BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : DECEMBER 4, 2000 ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY

The $80 Billion Spree


Key Deutsche Telekom acquisitions made in 1999-2000

ONE2ONE, Britain
Mobile-phone services: $9.8 billion
Gives a Europewide footprint to DT's cell-phone network

DEBIS SYSTEMHAUS, Germany
50.1% IT services: $4.5 billion
Adds to DT's base in systems software and consulting

YA.COM, Spain
Internet portal: $470 million
Expands strategy started in Germany with T-Online

CLUB INTERNET, France
Portal; seller LaGarhere received 6.5% stake in T-Online currently worth $607 million
France is a key market for Internet expansion

VOICESTREAM, U.S.
Mobile-phone services: $50.7 billion
The biggest deal--a GSM network in the world's biggest market

POWERTEL, U.S.
Mobile-phone services: $5.9 billion
Complements the VoiceStream deal

DATA: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM


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