Freenet AG

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Short description|German telecommunications company}} {{Other uses|Freenet (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox company | name = Freenet AG | logo = Freenet Logo 2022.svg | logo_size = 200px | image = Freenet1.jpg | image_caption = Headquarters in Büdelsdorf | type = Aktiengesellschaft | traded_as = {{FWB|FNTN}}<br>MDAX | founded = {{start date and age|2007}} | hq_location_city = Büdelsdorf | hq_location_country = Germany | key_people = {{ubl|Robin John Andes Harries (CEO)|Ingo Arnold (CFO)|Marc Tüngler (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)}} | industry = Telecommunications | products = Mobile telecommunications, web content | revenue = {{increase}} €2.439 billion (2025)<ref name="gb25">{{cite web |url=https://www.freenet.ag/binaries/_ts_1773989571280/content/assets/freenetgroup/pdf/ir-deutsch/finanzberichte/2025/freenet_geschaftsbericht_2025_web.pdf |title=Annual Report 2025 |publisher=freenet AG |date=26 March 2026 |language=de |format=PDF |access-date=8 May 2026}}</ref> | num_employees = 3,326 (2025)<ref name="gb25" /> | website = {{Official URL}} }} '''Freenet AG''' (formerly '''freenet.de AG''') is a German telecommunications and web content provider. The company was formerly a subsidiary of {{ill|Mobilcom|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''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pohl |first=Otto |date=24 September 2007 |title=Freenet stock soars in Germany on takeover interest |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/business/worldbusiness/24iht-freenet.4.7621055.html |url-access=subscription |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |access-date=8 May 2026}}</ref> In July 2008, Freenet AG acquired debitel AG, another German telecommunications company.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 July 2008 |title=Freenet completes takeover of Debitel; Permira owns almost 25 pct in Freenet |url=https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2008-07/11215780-freenet-completes-takeover-of-debitel-permira-owns-almost-25-pct-in-freenet-020.htm |work=FinanzNachrichten.de |language=en |access-date=8 May 2026}}</ref>

The company was formerly active in the provision of broadband Internet services, but sold this unit to United Internet for €123 million in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sheahan |first=Maria |date=26 May 2009 |title=United Internet buys Freenet's DSL business |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLQ60674520090526 |work=Reuters |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014212201/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2009/05/26/unitedinternet-freenet-idUKLQ60674520090526 |archive-date=14 October 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=8 May 2026}}</ref> At the end of February 2022, it was announced that the Mobilcom-Debitel brand would be discontinued in July of the same year in favor of freenet. The changeover took place on 13 July and the company has additionally been renamed freenet DLS.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kuch |first=Alexander |date=24 February 2022 |title=13. Juli: Aus mobilcom-debitel wird freenet |url=https://www.teltarif.de/aus-mobilcom-debitel-wird-freenet/news/87343.html |work=teltarif.de |language=de |access-date=8 May 2026}}</ref>

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== External links == * {{Official website|https://www.freenet.ag/}}

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