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Preliminary results financial year 2020: Telefónica Deutschland / O₂ increases revenues, earnings and customer base in 2020 – confident outlook for 2021 24.02.21 \| Telefónica Deutschland / O₂ closes the financial year 2020 with a strong performance during the overall economic recession. Thanks in particular to strong interest in higher-value mobile and fixed-network products from the core O₂ brand, customer base and data volumes increased significantly. As a result, the company was able to increase its revenue and operating results (OIBDA). In terms of revenue and mobile customer accesses, the company grew faster than the competition. Telefónica Deutschland / O₂ has fully achieved its targets and confirms its medium-term growth objectives.
National Roaming: Telefónica Deutschland establishes long-term national roaming partnership with 1&1 Drillisch 15.02.21 \| Today, 1&1 Drillisch has bindingly accepted Telefónica Deutschland's National Roaming offer dated 5 February 2021. The companies are extending their long-term partnership by converting the current MBA MVNO contract into a National Roaming Agreement (NRA) under the remedy framework from the Telefónica Deutschland and E-Plus merger in 2014. Now, the parties are aiming to finalise the contractual details of the NRA by mid-May 2021.
Gender equality as a success factor: Telefónica Deutschland / O₂ listed in Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the second year in a row 27.01.21 \| Telefónica Deutschland / O₂ is one of eleven companies headquartered in Germany to be included in the highly regarded Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI). It thus provides a good example of the transparent promotion of equal opportunities for women in the workplace, backed up by clear ambitions and key figures. And an international McKinsey & Company study from 2020 shows how important this is for corporate success: companies with high gender diversity are 25 percent more likely to be profitable than average.
Personnel: Michael Falkensteiner to become O₂ brand manager 25.01.21 \| Michael Falkensteiner (37) will take up the post of Director Brand & Marketing Communications at Telefónica Deutschland / O₂ on February 1, 2021. In this role, he will be responsible for the core brand O₂ as well as the secondary brand BLAU and will report to Wolfgang Metze, Member of the Management Board responsible for private customers.
Digital transformation of IT architecture: Telefónica / O₂ aims to accelerate time-to-market by over 50 percent 21.01.21 \| In the competition for the best technologies and products, the following applies: The provider with the highest quality and the fastest product launch times (time-to-market) has a clear advantage. Telefónica Deutschland / O₂ wants to significantly accelerate this process in the future and more than halve the time needed to launch new applications and products. To achieve this, the company is focusing on a fundamental transformation of its IT landscape by 2023. A leaner IT architecture with more efficient processes based on state-of-the-art technologies such as cloud solutions will enable the provider to drive innovation even faster in the future and reduce operating costs.	Credits: Telefónica Deutschland

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Preliminary results financial year 2020: Telefónica Deutschland / O₂ increases revenues, earnings and customer base in 2020 – confident outlook for 2021 24.02.21 \| Telefónica Deutschland / O₂ closes the financial year 2020 with a strong performance during the overall economic recession. Thanks in particular to strong interest in higher-value mobile and fixed-network products from the core O₂ brand, customer base and data volumes increased significantly. As a result, the company was able to increase its revenue and operating results (OIBDA). In terms of revenue and mobile customer accesses, the company grew faster than the competition. Telefónica Deutschland / O₂ has fully achieved its targets and confirms its medium-term growth objectives.
National Roaming: Telefónica Deutschland establishes long-term national roaming partnership with 1&1 Drillisch 15.02.21 \| Today, 1&1 Drillisch has bindingly accepted Telefónica Deutschland's National Roaming offer dated 5 February 2021. The companies are extending their long-term partnership by converting the current MBA MVNO contract into a National Roaming Agreement (NRA) under the remedy framework from the Telefónica Deutschland and E-Plus merger in 2014. Now, the parties are aiming to finalise the contractual details of the NRA by mid-May 2021.
Gender equality as a success factor: Telefónica Deutschland / O₂ listed in Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the second year in a row 27.01.21 \| Telefónica Deutschland / O₂ is one of eleven companies headquartered in Germany to be included in the highly regarded Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI). It thus provides a good example of the transparent promotion of equal opportunities for women in the workplace, backed up by clear ambitions and key figures. And an international McKinsey & Company study from 2020 shows how important this is for corporate success: companies with high gender diversity are 25 percent more likely to be profitable than average.
Personnel: Michael Falkensteiner to become O₂ brand manager 25.01.21 \| Michael Falkensteiner (37) will take up the post of Director Brand & Marketing Communications at Telefónica Deutschland / O₂ on February 1, 2021. In this role, he will be responsible for the core brand O₂ as well as the secondary brand BLAU and will report to Wolfgang Metze, Member of the Management Board responsible for private customers.
Digital transformation of IT architecture: Telefónica / O₂ aims to accelerate time-to-market by over 50 percent 21.01.21 \| In the competition for the best technologies and products, the following applies: The provider with the highest quality and the fastest product launch times (time-to-market) has a clear advantage. Telefónica Deutschland / O₂ wants to significantly accelerate this process in the future and more than halve the time needed to launch new applications and products. To achieve this, the company is focusing on a fundamental transformation of its IT landscape by 2023. A leaner IT architecture with more efficient processes based on state-of-the-art technologies such as cloud solutions will enable the provider to drive innovation even faster in the future and reduce operating costs.	Credits: Telefónica Deutschland