Freenet AG

Freenet AG
	Headquarters in Büdelsdorf
Type	Aktiengesellschaft
Traded as	FWB: FNTN
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	2007
Headquarters	Büdelsdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Key people	Christoph Vilanek (CEO and chairman of the executive board), Helmut Thoma (Chairman of the supervisory board)
Products	Mobile telecommunications, web content
Revenue	€3.362 billion (2016)
Number of employees	4,886 (end 2016)
Website	www.freenet-group.de

Freenet AG (formerly freenet.de AG) is a German telecommunications and web content provider. The company was formerly a subsidiary of [de]. In 2004, its EBITDA was 471.5 million euro. In 2007, Freenet.de merged with Mobilcom, a deal which took around two years to complete, and the resulting company changed its name to Freenet AG.^[1] In July 2008 Freenet AG acquired debitel AG, another German telecommunications company.^[2]

The company was formerly active in the provision of broadband Internet services, but sold this unit to United Internet for €123 million in 2009.^[3]

References[]

^ "Freenet stock soars in Germany on takeover interest". The New York Times. 24 September 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
^ Freenet completes takeover of Debitel
^ Sheahan, Maria (26 May 2009). "United Internet buys Freenet's DSL business". Reuters. Retrieved 22 August 2010.

External links[]

Official website

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[1] "Freenet stock soars in Germany on takeover interest". The New York Times. 24 September 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2010.

[2] Freenet completes takeover of Debitel

[3] Sheahan, Maria (26 May 2009). "United Internet buys Freenet's DSL business". Reuters. Retrieved 22 August 2010.

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