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Devicescape and Deutsche Telekom enable easier access for users and devices to T-Mobile Networks

Mon, 22 Jul 2008 14:39:00 GMT

posted by webitpr
Devicescape users can now purchase access to the T-Mobile HotSpot network on both English and German language Devicescape sites London, 22nd July, 2008 — Devicescape Software and Deutsche Telekom AG, Europe’s largest telecommunications company, today announced that they have integrated their services to enable easier access for users and more types of devices onto T-Mobile HotSpot networks. To make it convenient for Devicescape members to find and use the more than 10,000 plus T- Mobile...

Magenta is Dead, Long Live to Magenta!

Sun, 16 Jun 2008 12:52:00 GMT

posted by scbr
This is a very strange story even for the branding world.

Deutsche Telekom AG has claimed trademarked rights over the color magenta, -apparently for the T-Mobile brand- and was trying in fact to force other companies to change their corporate logo "due to color infringement".

Most of those companies are based in the Netherlands, but the threat made their way to the US, as they also sent a letter to Engadget mobile for their use of the color.

I really don't know where to start with this one. It is so, so, so unbelievable that it seems like a joke, but it isn't one (here you can see the letter they sent to Engadget).

Of course they pick the wrong fight and half Netherlands first and half the world later, got behind a social movement called "Free Magenta". Designers from all parts of the world sent their illustrations or their thoughts about such a bold move. And while I do understand that companies need to try as much as possible to protect their brand identities, as someone said, "If the colour is so important to a brand, is a weak brand".

Let's face it. It makes all the sense in the world to try to fight SIMILAR logos in the SAME industry with the SAME color. But to fight the use of a color in brands that have nothing in similar except the color, like Compello or SlamFM is absurd. Now, more absurd seems to be the fact that they allowed a company to trademark a color.

As always I don't understand how no one at Deutsche Telekom could foresee that just their threatening would be more damaging to the brand they are supposedly trying to protect, than any use of the color by any other brand!

I must confess I HATE magenta, but that doesn't mean I want it banned or used by just one company. And I simply love some of the creative work that designers have sent to Free Magenta as the one below, sent by Creative Bastards....

I would entitled this pantone, "Imagine".... What if every big brand would trademark their color?
If you are not allergic to such a bright color, take a look at the Free Magenta site, you will find some other good ideas exploring a world without magenta! And if you are interested in the legal aspects of this fight, you may want to read more at ServiceMarks, a blog about trademarks laws in Germany.

As far as I know, Deutsche Telekom already lost a lawsuit they filed against rival European wireless carrier Telia over the use of magenta on its logo but until March of this year, Compella was still trying to avoid a lawsuit: changing their color to a "Red Rubin" that was not good enough change for the Deutche telecom lawyers, according to the last report about the issue by Bloomberg.www.uglydoggy.com

Personal Connections Could Propel Deutsche Telekom- Sprint Nextel Deal

Sun, 5 May 2008 17:18:35 GMT

posted by NewsVisual

(NewsVisual, powered by IntellectSpace) -- Although there is renewed media speculation that the telecom giant Deutsche Telekom AG (NYSE: DT) might be getting ready to make a buyout bid for Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S), there appears to be some who see this as being a distant possibility, notwithstanding the personal connections between the two companies.

For example, The New York Times reported that the signals of a merger are ambiguous at best:

"Sprint Nextel’s stock rose more than 6 percent Monday morning following reports that Deutsche Telekom was considering buying it — but investors might want to be wary," The Times reported in an online article on Monday.

Because these two telecom companies deploy disparate technologies, The Times added, any merger between the two companies would have a high hurdle to leap.

Yet the personal ties between the two companies could help them to meet this challenge.

NewsVisual created an IntellectSpace Knowledge Map that shows that there exist seven individuals who could potentially act as go-betweens for Sprint and Deutsche Telecom.

The Map illustrates that the majority of the connections run through a Deutsche Telekom company named T-Com, which is now called T-Home.

These personal connections could serve to spur merger negotiations between the two companies.

Click here for an interactive and fuller version of this IntellectSpace Knowledge Map.

(Note: the information contained and presented in Knowledge Maps is public information from the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America).

Vodafone Sues Deutsche Telekom Over Exclusive iphone Contracts - Bloomberg

Mon, 20 Nov 2007 07:39:31 GMT

posted by jeffwend

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Vodafone Sues Deutsche Telekom Over Exclusive iphone Contracts
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By Karin Matussek Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) — Vodafone Group Plc won an interim injunction that may require Deutsche Telekom AG, Europe's largest phone company, to take Apple Inc.'s iphones from its shelves during the Christmas season.
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Deutsche Telekom Sells IPhone for as Little as 1 Euro (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

Sun, 16 Jun 2008 11:24:27 GMT

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June 16 (Bloomberg) — Deutsche Telekom AG , Europe’s largest phone company, said it will sell the new version of Apple Inc. ’s iPhone for as little as 1 euro ($1.54) to customers signing up for a two-year phone contract.
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