Deutsche Telekom: Mobile radio boom in Mecklenburg despite the stock exchange crisis!

Deutsche Telekom: Mobile radio boom in Mecklenburg despite the stock exchange crisis!

Deutsche Telekom is at an exciting turning point. A massive expansion project is being promoted in rural regions, such as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Telekom has currently increased the network coverage in this region to almost 100 percent by putting four new mobile phone masts into operation in the Mecklenburg Lake District. Five other locations were modernized, which increases the mobile phone cover for households to an impressive 99 percent. A total of 183 locations in the district are already active, and in the next three years there are to add another 98, such as boerse-express.com reports.

Despite these operational successes, the investor reaction looks critical. Because the high investments in rural areas often have questionable returns with them, since these areas generate less sales per broadcast mast than urban spaces. The strategic focus of Telekom is not only in the look of the expansion, but also in improving the network quality along decisive railway lines, such as the Berlin-Rostock route. This raises the question of whether T-Mobile, the US subsidiary, can compensate for the investment burden of the home market, especially considering the weaker German key figures.

investments in the future

To master the challenge of network coverage and the further development of the infrastructure, Deutsche Telekom plans to invest around 21 % of its service sales in networks and technologies by 2027. For the year 2024 alone, impressive 16 billion euros are planned for the construction and operation of networks, of which 5.8 billion euros are to flow in Germany. A future-oriented aspect is the use of artificial intelligence to optimize infrastructure planning and promote fiber optic expansion, according to the current analysis of Telekom.

in Europe now have 10.1 million households access to fiber optic, which corresponds to a coverage of 38.5 %. By the end of 2024, Deutsche Telekom is the goal of providing more than 10 million fiber optic connections and plans to provide 2025 households with fiber optic connections. By 2030, every household in Germany should receive a fiber optic connection.

challenges in broadband expansion

The expansion of comprehensive gigabit networks based on fiber optic basis is particularly important for the attractiveness of rural regions by 2030. However, there are significant challenges of how high investment costs due to low population densities and long expansion times due to larger distances. Without public funding, many projects are not financially portable. Strategies such as cooperation between counties, municipalities and telecommunications companies as well as the use of a technology mix, including LTE, are crucial to master these challenges and get closer to the confident target brands. The [Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture] (https://www.bmel.de/de/themen/laendliche-regions/digitales/breitband-und-mobilfunk supply/gigabit-strategy.html) describes this as essential for the future viability of rural regions.

Another challenge is the so -called "white spots" in mobile phone supply. These strategic gaps are to be gradually closed, and the Federal Government's mobile phone support program aims to significantly improve the supply by the end of 2025.

Deutsche Telekom remains in motion due to the expansion and strategic investments, despite sometimes skeptical investors. With a good hand, Telekom could be able to operate both rural and urban markets and thus successfully operate in the long term.