T-Mobile International: strongest quarter in the history of the company

• T-Mobile with strong customer growth in core countries Germany, United States and UK as well as revenue and EBITDA
• T-Mobile Deutschland: Successful strategy continues
• T-Mobile USA: 20 million customer mark surpassed
• T-Mobile UK: First signs of sustained stabilization

Bonn, 9 November 2005 - The third quarter of 2005 was the strongest quarter so far in the history of
T-Mobile International. As such, the Deutsche Telekom subsidiary recorded an excellent close to the period from July to September.

A particularly pleasing development was the growth in the number of customers to 83.1 million: Around 530,000 new customers in Germany chose T-Mobile in the third quarter of the year, as well as 1,058 million in the United States and 258,000 in the United Kingdom.

The company is also in an excellent position with its financial figures:
Compared to the same quarter last year, T-Mobile's revenue increased by 10.6 percent  to 7.6 billion. EBITDA was raised by 356 million to 2.7 billion..

Details on individual countries
T-Mobile Deutschland is successfully continuing its strategy of high-value growth. The German market leader increased its number of customers by 530,000 in the past quarter to 28.7 million. Of this customer growth, contract customers account for one third and prepaid customers two thirds; whereas accretion was achieved - in line with the strategy - with lower customer acquisition costs than in the prior year. These costs were reduced by EUR 16 per new customer compared with the third quarter of the prior year. Churn, EBITDA and the EBITDA margin (42.5 percent) were at the same level as in the prior year, despite the intensified competitive environment. Total revenue decreased slightly by 2.2 percent . This was the result of the decrease in low-margin revenues from terminal equipment. Service revenues (ARPU revenues) increased by 3.9 percent quarter-on-quarter, bringing them slightly above the figure for the prior year. A further positive development is that the proportion of customers choosing a card contract without a subsidized handset (SIM card only) is increasing. An example of this is the Relax Eco rates: Customers pay only half the monthly price for these minute-based packages, as they do not receive a handset with the contract. ARPU remained stable at EUR 23.

T-Mobile USA achieved an important milestone by surpassing the 20 million customer mark. By the end of September, T-Mobile USA served 20.3 million customers. Costumer growth therefore increased by approximately 4 million within one year. At the same time, customer acquisition costs were decreased considerably by EUR 28 compared to the same period in the previous year. T-Mobile USA increased its revenue by 26.4 percent year-on-year to EUR 3.1 billion and, at EUR 940 million, EBITDA was at the same level as the traditionally strong T-Mobile Deutschland figure for the first time.  Concurrently, ARPU was boosted to EUR 42 compared to EUR 41 in the previous quarter.

T-Mobile UK is starting to see the first signs of sustained stabilization on the difficult UK market. Following negative net additions in the prior quarter,
T-Mobile UK stabilized its customer base and added around 258,000 customers (incl. Virgin) to bring the total to 16.3 million.

The trend in ARPU-relevant revenue is now clearly on the rise again following the decreases in the first and second quarters of 2005. The decreases, which are the result of a cut in mobile termination charges by the British regulator, have now almost been compensated.

The EBITDA margin of 37 percent includes a positive effect of GBP 27 million of provisions relating to other periods for the so-called "council tax" which proved to be too high and were reversed.

The development of ARPU-relevant revenue in Austria and the Czech Republic was particularly positive, with growth of around 4 and 9 percent, respectively. Overall, the increase in Central and Eastern Europe was even greater, at 10 percent.

The EBITDA margin in Central and Eastern Europe was 46 percent in the third quarter, in Western Europe 38 percent and in the United States
30 percent, bringing the total for T-Mobile to 36 percent. 

Customers (thousands)	Q3/04	Q3/05	Delta %
T-Mobile International	75,3955)	83,087	10.2
T-Mobile Deutschland	27,358	28,713	5.0
T-Mobile USA	16,295	20,302	24.6
T-Mobile UK1)	15,207	16,313	7.3
T-Mobile Netherlands	2,253	2,295	1.9
T-Mobile Austria	2,004	2,050	2.3
T-Mobile Czech Republic	4,130	4,553	10.2
T-Mobile Hungary	3,989	4,095	2.6
T-Mobile Slovakia	1,807	1,916	6.0
T-Mobile Croatia	1,428	1,736	21.5
Others (Macedonia/Montenegro)	9265)	1,113	20.6

Revenue (millions of euro)4)	Q3/04	Q3/05	Delta %
T-Mobile International	6,914	7,648	10,6
T-Mobile Deutschland	2,261	2,212	-2.2
T-Mobile USA	2,458	3,108	26.4
T-Mobile UK	1,106	1,058	-4.3
T-Mobile Netherlands	270	265	-1.9
T-Mobile Austria	221	230	4.1
T-Mobile Czech Republic	213	239	12.2
T-Mobile Hungary	274	286	4.4
T-Mobile Slovakia	85	97	13.5
T-Mobile Croatia	136	157	15.4
Others (Macedonia/Montenegro)	36	53	47.2

Adjusted EBITDA (millions of euro)2)	Q3/04	Q3/05	Delta in abs.
T-Mobile International	2,374	2,111	356
T-Mobile Deutschland	958	940	-18
T-Mobile USA	625	940	315
T-Mobile UK	390	394	4
T-Mobile Netherlands	58	52	-6
T-Mobile Austria	66	64	-2
T-Mobile Czech Republic	102	107	5
T-Mobile Hungary	99	121	22
T-Mobile Slovakia	34	43	9
T-Mobile Croatia	79	79	0
Others (Macedonia/Montenegro)	19	28	9

EBITDA margin adjusted (euro million) in %	Q3/04	Q3/05	Delta in abs.
T-Mobile International	34.3	35.7	1.4 pp
T-Mobile Deutschland	42.4	42.5	0.1 pp
T-Mobile USA	25.4	30.2	4.8 pp
T-Mobile UK	35.3	37.2	2.0 pp
T-Mobile Netherlands	21.5	19.6	-1.9 pp
T-Mobile Austria	29.9	27.8	-2.0 pp
T-Mobile Czech Republic	47.9	44.8	-3.1 pp
T-Mobile Hungary	36.1	42.3	6.2 pp
T-Mobile Slovakia	39.8	44.3	4.6 pp
T-Mobile Croatia	58.1	50.3	-7.8 pp
Others (Macedonia/Montenegro)	52.8	52.8	0.0 pp

ARPU (euro)3)	Q3/04	Q3/05	Delta %
T-Mobile Deutschland	24	23	-4.2
T-Mobile USA	43	42	-2.3
T-Mobile UK	30	29	-3.3
T-Mobile Netherlands	37	37	-0.2
T-Mobile Austria	34	35	2.9
T-Mobile Czech Republic	16	16	0.0
T-Mobile Hungary	20	22	10.00
T-Mobile Slovakia	15	16	6.7
T-Mobile Croatia	31	29	-6.5

SACs per gross add (euro)	Q3/04	Q3/05	Delta %
T-Mobile Deutschland	112	96	-14.3
T-Mobile USA	149	121	-18.8
T-Mobile UK	107	115	7.5
T-Mobile Netherlands	114	145	27.2
T-Mobile Austria	102	132	29.4
T-Mobile Czech Republic	32	26	-18.8
T-Mobile Hungary	48	31	-35.4
T-Mobile Slovakia	35	31	-11.4
T-Mobile Croatia	51	38	-25.5

Blended monthly churn (in %)	Q3/04	Q3/05	Delta in % pts.
T-Mobile Deutschland	1.5	1.6	0.1
T-Mobile USA	3.0	2.9	-0.1
T-Mobile UK	2.5	3.1	0.6
T-Mobile Netherlands	2.3	2.9	0.6
T-Mobile Austria	1.7	1.8	0.1
T-Mobile Czech Republic	1.0	0.9	-0.1
T-Mobile Hungary	1.7	1.7	0.0
T-Mobile Slovakia	1.4	1.9	0.5
T-Mobile Croatia	0.8	0.8	0.0

Notes:
1) Including Virgin Mobile
2) EBITDA: Results from ordinary business activities before net financial income/expense including income related to subsidiaries, associated and related companies, amortization and depreciation, and before other taxes, adjusted for special factors.
3) ARPU contains monthly service fee, as well as voice, non-voice, visitor and roaming revenues.
4) These amounts relate to the companies' respective unconsolidated financial statements (single-entity financial statements adjusted for uniform group accounting policies and reporting currency) without taking into consideration consolidation effects.
5)Customer figures are pro forma, as Monet is included

Disclaimer
This release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking pro forma metrics ("expected EBITDA") that reflect the current views of the Deutsche Telekom management with respect to future events. Forward-looking statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, and therefore too much reliance should not be placed on them. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond Deutsche Telekom's control, including those described in the sections "Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" of the Form 20-F submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. If these or other risks and uncertainties materialize, or if the assumptions underlying any of these statements prove incorrect, Deutsche Telekom's actual results may be materially different from those expressed or implied by such statements. Deutsche Telekom does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements to take new information or future events into account. In addition to the figures shown in accordance with IFRS, Deutsche Telekom also shows so-called pro forma figures, e.g., EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, net debt, and free cash flow. These pro forma financial measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information prepared in accordance with IFS. For a definition of these pro forma figures, please refer to the explanations under "Reconciliation to pro forma figures" on Deutsche Telekom's Investor Relations website at www.deutschetelekom.com.

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T-Mobile Czech Republic, a member of the international telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom, has almost 6.2 million customers, the number-one operator in the Czech market. T-Mobile is an integrated operator: in addition to telecommunications services, it offers comprehensive ICT solutions not only for companies, but also for other organizations and individuals. It provides outstanding services in the high-speed network, which was proved repeatedly by benchmark testing performed by umlaut (former P3) with Best-in-Test seal.

T-Mobile Czech Republic places emphasis on taking a responsible approach to the environment and society. It adheres to fair business practices, helps beneficial applications and services to see the light of day, supports non-profit organizations, small businesses and individuals, and lends a helping hand whenever crisis situations arise. The company’s employees serve as volunteers in many places across the entire Czech Republic.

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