Preliminary figures for Q1 2017: Telefónica Deutschland starts the new year with positive trend

In the first quarter of 2017 the company implemented all of the measures aimed at improving operating performance. The task of physically integrating the networks of Telefónica Deutschland and E-Plus continued to move full speed ahead. Substantial progress has been made in southern German regions, many of which have already completed the network integration. Telefónica Deutschland plans to have the network consolidation largely completed by the end of the year. This will be accompanied by improved network performance as experienced by customers over the course of the year. At the same time, the company is already working on the technology for the coming 5G network. In the past quarter, working with Huawei, Telefónica Deutschland performed tests which achieved data transfer rates of 1.65 gigabits per second for the first time. Through the launch of a self-organising network (SON), the company will also facilitate more efficient network load distributions. In the quarter ended, Telefónica Deutschland completely revamped its O prepaid offerings and complemented them with high-speed data and EU roaming services. Moreover, it has just launched new O DSL tariffs with increased bandwidths. A few days ago, Telefónica Deutschland has launched its cooperation with the European start-up people.io. With the O GET App, users can decide which personal information they provide for their O GET account and which companies and brands they choose to interact with. For any information provided voluntarily, users are awarded with credits they can redeem for rewards. To mark the 15th birthday of O, the company plans to roll out attractive anniversary offers that will strengthen the premium brand and further stimulate data use.