United Internet's primary business is internet applications (e.g., email via GMX/WEB.DE, hosting via IONOS) but owns telecom subsidiaries for broadband (Source), (Source).
Germany
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Organization: Any kind of organization. The Organization class represents a kind of Agent corresponding to social instititutions such as companies, societies etc.
About
Founded 1998 via reorganization of 1&1, with milestones including 2009 acquisition of Freenet DSL business (700k customers), 2014 full acquisition of Versatel for fiber expansion, 2017 merger of 1&1 Telecom and Drillisch into 1&1 AG (fourth major German telco), and 2019 5G auction win for OpenRAN mobile network launch in 2023 (Source), (Source), (Source).
Operator Characteristics
Business-only ISP?
No
United Internet is not business-only; it offers consumer services via 1&1 AG and business via 1&1 Versatel (Source), (Source).