DT Germany connects 128,000 IPTV customers in 4Q09

Deutsche Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) has achieved its revised financial guidance for the full year 2009, increasing the Group’s profit margin.

Germany

Business in Germany developed particularly well. While the targets of a 45 percent DSL net add market share and the sale of one million Entertain packages were achieved in the fixed network, German mobile business consolidated its position as market leader.

Southern and Eastern Europe

The broadband market also grew in the 2009 financial year. With a total of 3.8 million broadband lines, the operating segment reported a year-on-year increase of 15 percent. Another pleasing development was IPTV business: The number of customers for Internet-based TV almost doubled at over 400,000.

IPTV (‘000):

                               Q4/08  Q1/09  Q2/09  Q3/09  Q4/09
                               -----  -----  -----  -----  -----
Germany (T-Home)                 352    448    561    678    806
Greece (OTE Group)                 0      2      4     10     16
Hungary (Magyar Telekom)          28     38     44     53     68
Slovakia (Slovak Telekom)         36     42     47     53     62
Croatia (T-Hrvatski Telekom)     136    151    171    189    236

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