- CEO
- Ralph Dommermuth
- Full Time Employees
- 10,547
- Sector
- Communications
- Industry
- Major telecommunications
- Address
- Elgendorfer Straße 57 Montabaur RP Germany 56410
- IPO Date
- Mar 23, 1998
- Business
- United Internet AG (UTDI.DE), founded in 1988 and headquartered in Montabaur, Germany, operates as a leading European internet services provider focused on Germany with international presence in Europe and North America; it structures its activities across Access and Applications segments, subdivided into Consumer Access, Business Access, Consumer Applications, and Business Applications. In Consumer Access, the company offers mobile internet products and landline-based broadband including home networks, online storage, telephony, Smart Home, IPTV, and video-on-demand through premium brand 1&1 and discount brands such as yourfone and smartmobil.de; Business Access provides fiber optics, VPNs, company networks, data, internet, and voice services via 1&1 Versatel, leveraging one of Germany's largest fiber-optic networks across more than 350 cities. Consumer Applications encompass e-mail, cloud storage, office tools, personal ID-management, big data platforms, and AI-driven content/advertising solutions marketed via GMX, WEB.DE, and mail.com to over 40 million users; Business Applications deliver hosting, cloud infrastructure, domain management, and website builders through IONOS--Europe's largest hoster with over 8 million packages--as well as STRATO, Arsys, Fasthosts, home.pl, InterNetX, united-domains, World4You, Sedo, and we22, serving 15 European markets plus Canada, Mexico, and the USA. The company holds majority stakes in key subsidiaries including 78.32% of 1&1 AG and 63.84% of IONOS GROUP SE, supported by over 100,000 servers in data centers and an innovative 5G mobile network rollout. Recent developments include a May 2025 voluntary public partial acquisition offer to increase its stake in 1&1 AG from 80.81% to up to 90% at EUR 18.50 per share, and a November 2025 intra-group sale of 1&1 Versatel GmbH to 1&1 AG for EUR 1.3 billion encompassing network infrastructure, data centers, and a EUR 950 million loan liability, enabling 1&1 to consolidate fixed-line and mobile operations. In March 2025, United Internet announced final 2024 results, a regular dividend of EUR 0.40 per share plus a one-off catch-up dividend of EUR 1.50, and 2025 outlook amid ongoing 1&1 mobile network expansion with Vodafone roaming partnership.