Freenet AG (formerly freenet.de AG) is a German

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and

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provider. The company was formerly a subsidiary of . In 2004, its

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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

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AG, another German

company. The company was formerly active in the

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services, but sold this unit to

United Internet United Internet AG is a global Internet services company headquartered in Montabaur, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The company is structured in two business areas, ''Access'' and ''Applications,'' and has a total of 16 brands and numerous subsid ...

for €123 million in 2009. 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 will take place on July 13, and the company has additionally been renamed freenet DLS.

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