Hotspot, say in an airport or station, they access the Internet via W-LAN - this means better voice quality. And on the go, customers make calls using the tried-and-true GSM technology.

The dual phone enables customers to continue using their DSL/W-LAN hardware, as well as a plethora of value-added services. For example, the synchronization feature with the Outlook address book, video telephony or access - even on the go - to centrally stored MP3 files on their PC. The device is to be launched in the 2nd quarter of 2006.

TV via cell phone

Mobile broadband networks also offer mobile customers an increasing range of options. Following the rollout of web'n'walk, the free Internet service for use on the go, T-Mobile has now added mobile TV to the offer for UMTS-based cell phones.

Two additional sport or cinema programs are available as well as n-tv live around the clock. The number of programs is set to exceed 10 in the future. Reception via UMTS using the streaming process is free during the introductory phase which runs until the end of March 2006, and no charges will be levied for the data transferred for TV reception. All UMTS devices offered by T-Mobile during the Christmas period this year will feature mobile TV streaming.

T-Mobile is also working on business models to reach wider customer groups with digital radio technologies such as DVB-H and DMB. There will be live demonstrations of these services on the trade fair stand. T-Mobile will be offering its customers an innovative TV offer for their cell phones in time for the 2006 World Cup.