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Freenet AG

Freenet AG is a German telecommunications and web content provider. The company was formerly a subsidiary of Mobilcom. 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. In July 2008, Freenet AG acquired debitel AG, another German telecommunications company.

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Freenet AG
TypeAktiengesellschaft
FWB: FNTN
MDAX
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded2007 (2007)
Headquarters
Büdelsdorf
,
Germany
Key people
ProductsMobile telecommunications, web content
RevenueIncrease €2.439 billion (2025)1
246,100,000 euro (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
154,600,000 euro (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
Total assets3,414,900,000 euro (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
3,326 (2025)1
Websitewww.freenet.ag Edit this at Wikidata

Freenet AG (formerly freenet.de AG) is a German telecommunications and web content provider. The company was formerly a subsidiary of Mobilcom. 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.2 In July 2008, Freenet AG acquired debitel AG, another German telecommunications company.3

The company was formerly active in the provision of broadband Internet services, but sold this unit to United Internet for €123 million in 2009.4 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.5

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  1. "Annual Report 2025" (PDF) (in German). freenet AG. 26 March 2026. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  2. Pohl, Otto (24 September 2007). "Freenet stock soars in Germany on takeover interest". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  3. "Freenet completes takeover of Debitel; Permira owns almost 25 pct in Freenet". FinanzNachrichten.de. 6 July 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  4. Sheahan, Maria (26 May 2009). "United Internet buys Freenet's DSL business". Reuters. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  5. Kuch, Alexander (24 February 2022). "13. Juli: Aus mobilcom-debitel wird freenet". teltarif.de (in German). Retrieved 8 May 2026.
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