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As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 17, 2003








SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION



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Form 20-F

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|o  |  | REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION
    12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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|OR
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|x  |  | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934          
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|   |  | for the fiscal year ended December 31,
    2002                                                   
|OR
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|o  |  | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
    15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934      

Commission file number 1-14540



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Deutsche Telekom AG

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its
Charter)


Germany

(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
Organization)


Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140, 53113 Bonn,
Germany

(Address of Registrants Principal
Executive Offices)


Securities registered or to be registered
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.

|                                                                     |  |                                          
|-------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -----------------------------------------
|Title of each class                                                  |  | Name of each exchange on which registered
|                                                                     |  |                                          
|American Depositary Shares, each representing
    one Ordinary Share |  | New York Stock Exchange                  
|Ordinary Shares, no par value                                        |  | New York Stock Exchange*                 

Securities registered or to be registered
pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.

NONE

(Title of Class)


Securities for which there is a reporting
obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.**

|                                         |  |                                        |  |                                         
|---------------------------------------- |  | -------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------------
|2,250,000,000
    6.125% Notes due 2005 |  | 750,000,000
    6.625% Notes due 2010 |  | 2,500,000,000
    7.500% Notes due 2007
|2,000,000,000
    8.125% Notes due 2012 |  | £625,000,000 7.125% Notes due 2005     |  | £300,000,000 7.125% Notes due 2030      
|$3,000,000,000 7.750% Notes due 2005     |  | $3,000,000,000 8.000% Notes due 2010   |  | $3,500,000,000 8.250% Notes due 2030    
|$500,000,000 9.250% Notes due 2032       |  | ¥90,000,000,000 1.500% Notes due 2005  |  |                                         

(Title of Class)

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each
of the issuers classes of capital or common stock as of
the close of the period covered by the annual report:

Ordinary Shares, no par value: 4,195,081,597 (as
of December 31, 2002)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period
that the registrant was required to file such reports), and
(2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the
past 90 days.

Yes x          No o


Indicate by check mark which financial statement
item the registrant has elected.

Item 17 o          Item 18 x



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|*  | Not for trading, but only in connection with the
    registration of American Depositary Shares.
|** | Issued by Deutsche Telekom International Finance
    B.V. and guaranteed by Registrant.         



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|                                       |                                                                                       |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
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|PART I                                
|                                       | ITEM 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisors                        
|                                       | ITEM 2. Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable                                      
|                                       | ITEM 3. Key Information                                                              
|                                       | ITEM 4. Information on the Company                                                   
|                                       | ITEM 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects                                 
|                                       | ITEM 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees                                   
|                                       | ITEM 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions                            
|                                       | ITEM 8. Financial Information                                                        
|                                       | ITEM 9. The Offer and Listing                                                        
|                                       | ITEM 10. Additional Information                                                      
|                                       | ITEM 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk                  
|                                       | ITEM 12. Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities                      
|PART II                               
|                                       | ITEM 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies                             
|                                       | ITEM 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds
|                                       | ITEM 15. Controls and Procedures                                                     
|                                       | ITEM 16. [Reserved]                                                                  
|PART III                              
|                                       | ITEM 17. Financial Statements                                                        
|                                       | ITEM 18. Financial Statements                                                        
|                                       | ITEM 19. Exhibits                                                                    
|MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
|LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES                  
|CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG              
|CONSENT OF PWC                        
|CERTIFICATION                         



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|PART I  
|Item 1.  |  | Identity of Directors, Senior Management and
    Advisors                        |  |      | 5   | 
|Item 2.  |  | Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable                                          |  |      | 5   | 
|Item 3.  |  | Key Information                                                                  |  |      | 5   | 
|Item 4.  |  | Information on the Company                                                       |  |      | 15  | 
|Item 5.  |  | Operating and Financial Review and Prospects                                     |  |      | 65  | 
|Item 6.  |  | Directors, Senior Management and Employees                                       |  |      | 120 | 
|Item 7.  |  | Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions                                |  |      | 136 | 
|Item 8.  |  | Financial Information                                                            |  |      | 140 | 
|Item 9.  |  | The Offer and Listing                                                            |  |      | 147 | 
|Item 10. |  | Additional Information                                                           |  |      | 150 | 
|Item 11. |  | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About
    Market Risk                   |  |      | 160 | 
|Item 12. |  | Description of Securities Other than Equity
    Securities                       |  |      | 167 | 
|PART II 
|Item 13. |  | Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies                                  |  |      | 168 | 
|Item 14. |  | Material Modifications to the Rights of Security
    Holders and Use of Proceeds |  |      | 168 | 
|Item 15. |  | Controls and Procedures                                                          |  |      | 168 | 
|Item 16. |  | [Reserved]                                                                       |  |      | 168 | 
|PART III
|Item 17. |  | Financial Statements                                                             |  |      | 169 | 
|Item 18. |  | Financial Statements                                                             |  |      | 169 | 
|Item 19. |  | Exhibits                                                                         |  |      | 169 | 

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DEFINED TERMS

Deutsche Telekom AG is a corporation organized
under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. As used in
this Annual Report, unless the context otherwise requires, the
term Deutsche Telekom refers to Deutsche Telekom AG
and the terms we, us and our
refer to Deutsche Telekom and, as applicable, Deutsche Telekom
and its direct and indirect subsidiaries as a group.

GERMAN GAAP

Unless otherwise indicated, the financial
information contained in this Annual Report has been prepared in
accordance with the requirements of the German Commercial Code
(HGB  German GAAP). See notes (40) through (43)
to our consolidated financial statements for the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 included in this Annual
Report for a description of the principal differences between
German GAAP and U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles (U.S. GAAP), as they relate to us and our
consolidated subsidiaries, and a reconciliation of net income
and shareholders equity to U.S. GAAP.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report contains forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are
not historical facts. Examples of forward-looking statements
include:



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| |  | financial projections and estimates and their
    underlying assumptions;                                                                                      
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| |  | statements regarding plans, objectives and
    expectations relating to future operations, products and
    services;                                          
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| |  | statements regarding the potential consequences
    of our debt reduction and liquidity improvement initiatives;                                               
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| |  | statements regarding the potential impact of
    regulatory actions on our financial condition and operations;                                                 
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| |  | statements regarding our prospective share of new
    and existing markets;                                                                                    
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| |  | statements regarding the possible effects of
    adverse determinations in litigation, investigations, contested
    regulatory proceedings and other disputes;
|
| |  | statements regarding general industry and
    macroeconomic growth rates and our performance relative to them;
    and                                         
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| |  | statements regarding our future performance.                                                                                                                   

Forward-looking statements generally are
identified by the words expects,
anticipates, believes,
intends, estimates, aims,
plans, will, will continue,
seeks and similar expressions. The Risk
Factors discussion in Item 3, Strategy
discussion in Item 4, and Operation and Financial
Review and Prospects  Outlook for 2003
discussion in Item 5 in particular contain numerous
forward-looking statements, although such statements also appear
elsewhere in this Annual Report.

Forward-looking statements are based on current
plans, estimates and projections, and therefore you should not
place too much reliance on them. Forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no
obligation to update any forward-looking statement in light of
new information or future events, although we intend to continue
to meet our ongoing disclosure obligations under the
U.S. securities laws (such as our obligations to file
annual reports on Form 20-F and reports on Form 6-K)
and under other applicable laws. Forward-looking statements
involve inherent risks and uncertainties, most of which are
difficult to predict and are generally beyond our control. We
caution you that a number of important factors could cause
actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those
expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements.
These factors include, among other factors:



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| |  | risks and uncertainties relating to the benefits
    anticipated from our international expansion, particularly in
    the United States;
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| |  | risks and costs associated with integrating our
    acquired businesses and with selling or combining businesses or
    other assets;    
|
| |  | the progress of our domestic and international
    investments, joint ventures and alliances;                                            

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| |  | the level of demand for telecommunications
    services, particularly for wireless telecommunications services,
    access lines, traffic and new higher-value products and services;                                                                                                        
|
| |  | competitive forces, including pricing pressures,
    technological developments and alternative routing developments;                                                                                                                                                                        
|
| |  | our ability to gain or retain market share in the
    face of competition from existing and new market entrants;                                                                                                                                                                             
|
| |  | our ability to secure the licenses needed to
    offer new services given the cost of these licenses and related
    network infrastructure build-outs, particularly with respect to
    our Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses;                                     
|
| |  | the effects of price reduction measures and our
    customer acquisition and retention initiatives, particularly in
    the fixed-line voice telephony business, the mobile
    telecommunications business and our other interconnection
    businesses;                                    
|
| |  | regulatory developments and changes, including
    with respect to the levels of tariffs, terms of interconnection,
    customer access and international settlement arrangements;                                                                                                           
|
| |  | the outcome of litigation, disputes and
    investigations in which we are involved or may become involved;                                                                                                                                                                                  
|
| |  | the success of new business, operating and
    financial initiatives, many of which involve substantial
    start-up costs and are untested, and of new systems and
    applications, particularly with regard to the integration of
    service offerings;                                  
|
| |  | concerns over health risks associated with the
    use of wireless handsets and other health and safety risks
    related to radio frequency emissions;                                                                                                                                      
|
| |  | the effects of industry consolidation on the
    markets in which we operate, particularly with respect to our
    mobile and leased lines businesses;                                                                                                                                       
|
| |  | the progress and degree of success of our debt
    reduction and liquidity improvement initiatives;                                                                                                                                                                                          
|
| |  | the availability, terms and deployment of
    capital, particularly in view of our debt refinancing needs,
    actions of the rating agencies and the impact of regulatory and
    competitive developments on our capital outlays;                                                          
|
| |  | the level of demand in the market for our debt
    instruments and our shares and for the debt instruments and
    shares of our subsidiaries and associated companies, as well as
    for assets which we may decide to sell, which may affect our
    financing and acquisition strategies;
|
| |  | the development of the German real estate market
    in view of our goal of monetizing a significant portion of our
    large real estate portfolio;                                                                                                                                         
|
| |  | our ability to achieve cost savings and realize
    productivity improvements;                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|
| |  | our ability to attract and retain qualified
    personnel, particularly in light of our cost reduction efforts;                                                                                                                                                                              
|
| |  | risks of infrastructure failures or damage due to
    external factors, including natural disasters, intentional
    wrongdoing, sabotage, acts of terrorism or similar events;                                                                                                              
|
| |  | the effects of foreign exchange rate
    fluctuations, particularly in connection with subsidiaries
    operating outside the euro zone; and                                                                                                                                                 
|
| |  | changes in general economic conditions,
    government and regulatory policies, new legislation and business
    conditions in the markets in which we and our affiliates operate.                                                                                                           

Certain of these factors are discussed in more
detail elsewhere in this Annual Report, including, without
limitation, in Item 3, Item 4 and Item 5. We
caution investors that the foregoing list of important factors
is not exhaustive. When reviewing forward-looking statements
contained in this document, investors and others should
carefully consider the foregoing factors as well as other
uncertainties and events and their potential impact on
operations and businesses.

Certain information in this Annual Report was
provided by external sources. Due to the rapid changes in our
industry, it is possible that some of this information is no
longer accurate. Assessments of market share in particular
involve the use of information released by our competitors or
estimated by third parties or us.

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PART I




ITEM 1.     Identity
of Directors, Senior Management and Advisors

Not applicable.




ITEM 2.     Offer
Statistics and Expected Timetable

Not applicable.




ITEM 3.     Key
Information

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following table presents selected
consolidated financial and operating information. This selected
consolidated financial and operating information should be read
together with Item 5. Operating and Financial Review
and Prospects and our consolidated financial statements
and the notes thereto that are included elsewhere in this Annual
Report. Unless otherwise indicated, all amounts are in
accordance with German GAAP.

The selected consolidated financial information
as of and for each of the five years ended December 31,
1998 through 2002 are extracted or derived from our consolidated
financial statements and the notes thereto, which have been
audited by Ernst & Young Deutsche Allgemeine
Treuhand AG Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft and PwC
Deutsche Revision Aktiengesellschaft
Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft in the case of the periods
ended and at December 31, 2002 and 2001, and by PwC
Deutsche Revision Aktiengesellschaft
Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft in the case of the periods
ended and at December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998.

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Selected Consolidated Financial Data of the
Deutsche Telekom Group

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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------ | ------ | ---- |  | ---- | ----- | ---- |  | ---- | ----- | ---- |  |  | ----- | - |  |  | ----- | --- |  |  | ----- | ---
|                                                                                             |  | Change       |        |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |     
|                                                                                             |  | 2002/2001(1) |        | 2002 |  | 2001 |       | 2000 |  | 1999 |       | 1998
|                                                                                             |  |              |        |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |     
|Earnings position (billions of euro)                                                         |  |              |        |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |     |  |  |       |    
|Net revenue                                                                                  |  |              | 11.1   | %    |  |      | 53.7  |      |  |      | 48.3  |      |  |  | 40.9  |   |  |  | 35.5  |     |  |  | 35.1  |    
|Changes in inventories and other own capitalized
    costs                                   |  |              | (39.2  | )%   |  |      | 0.5   |      |  |      | 0.9   |      |  |  | 0.9   |   |  |  | 0.9   |     |  |  | 1.0   |    
|Other operating income                                                                       |  |              | (41.1  | )%   |  |      | 3.9   |      |  |      | 6.6   |      |  |  | 11.0  |   |  |  | 1.9   |     |  |  | 2.1   |    
|Goods and services purchased                                                                 |  |              | 7.0    | %    |  |      | 14.4  |      |  |      | 13.5  |      |  |  | 12.0  |   |  |  | 7.7   |     |  |  | 5.5   |    
|Personnel costs                                                                              |  |              | 11.3   | %    |  |      | 13.5  |      |  |      | 12.1  |      |  |  | 9.7   |   |  |  | 9.2   |     |  |  | 9.2   |    
|Depreciation and amortization                                                                |  |              | 142.3  | %    |  |      | 36.9  |      |  |      | 15.2  |      |  |  | 13.0  |   |  |  | 8.4   | (2) |  |  | 9.0   | (2)
|Other operating expenses                                                                     |  |              | 16.1   | %    |  |      | 14.1  |      |  |      | 12.2  |      |  |  | 10.4  |   |  |  | 6.9   |     |  |  | 6.1   |    
|Financial income (expense), net                                                              |  |              | (12.6  | )%   |  |      | (6.0  | )    |  |      | (5.3  | )    |  |  | (1.2  | ) |  |  | (2.9  | )   |  |  | (3.3  | )  
|Results from ordinary business activities before
    taxes                                   |  |              | n.m.   |      |  |      | (26.8 | )    |  |      | (2.5  | )    |  |  | 6.5   |   |  |  | 3.2   |     |  |  | 5.1   |    
|Extraordinary losses                                                                         |  |              | n.m.   |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |  | (0.2  | ) |  |  | (0.2  | )   |  |  |      |    
|Taxes                                                                                        |  |              | n.m.   |      |  |      | 2.5   |      |  |      | 0.8   |      |  |  | 0.3   |   |  |  | 1.4   |     |  |  | 2.7   |    
|Net income (loss)                                                                            |  |              | n.m.   |      |  |      | (24.6 | )    |  |      | (3.5  | )    |  |  | 5.9   |   |  |  | 1.3   |     |  |  | 2.2   |    
|Assets and liabilities (billions of
    euro)                                                |  |              |        |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |     |  |  |       |    
|Noncurrent assets                                                                            |  |              | (24.0  | )%   |  |      | 111.5 |      |  |      | 146.7 |      |  |  | 106.6 |   |  |  | 82.0  |     |  |  | 66.5  |    
|Current assets, prepaid expenses, deferred charges                                           |  |              | (19.9  | )%   |  |      | 14.3  |      |  |      | 17.8  |      |  |  | 17.6  |   |  |  | 12.6  |     |  |  | 12.8  |    
|Shareholders equity                                                                         |  |              | (46.6  | )%   |  |      | 35.4  |      |  |      | 66.3  |      |  |  | 42.7  |   |  |  | 35.7  |     |  |  | 25.1  |    
|Accruals                                                                                     |  |              | (12.6  | )%   |  |      | 16.1  |      |  |      | 18.4  |      |  |  | 11.4  |   |  |  | 9.3   |     |  |  | 8.3   |    
|Debt                                                                                         |  |              | (5.9   | )%   |  |      | 63.0  |      |  |      | 67.0  |      |  |  | 60.4  |   |  |  | 42.3  |     |  |  | 39.9  |    
|Other liabilities and deferred income                                                        |  |              | (12.0  | )%   |  |      | 11.3  |      |  |      | 12.8  |      |  |  | 9.7   |   |  |  | 7.3   |     |  |  | 6.0   |    
|Total assets                                                                                 |  |              | (23.5  | )%   |  |      | 125.8 |      |  |      | 164.5 |      |  |  | 124.2 |   |  |  | 94.6  |     |  |  | 79.3  |    
|Cash flow (billions of
    euro)(3)                                                          |  |              |        |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |     |  |  |       |    
|Net cash provided by operating activities                                                    |  |              | 4.4    | %    |  |      | 12.5  |      |  |      | 11.9  |      |  |  | 10.0  |   |  |  | 9.6   |     |  |  | 13.5  |    
|Net cash used for investing activities                                                       |  |              | (88.3  | )%   |  |      | (10.0 | )    |  |      | (5.4  | )    |  |  | (27.7 | ) |  |  | (18.7 | )   |  |  | (7.5  | )  
|Net cash provided by (used for) financing
    activities                                     |  |              | 28.6   | %    |  |      | (3.4  | )    |  |      | (4.8  | )    |  |  | 17.9  |   |  |  | 8.0   |     |  |  | (6.8  | )  
|Capital expenditures                                                                         |  |              | (29.8  | )%   |  |      | 7.6   |      |  |      | 10.9  |      |  |  | 23.5  |   |  |  | 6.0   |     |  |  | 4.8   |    
|Figures in accordance with U.S. GAAP
    (billions of euro)                                  |  |              |        |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |     |  |  |       |    
|Net income (loss)                                                                            |  |              | n.m.   |      |  |      | (22.1 | )    |  |      | 0.5   |      |  |  | 9.3   |   |  |  | 1.5   |     |  |  | 2.2   |    
|Total assets                                                                                 |  |              | (17.5  | )%   |  |      | 149.4 |      |  |      | 180.7 |      |  |  | 135.2 |   |  |  | 97.5  |     |  |  | 81.5  |    
|Total long-term liabilities                                                                  |  |              | 8.2    | %    |  |      | 71.1  |      |  |      | 65.6  |      |  |  | 51.9  |   |  |  | 39.4  |     |  |  | 39.7  |    
|Shareholders equity                                                                         |  |              | (38.6  | )%   |  |      | 45.4  |      |  |      | 73.7  |      |  |  | 46.1  |   |  |  | 37.6  |     |  |  | 26.9  |    
|Ratios and selected data                                                                     |  |              |        |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |     |  |  |       |    
|Employees at balance sheet date (thousands)                                                  |  |              | (0.4   | )%   |  |      | 256   |      |  |      | 257   |      |  |  | 227   |   |  |  | 196   |     |  |  | 196   |    
|Revenue per employee (thousands of
    euro)(4)                                              |  |              | 5.5    | %    |  |      | 210   |      |  |      | 199   |      |  |  | 201   |   |  |  | 183   |     |  |  | 173   |    
|Earnings (loss) per share/ADS in accordance with
    HGB (euro)(5)                           |  |              | n.m.   |      |  |      | (5.86 | )    |  |      | (0.93 | )    |  |  | 1.96  |   |  |  | 0.43  |     |  |  | 0.82  |    
|Earnings (loss) per share/ADS in accordance with
    U.S. GAAP  basic and diluted (euro)(5) |  |              | n.m.   |      |  |      | (5.31 | )    |  |      | 0.14  |      |  |  | 3.06  |   |  |  | 0.53  |     |  |  | 0.81  |    
|Weighted average number of shares outstanding
    (millions)                                 |  |              | 12.9   | %    |  |      | 4,195 |      |  |      | 3,715 |      |  |  | 3,030 |   |  |  | 2,884 |     |  |  | 2,743 |    
|Dividend per share/ADS (euro)(6)                                                             |  |              | (100.0 | )%   |  |      |      |      |  |      | 0.37  |      |  |  | 0.62  |   |  |  | 0.62  |     |  |  | 0.61  |    
|Dividend per share/ADS (USD)(7)                                                              |  |              | (100.0 | )%   |  |      |      |      |  |      | 0.34  |      |  |  | 0.53  |   |  |  | 0.58  |     |  |  | 0.64  |    
|Equity ratio (%)(8)                                                                          |  |              | (28.7  | )%   |  |      | 28    | %    |  |      | 39    | %    |  |  | 33    | % |  |  | 36    | %   |  |  | 30    | %  




n.m.  not meaningful


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|(1) | Change from 2001 to 2002 on the basis of the more
    exact figures expressed in millions.                                                                                                      
|(2) | Including depreciation of value-added tax
    capitalized prior to January 1, 1996.                                                                                                             
|(3) | In accordance with the statement of cash flows.                                                                                                                                                 
|(4) | Calculated on the basis of the average number of
    employees for the year without trainees/ student interns.                                                                                  
|(5) | Based on dividing net income (loss) by the
    weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding. The
    share/ADS ratio is 1:1.                                                          
|(6) | Proposed dividend for 2002. Dividends per share
    are presented on the basis of the year in respect of which they
    are declared, not the year in which they are paid.                      
|(7) | Dividend amounts have been converted into
    U.S. dollars at the noon buying rate for the relevant
    dividend payment date, which occurs during the second quarter of
    the following year.
|(8) | The ratio equals total stockholders equity
    divided by total assets.                                                                                                                        

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Exchange Rates

Beginning the first quarter of 1999, we began
publishing our consolidated financial statements in euros and,
unless otherwise indicated, all amounts in this document are
expressed in euros. Amounts stated in euros appearing in this
document for periods prior to December 31, 1998 have been
converted from Deutsche marks at the official fixed conversion
rate of EUR 1.00 = DM 1.95583.

As used in this document, euro or
EUR means the new single unified currency that was
introduced in the Federal Republic of Germany (referred to as
the Federal Republic) and ten other participating member states
of the European Union on January 1, 1999. Deutsche
mark or DM means the currency that was the
lawful currency of the Federal Republic before it was replaced
by the euro. U.S. dollar or USD
means the lawful currency of the United States of America. As
used in this document, the term noon buying rate
refers to the rate of exchange for either Deutsche mark or euro,
expressed in U.S. dollar per Deutsche mark or euro, as
announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for
customs purposes as the rate in The City of New York for
cable transfers in foreign currencies. Unless otherwise stated,
conversions of euro into U.S. dollars have been made at the
rate of EUR 1.0485 to USD 1.00, which was the noon
buying rate on December 31, 2002.

Amounts appearing in this report that were
translated into euros from other currencies were translated in
accordance with the principles described in the consolidated
financial statements under Consolidation
principles  Foreign currency translation.

In order that you may ascertain how the trends in
our financial results might have appeared had they been
expressed in U.S. dollars, the table below shows the
average noon buying rates in The City of New York for cable
transfers in foreign currencies as certified for customs
purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for
U.S. dollar per euro for our fiscal years. As the euro did
not exist prior to January 1, 1999, the exchange rates in
the table for 1998 do not represent actual exchange rates
between the euro and the U.S. dollar. Instead, they
represent exchange rates for Deutsche marks into
U.S. dollars converted into euro using the fixed conversion
rate of EUR 1.00 per DM 1.95583. The exchange rate
between the U.S. dollar and the Deutsche mark reflected in
the table below might have been different from the exchange rate
that would have existed between the U.S. dollar and the
euro during such period, had the euro been in existence.

The following table sets forth, for the periods
indicated, the average, high, low or period-end noon buying
rates for the euro expressed in U.S. dollars per
EUR 1.00.

|                               |  |                   |        |      |  |     |        |            |  |  |        |  |  |  |        | 
|------------------------------ |  | ----------------- | ------ | ---- |  | --- | ------ | ---------- |  |  | ------ |  |  |  | ------ | 
|Year or month                  |  | Average(1)        |        | High |  | Low |        | Period-End
|                               |  |                   |        |      |  |     |        |           
|                               |  |                  
|                               |  | (in USD per euro)
|1998                           |  |                   | 1.1120 |      |  |     | 1.2178 |            |  |  | 1.0548 |  |  |  | 1.1733 | 
|1999                           |  |                   | 1.0588 |      |  |     | 1.1812 |            |  |  | 1.0016 |  |  |  | 1.0070 | 
|2000                           |  |                   | 0.9207 |      |  |     | 1.0335 |            |  |  | 0.8270 |  |  |  | 0.9388 | 
|2001                           |  |                   | 0.8909 |      |  |     | 0.9535 |            |  |  | 0.8370 |  |  |  | 0.8901 | 
|2002                           |  |                   | 0.9495 |      |  |     | 1.0485 |            |  |  | 0.8594 |  |  |  | 1.0485 | 
|October                        |  |                   |        |      |  |     | 0.9881 |            |  |  | 0.9708 |  |  |  | 0.9881 | 
|November                       |  |                   |        |      |  |     | 1.0139 |            |  |  | 0.9895 |  |  |  | 0.9932 | 
|December                       |  |                   |        |      |  |     | 1.0485 |            |  |  | 0.9927 |  |  |  | 1.0485 | 
|2003                           |  |                   |        |      |  |     |        |            |  |  |        |  |  |  |        | 
|January                        |  |                   |        |      |  |     | 1.0861 |            |  |  | 1.0361 |  |  |  | 1.0739 | 
|February                       |  |                   |        |      |  |     | 1.0875 |            |  |  | 1.0708 |  |  |  | 1.0779 | 
|March                          |  |                   |        |      |  |     | 1.1062 |            |  |  | 1.0545 |  |  |  | 1.0900 | 
|April (through April 11, 2003) |  |                   |        |      |  |     | 1.0904 |            |  |  | 1.0621 |  |  |  | 1.0751 | 




|    |                                                                                                            
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|(1) | The average of the noon buying rates on the last
    business day of each month during the relevant period.

On April 11, 2003, the noon buying rate was
USD 1.0751 per EUR 1.00.

Since January 4, 1999, our shares have
traded on the German stock exchanges in euro. Fluctuations in
the exchange rate between the euro and the U.S. dollar will
affect the U.S. dollar equivalent of the euro price of the
shares on the German stock exchanges and, as a result, are
likely to affect the market price of the Deutsche Telekom
American Depositary Shares, or ADSs, on the New York Stock
Exchange. If we were to declare cash dividends, they would be
declared in euros, and exchange rate fluctuations would affect
the U.S. dollar amounts you would receive if you are a
holder of American Depositary Receipts (ADR)
evidencing ADSs on conversion of cash dividends on the shares
represented by your ADSs.

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RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information contained in
this Annual Report, investors in our securities should consider
carefully the risks described below. Our financial condition or
results of operations could be materially adversely affected by
any of these risks. The risks described below are not the only
risks facing us. Additional risks not currently known to us or
risks that we currently regard as immaterial could also have a
material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of
operations.

The following discussion contains a number of
forward-looking statements. Please refer to the
Forward-Looking Statements discussion at the front
of this Annual Report for cautionary information.

We may not be able to achieve our financial
and operating objectives.

We plan to reduce our indebtedness and strengthen
our cash flows. We intend to achieve this by increasing
consolidated net revenues, increasing operating efficiencies and
capital expenditure control measures and selling non-core
assets. We cannot guarantee, however, that our financial and
operating goals for 2003 can be achieved. Many aspects of our
goals for 2003 depend on circumstances beyond our control,
including the development of asset values in Germany and
elsewhere, the availability and cost of financing for
prospective acquirers of assets, changes in currency exchange
and interest rates, general economic conditions in the markets
in which we operate, and the actions and reactions of
regulators, labor unions, suppliers and competitors.
Additionally, proposed legislation in Germany concerning the
reduction of tax preferences, if adopted in 2003, could increase
our cash tax expenditures in 2003 and in future years, resulting
in less available cash for debt reduction.

A delay or decline in investments in network and
service roll-out may have a negative effect on the expected
growth rates of new services. Resultant adverse effects on our
estimates of future cash flows could cause us to be required to
depreciate significantly the value of related assets.

Meaningful delays or difficulties in the progress
of our financial and operating goals may adversely affect our
credit standing and the market price of our securities.

Our credit ratings have been recently
downgraded and may be further downgraded, which may increase the
cost of our debt and may reduce our access to financial
markets.

On January 10, 2003, Moodys Investors
Service Ltd. downgraded our senior unsecured debt ratings to
Baa3 and our short-term debt ratings to Prime 3, both with
a stable outlook. Pursuant to the terms of certain of our debt
instruments, if Standard & Poors were to reduce its
rating of our senior unsecured debt below the current BBB+
level, our annual interest costs on such debt would increase. We
may be subject to rating downgrades by Moodys, Standard
& Poors or other rating agencies in the future, which
may also result in this or other increases in our interest
costs. For example, if we are unable to reduce our indebtedness
or strengthen our cash flows, at a pace or in a manner the
rating agencies find satisfactory, our credit ratings may be
further downgraded. Further downgrades would likely increase our
financing costs, may complicate the refinancing of our existing
indebtedness and could cause difficulties in raising funds
required to finance the capital expenditures necessary to
maintain or expand our business. Because of our substantial debt
burden and the need to refinance portions of it over time, it is
of considerable importance that we retain the confidence of our
creditors. Financial difficulties encountered by other
telecommunications operators may, in this regard, adversely
affect financial market perceptions of us. We can offer no
assurances as to future actions by the rating agencies, which
are likely to be influenced strongly by, among other things,
their perception of the state of our efforts to reduce our
indebtedness and strengthen our cash flows and our general
business prospects.

Certain of our bank debt agreements contain a
financial covenant and a variety of other covenants and
representations. A breach of those covenants or representations
could result in the acceleration of the payment of the amounts
owed under the agreements or loss of the availability of the
credit lines under the agreements. For further information, see
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects  Liquidity and Capital Resources.

We may not be able to realize the benefits
expected from our investment in UMTS and related capital
expenditures.

We have invested more than
EUR 15 billion in licenses for the next generation
mobile communications standard, Universal Mobile
Telecommunications System, or UMTS, and have invested and expect
to invest substantial amounts over the next several years in the
construction of UMTS networks. The economic success

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of these investments will depend on the
acceptance of UMTS technology as a mobile telecommunications
standard, the availability of data services and applications
based on UMTS technology that will be attractive enough to
customers to generate sufficient traffic volume, the costs
associated with such services (including required equipment),
and the timing of the introduction of such services. We cannot
guarantee market acceptance of the UMTS services and
applications offerings; we also cannot guarantee whether such
services and offerings can be provided to customers on a
cost-effective basis or whether we will achieve a profitable
return on our investment. Customer acceptance of new mobile data
services may increase slowly because the value-added by those
services may not be recognized or viewed as good value for
money. The level of demand for UMTS services may not justify the
costs of establishing and providing such services. These costs
include the costs of acquiring UMTS licenses, the costs of
constructing, maintaining and upgrading UMTS networks, the costs
of promoting demand for UMTS services through advertising,
handset subsidies and other promotional measures and the costs
of purchasing content for UMTS-based services in a competitive
environment. The level of demand for UMTS services could be
adversely affected by an early, unsuccessful launch of UMTS
services by competitors. It could also be affected by
competitive technologies, particularly in high traffic urban
settings. We are and may in the future be subject to contractual
obligations with respect to licenses and commitments (including
coverage obligations) with joint venture and strategic partners.
In addition, any delays in providing UMTS services (due to
problems associated with suppliers of UMTS network components,
difficulties in network construction, the unavailability of
adequate UMTS-compatible handsets in sufficient supply, the lack
of marketable applications or the failure to fulfill criteria
specified in our UMTS licenses) could adversely affect the level
or timing of revenues generated by UMTS services.


We cannot provide any assurance of an economic
return on UMTS licenses and networks, or even that such
investments will be recovered, or as to the timing of any
returns on these investments. If we find in the future that our
current expectations concerning future cash flows from UMTS
services are not likely to be met, the carrying value of our
UMTS licenses will be adversely affected. Further, dispositions
by our competitors of UMTS licenses or portions of such licenses
at prices significantly below the original acquisition costs
could give the purchasers much lower investment costs than ours
and could also have a material adverse effect on our ability to
remain competitive. This could, in turn, adversely affect our
results of operations and return on investment from this
technology.

We may not be able to realize the benefits we
expect from our investments in T-Mobile USA/Powertel and other
subsidiaries.

In May 2001, we acquired VoiceStream Wireless
Corporation and Powertel, Inc. (collectively referred to herein
as T-Mobile USA/Powertel) in exchange for an amount of our
shares having a market value on the acquisition date of EUR
28.7 billion plus EUR 4.9 billion in cash. In
2002, we wrote down EUR 18 billion relating to
licenses and goodwill of T-Mobile USA/Powertel. Amortization of
remaining goodwill, and depreciation and amortization of assets
acquired in this transaction, will have a substantial impact on
our results of operations in coming years.

In the United States, T-Mobile USA/Powertel
competes with providers of PCS, cellular and other wireless
telecommunications services, including nationwide wireless
operators Verizon Wireless Inc., Cingular Wireless LLC, AT&T
Wireless Services, Inc., Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications,
Inc., and other regional wireless operators. Many of these
competitors have substantially greater financial resources than
T-Mobile USA/Powertel, and several operate in multiple segments
of the industry. With so many companies targeting many of the
same customers, T-Mobile USA/Powertel might not be able to
successfully attract and retain customers and expand its
subscriber base and revenues and as a result, our profit margins
may decrease. T-Mobile USA/Powertel also may not be able to
acquire the necessary spectrum coverage to expand its subscriber
base as desired in the long term. T-Mobile USA/Powertel expects
to incur significant operating losses and to generate negative
cash flow from operating activities at least in the next year
while it continues to develop and construct its systems and
expand its subscriber base. As a response to the intensifying
competition, the need for cost reduction and the requirements
for additional radio spectrum coverage, we believe that the
industry may consolidate further in the future. This may produce
larger and more formidable competitors who have a greater
financial capability to continue to reduce prices which, in
turn, would place additional downward pressure on margins.
T-Mobile USA/Powertel shares a network with Cingular Wireless in
California, Nevada and the New York City metropolitan area, via
a joint venture. T-Mobile USA/Powertel would likely have to
undertake significant capital expenditures to build its own
network in California and Nevada if this joint venture
terminates.

We have made substantial investments in
subsidiaries and associated companies in addition to T-Mobile
USA/Powertel in both the telecommunications business and the
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past several years, such as our acquisition of
debis Systemhaus GmbH (debis Systemhaus) from DaimlerChrysler
AG. We may not be able to recover all of the acquisition costs
relating to those entities or all of the further capital
expenditures made with respect to those entities. Additionally,
we cannot provide any assurance that we will achieve attractive
returns, if any, on such investments.


We face intense competition in all areas of
our business, which could have an adverse effect on our
financial condition and results of operations.

Fixed-Line
Network

The level of competition in the fixed-line
network voice telephony business is significantly influenced by
decisions of the national telecommunications regulator in each
country in which we operate. In Germany, we have faced intense
price competition that resulted in drastic declines in prices
and in our market share since 1998, particularly in the areas of
international and domestic long-distance calls. In addition,
competition in the markets for regional and local calls and for
access is intensifying. Telecommunications regulators could take
decisions that would lead to further competition and declines in
prices or in market share or both. See Item 4.
Information on the Company  Description of Business
Divisions  T-Com.

Mobile

In the mobile communications business,
competition based on handset subsidies has diminished in most of
our European markets, but competition based on price,
subscription options offered, applications offerings, coverage
and service quality remains intense. As European markets have
become increasingly saturated, the focus of competition has been
shifting from customer acquisition to customer retention. Since
customer acquisition and retention expenses are substantial,
significant customer defections would have an adverse effect on
our results of operations. As we proceed with the introduction
of our UMTS services offerings, the need to attract customers to
the services may lead to renewed intensification of competition
based on handset subsidies or otherwise.

In the United States, market penetration has not
yet reached European levels. However, T-Mobile USA/Powertel
faces significant competition from several PCS or cellular
telecommunications service providers in each of its markets, and
it has the smallest customer base of the six national wireless
carriers. As a result of this intense competition, the need for
cost reduction and the requirements for additional radio
spectrum coverage, we believe that the U.S. wireless
industry may consolidate further in the future. This may produce
larger and more formidable competitors who have a greater
financial ability to continue to reduce prices. As a result of
intense competition and potential consolidation, T-Mobile
USA/Powertels margins may decrease.

In all of our markets, prices for mobile voice
telephony services have been declining over the past several
years and are likely to continue to decline, at least for basic
services. See Item 4. Information on the
Company  Description of Business Division 
T-Mobile.

To us, it is clear that the high penetration
rates for mobile telephony services in our main European markets
make continued high levels of mobile revenue growth driven by
strongly increasing subscriber numbers very unlikely, although
we will continue to make efforts to capture high value customers
from our competitors. We believe that in our main European
markets it will be necessary to get customers to make greater
use of our services, particularly for non-voice communications,
and to subscribe for or use higher-value services. In the United
States, lower penetration levels offer greater prospects for
subscriber number growth, but similar considerations apply. We
cannot guarantee that we will be able to accomplish this.

Information
Technology and Telecommunications Systems

In the information technology (IT) and
telecommunications systems business, prices have been declining
over the past several years as a result of intense competition
and could continue to decline. Although we expect a market to
develop primarily with large multinational companies for
convergence products that combine IT and
telecommunications systems, demand for such products may not
materialize, this market could develop more slowly than expected
or we may encounter more competition than anticipated. In
addition, growth potential may be limited by insufficient
international presence of our T-Systems division compared to
other competitors, especially as it relates to maintaining and
increasing business with multinational companies. Further, large
projects often require significant contractual obligations and
our failure to perform such obligations could result in
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have a material adverse effect on our financial
condition or results of operations. See Item 4.
Information on the Company  Description of Business
Divisions  T-Systems.


Internet
Access

Our competitive position and those of other
leading Internet service providers will be subject to
significant competition as the barriers to entry into the market
are eroded by governmental regulation or otherwise. Our
competitive position will be affected by pricing, network speed
and reliability, services offered, customer support and our
ability to be technologically adept and innovative. In the
market for portal services and content, competition is intense
due to low barriers to entry. Additionally, future regulation of
Internet access or content may have a material adverse effect on
our online business. See Item 4. Information on the
Company  Description of Business
Divisions  T-Online.

For further information regarding competition and
regulatory decisions that affect the level of competition, see
Item 4. Information on the Company 
Description of Business Divisions and Item 4.
Information on the Company  Regulation.

We operate in highly regulated markets in
which our flexibility to manage our businesses is limited, and
regulatory decisions and changes in the regulatory environment
may adversely affect our business.

Our fixed-line network and mobile
telecommunications operations are subject to particular
regulatory and licensing requirements in Germany, and our
international operations are generally subject to regulation in
their respective host countries. In Germany, the German
telecommunications regulator considers us to have a dominant
position in certain markets, which imposes significant limits on
our flexibility to manage our business. Additionally, the German
government is required to amend the German Telecommunications
Act to implement the new European Union telecommunications
regulatory framework by July 2003. A number of amendments are
expected. Discussions focus on retail regulation, wholesale
regulation, the scope of tariff regulation, bundled products and
questions of legal procedure. Even though the new EU regulatory
framework is aimed at reducing government regulation, the
amendments may result in additional legal obligations for us
with considerable adverse impact upon our wholesale and retail
business. At this time, we are unable to predict with certainty
the outcome or ultimate impact of any proposed or potential
changes in the regulatory environment in which we operate in
Germany and internationally. Any such changes could have an
adverse effect on our business and competitiveness. For further
information regarding these requirements and other aspects of
the regulatory regimes to which our business is subject, see
Item 4. Information on the Company 
Regulation.

Our U.S. wireless business through T-Mobile
USA/Powertel is subject to regulation by the Federal
Communications Commission and various other federal, state and
local regulatory agencies. This regulation includes, among other
things, required service features and capabilities, such as
number pooling and portability and emergency 911 service. Any of
these agencies having jurisdiction over our wireless business
could adopt regulations or take other actions that could
adversely affect such business. If we fail to comply with
applicable regulations, we may be subject to sanctions, which
may have an adverse effect on our wireless business in the
United States.

Licenses are required in most countries to
provide telecommunications services and operate networks. These
licenses frequently impose requirements regarding the way the
operator conducts its business, including minimum service
requirements, roll-out completion deadlines, and network quality
and coverage. Failure to meet these requirements can result in
fines or other sanctions, including, ultimately, the revocation
of the licenses.

Risks associated with large scale projects
could affect us adversely.

Through our divisions, we are party to contracts
involving significant performance obligations. Failure to
satisfy substantially the obligations pursuant to these
contracts may result in the termination of these contracts,
possible loss of revenues and, in some cases, imposition of
penalties and other awards of damages.

For example, we are a partner in a consortium
that has contracted with the Federal Republic of Germany to
develop and operate a toll collection system for the use by
certain commercial vehicles of roadways in Germany. Pursuant to
this arrangement, we have, along with our partners, guaranteed,
on a joint and several basis, the successful completion and
operation of the toll collection system. In the event that the
toll collection system is not completed on schedule, or does not
operate effectively upon completion, the amount of revenue to be
received by the operating joint venture company pursuant to this
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significantly reduced, and the operating joint
venture company may be subject to significant penalties as well.
Further, there are no restrictions on the ability of the Federal
Republic to recover damages. For more information, please refer
to Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects  Contractual Obligations and Other
Commitments.


The value of our investments, the results of
our operations and our financial condition could be affected by
economic developments in Germany and other countries.

Our business depends on general economic
conditions in Germany, other European countries and the United
States. In 2001 and 2002, there was a downturn in global
economic conditions in general and in certain areas of the
telecommunications industry in particular. This downturn has
continued into 2003 and we expect it to continue for at least
the balance of this year. There are many factors that influence
the global and regional economies, many of which are outside our
control. The climate for and values of investments in the
telecommunications sector have been worsening over the past
year. Also, the lack of clarity of regulations and proposed
regulations and the lack of clear direction from government
regulators with respect to economic and business policies may
also have a negative impact on our business. A cautious or
negative business outlook may cause our customers to delay or
cancel investment in information technology and
telecommunications systems and services, which may adversely
affect revenues directly and, in turn, slow down the development
of new services and applications that could become future
revenue sources for us. If the global and regional economies do
not improve, we may experience material adverse effects on our
business, operating results and financial condition.

Technological change could increase
competition, render existing technologies obsolete or require us
to make substantial additional investments.

Our services are technology-intensive, and the
development of new technologies could render our services
non-competitive and require us to writedown the book values of
investments we have made in existing technologies. We are
already making substantial investments, and may have to make
substantial additional investments, in new technologies in order
to remain competitive. New technologies that we choose to
develop or acquire, however, may not prove to be successful. In
addition, we may not receive the regulatory or intellectual
property licenses needed to provide services based on new
technologies in Germany or abroad. As a result, we could lose
customers, fail to attract new customers or incur substantial
costs to maintain our customer base.

Developments in the technology and
telecommunications sectors have resulted and may in the future
result in substantial writedowns of the carrying value of
certain of our assets.

Recent developments in the technology and
telecommunications sectors, including significant declines in
stock prices, market capitalization and credit ratings of market
participants, have resulted and may result in substantial
nonscheduled amortization of our intangible or other assets.
Future changes in these areas could lead to further nonscheduled
amortization charges at any time. Recognition of impairments of
tangible, intangible and financial assets could adversely affect
our results of operations and financial condition and may lead
to a drop in the trading price of our shares.

In 2002, we recognized substantial impairment
charges primarily related to T-Mobile USA/Powertel and our UMTS
licenses. The impairment charges relate primarily to
nonscheduled amortization of goodwill and other intangible
assets of certain of our subsidiaries. Such charges were based
on changes in expectations of future cash flows attributable to
these assets. These nonscheduled amortization charges became
necessary as we considered the fair value of these assets to be
below their respective carrying values. We review on a regular
basis the value of each of our subsidiaries and their assets. In
addition to our regular valuations, whenever indications exist
(due to changes in the economic, regulatory, business or
political environment) that goodwill, intangible assets or fixed
assets may be impaired, we consider the necessity of performing
certain valuation tests that may result in impairment charges.
For more information, please refer to Item 5.
Operating and Financial Review and Prospects 
Critical Accounting Policies under German GAAP.

System failures could result in reduced user
traffic and reduced revenue and could harm our
reputation.

Our technical infrastructure (including our
network infrastructure for fixed-line network services and
mobile telecommunication services) is vulnerable to damage or
interruption from information and

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telecommunication technology failures, power
loss, floods, windstorms, fires, terrorism, intentional
wrongdoing, human error and similar events. Unanticipated
problems at our facilities, system failures, hardware or
software failures, computer viruses or hacker attacks could
affect the quality of our services and cause service
interruptions. Any of these occurrences could result in reduced
user traffic and reduced revenue and could harm our reputation.


We depend on a limited number of suppliers for
equipment and maintenance services.

In each of our operating divisions, there is a
limited number of suppliers for required equipment and
maintenance services. The failure of these suppliers to meet our
equipment and service needs in a timely manner might have a
significant effect on our revenues and market position. The
construction and operation of our networks and the provision of
our services and network infrastructure, especially mobile
telecommunications services, are dependent on our ability to
obtain adequate supplies of a number of items on a timely and
cost-efficient basis. These include handsets and transmission,
switching and other network equipment. Mobile handsets in
particular are subject to supply constraints from time to time.
Significant delays in obtaining certain equipment and
maintenance services could have a material adverse effect on our
business or results from a particular operating division.

Alleged health risks of wireless
communications devices have led to litigation affecting us and
could lead to decreased wireless communications usage or
increased difficulty in obtaining sites for base
stations.

Media reports have suggested that radio frequency
emissions from wireless handsets and cell sites may raise
various health concerns, including cancer, and may interfere
with various electronic medical devices, including hearing aids
and pacemakers. Research and studies are ongoing. Whether or not
such research or studies conclude there is a link between radio
frequency emissions and health, these concerns over radio
frequency emissions may discourage the use of wireless handsets
and may result in significant restrictions on the location and
operation of transmission facilities and antennae base
stations, either or both of which could have a material
adverse effect on our mobile communication services business. We
cannot offer assurance that legislators, regulators or private
litigants will refrain from taking other actions adverse to our
business based on purported health-related risks associated with
radio frequency emissions, which actions may result in
significant costs and may adversely affect the financial
condition and results of operations of our mobile communication
services business.

In addition, our mobile operations are subject to
potential litigation, legislation or adverse publicity relating
to damage caused by persons who use mobile telephones while
driving. Such litigation, legislation or adverse publicity may
result in additional costs and loss of revenues from our
T-Mobile division.

We are continuously involved in other disputes
and litigation with regulators, competitors and other private
parties.

We are subject to numerous risks relating to
legal and regulatory proceedings in which we are currently a
party or that could develop in the future. We cannot guarantee
that the ultimate outcome of such legal proceedings will not
have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or
financial condition. For information concerning some of the
litigation in which we are involved, see Item 8.
Financial Information  Litigation. For
information concerning our regulatory environment, see
Item 4. Information on the Company 
Regulation.

As a result of our extensive real estate
portfolio, we are subject to environmental laws and regulations
and may be subject to environmental risks in the
future.

Because of our large real estate portfolio, we
are subject to environmental laws and regulations concerning the
existence, disposal and remediation of hazardous substances with
respect to our properties. These laws and regulations are
constantly evolving, and it is impossible to predict with any
degree of certainty what effect, if any, they will have on our
operations in the future. Currently, we believe we are in
substantial compliance with such laws and regulations, and
anticipated capital expenditures necessary for continued
compliance and remediation is not material. However, we cannot
guarantee that our estimates of future capital expenditures in
connection with such continued compliance and remediation will
be accurate or that environmental regulatory agencies will not
enact additional regulations or require us to comply with
remediation orders with respect to our real estate holdings,
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results of operations or financial condition.
Further, we may also be subject to private claims relating to
environmental conditions purported to exist on our properties.


The unsuccessful realization of planned
downsizing the number of our employees may affect our financial
objectives adversely.

We are planning to carry out an extensive job
reduction program by 2005. The transfer of surplus employees of
Deutsche Telekom AG within Germany to our newly established
Personnel Services Agency is part of our downsizing effort. Our
Personnel Services Agency bears ultimate responsibility within
Deutsche Telekom for the employment of staff who cannot be
dismissed and the staff of businesses that have been sold. Our
inability to dismiss certain of our employees may be due to
their civil servant status or other provisions of law or
collective bargaining agreements that protect such employees
against dismissal. Our new agency has the task of finding
alternative employment for these employees inside or outside the
Company, if possible on a long-term basis. The success of the
Personnel Services Agency in placing such employees will
therefore be critical for the realization of our downsizing
effort. In addition, it may become necessary to record accruals
in the future with respect to employees that cannot be
successfully placed.

We are exposed to currency and interest rate
risks.

We are exposed to fluctuations in the exchange
rate between the euro and other currencies. We attempt to hedge
our currency risks, as well as our interest rate risks, through
a variety of hedging strategies and derivative and
non-derivative financial instruments. However, there can be no
assurance that these hedging strategies will be successful. For
further information about our hedging activities and market
risks, see Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures about Market Risk.

Future sales of our shares by the government
of the Federal Republic of Germany or by us may adversely affect
the trading price of our shares and ADSs.

The Federal Republic, together with the
Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW), a
public-sector entity 80% of which is owned by the Federal
Republic, owned approximately 43% of our shares at
December 31, 2002. The Federal Republic has publicly
announced that it intends to further reduce its holdings of our
shares as market conditions permit. The sale or the potential
sale of additional shares or equity-linked securities by the
Federal Republic or by us or other holders of large blocks of
shares could have an adverse impact on the market price of our
shares and ADSs.

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ITEM
4.     Information on the
Company

INTRODUCTION

The legal and commercial name of our company is
Deutsche Telekom AG. We are a private stock corporation
organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. Our
registered office is at Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140,
53113 Bonn, Germany, telephone number +49-228-181-0.
Our agent for service in the United States is Deutsche Telekom,
Inc., 280 Park Avenue, 26th Floor, New York,
NY, 10017.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Historically, the provision of public
telecommunications services in Germany was a state monopoly as
formerly provided by the German constitution. In 1989, the
Federal Republic began to transform the postal, telephone and
telegraph services administered by the former monopoly provider
into market-oriented businesses and divided the former monopoly
provider into three distinct entities along lines of business,
one of which was our predecessor. At the same time, the Federal
Republic also started the progressive liberalization of the
German telecommunications market. We were transformed into a
private law stock corporation at the beginning of 1995.

Our most significant investment projects during
the 1990s were the expansion and modernization of the
telecommunications infrastructure in the former East Germany and
the digitization of our entire telecommunications network. Both
of these projects were completed during 1997. The
telecommunications sector in Germany was further liberalized on
January 1, 1998. We now face intense competition and are
required to offer competitors access to our fixed-line network
at regulated interconnection rates. The operation of networks
(including cable networks) for all telecommunications services
other than public fixed-line voice telephony was opened to
competition on August 1, 1996.

Other important events in the development of our
company include:



| |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
| | - | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | the formation of the Global One joint venture
    with France Telecom and Sprint in 1996 and the formation of a
    cooperation agreement with France Telecom in 1998;                                                                                                                                                    
|
| |  | the dissolution of the Global One joint venture
    and the cooperation agreement with France Telecom in 2000, and
    the disposition of our interest in Sprint in 2001;                                                                                                                                                 
|
| |  | the expansion of our business in Eastern Europe
    through the acquisition in 1993 of a substantial interest in
    MATAV, the Hungarian national telecommunications company, and
    the acquisition of telecommunications subsidiaries in Slovakia,
    Macedonia, the Czech Republic and Croatia during 2000 and 2001;
|
| |  | the acquisition of One 2 One (now T-Mobile UK) in
    1999;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|
| |  | the acquisition of debis Systemhaus in 2000;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|
| |  | the initial public offering of T-Online in 2000;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|
| |  | the purchase of licenses allowing T-Mobile to run
    UMTS wireless networks in Germany, the United Kingdom, Austria
    and the Netherlands;                                                                                                                                                                             
|
| |  | the acquisition of VoiceStream (now T-Mobile USA)
    and Powertel in 2001;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|
| |  | the divestment of our investment in France
    Telecom in 2002; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|
| |  | the divestment of cable assets in 2001 and 2003.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

STRATEGY

Our objectives for the coming years are to build
on our position as a leading telecommunications provider in
Europe and to secure our place among the worlds leading
telecommunications companies. To accomplish these strategic
goals, we have organized our businesses into four main divisions:



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| |  | T-Com (for network access and services);                                                       
|
| |  | T-Mobile (for mobile communications);                                                          
|
| |  | T-Systems (for data communications and systems
    solutions for large business customers); and

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| |   |                                           
| | - | ------------------------------------------
| |  | T-Online (for consumer Internet services).

Our strategic agenda was reconfirmed in a
comprehensive strategic review conducted in 2002. Besides
confirming our overall strategy, the strategic review identified
certain measures to increase cash flows and reduce our debt.
These are:



| |   |                                                                                          
| | - | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | the improvement of operating efficiencies and
    cost management;                       
|
| |  | personnel reduction, particularly within the
    T-Com division;                         
|
| |  | the disposal of non-core assets, such as real
    estate and cable television assets; and
|
| |  | the focused allocation of capital expenditures.                                          

Additionally, we started to reorganize our
headquarters in order to interact more efficiently with our
divisions. Our divisions will have more flexibility to act
independently in their respective businesses. However, since the
chief executive officer of each division is appointed a member
of our board of management, our divisions will have the
incentive to act in accordance with our corporate strategy.

While we are focusing on the integration of
businesses acquired over the past several years and divesting
non-core businesses, we continue to evaluate business
opportunities and may continue to make acquisitions, enter into
joint ventures, combine businesses with third parties and make
investments on a selective basis. Transactions may be conducted
using newly issued shares of Deutsche Telekom or shares of our
affiliates, cash or a combination of cash and shares, and may
individually or in the aggregate be material to us. Discussions
with third parties may be commenced, ongoing or discontinued at
any time or from time to time.

SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES

The following table shows significant
subsidiaries, in terms of revenues, we owned, directly or
indirectly, as of December 31, 2002.

|                                                                                    |  |            |        | 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---------- | ------ | 
|                                                                                    |  | Percentage
|Name of Company                                                                     |  | Owned     
|                                                                                    |  |           
|T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH, Bonn, Germany
    (T-Mobile Deutschland)                 |  |            | 100.00 | 
|T-Mobile Holdings Ltd., Borehamwood, United
    Kingdom                             |  |            | 100.00 | 
|T-Mobile Austria GmbH, Vienna, Austria (T-Mobile
    Austria)                       |  |            | 100.00 | 
|T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, Washington, USA
    (T-Mobile USA)                    |  |            | 100.00 | 
|Powertel, Inc., Bellevue, Washington, USA
    (Powertel)                            |  |            | 100.00 | 
|Ben Nederland Holding B.V., Amsterdam, the
    Netherlands (T-Mobile Netherlands)   |  |            | 100.00 | 
|T-Systems International GmbH, Frankfurt a.M,
    Germany (T-Systems International)  |  |            | 100.00 | 
|T-Systems CSM GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany                                              |  |            | 100.00 | 
|DeTeImmobilien, Deutsche Telekom Immobilien und
    Service GmbH, Muenster, Germany |  |            | 100.00 | 
|T-Data Gesellschaft für Datenkommunikation
    mbH, Bonn, Germany                   |  |            | 100.00 | 
|Kabel Deutschland GmbH, Bonn, Germany                                               |  |            | 100.00 | 
|T-Online International AG, Darmstadt, Germany
    (T-Online International)          |  |            | 71.90  | 
|RadioMobil a.s., Prague, Czech Republic                                             |  |            | 60.77  | 
|Matav Magyar Tavkoelesi Rt., Budapest, Hungary
    (MATAV)                          |  |            | 59.50  | 
|Slovenske Telekomunikacie, a.s., Bratislava,
    Slovakia (Slovak Telecom)          |  |            | 51.00  | 
|HT-Hrvatske telekomunikacije d.d., Zagreb,
    Croatia (Hrvatski Telecom)           |  |            | 51.00  | 

Refer to our consolidated financial statements
for a list of our principal subsidiaries. A list of our
subsidiaries is attached to this Annual Report as
Exhibit 8.1.

In February 2003, we transferred all the shares
we held in our subsidiary T-Mobile International AG to a wholly
owned direct subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG. Following this
transaction, T-Mobile International AG was converted into a
limited partnership under German law, T-Mobile International
AG & Co. KG (T-Mobile International). As a result
of this transaction, the results of T-Mobile International will
be included in the tax consolidation group of Deutsche
Telekom AG.

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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS DIVISIONS

T-Com

Principal
Activities

The principal services offered by our T-Com
division are narrow and broadband access to our fixed-line
telecommunications network, and domestic and international
public fixed-line network voice telephony services for
individual customers and small to medium-sized enterprises.
T-Com also offers wholesale products to domestic network
operators. The T-Com division operates one of the largest
fixed-line networks in Europe with approximately
57.5 million access lines (including ISDN channels). In
Germany alone, T-Coms fixed-line network provides
approximately 51 million access lines (including ISDN
channels) to individual customers and small and medium-sized
enterprises.

T-Com also:



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| |  | provides interconnection services for other
    domestic network operators;                                     
|
| |  | offers services and solutions in the field of
    data communications to small and medium-sized enterprises;    
|
| |  | sells and leases telecommunications equipment to,
    and services such equipment for, its target customers; and
|
| |  | provides other ancillary telecommunications
    services.                                                       

Until March 2003, T-Com was responsible for our
remaining cable television operations, which were sold on
March 13, 2003. For further information in this regard, see
 Broadband Cable.

Most of T-Coms revenues in 2002 were
derived from telephony services provided within Germany. For
more information, see Item 5. Operating and Financial
Review and Prospects  Segment Analysis 
T-Com. However, T-Com also offers services and products in
Central and Eastern Europe to individuals and corporate
customers through its subsidiaries MATAV (Hungary), Slovak
Telecom (Slovakia) and Hrvatski Telecom (Croatia). These
operations were accounted for under our Other
Activities segment before 2002. For further information in
this regard, see  International
Activities.

Network
Infrastructure

We have made substantial investments in our
telecommunications and cable networks since 1990, including the
installation of a new network in the former East Germany. As a
result, our fixed-line network in Germany is one of the most
technologically advanced networks in the world, with fully
digital switching and nearly 100% digital transmission. We have
recently introduced asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) technology
and wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology. ATM is a
special type of technology which permits the transmission of a
large amount of data (voice, text, audio and video) in high
quality using a standard platform. We are the only carrier to
offer this technology throughout Germany (brand name:
T-ATM). WDM technology multiplies the transmission
capacity of existing fiber optic cables by allowing higher
bandwidths than most other technologies.

As of December 31, 2002, our domestic
fixed-line telephone network and ISDN network in Germany
consisted of approximately 5,200 local networks (including
approximately 8,000 local exchange areas) connected by a
long-distance transmission network. As of December 31,
2002, the transmission network linking our German local networks
consisted of approximately 173,000 kilometers of fiber optic
cable. The transmission network is based on the WDM and
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) infrastructure. In the fall
of 2002, the 10,000th network element for SDH was connected to
our network. SDH is the transport platform of T-Com upon which
practically all digital communications (from leased lines
through the Internet to traditional telephone traffic) are based.

Network
Access

In Germany, T-Com offers access to its
transmission network for individual customers and small to
medium-sized enterprises. Typically, T-Com customers have access
to the transmission network by means of a copper wire that runs
from the transmission network into the home or office of a
customer. These access lines can either be standard analog
access lines or digital access lines. Digital access lines also
are called Integrated Services Digital Network or ISDN lines. In
addition, analog and digital access lines can be enhanced by
increasing broadband capacity through asymmetric digital
subscriber line or ADSL technology,

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which T-Com markets under the brand name
T-DSL. In the major German cities, T-Com offers its
customers access via glass fiber access networks capable of
higher bit rates, which increase broadband capacity.


T-Com offers its customers a variety of tariff
plans that generally consist of a monthly fixed payment for
access and a variable, usage-based component. With T-DSL
services, T-Com offers an access connection for a monthly fixed
payment. With Internet service providers, including T-Online,
charges are based on the volume of data traffic.

Analog
Access Lines

An analog access line  the traditional
telephone line  provides a single telecommunications
channel. As of December 31, 2002, approximately
29 million analog lines were connected to T-Coms
PSTN/ISDN-platform, marketed under the brand name
T-Net. T-Coms T-Net 100 service
provides special rates for local and domestic calls to
approximately 3.7 million customers and T-Coms
T-NetBox service provides a virtual answering
machine to approximately 2.8 million customers.

Although our analog access lines have decreased
in number over the past several years, our digital access lines
(ISDN) increased during the same period as customers upgraded to
digital connectivity. Digital connectivity permits the customer
to use multiple channels simultaneously. The reduction in analog
lines is also a result, to a lesser extent, of the replacement
of such analog connections by mobile communications and
competitors telephone services. The following table
provides information concerning the number of analog and digital
access lines in Germany at the dates indicated.

|                                                        |  |                 |               |               |  |      |               |              |  |              |               |  |  |  |      |    |  |  |      |   
|------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------- | ------------- | ------------- |  | ---- | ------------- | ------------ |  | ------------ | ------------- |  |  |  | ---- | -- |  |  | ---- | --
|                                                        |  |                 |               |              
|                                                        |  | At December 31, |               | % Change from
|                                                        |  |                 |               |              
|                                                        |  | 2002            |               | 2001          |  | 2000 |               | 2001 to 2002 |  | 2000 to 2001
|                                                        |  |                 |               |               |  |      |               |              |  |             
|Analog access lines
    (including public phones)       |  |                 | 28.9  million |               |  |      | 30.3  million |              |  |              | 32.1  million |  |  |  | (4.6 | )% |  |  | (5.6 | )%
|ISDN digital access lines
    (including public phones) |  |                 | 9.7 million   |               |  |      | 8.6 million   |              |  |              | 7.2 million   |  |  |  | 12.8 | %  |  |  | 19.4 | % 

ISDN
Access Lines

T-Coms ISDN services are marketed under the
brand name T-ISDN. ISDN permits a single access line
to be used for multiple purposes simultaneously, including voice
and video telephony and data and facsimile transmission. ISDN
also provides higher quality connections with faster
transmission of signals and increases the capacity of the access
network. T-Com offers ISDN access lines throughout Germany and
has one of the largest ISDN networks in the world (measured in
terms of channels).

T-Com offers two types of ISDN access lines:
basic and primary. Basic ISDN access lines provide two
telecommunications channels per access line and are offered to
individual customers and to small to medium-sized enterprises.
Primary ISDN access lines provide thirty telecommunications
channels per access line and are offered primarily to small to
medium-sized enterprises. As of December 31, 2002, T-Com
had installed approximately 9.7 million basic ISDN access
lines and approximately 102,000 primary ISDN access lines,
together representing approximately 22.4 million ISDN
channels. The following table shows the number of ISDN access
lines and channels currently used by our customers on a
group-wide basis. The slight decrease in primary ISDN access
lines during 2002 is mostly due to competition, including
pricing pressures and competing product offerings.

|     |  |               |             |                 |  |                |         |  |  |  |              | 
|---- |  | ------------- | ----------- | --------------- |  | -------------- | ------- |  |  |  | ------------ | 
|Year |  | Basic Access* |             | Primary Access* |  | ISDN-Channels*
|     |  |               |             |                 |  |               
|2000 |  |               | 7.2 million |                 |  |                | 98,000  |  |  |  | 17.3 million | 
|2001 |  |               | 8.6 million |                 |  |                | 105,000 |  |  |  | 20.4 million | 
|2002 |  |               | 9.7 million |                 |  |                | 102,000 |  |  |  | 22.4 million | 






|  |                                    
|- | -----------------------------------
|* | Group-wide totals (in Germany only)

Increasing the ISDN penetration rate is an
important part of T-Coms strategy. To attract ISDN
customers, T-Com offers multiple rate plans (which permit lower
usage prices than standard usage prices), additional lines for
Internet or facsimile access, caller identification and our
T-NetBox answering machine.

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T-DSL

ADSL is a telecommunications technology that
permits the transmission of data at very high speeds. T-Com
offers standard analog and ISDN access lines enhanced by means
of ADSL technology under the brand name T-DSL. At
December 31, 2002, there were more than 3.1 million
marketed (signed) contracts for T-DSL. The following chart shows
the number of marketed contracts for T-DSL for the years
presented.

|     |  |                               |             | 
|---- |  | ----------------------------- | ----------- | 
|Year |  | Marketed contracts for T-DSL*
|     |  |                              
|2000 |  |                               | 0.6 million | 
|2001 |  |                               | 2.2 million | 
|2002 |  |                               | 3.1 million | 






|  |                                    
|- | -----------------------------------
|* | Group-wide totals (in Germany only)

One of the principal benefits of ADSL technology
is that it permits customers to use their standard access lines
for high-speed access to the Internet. As we expect the Internet
to grow in importance as a means of communication in the future,
we consider continued growth in the number of T-DSL access lines
to be an important strategic priority. For a description of
regulatory proceedings that may have an impact on continued
growth in the number of T-DSL access lines, see
 Regulation.

The following products are offered under the
T-DSL brand name:



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| | - | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | T-DSL (standard T-DSL access);                                                                                 
|
| |  | T-DSL 1500 (higher speed access);                                                                              
|
| |  | T-DSL via satellite (a package for customers
    living in regions that cannot be served by the fixed network);
|
| |  | T-DSL Business (a complete Internet package for
    small and medium-sized enterprises).                       

Under our T-DSL Business brand, we also offer a
product variation using SDSL (symmetric digital subscriber line)
technology to businesses that permits upstream and downstream
transmission of data at the same (symmetric) high speeds. This
product variation was successfully introduced in ten cities
(Hamburg, Hanover, Berlin, Leipzig, Cologne, Dortmund, Frankfurt
am Main, Stuttgart, Munich and Nuremberg) in 2002. Since the
start of 2003, our T-DSL Business products (including products
using SDSL) have been available nationally in all existing T-DSL
service areas.

T-DSL tariffs were the subject of various
investigations by the German telecommunications regulator in
2001 and 2002. As a result of these investigations, we were
required to raise prices for T-DSL access in two steps in 2002.
For further information, see  Regulation.

Calling
Services

T-Com provides comprehensive local calling
services as well as national and international long-distance
calling services for customers that have access to T-Coms
fixed-line network. For customers connecting to one another on
its network, or connecting customers who place a call from
T-Coms network to the network of another network operator,
T-Com charges tariffs that are proportionate to the duration of
the call and to the distance traveled by the call. These tariffs
generally are higher during peak calling hours than during
off-peak calling hours.

Under the regulatory framework applicable to the
German telecommunications sector, T-Coms tariffs for
fixed-line network calling services are subject to regulatory
approval for so long as we are considered to be a
market-dominant provider. For further information in this
regard, see  Regulation.

Following the complete liberalization of
Germanys telecommunications market in 1998, our tariffs
for fixed-line network calling services have declined
dramatically, primarily as a result of action by the German
telecommunications regulator that has significantly reduced the
rate that other telecommunications providers are required to pay
to T-Com for interconnection with T-Coms network. Future
reductions mandated by the German telecommunications regulator
could cause further declines in the rates that T-Com can charge
for fixed-line network calling services. For further information
in this regard, see  T-Com 
Competition and  Regulation.

Since January 1, 1998, the provision of
fixed-line voice telephony services in Germany has been open to
full competition. In 2002, competition still concentrated on
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which our competitors have made considerable
inroads into the market. Fixed terms for interconnection, which
particularly favor competitors that have not invested heavily in
infrastructure, enabled competitors to benefit from our
infrastructure investments. In Germany, telephone customers have
been free since 1998 to choose providers either through
preselection (selecting one long-distance carrier to handle all
domestic long-distance and international calls on a default
selection basis) or through call-by-call selection (selecting a
carrier when such a call is made by dialing the carriers
numeric prefix before dialing the telephone number) for
long-distance and international calls. Preselection and
call-by-call selection for local calls is set to commence this
year. In addition, mobile telephone calling services have begun
to compete with the fixed-line calling services we offer. We
have countered the challenge posed by our competitors with
sharply reduced tariffs and innovative, customer-oriented and
reliable products and services.


SMS
(Short Message Services) in the Fixed-Line Network

SMS services, which allow text messaging over our
fixed-line network, were introduced in the second-half of 2001.
SMS services can be used from any of T-Coms T-Net or
T-ISDN lines using SMS-capable equipment. More than
8 million SMS messages were sent from the fixed-line
network in 2002. Fixed-line network customers received more than
23 million SMS messages from the T-Mobile network.

T-Pay

T-Pay is T-Coms new payment system of
simple and safe payment for online purchases. T-Pay covers four
different types of payment: by Deutsche Telekom invoice, with
MicroMoney (the prepaid card of T-Pay), by direct debit or by
credit card. T-Pay is marketed to providers who wish to offer
their products and services on the Internet and who desire a
safe and easy customer payment option. T-Pay is free of charge
for the user and can be used from any PC with Internet access.

Special
Service Offerings for Business Customers

During 2002, T-Com continued its marketing
efforts for virtual private network solutions for small to
medium-sized enterprises under the brand name T-VPN.
The T-VPN package consists of value-added modules that can be
combined in different configurations to produce applications
that are tailored to the needs of particular customers. T-Com
also offers special tariff packages that are customized to meet
the needs of business customers. In 2002, the German
telecommunications regulator examined a number of contracts with
closed user groups (T-VPN). For further information in this
regard, see  Regulation  Regulation
in Germany  Special Requirements Applicable to
Market-Dominant Providers  Pricing 
Retrospective Review of Tariffs.

Data
Services

T-Com offers small and medium-sized enterprises
many of the data communications services that T-Systems offers
to large business customers. These services include:



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| | - | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | Leased lines, which are marketed under the brand
    name LeasedLink. LeasedLink products provide the
    customer with end-to-end transmission paths, i.e., a choice of
    the transmission protocol used with pre-defined bandwidths and
    no volume charge.                                                                                                                                                                         
|
| |  | FrameLinkPlus, a FrameRelay service, which is the
    basis for seamless, national and international branch networks
    solutions (IP-VPN). FrameLinkPlus provides heterogeneous network
    structures integrating ATM or Internet access, dial-in access
    for mobile communications or setup of a powerful IP-VPN.
    FrameLinkPlus offers numerous functions with outstanding
    bandwidth efficiency and a high level of security.
|
| |  | X.25  marketed under the brand name
    Datex-P, this service guarantees packet-oriented,
    ITU standard-based, national and global point-to-point
    connections with outstanding availability.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|
| |  | Internet communications applications that are
    marketed under the brand name T-InterConnect.
    T-InterConnect is a professional broadband Internet connection
    with numerous line variants, such as high availability,
    guaranteed bandwidth and fixed IP addresses. Intranet
    communications applications are also part of our data services.                                                                              
|
| |  | Local area networks that are marketed under the
    brand name T-LAN are offered as data services. T-LAN
    products are individually planned local area networks that offer
    all the services necessary for a reliable operating computer
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| |  | Telekom Designed Networks provides
    communications solutions that are tailored to specific customer
    requirements. These solutions involve design and installation of
    communications networks, network management and ongoing services.

E-Business

We offer E-business products to mid-sized
companies. Although E-business is not part of our core business,
revenues have been increasing in this sector over the past four
years. We offer small and medium-sized companies web hosting as
a basic service of E-business products and services. Besides
standard products, we offer project solutions to customers with
individualized demands. In addition to hosting, we offer web
presence solutions. All of these web hosting products and
solutions are designed to provide Internet presence (websites)
and facilitate E-business for our customers. The E-business
products and solutions provided to our customers are modular in
structure, affording flexibility and ease with respect to the
incorporation of additional modules and features.

IT
Solutions

T-Coms Information Technology (IT)
Solutions products and services consist of desktop services, CRM
(customer relationship management) and systems integration.
Desktop services provides installation, software and service
solutions for corporate PCs, servers and peripheral equipment.
CRM provides integrated information systems for all corporate
divisions of the customer (marketing, sales and customer care).
Systems integration provides medium-sized business customers
ways to integrate existing and new IT and telecommunications
applications into an overall solution for their businesses.

Wireless
LAN

We offer private and business customers all the
products necessary to implement wireless local area network
(LAN) networks and complete Internet solutions. Wireless LAN
services provide wireless communications based on international
broadcasting standards. Transmission rates of up to 54 Mbit/s
provide demanding customers with superior performance in our
network. For broadband Internet access, such as through our
T-DSL/T-DSL Business products, a wireless LAN is an inexpensive
alternative to cable-bound solutions.

Wireless LAN was until recently an alternative
only for business customers. However, recent price reductions
for these services make wireless LAN affordable for private
customers. We expect sales of wireless LAN services to continue
to increase. Secure wireless LAN provides comprehensive
protection for the internal and external exchange of data. Data
encryption and access control are already a defined component of
our wireless LAN service. An integrated firewall in the access
router protects the data from unauthorized external Internet
access.

Carrier
Services

Our business with other telecommunications
carriers is conducted through our T-Com and T-Systems divisions.
As of January 1, 2002, we transferred operational
responsibility for the domestic carrier services business to
T-Com and operational responsibility for the international
carrier services business to T-Systems. This new allocation of
operational responsibility for the carrier services business is
reflected in the financial data of our segments for the year
ended December 31, 2002. See Item 5. Operating
and Financial Review and Prospects  Segment
Analysis.

The products and services provided by the
domestic carrier services business consist primarily of
interconnection services for operators of fixed networks and
mobile communications networks, carrier-specific transmission
paths and access to the unbundled subscriber line that runs into
a customers premises (the unbundled local
loop). The terms for interconnection of our telephone
network with networks of other national providers are contained
in bilateral contracts. At December 31, 2002, we had signed
94 such agreements. The total number of leased lines provided to
carriers (i.e., transmission paths that are made available to
competitors in the fixed-line network) increased by 16% in 2002.
In the national market, the German telecommunications regulator
determines the terms on which we provide interconnection to
competitors as well as access to the unbundled local loop so
that competitors have direct access to customers. For further
information in this regard, see
 Regulation  Regulation in
Germany  Special Network Access and
Interconnection  Fixed-Fixed Interconnection.

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Broadband
Cable

As of December 31, 2002, we were the 100%
indirect owner of six regional cable companies that offer cable
television services to approximately 75% of the geographic area
of Germany and approximately 58% of the population of Germany.
On March 13, 2003, we completed the sale of these six
regional cable companies and certain related shareholdings and
assets to a consortium of financial investors for a purchase
price of EUR 1,725 million in cash plus contingent
sales consideration of up to an additional
EUR 375 million depending on the value of the cable
business in the future. We have also entered into service
agreements with these sold companies that include long-term
lease agreements relating to infrastructure (cable ducts, glass
fibers, technical facilities). Under certain circumstances, we
may be responsible for certain compensation obligations relating
to our former employees.

We continue to indirectly own a 40% interest in
the regional cable company that provides services to the German
state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.

In November 2002, the regional cable company that
provides services to the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia,
in which we indirectly owned a 45% interest, was restructured.
The restructuring was necessary due to the insolvency of the
holding companies through which we held our indirect interest.
As a result of the restructuring, we ceased to own such indirect
interest in this regional cable company and we have renegotiated
the service level agreements with this company. As before the
restructuring, the service level agreements relate primarily to
long-term leases of our infrastructure, such as cable ducts,
glass fiber and technical facilities. The scope of the services
was more or less unchanged by the restructuring, but we have
agreed to certain price reductions.

In December 2002, the regional cable company that
provides services to the German state of Hesse was restructured.
The restructuring was caused by the financial distress of the
holding companies through which we held our indirect 35%
interest in this regional cable company. In the course of the
restructuring, the regional cable company was indirectly
acquired by certain bondholders of one of the holding companies.
Accordingly, we no longer hold any interest in this regional
cable company. In addition, we have renegotiated the service
level agreements with this company. As before the restructuring,
the service level agreements primarily relate to long-term
leases of our infrastructure, such as cable ducts, glass fiber
and technical facilities. The scope of the services was more or
less unchanged by the restructuring, although we have agreed to
certain price reductions.

Terminal
Equipment

Through its terminal equipment business, T-Com
distributes an extensive range of telecommunications equipment
produced by third party manufacturers, from individual telephone
sets and facsimile machines targeted at private customers to
more complex telephone and facsimile terminals, private branch
exchanges (PBXs) and complex network systems targeted at
business customers. With most of T-Coms terminal
equipment, customers have the choice of purchasing or leasing.
T-Com also provides installation and repair services.

Customer
Support Services

Installation, maintenance, service hotlines,
customer education, software installation and network management
are important parts of T-Coms business activities.
Standardized service levels are offered to individual customers
under the brand names Compact-Service and
Comfort-Service. Customized services are offered to
business customers.

Other
Services

In Germany, T-Com offers a range of sales and
service phone numbers for business and private use, provides
directory assistance, manages a network of public telephones and
produces prepaid calling cards. Commencing in 2003, the
directory publishing operations of DeTeMedien will be included
in T-Coms operations. For further information relating to
DeTeMedien, see  T-Online.

Service
Numbers

T-Com assists companies wishing to establish
telephone or multimedia contact with their customers. These
solutions are based on our flexible fixed-line network and play
a central role for companies particularly in the call center,
media and entertainment sectors. T-Com provides freecall 0800
services (Freephone Service) and 0180 call services (Shared Cost
Service), which enhance customer acquisition and loyalty.

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T-Coms contact routing solutions have been
well received by large call center operators. In the media
sector, TV and radio stations use T-Coms services, such as
T-VoteCall to enable viewers and listeners to
actively participate in programs and to extend audience loyalty.
T-VoteCall and the powerful Mass Calling Platform
are used to process a large volume of calls. In the
entertainment sector, the 0190 call Service (Premium Rate
Service) enables information and entertainment packages to be
sold and billed by telephone or via the Internet.


Online
Invoice

As a cost reduction measure, we offer our
customers an electronic invoice format, by which the customer
can access personal invoice data at any time via the Internet
and organize, assess or receive a graphic presentation of such
data. Online Invoice is aimed at private customers. In January
2003, approximately 1.5 million customers were using Online
Invoice.

Sales
Channels

T-Com provides a single toll-free number where
customers can obtain information and order products and services
24 hours a day, seven days a week. Individual customers use
this sales channel most frequently. T-Com has significantly
increased its efficiency during 2002 and can now process almost
all customer orders on the day of receipt.

T-Com markets its products and services to
individual and small to medium-sized business customers through
our network of T-Punkt retail sales outlets. With
its network of T-Punkt sales outlets, T-Com has one of the
largest branch organizations in the German telecommunications
market. The T-Punkt sales outlets offer an extensive product
portfolio including T-ISDN and T-DSL/T-DSL business products, as
well as products from T-Online and T-Mobile. Furthermore,
products from leading IT manufacturers are offered. At
December 31, 2002, we had approximately 400 T-Punkt
retail outlets and 100 T-Punkt business outlets.

T-Com also markets its products and services in
Germany through our website (www.telekom.de). The number of
customers who used the Internet as a means of obtaining
information and carrying out transactions in 2002 rose
significantly. The number of direct orders via our website also
continued to increase in 2002. Our website had approximately
21 million visitors and the Online-Shop approximately
twelve million prospective customers. Compared with the previous
year, this is equivalent to an increase of more than 73%. This
sales channel will be expanded further in 2003.

T-Com also serves small and medium-sized
enterprises through a direct sales force. For purposeful
customer canvassing geared to specific business needs, business
customers are assigned to three defined sales units. Within
these sales units, the customer approach ranges from telephone
support/ canvassing (outbound/ inbound) to personal calling and
direct meetings with customers.

In addition to the foregoing types of direct
sales methods, T-Com offers its products and services through a
broad range of sales partners. This marketing via third party
enterprises has made a considerable contribution to the overall
results of T-Coms fixed-line network marketing and growth
strategy.

HappyDigits

On October 31, 2001, T-Com launched its
HappyDigits bonus program for private customers. This program is
intended to promote customer loyalty and customer development
through a rewards program based on telephone usage. As a result
of the participation of KarstadtQuelle AG and associated
expansion of the partner portfolio, the program is being
expanded to an industry-wide multi-partner program in Germany.
By December 31, 2002, the program had approximately
8.5 million participants.

International
Activities

The main T-Com subsidiaries conducting
international operations are MATAV, Slovak Telecom and Hrvatski
Telecom. Until December 31, 2001, these subsidiaries
operations were included in Other Activities for
financial reporting purposes and are now included in the T-Com
division.

MATAV

We hold a 59.5% equity interest in MATAV, the
leading full service telecommunications provider in Hungary in
terms of revenues. MATAV also owns Westel, a Hungarian mobile
communications provider. Westel maintained its leading position
in an expanding mobile market characterized by intense
competition.

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Its customer base was above 3.4 million
subscribers at December 31, 2002. In addition, MATAV
acquired a 51% interest in a company that owns 86.5% of the
Macedonian telecommunications company Makedonski
Telekommunikacii (Maktel).


During 2002, MATAVs fixed-line network
penetration and the total number of access lines marginally
declined. The total number of access channels decreased by 0.1%
from 2.90 million to 2.88 million due to increased
competition mainly from mobile services. However, the number of
ISDN channels increased to approximately 511,000, a 14.0%
increase over 2001. At December 31, 2002, approximately
17.7% of MATAVs total fixed lines were ISDN channels.
MATAV was successful in broadband applications, with the number
of installed ADSL lines growing to approximately 34,000 by the
end of 2002. The number of mobile subscribers increased by
around 36.4% from 2.5 million at the end of 2001 to
3.4 million at the end of 2002. MATAVs Internet
subsidiary, Axelero, maintained its leading position among ISPs
in the dial-up market with a market share of approximately 43%
and almost 150,000 Internet subscribers.

Although we have the power to appoint a majority
of MATAVs board of directors, the Republic of Hungary
retains significant influence over MATAVs activities as
the holder of the Series B share, the regulator of the
Hungarian telecommunications sector and MATAVs largest
customer. The Series B share gives the Hungarian state
certain special rights in the election of MATAVs boards
and with respect to certain decisions taken at
shareholders meetings.

MATAVs monopoly in the Hungarian market for
long-distance and international telecommunications services
expired at the end of 2001.

Hrvatski
Telecom

In October 1999, we acquired a 35% equity
interest in the then state-owned Hrvatski Telecom, the leading
full-service telecommunications service provider in Croatia in
terms of revenues, for USD 850 million. In October
2001, we acquired an additional 16% in Hrvatski Telecom for
EUR 500 million and increased our aggregate ownership
to 51%. Hrvatski Telecom operates mainly digitalized fixed-line
and mobile networks. The number of access channels increased by
1% from 1.785 million in 2001 to 1.806 million in
2002. Hrvatski Telecoms mobile subscriber base increased
from 0.9 million at year-end 2001 to 1.2 million at
year-end 2002. It had a mobile market share of 53% at October
2002. Hrvatski Telecoms online business had 370,000 dial
up customers and a market share of 74% at December 31,
2002. The full liberalization of the Croatian telecommunications
market took place on January 1, 2003. Hrvatski Telecom
pursued restructuring and market repositioning projects in 2002,
including HTtel brand positioning, the transformation of
telecommunications centers (with implementation in January
2003), the continuation of the outsourcing of non-core business
activities and defining a go to market strategy in
order to counter increased competition.

Slovak
Telecom

In July 2000, we acquired a 51% equity interest
in the state-owned Slovak Telecom, the leading full-service
telecommunications service provider in Slovakia in terms of
revenues, for a purchase price of EUR 1 billion.
Slovak Telecom offers local, long-distance and international
telephone services, data communications services, telex and
telegraph services, distribution and broadcast radio and
television signals and mobile communications services via its
majority-owned but, on the T-Com level, not fully consolidated
subsidiary, Eurotel. Although, pursuant to Eurotels
Shareholders Agreement, Slovak Telecom has a 51% economic
interest in the profits and net assets of Eurotel, control of
Eurotel is shared between Slovak Telecom and another company
(Atlantic West B.V.), because neither party has unilateral
control over major decisions affecting Eurotel. Therefore, this
investment is considered a joint venture.

The total number of access channels declined 6%
compared to 2001 from 1.58 million to 1.46 million.
Slovak Telecom is the leading provider of online services in
Slovakia. As of December 31, 2002, it had a 52% market
share of dial up traffic and nearly 70,000 customers. This
online customer number represents a 50% increase over 2001. This
increase is due to a successful online marketing effort.

Seasonality

The business of the T-Com division is not
materially affected by seasonal variations.

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Suppliers

The principal types of equipment purchased by the
T-Com division are network components such as switching systems,
transmission systems, access network components and customer
premises equipment, such as telephones and fax machines, T-DSL
modems and similar items. Although we do not believe that T-Com
is dependent on any single supplier, due to the multiple
supplier strategy that we have implemented, there may be
occasions when a particular product from a particular supplier
is delayed or backordered. Major suppliers of T-Com are Alcatel
SEL AG, Cisco Systems International B.V., Corning Cable Systems
GmbH & Co. KG, ECI Telecom GmbH, Lucent Technologies
Network Systems GmbH and Siemens AG.

Dependence
on Patents, Licenses, Customers, Industrial, Commercial or
Financial Contracts

We do not believe that T-Com is dependent on any
patent or other intellectual property right. For a description
of patent infringement litigation that is relevant for
T-Coms business relating to ATM technology, see
Item 8. Financial Information 
Litigation  Other Proceedings.

With respect to our fixed-line telephony and
cable network services in Germany, we are dependent on licenses
for the operation of transmission lines for public
telecommunication services (Class 3 licenses) and for the
provision of voice telephony services to the public on the basis
of self-operated telecommunication networks (Class 4
licenses). For further information relating to these licenses,
see  Regulation  Regulation in
Germany  Licensing and Notification Requirements;
Allocation of Frequencies.

We do not believe that T-Com is dependent on any
individual third party customer, or on any industrial,
commercial or financial contract.

Competition

Fixed-Line
Network Voice Telephony and Local Access

Since the full liberalization of the German
telecommunications market in January 1998, we have faced intense
competition, based primarily on price, in the market for
fixed-line network voice telephony.

Effect
of Regulatory Decisions

In the market for international and domestic
long-distance calling services, the level of competition is
influenced by the fact that we are required by law to permit
other telecommunications companies to interconnect with our
fixed-line network at rates that are set by the German
telecommunications regulator. As a result, decisions of the
German telecommunications regulator regarding the maximum rate
that we are permitted to charge for interconnection have a very
significant impact on the level of competition in the market for
fixed-line network voice telephony. When the maximum permitted
interconnection rate is below the price charged by us for
calling services, competitors can interconnect with fixed-line
network and offer calling services for a lower price, forcing us
to lower our prices for calling services. The price structure
for interconnection rates particularly benefits those
competitors that have not made substantial investments in their
own infrastructure. As a result of several decisions of the
German telecommunications regulator between 1998 and 2002 that
reduced the maximum permitted interconnection rate, we reduced
our tariffs substantially from 1998 on, particularly in the
areas of international and domestic long-distance calls. After
massive price reductions in the standard rate at the start of
1999, we introduced optional tariffs that enable the customer to
make inexpensive local, regional and international calls for a
monthly fee. In 2002, we further reduced our standard prices as
a result of mandatory (regulatory) price-cap targets. Our share
of the German market for calls declined from approximately 100%
in 1997 to 72.7% in 2001 and continued to fall to 68% in 2002.

Future decisions of the German telecommunications
regulator could require us to lower our prices further, cause us
to lose additional market share, or both. In 2002, the German
telecommunications regulator issued a decision that reduces the
permitted fixed-fixed interconnection rate by an average of
approximately 14%. A reduction in interconnection rates means
more advantageous advance payment costs for competitors and thus
the opportunity to reduce end user prices or to increase their
margin. Some competitors used the reduction to increase their
own margins on calls, and other competitors passed these
reductions on to end users. As part of the new price cap regime
(20022004), we will again be required to reduce charges
for calls. In order to offset such reductions, we intend to
increase charges for access and other services. For further
information regarding actions of the German regulator and the
new price cap, see  Regulation.

Regulatory decisions also play a critical role in
the level of competition in the markets for regional and local
calls and for local access. We are required by law to rent
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determined by the German telecommunications
regulator. We are required to permit line sharing,
which means renting to a competitor only that portion of the
subscriber access line that is required for high-bandwidth
services, such as high-speed Internet access. As a result of a
decision by the German telecommunications regulator, we are also
required to offer local access and local call minutes to
competitors at wholesale prices for purposes of resale. In
addition, the German government has agreed on draft legislation
that would mandate the availability of carrier preselection for
local calls by July 9, 2003, and call-by-call carrier
selection by April 25, 2003. We expect that competitors
will begin to offer those services in 2003. For further
information in this regard, see
 Regulation  Regulation in
Germany  Special Network Access and
Interconnection  Fixed-Fixed Interconnection.


Further regulatory initiatives of Germany or the
European Union aimed at increasing competition in the markets
for local calls and for access may be expected in the coming
years. For further information on these regulatory requirements
and initiatives, see  Regulation.

All of these regulatory decisions and initiatives
are likely to cause intensified competition in the markets for
local calls and for access in the coming years, which may have
an adverse impact on our operations and our competitive position.

Effect
of Investments by Other Companies

We also face significant competition in the
markets for international and domestic long-distance calls,
regional calls and access lines from competitors that have made
investments in their own infrastructure, such as Arcor
AG & Co., Colt Telecom Group Plc., MCI Worldcom Inc.
and BT Group Plc. In addition, national network operators, such
as Arcor AG & Co., and local network operators, such as
HanseNet Telekommunikation GmbH, KomTel GmbH and NetCologne
Gesellschaft fuer Telekommunikation mbH, have made substantial
investments in local network infrastructure and compete with us
in major urban centers throughout Germany. Furthermore, as
prices for mobile telephony decline, our local and other calling
services as well as access services face increasing competition
from mobile telephone operators. Additionally, as alternative
technologies, such as voice-over-IP and use of the Internet,
gain market acceptance, our fixed-line network telephone usage
may be adversely affected.

Other
Services

The recently completed sale of our remaining six
regional cable companies and, thus, the sale of nearly the whole
of our broadband cable interests may in time lead to additional
competition from parties seeking to provide telecommunications
services, including access services, and multimedia services,
through these broadband cable networks. For further information
relating to the sale of our broadband cable interests, see
 Broadband Cable above.

Although we do not manufacture our own equipment,
we do resell equipment under our own label that has been
manufactured for us. The terminal equipment sector has been open
to full competition since 1990 and is characterized by falling
prices, low margins, rapid technological innovation and intense
competition. The basis for competition in this field is
primarily price. T-Coms most significant competitors are
Siemens AG, Alcatel S. A., Philips Electronics N. V. and Tenovis
GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Bosch Telecom GmbH/ Telenorma AG).
Most of these competitors are also suppliers to T-Com.

T-Systems

Principal
Activities

Through our T-Systems division, we offer our
large German and international business and governmental
customers a broad range of telecommunications (TC) and
information technology (IT) services. These services are
provided through our wholly-owned subsidiary, T-Systems
International GmbH, which was established in 2000 by combining
certain of our business units with the business of debis
Systemhaus (50.1% of which was acquired in October 2000 and the
remaining 49.9% in the first quarter of 2002).

T-Systems uses advanced information technology
and telecommunications expertise to provide customized solutions
to our customers. Such solutions include planning, construction,
integration and operations services relating to complex
information technology and telecommunication systems. T-Systems
provides support for customers through our global
telecommunications network in more than twenty countries. In
2002, T-Systems opened offices in Japan and Hong Kong. Effective
January 1, 2002, the domestic carrier services business of
the T-Systems division was transferred to the T-Com division and
the international carrier services business of the T-Com
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Accordingly, the financial information of the
T-Systems division for the previous reporting periods has been
adjusted to reflect this reorganization. For further
information, see Item 5. Operating and Financial
Review and Prospects  Segment Analysis 
T-Systems.


Although T-Systems customers are located
primarily in Germany, the T-Systems division employed more than
10,000 people outside of Germany as of December 31, 2002.
The non-German operations of T-Systems support many German-based
multinational customers as well as customers headquartered
outside of Germany. T-Systems primary non-German markets
are in Western Europe, North America and Asia. In 2002,
German-based operations contributed approximately 72.6% of the
divisions revenues. For the year ended December 31,
2002, the TC services group contributed approximately 49.5% of
T-Systems revenues and the IT services group contributed
approximately 50.5% of T-Systems revenues. For more
information, see Item 5. Operating and Financial
Review and Prospects  Segment Analysis 
T-Systems.

Business
Model

During 2002, T-Systems sales and service
organizations functioned on a cooperative basis through two
distinct groups, the business lines (BLs) and the service lines
(SLs). The BLs were responsible for account management and
customer contact. They managed and coordinated the Sales
and Service Teams (which were made up of personnel from
the BLs and the SLs) and were in charge of customer relationship
management. The BLs were responsible for order entry, revenues
and customer management whereas the SLs were responsible for
solutions and product management, and for providing services
within the scope of customer projects. The later included the
delivery of efficient, high-quality and competitive customer
solutions and the responsibility for the revenues and
profitability of the services delivered.

Experts drawn from the BLs and the SLs formed
joint Sales and Service Teams. The BLs provided the account
manager (who led the team), the sector consultant and the
program manager (for customers projects involving different
SLs). The SLs provided the SL sales manager or team, the
delivery manager, the project manager and sales support
employees. Each member of the Sales and Service Teams had
defined tasks and responsibilities. The aim was for the Sales
and Service Teams to embody the skills of our company and to put
them at the disposal of our customers (one point of contact for
the customer). In Germany, T-Systems provides services to over
1,500 corporations.

To serve markets and customers better, to
maintain technical excellence, and to promote international
competitiveness, T-Systems began reforming its business strategy
in 2003. As currently proposed, T-Systems will send dedicated
account management teams exclusively to T-Systems fifty
largest customers. These key account management teams will have
specialized expertise in the telecommunications, services and
finance, public and healthcare, and manufacturing sectors. Other
T-Systems customers will also be managed by expert teams, which
are assigned to five service lines (each of which is discussed
below): International Carrier Sales and Solutions, Network
Services, Computing Services, Desktop Services, and Systems
Integration. T-Systems believes that this new strategy will
provide superior services to its customers and reduce costs of
T-Systems through this more efficient re-allocation of resources.

Telecommunications
Services (TC)

Telecommunications services encompass a global
network infrastructure for voice and data communications and a
range of related consulting services, including the Global
Network Factory (GNF), Network Services (NWS),
International Carrier Sales and Solutions (ICSS),
Hosting and ASP Services (H&ASP) and Media
and Broadcast. Operating divisions of Deutsche Telekom
other than T-Systems account for approximately 20.4% of the
revenues of the TC services area. For further information, see
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects  Segment Analysis 
T-Systems.

Global
Network Factory (GNF)

The Global Network Factory group plans, builds
and operates the global telecommunications platforms of
T-Systems and those of our customers. The GNF group, through
T-Systems global network platform and through the
operation of our customers networks, is responsible for
providing equipment and services relating to the operation of
telecommunications networks and other telecommunications
services for our customers. In addition to serving customers
that use our global telecommunications network, the GNF group
manages the national and international corporate networks of our
customers. The GNF group is also responsible for the selection
and implementation of leading edge technologies within the
networks that it builds and operates on behalf of our customers.

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Network
Services (NWS)

The Network Services group installs and operates
customized voice and data communications networks for
businesses, non-profit organizations and governmental agencies.
Projects for customers generally operate through our global
network. The solutions offered by the NWS group support fast and
reliable communications throughout a customers
organization as well as communications outside of the
customers organization (for example, with their customers,
suppliers and partners).

The services offered by the NWS group include the
installation of networks covering a single customer location
(local area networks), exclusive end-to-end
communications lines between two customer locations
(leased lines), and complex virtual private networks
(VPN), in which we use our global network to create
virtual links between a number of geographically dispersed
customer locations. The NWS group also offers VPN through the
Internet. For a discussion of a regulatory proceeding affecting
the pricing of virtual private networks with respect to voice
services, see   Regulation 
Regulation in Germany  Special Requirements
Applicable to Market-Dominant Providers 
Pricing  Retrospective Review of Tariffs.

The NWS group offers the following VPN services
to our multinational corporate customers in Europe, North and
South America, Asia and the Pacific Rim, as well as in Australia
and South Africa:



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| | Global Frame Relay  is a
    high-speed communications technology that provides businesses
    with a cost-effective, flexible way to connect local area
    networks, system network architecture, voice and Internet
    protocol-based applications.                                  
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| | Global Business-Link  is
    an international private leased circuit service with a bandwidth
    range from 64/56 Kbit/s to 155 Mbit/s that provides high-speed,
    high-quality leased line connectivity between two endpoints.                                                       
| 
| | Global Intranet  is an
    Internet Protocol (IP)-based virtual private network (VPN), also
    referred to as corporate intranets, and consists of a dedicated
    connection between customer sites.                                                                                   
| 
| | Global Internet  provides
    Internet connectivity at a range of access speeds and
    complements the Global Intranet service by extending
    it to provide public internet services such as e-mail and
    file-transfer together with private intranet services within an
    VPN.

The Network Services group also creates
customized voice communication networks for its customers and
constructs complex call center solutions that assist customers
with the professional management of their incoming calls, faxes
and e-mails.

Contracts relating to Network Services have an
average duration of approximately three years. Voice services
provided are billed on a per minute basis, while data services
provided are billed in terms of bandwidth provided per month.
Customers taking advantage of leased line services pay an
initial connection fee based on the type of line leased and
thereafter pay monthly subscription charges based on the type of
line (analog or digital) and line capacity, the length of the
line and the duration of the lease. Prices for leased lines
declined steadily in recent years due to intense competition,
but since mid-2002 have remained relatively stable due to fewer
market competitors. Although bankruptcies and other factors
contributed to the decrease in competition, there can be no
assurance that prices will continue to remain at current levels.

International
Carrier Sales and Solutions (ICSS)

The International Carrier Sales and Solutions
business provides customers (typically other fixed-line and
mobile carriers) with direct access to our telecommunications
networks, including those networks that are leased from other
carriers. Since January 1, 2002, the revenues of the ICSS
business have been reflected in the revenues of our T-Systems
division. Formerly, they were included in the T-Com division.
During 2002, ICSS managed total worldwide voice traffic of
approximately 13 billion minutes. The ICSS group provides
innovative solutions relating to data transmission, voice and
wireless, to telecommunications carriers (including, former
incumbent or dominant regional/ national carriers, emerging
regional and long-distance carriers, Internet service providers
and mobile carriers).

To meet the growing needs of both fixed-line and
mobile carriers worldwide, our portfolio of services has been
expanded through joint ventures and strategic alliances.

Competitive rates and individual leases allow us
to provide customized solutions targeted to individual
carriers needs. Through our own network and partnering and
leasing arrangements, we offer one of the worlds largest
telephone networks and provide the most advanced ISDN network
with links to more than forty countries.

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ICSS also provides carrier termination and
transit services to other fixed-line and mobile carriers for
calls that originate outside Germany and are routed through
T-Systems international network for termination in Germany
or a third country. We purchase termination services from
foreign carriers for termination of T-Systems outbound
international traffic.

The international services that we provide have
been augmented by the continuous build up of our own global
network through partnering and leasing arrangements. In 2002, we
had points of presence (leased space where network
infrastructure is installed and maintained) in twenty-two major
cities in sixteen countries. Further extensions of our network
are planned based on customers needs and cost
considerations.

Hosting
and ASP Services (H & ASP)

Hosting and ASP Services enable our customers to
employ Internet technologies in their businesses.
H & ASP Services provide the underlying
infrastructure that enables a customers business to
operate more efficiently and seamlessly. The
H & ASP Services group arranges (or
hosts) the Internet presence of customers by
providing a reliable connection to our network and managing the
customers website. In addition, as an application service
provider (or ASP), the H & ASP
Services group provides the software necessary to maintain a
reliable Internet connection. The H & ASP Services
group also provides electronic marketplaces and portals that
enable enterprises to conduct business transactions
electronically, either within a single industry or between
enterprises from different industries. With these electronic
marketplaces and portals, our customers can facilitate their
relationships with suppliers (supply chain
management) or with customers (customer relationship
management). In 2003, T-Systems expects to expand this
aspect of its business beyond Germany into other parts of Europe
and the United States.

In Germany, T-Systems H & ASP
Services are also marketed by the T-Com division to its small
and medium-sized business customers. Outside Germany, we also
market these services through arrangements with third parties.
H & ASP Services generates approximately 35% of
its revenues in Germany via T-Com sales channels and about 65%
via T-Systems sales channels.

Contracts involving H & ASP
services have an average duration of approximately three years.

Media
and Broadcast

In Europe, T-Systems is one of the largest
providers of broadcast services, including analog and digital
terrestrial broadcasting, satellite broadcasting and innovative
digital applications. At December 31, 2002, the broadcast
network of T-Systems included more than 8,000 analog television
and radio transmitters and over 100 digital television and radio
transmitters. T-Systems has expertise in providing systems
equipment technology and digital radio transmitters. Media and
broadcast services include:



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| |  | providing broadcast services to public
    broadcasters and private companies that provide content for
    broadcast media, including traditional (analog and digital)
    terrestrial broadcasting, satellite broadcasting and innovative
    digital applications;
|
| |  | planning, building and running multi-media
    platforms and providing complete solutions for customers;                                                                                                                                                            
|
| |  | maintaining a dedicated service and sales staff
    in order to provide optimal service and retain customers.                                                                                                                                                       

T-Systems media and broadcast customers are
comprised of public and private broadcast companies in Germany,
as well as television production companies and international
audio broadcasters. Customers pay for media broadcast services
based on fixed contracts with an average duration of four to six
years.

Information
Technology Services (IT)

The information technology (IT) services group
has broad expertise regarding computer software and hardware and
information technology systems solutions. The IT group provides
information technology services, including, systems integration
services, computing services and desktop services, to large and
multinational enterprises. Other operating divisions of Deutsche
Telekom account for approximately 41.8% of revenues of the IT
services group. For further information, see Item 5.
Operating and Financial Review and Prospects  Segment
Analysis  T-Systems.

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Systems
Integration and Consulting

The Systems Integration group provides customers
with consulting, implementation and applications support
relating to systems solutions in the area of telecommunication
and information technology. The Systems Integration group
develops software solutions customized for the needs of
individual customers and integrates those solutions into the
information technology and telecommunications structures of the
customer. Examples of the services offered include solutions
that assist customers in managing their business processes
(e.g., supply chain management solutions that enable business
customers to use information technology and telecommunications
to organize their relationships with suppliers).

Contracts involving systems integration services
have an average duration of approximately one year and provide
either for payment at hourly rates or at a fixed payment agreed
to in advance.

T-Systems offers customers comprehensive
consulting services in all service and business lines. These
include management and technology consulting in all lines of
business regarding the use of information technology and
telecommunications in all facets of a customers business,
such as supply chain management, business process optimization
and modeling, customer relationship management and knowledge
management. Consulting services also include strategy,
organization and technology consulting for companies that are
primarily engaged in the information technology and
telecommunications markets. Consulting services are an integral
part of the services provided by each of the other business
lines and service lines.

Computing
Services

The IT group provides our customers with the
ability to outsource their entire information technology
operations. The services offered include the operation of data
centers, applications management, user support and network
management. The IT group can also facilitate the transfer of
information technology assets and personnel from the customer to
T-Systems. The IT group also installs, operates and administers
central computer systems (mainframes), open computer systems and
business applications on behalf of customers.

Generally, contracts involving computing services
have an average duration of four years or more. Customers pay
for computing services based on contractually agreed service
levels. These agreements describe the quantity and quality of
services to be provided (for example, 99.9% guaranteed
reliability) and the extent of services to be provided.

T-Systems operates a very large computer network,
called the Global Computing Factory, as a platform
for the information technology services offered to customers.
The Global Computing Factory provides the personnel, servers
(assets) and infrastructure necessary to operate the information
technology resources of its customers. For further information
about the Global Computing Factory, see
 Description of Property  Global
Computing Factory.

Desktop
Services

T-Systems develops and implements for customers
complete office systems solutions, desktop operations services,
call centers and help desk services. These services may include
the sale or lease of desktop computer hardware produced by third
parties.

Generally, contracts involving desktop services
have an average duration of two years or more. Customers pay for
desktop services based on contractually agreed service levels.
These agreements describe quantities of goods and services to be
provided (for example, the number of computers leased and
serviced) and the extent of services to be provided.

Principal
Markets

T-Systems business model is focused on
large business customers, German and non-German multinational
corporations, and international telecommunication carriers and
broadcasters (including companies that provide content for
broadcast media). During 2002, T-Systems in Germany offered
services to more than 1,500 large business customers (and
approximately 10,000 subsidiaries of such customers). T-Systems
services customers primarily in the financial services,
manufacturing, public and healthcare, retail and distribution,
telecommunications, media broadcast, and travel and transport
industries as set forth below. Most of these customers are
German or European-based with operations in various countries
around the world.



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| |  | Financial
    services primarily
    consists of banks and insurance companies. T-Systems develops
    solutions that enable these customers to conduct banking
    transactions over the Internet and electronic management of data
    via the Internet or mobile phone.

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| |  | Manufacturing includes manufacturers of automobiles, aircraft, electronics and
    manufacturers of component parts used by other manufacturers.
    T-Systems provides electronic supply management, Internet
    marketplace and information technology outsourcing services.                                                                                                                                        
|
| |  | Public and
    Healthcare includes
    government agencies, state pension funds, the armed forces of
    the Federal Republic of Germany, research and teaching
    institutions, as well as international organizations. T-Systems
    enables these customers to establish innovative business
    processes, such as services to individuals through the Internet
    and the management of data and voice networks.
|
| |  | Retail and
    Distribution includes
    diverse areas of business such as wholesale distribution, energy
    distribution, information technology service, lottery companies,
    print and broadcast media and the consumer goods industry.
    T-Systems provides a variety of services, including billing
    solutions, shops for direct sales in the Internet and data bank
    systems.                         
|
| |  | Telecommunications
    includes other network operators and companies offering
    fixed-line, mobile and Internet telecommunications services.
    T-Systems provides content management systems for the
    organization of information on their websites and billing
    systems, among other services.                                                                                                             
|
| |  | Travel and
    Transport includes air
    transport, rail transport, public transportation systems,
    logistics and tourism enterprises, hotel chains and rental car
    companies. T-Systems provides Internet-based reservation and
    booking systems and Internet portals on behalf of these
    customers.                                                                                                     
|
| |  | Media and
    Broadcast includes
    broadcast services to public broadcasters and private companies
    that provide content for broadcast media including traditional
    (analog) terrestrial broadcasting, satellite broadcasting and
    innovative digital applications.                                                                                                                                         

Seasonality

The revenues of the T-Systems division are not
materially affected by seasonal variations. However,
T-Systems revenues may be subject to quarterly
fluctuations depending upon sales cycles (currently ranging
between six and eighteen months) and purchasing patterns and
resources of customers, which are subject to general economic
conditions and are difficult to predict. Accordingly, revenues
received in a particular quarter may not be indicative of future
revenues to be received in any subsequent quarter.

Suppliers

The principal goods and services purchased by the
T-Systems division are computer hardware for client server and
mainframe, computer standard- and application-software, network
capacity and network services, telecommunications network
components and IT consulting services. T-Systems manages, on
behalf of customers, the risk in the supplier relationship as
well as quality and cost considerations. We do not believe that
T-Systems is dependent on any single supplier.

Dependence
on Intellectual Property and Material Contracts

T-Systems does not believe that it is dependent
on any individual patent, license or industrial, commercial or
financial contracts. However, we are subject to third party
software licenses in connection with the services provided to
customers. Any breach, violation or misuse of any of such third
party software licenses could result in additional costs with
respect to the particular project that is the subject of such
licenses.

Other operating divisions of Deutsche Telekom
(primarily T-Com and T-Mobile) account for approximately 31% of
the total revenues of the T-Systems division. In 2002,
DaimlerChrysler, through multiple contractual arrangements,
accounted for approximately 5% of the external revenues of the
T-Systems division.

Competition

T-Systems operates in markets that are subject to
intense competitive pressures. T-Systems faces a significant
number of competitors, ranging from large IT companies to an
increasing number of relatively small, rapidly growing and
highly specialized organizations. We believe that
T-Systems combination of service, performance, quality,
reliability and price are important factors in maintaining our
competitive position.

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The principal competitors of T-Systems in the
telecommunications area include AT&T, France Telecom/
Equant, British Telecom, Cable & Wireless and Colt. The
principal competitors of T-Systems in the information technology
area include IBM Global Services, EDS, CSC, Cap Gemini Ernst
& Young, Siemens Business Service and Accenture.

Competition in the telecommunications area
(including network services, IP, voice and data communications)
is intense, based primarily on price, service offerings, network
connectivity and reliability and customer support. Although
prices for leased lines and customer telecommunications networks
had been declining for the past several years as a result of
this competition, our telecommunications activities at T-Systems
were positively affected by the addition of new customers as a
consequence of the recent bankruptcies of WorldCom, Global
Crossing and KPNQwest.

In the information technology area (including
systems integration services), competition is intense and the
current market is characterized by strong pricing pressures,
reduced IT budgets of customers and an extension of
customers sales cycles. As a result of these competitive
pressures, many companies, including T-Systems, are attempting
to maintain market share through improved productivity,
cost-cutting measures, reliance on IT expertise and maintenance
of existing customer relationships. This situation has also led
to consolidation of the IT sector, which consolidation is
expected to continue for the foreseeable future.

Like many of its competitors, T-Systems provides
outsourcing services to large enterprises and therefore must
allocate significant resources to projects for these customers.
Although the allocation of resources in this way has not
adversely affected T-Systems business in the past, it is
possible that intensified competitive and cost reduction
pressures may result in reduced profit margins and/or loss of
market opportunities.

We believe that T-Systems can compete
effectively, largely due to its strategy of providing
comprehensive solutions (planning, building and operating) to
its customers needs across a broad spectrum of IT and
telecommunications activities. We believe that with
T-Systems focus on industry specific expertise, we can
reduce complexity and respond to customers requirements
with more complete solutions and integration of service
offerings, thereby acting as a seamless end-to-end
telecommunications and information technology partner with
customers.

T-Mobile

Principal
Activities

The principal services offered by the T-Mobile
division are digital mobile telephony services based on the
mobile telecommunications technology known as GSM
(or Global System for Mobile Communications) and non-voice
services such as SMS (Short Message Services), MMS (Multimedia
Messaging Services) and other data services to residential and
business subscribers based on CSD (Circuit Switched Data) or
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) technologies. T-Mobile USA,
Inc. and Powertel, Inc. operate a Wi-Fi 802.11b wireless
broadband (WLAN) network, which can be used by subscribers in
more than 2,000 public locations in the United States,
including airports, conference centers and coffeehouses. Each of
our T-Mobile division subsidiaries offers international roaming
services for GSM and GPRS to subscribers through a large number
of international roaming agreements with third-party operators,
so that subscribers can access mobile services while they are
outside their network service area. The T-Mobile division also
sells mobile handsets to subscribers as part of packaged service
offerings.

Mobile voice and data services are offered both
on a prepay basis and on a contract (postpay) basis. Subscribers
purchase contract services on the basis of fixed monthly fees
and pay time-based airtime, or per message, fees. Some contract
service offerings include a limited amount of airtime, data
volume or messages in the monthly fee. Prepay services are
purchased on the basis of monetary increments that are recorded
on the subscribers cards and then deducted based on
airtime or messaging usage fees as the cards are used. Usage
fees can vary according to the tariff plan selected by the
customer, the day and time of day when a call is made, the
destination of the call and, in some cases, other provisions
applicable to the tariff plan and whether the called party is
also a customer of the same network.

Integration
and Alliances

T-Mobile International has started to coordinate
its European operations (Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic,
the United Kingdom and the Netherlands) so that they run more
like a single enterprise. Operating areas with potential for
efficiencies such as IT/Network Technology and Product
Management/ Marketing/ Branding Development are in the process
of being combined. The objective of this effort is to achieve
economies of scale, including increased purchasing power.

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T-Mobile announced in April 2003 that it intends
to join in an alliance with Telefonica Moviles and Telecom
Italia Mobile (TIM) to cooperate in several key areas, including
the development of joint services relating to roaming, voice and
the development of handsets. The key focus of the alliance is to
make services more widely available and seamless. The alliance
is to be open to other operators as potential members and is
still subject to approval by certain regulatory authorities.

New
Services

T-Mobile offers mobile online services in Europe
developed by T-Mobile International UK Limited (TMO UK
Ltd., formerly T-Motion plc.). TMO UK Ltd. was originally
established as a joint venture between our T-Mobile group and
our T-Online subsidiary. On April 1, 2002, T-Mobile
acquired the 40% of TMO UK Ltd. previously owned by
T-Online. TMO UK Ltd.s services were launched in Germany
in September 2000, in the United Kingdom in February 2001 and in
Austria in May 2001 and are now also available in the Czech
Republic. In April, these services were bundled and branded as
t-zones. In the future, Deutsche Telekom plans to further expand
its mobile online services to other markets where it holds
mobile communication interests. Mobile online services can be
used through WAP-enabled handsets using GPRS as well as CSD for
access.

T-Mobile has invested in network infrastructure
relating to the GPRS mobile communications platform. GPRS is a
technology that permits transmission of data at rates
substantially faster than those that can be achieved using CSD
technology. T-Mobile introduced GPRS for contract subscribers on
a commercial basis in Germany in February 2001, in Austria in
April 2001, in the Czech Republic in August 2001, in the
Netherlands in December 2001 and in the United Kingdom in June
2002. In November 2001, GPRS-based services were launched in the
United States under the name iStream, which was subsequently
branded as t-zones.

Revenues from SMS and other mobile data services
(mobile data revenue) in Europe increased in 2002 by
48% compared to 2001, when non-voice revenues were
EUR 1.1 billion. Total mobile data revenues in Europe
were EUR 1.7 billion in 2002, representing 12.3% of
T-Mobiles revenues in Europe. A major part of the data
revenues was from SMS services. For more information, see
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects  Segment Analysis 
T-Mobile.

T-Mobile has also made substantial investments in
the next generation mobile communications standard known as
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System or UMTS.
UMTS is a technology that is expected to permit transmission of
data at rates faster than those that can be achieved using GPRS
technology. T-Mobile invested EUR 8.5 billion in UMTS
licenses in Germany, EUR 171 million in licenses in
Austria, EUR 395 million in licenses in the
Netherlands and EUR 6.6 billion in licenses in the
United Kingdom in 2000, and EUR 103 million in
licenses in the Czech Republic in 2001. These investments in
licenses do not include the costs of UMTS network build-out in
these countries.

In February 2002, T-Mobile announced plans to
cooperate with several infrastructure suppliers in the
construction of UMTS mobile communications systems. T-Mobile has
agreements with mmO2 plc (mmO2) jointly to construct
and maintain UMTS networks in Germany and the United Kingdom. We
expect these arrangements to reduce total UMTS network
construction costs and operational expenditures substantially.
The agreements, which are subject to regulatory approval by the
EU Commission, provide for the sharing of new and existing base
stations, including sites and masts, predominantly in certain
urban areas. The parties will also designate certain non-urban
areas to one or the other party to construct, maintain and
operate a UMTS network. We also entered into a joint venture
with Dutchtone N.V. in the Netherlands to jointly construct and
maintain a UMTS network there.

Global
Branding

As part of T-Mobiles global marketing
strategy to increase customer awareness of and loyalty to its
brand, we have internationally introduced the
T-Mobile brand. T-Mobiles operations in
Germany, formerly known as T-Mobil, began operating
under the T-Mobile brand in February 2002. In April
2002, the operations in the United Kingdom, formerly known as
One 2 One, we rebranded as
T-Mobile and the Austrian operations, formerly known
as max.mobil, were rebranded as
T-Mobile. We began rebranding VoiceStream/
Powertels operations as T-Mobile with the
rollout of its services in California and Nevada in the third
quarter of 2002, and completed the rebranding of VoiceStream/
Powertel as T-Mobile throughout the United States in
the fourth quarter of 2002. In the Czech Republic, rebranding
was completed in 2002, and the Czech companys legal name
will be changed from Radiomobil to T-Mobile
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the first half of 2003. In February 2003, the
operations in the Netherlands, formerly known as
Ben, were rebranded as T-Mobile as well.


Principal
Markets

The T-Mobile division includes the activities of
our majority-owned mobile communications subsidiaries in
Germany, the United States (June 1, 2001), the United
Kingdom, Austria, the Czech Republic (since April 1, 2001)
and the Netherlands (since October 1, 2002). Through our
T-Mobile division, we also hold minority investments in mobile
communications providers in Poland and Russia and indirectly in
the Ukraine.

The Deutsche Telekom group also directly or
indirectly owns interests in mobile communications companies in
Hungary, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovakia, the Philippines and
Malaysia. At present, however, none of these investments is
included as part of the T-Mobile segment for reporting purposes.
For further information regarding these investments, see
 T-Com and  Other
Activities.

T-Mobile Deutschland and our other mobile
communications subsidiaries count contract customers as
subscribers for the length of their contracts and count prepay
customers as subscribers for a prescribed amount of time, which
differs according to the market. At the end of this time, or in
the case of payment default or voluntary disconnection, the
subscribers are cancelled or churned. The churn rate
for any given period represents the number of subscribers whose
service was discontinued during that period, expressed as a
percentage of the average number of subscribers during that
period, based on beginning and period-end figures.

Germany

Through T-Mobile Deutschland, we offer mobile
communications services to individual and business subscribers
in Germany. At December 31, 2002, T-Mobile Deutschland had
approximately 24.6 million subscribers as compared to
approximately 23.1 million subscribers at December 31,
2001. Of the total subscribers at December 31, 2002,
approximately 11.5 million were contract subscribers, as
compared to approximately 10.7 million at December 31,
2001. T-Mobile Deutschland had approximately 13.1 million
prepay subscribers at December 31, 2002, as compared to
approximately 12.4 million at December 31, 2001.

T-Mobile Deutschlands average churn rate
for 2002 was 1.5% per month compared to 1.4% per month in 2001
and 1.0% per month in 2000. The average churn rate increased
between 2000 and 2002 due to the increased proportion of prepay
subscribers to total subscribers. Prepay subscribers generally
have higher churn rates than contract subscribers, reflecting
the tendency of the prepay customers to change mobile
communication providers. Generally, a prepay customer is churned
after a maximum period of 15 months (depending on the
prepay tariff plan) if the customer has neither originated nor
received a data or voice communication in that period.

North
America

In May 2001, we acquired all of the outstanding
equity securities of VoiceStream Wireless Corporation and of
Powertel, Inc., two formerly independent U.S. mobile
operators, in exchange for an amount of our shares having a
market value on the acquisition date of
EUR 28.7 billion plus EUR 4.9 billion in
cash. As from May 31, 2001, VoiceStream Wireless
Corporation and Powertel, Inc. have been fully consolidated
within the T-Mobile division. VoiceStream Wireless Corporation
was renamed T-Mobile USA, Inc. in August 2002. T-Mobile
USA/Powertel as used in this Annual Report refers to T-Mobile
USA, Inc. and Powertel, Inc. on a combined basis.

Through T-Mobile USA/Powertel, we offer mobile
communications services to individual and business subscribers
in the United States. At December 31, 2002, T-Mobile
USA/Powertel had approximately 9.9 million subscribers, as
compared to approximately 7.0 million at December 31,
2001. Of the total subscribers at December 31, 2002,
approximately 8.6 million were contract subscribers, as
compared to approximately 5.2 million at December 31,
2001, and approximately 1.4 million were prepay
subscribers, as compared to approximately 1.8 million at
December 31, 2001.

T-Mobile USA/Powertels average churn rate
for 2002 was 4.0% per month, as compared to 4.7% per month for
2001. For postpay subscribers, the average churn rate decreased
to 2.5% in 2002 compared to 3.2% in 2001. For prepay
subscribers, the average churn rate increased to 10.2% in 2002
compared to 8.4% in 2001. This increase in prepay churn was the
consequence of the integration of Powertel, whose subscriber
base was mainly prepay. The higher average churn rate compared
to European operations is mainly due to a much higher prepay
churn in the United States. This is caused by a different
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T-Mobile USA/Powertel. Depending on the voucher
customers buy, they are disconnected 15 to 60 days after
purchase of the voucher. The decrease in churn in 2002 was
achieved by various customer retention and churn prevention
measures started in different areas at T-Mobile USA/Powertel and
changed subscriber mix with a higher percentage of contract
subscribers.


T-Mobile USA entered into an agreement with
Cingular Wireless LLC (Cingular) in November 2001 to
share in the ownership and operation of GSM network
infrastructures in specified markets. We contributed our network
assets in the New York Basic Trading Area (BTA) (the
New York City market), and Cingular contributed
its network assets in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Major
Trading Areas (MTAs), which cover most of California
and parts of Nevada (the California/ Nevada market),
to a newly formed joint venture entity, GSM Facilities.
Concurrent with its formation, GSM Facilities entered into
operating agreements with T-Mobile USA and Cingular to manage
and maintain the assets previously owned by each company on
behalf of the joint venture. In July 2002, we began marketing
our commercial service in and around the major population
centers of the California/ Nevada market, including San
Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and Cingular began
marketing its commercial service in the New York City market.
The monthly cash operating expenses of GSM Facilities are
charged to T-Mobile USA and Cingular based on each partys
proportionate share of spectrum in each market. Through a
separate reciprocal home roaming agreement, Cingular and
T-Mobile USA charge each other for usage that differs from the
spectrum-based expense allocations in each market. GSM
Facilities also incurs non-cash expenses including depreciation
on assets in the joint venture and interest charges on certain
capitalized tower leases, which are allocated to T-Mobile USA
and Cingular based on their relative economic interests in GSM
Facilities.

The capital expenditure requirements of the joint
venture are funded through capital contributions from T-Mobile
USA and Cingular. Pursuant to the operating agreements, T-Mobile
USA and Cingular procure services and network equipment on
behalf of GSM Facilities in the respective markets in which they
operate and resell them to GSM Facilities. Capital contributions
to fund the expenditures by GSM Facilities are then allocated to
each party based on the nature of the expenditures.
Contributions to fund network capacity increases are allocated
based on each partys incremental growth in network usage,
while contributions to fund technology upgrades and network
footprint expansion are generally allocated evenly. Under the
terms of the infrastructure sharing agreement, Cingular is
obligated to contribute USD 450 million for GSM
Facilities capital expenditures in addition to their share
of capital expenditures over two years from inception.

Contractual termination provisions provide for an
orderly unwinding of GSM Facilities over a two year period in
the event of a change in control of a member, material breach or
at the discretion of either member. In an unwinding, the New
York City market network assets would be returned to T-Mobile
USA and the California/ Nevada market network assets would be
returned to Cingular, with a settlement between the members to
adjust for contribution differences. Under some circumstances,
an unwinding would also include the exchange of certain
predetermined spectrum licenses between Cingular and T-Mobile
USA, although the spectrum licenses are not held by GSM
Facilities. Additionally, an unwinding caused by certain actions
of either party may result in substantial cash termination
payments by that party. In the event of such termination,
T-Mobile USA would incur substantial capital expenditures for
the subsequent build-out of a wireless network in the
California/ Nevada market and to enhance the network in the New
York City market.

United
Kingdom

In October 1999, we purchased T-Mobile UK
(formerly One 2 One), the fourth largest provider of
mobile communications services in the United Kingdom, for a
purchase price of EUR 10.9 billion (including the
assumption of outstanding shareholder loans).

Through T-Mobile UK, we offer mobile
communications services to individual and business subscribers
in the United Kingdom. At December 31, 2002, T-Mobile UK
had approximately 12.4 million subscribers, as compared to
approximately 10.4 million at December 31, 2001. Of
the total subscribers at December 31, 2002, approximately
2.2 million were contract subscribers, as compared to
1.7 million at December 31, 2001, and approximately
10.2 million were prepay subscribers, as compared to
8.7 million at December 31, 2001.

Of the total number of T-Mobile UK subscribers at
December 31, 2002, approximately 2.4 million were
subscribers of Virgin Mobile, a joint venture between T-Mobile
UK and the Virgin Group. Virgin Mobile is a so-called mobile
virtual network operator established jointly by T-Mobile UK and
the Virgin Group. As a virtual network operator, Virgin Mobile
purchases airtime minutes and basic mobile services from
T-Mobile UK and resells these minutes and services under the
Virgin Mobile brand name. For information on court
proceedings between T-Mobile UK and the Virgin Group over
disputes concerning Virgin Mobile, see Item 8.
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T-Mobile UKs average monthly churn rate
during 2002 was 2.2%, as compared to 1.9% per month in 2001.
While T-Mobile UK historically counted prepay subscribers as
part of its subscriber base for 12 months after their last
outbound call, after July 1, 2001, T-Mobile UK reduced this
period to six months, which T-Mobile UK believes is more in line
with competitors in the United Kingdom. This change in the churn
policy caused customers to be removed from our subscriber base
after a shorter period of inactivity. We expect a high rate of
disconnection of prepay subscribers in the first quarter of 2003.

Austria

Through T-Mobile Austria (formerly max.mobil),
the T-Mobile division offers mobile communications services to
individual and business subscribers in Austria. At
December 31, 2002, T-Mobile Austria had approximately
2.04 million mobile communications subscribers, slightly
below the number of subscribers at December 31, 2001, due
to a higher churn rate and less gross additions. Of the total
subscribers at December 31, 2002, approximately
0.9 million were contract subscribers, slightly above the
number of contract subscribers at December 31, 2001, and
approximately 1.1 million were prepay subscribers, slightly
below the number of prepay subscribers at December 31, 2001.

T-Mobile Austrias average churn rate during
2002 was 2.3% per month, as compared to 1.6% in 2001. The
increase of the churn rate was due to the disconnection of a
high number of prepay subscribers. T-Mobile Austria churns
prepay subscribers twelve months after their last charged
data/voice communication and last reload of their prepay cards.

Czech
Republic

T-Mobile International holds an equity interest
of approximately 92% in Cmobil, which owns an equity interest of
61% in the Czech mobile communications network operator
RadioMobil. Until April 2001, Cmobil owned 49% of RadioMobil.
RadioMobil has been fully consolidated in our financial
statements since April 1, 2001. At December 31, 2002,
RadioMobil had approximately 3.5 million subscribers, as
compared to approximately 2.9 million at December 31,
2001. RadioMobils average churn rate during 2002 was 0.9%
per month, as compared to 0.5% in 2001. This is due to a rising
prepay churn resulting from the high number of gross additions
in 2000 and 2001. Principally, a prepay customer is churned
after a period of twelve months if no originating or receiving
communication is recorded.

The
Netherlands

In October 2000, T-Mobile International acquired
an equity interest of 50.0% minus one share in Ben Nederland
Holding, B.V., whose wholly-owned subsidiary, Ben Nederland B.V.
was one of five operators in the Dutch mobile communications
market. The acquisition of the stake in Ben took place after
T-Mobile International acquired a third generation UMTS license
in the Netherlands in July 2000 in a consortium with Belgacom
S.A. and Tele Danmark A/S called 3-G Blue, which subsequently
merged with Ben. T-Mobile International had a shareholders
agreement with Belgacom, Tele Danmark (TDC Mobile)
and Gringots S.A.R.L. (Gringots), which gave
T-Mobile International the right, from January 2002 through
December 2005, to require Belgacom, TDC Mobile and Gringots to
sell all or parts of their shareholdings in Ben to T-Mobile
International. T-Mobile exercised the call option on
September 20, 2002. The price per share was EUR 17.05
and all 100 million shares held by Belgacom, TDC Mobile and
Gringots were acquired at a price amounting to approximately
EUR 1.7 billion. T-Mobile Netherlands (formerly Ben)
has been fully consolidated in Deutsche Telekoms financial
statements since October 1, 2002. In addition, T-Mobile
Netherlands repaid all outstanding shareholder loans from
Belgacom and TDC Mobile (approximately
EUR 274 million) on September 30, 2002.

At December 31, 2002, T-Mobile Netherlands
had approximately 1.4 million subscribers, as compared to
approximately 1.2 million at December 31, 2001.
Bens average churn rate for 2002 was 2.8% per month, as
compared to 3.0% in 2001. If they have not originated or
received a call for a period of 180 days, prepay
subscribers at T-Mobile Netherlands are churned and removed from
the subscriber base.

Poland

T-Mobile International holds a 49.0% equity
interest in Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa Sp. z o.o.
(PTC). At December 31, 2002, PTC had
approximately 4.9 million subscribers, as compared to
approximately 3.8 million at December 31, 2001.
Deutsche Telekom has a contingent obligation of
EUR 128 million to acquire further shares in PTC.
PTCs average churn rate for 2002 was 1.6% per month, as
compared to 1.8% in 2001. A PTC prepay customer is churned after
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prepay coupon. A PTC customer is able to receive
calls but not originate calls after the customers coupon
has expired. For a discussion of a dispute concerning our
investment in PTC, please refer to Item 8. Financial
Information  Litigation.


Russia

T-Mobile International holds an equity interest
of approximately 36.27% in Mobile TeleSystems OJSC
(MTS), a Russian mobile telecommunications company.
T-Mobile International also owns a 49% stake in a Russian
company that owns approximately 4% of MTS outstanding
shares. At December 31, 2002, MTS had approximately
6.6 million subscribers, as compared to approximately
2.8 million at December 31, 2001. MTSs average
churn rate for 2002 was 3.7% per month, as compared to 2.2% in
2001. In April 2003, T-Mobile is in the process of reducing its
interest in MTS to 25.1% through sales of shares to third
parties.

Seasonality

T-Mobiles business is affected by seasonal
factors, with a general increase in sales of products and
services in all markets during the fourth calendar quarter due
to holiday purchases. As a result, T-Mobiles performance
during the fourth quarter can have a significant influence on
its performance for the full year.

Suppliers

T-Mobile purchases network components, as well as
mobile handsets for purposes of resale, from a number of
different suppliers. T-Mobile has attempted to address the risk
of delays in the supply of UMTS network equipment and other
technologies by using multiple suppliers where appropriate and
by negotiating contractual penalties to be enforced if the
supplier does not meet the agreements in time and quality.
T-Mobile expects the first market release of commercially viable
European Standard UMTS handsets by the fourth quarter of 2003.

Marketing

Each of the principal subsidiaries in our
T-Mobile division uses its own combination of distribution
channels to market products and services to customers. In each
of the principal markets, third-party distributors, who
typically market the products and services of multiple mobile
phone network operators, play a significant role in marketing.
Our mobile communications subsidiaries use a variety of
incentives to encourage third-party vendors to sell T-Mobile
products and services, such as payment of marketing expenses and
special commissions. In addition, T-Mobile markets its products
and services to retail customers through direct sales outlets,
particularly in Germany and Austria, and markets products and
services to business customers through a direct sales force. In
Germany, an important distribution channel is our groups
T-Punkt retail shops. Mobile telecommunications resellers (who
purchase airtime and handsets at a discount from network
operators, resell packaged services and handsets through their
own distribution channels, charge their customers at rates that
they set independently and provide customer service and
technical support) are also an important distribution channel.
In the United Kingdom, T-Mobile UK sells basic services to
Virgin Mobile, a virtual mobile network operator established by
T-Mobile UK and the Virgin Group, which resells these services
under the Virgin brand name at rates that it sets
independently. Because of the Virgin branding, customers of
Virgin Mobile may not be aware that they use T-Mobiles
network.

Dependence
on Patents, Licenses, Industrial, Commercial or Financial
Contracts

T-Mobile owns a large number of registered
patents and has a number of patent applications outstanding,
particularly in Germany, for technical innovations in the area
of mobile telecommunications applications resulting from its
development activities. We do not believe that our T-Mobile
division is dependent on any one or group of patents.

To offer mobile telecommunications services in
the different jurisdictions in which we operate, we require and
therefore are dependent on licenses from the relevant
authorities in each of these jurisdictions. For further
information on those licenses, see
 Regulation  Regulation in
Germany  Licensing and Notification Requirements;
Allocation of Frequencies and  
Regulation  International Regulation 
Different Regulatory Regimes. Some of these licenses have
limited terms that expire within the next 20 years. For
example, the German GSM license expires on December 31,
2009. Although T-Mobile Deutschland expects to be able to renew
this license if necessary, it has no legal entitlement in this
regard.

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The Austrian GSM license expires on
December 31, 2015 with additional GSM licenses expiring in
2019. In the United Kingdom, T-Mobile UK has an individual
Public Telecommunications Operator License that cannot be
revoked without cause until May 9, 2020. Otherwise, the PTO
license will remain in force indefinitely unless terminated or
revoked. Ben holds a DCS 1800-licence expiring in February 2013
as well as a UMTS licence expiring in December 2016. The licence
conditions do not contain extensions of the licence period. In
Germany, the United Kingdom and Austria, T-Mobile holds UMTS
licences expiring in 2020.


We do not believe that our T-Mobile division is
dependent on any third party industrial, commercial or financial
contract.

Competition

General

Competition in mobile communications is generally
intense and conducted on the basis of price, subscription
options offered, offers of subsidized handsets, coverage, range
of services offered, innovation and quality of service.

In the past, competition in the European mobile
communications market has been conducted at the national level.
Increasingly, however, competition in this market is being
conducted on a more international basis than in the past.

We have not acquired a UMTS license in auction or
non-public tender procedures in Italy, Spain or France. It is
unclear at the present time, however, to what extent ownership
of a UMTS license in each of these major markets will be
advantageous in comparison to other strategies for entering
those markets, such as participating as a Mobile Virtual Network
Operator (MVNO). A MVNO is a provider that relies on another
company for its network, focusing its efforts on marketing and
customer service.

We believe that the decisions by Germany, the
United Kingdom, Austria, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands
to auction UMTS licenses, as contrasted with the decisions to
conduct non-public tender procedures in Spain and other
countries, have created an uneven competitive playing field
within the European Union that benefits incumbent
telecommunications providers in countries where auctions were
not conducted.

In Germany, the United Kingdom, Austria, the
Czech Republic and the Netherlands, the rate of mobile phone
penetration is quite high. As a result, growth in the number of
T-Mobile subscribers in these markets is expected to be
significantly lower than in past years, and the focus of
competition will shift from customer acquisition to customer
retention and to increasing average revenues per user by
stimulating demand for new products and services. In this
connection, the timely introduction of new technologies that
permit faster data transmission and enhanced services is highly
significant. Churn rates could rise as mobile network operators
seek to acquire subscribers of other mobile network operators.
While the focus of competition is shifting, we expect that
competition will continue to be intense. Large numbers of
subscribers in Europe have taken advantage of prepay tariff
packages. Since these prepay subscribers are not bound to
T-Mobile or other operators by contract, this trend may generate
additional competitive pressure in the future.

The global mobile communications industry has
been undergoing consolidation in recent years, which may
increase competitive pressure. We expect that the crowded
markets caused by the UMTS auctions will lead to further
consolidation in Europe. In the United States, we expect that
pressures to consolidate will increase due to the expiration of
spectrum ownership limits imposed by the
U.S. telecommunications regulator in December 2002. In
addition, new technologies, whether introduced by us or by
others, can be expected to draw subscribers from existing
technologies, including those of Deutsche Telekom. The
competitive dynamics of the mobile telecommunications industry
therefore could change in ways that we cannot predict and that
could adversely affect our financial position and results of
operations.

Germany

In Germany, T-Mobile Deutschland faces intense
competition from the network operators Vodafone D2 (formerly
Mannesmann D2), E-Plus and mmO2 (formerly Viag Interkom). In
2002, T-Mobile Deutschland achieved again the same high level of
market share compared to 2001. T-Mobile Deutschland had a market
share of approximately 41.0% at December 31, 2002, while
Vodafone D2 had a market share of approximately 38.0%, E-Plus
had a market share of approximately 13.0% and mmO2 had a market
share of approximately 8.0% at that date. The penetration rate
in the German mobile communications market was approximately 71%
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In the retail market, in addition to competition
from other network operators, T-Mobil faces significant
competition from resellers.

The German government awarded six UMTS licenses
in August 2000, to the four existing German mobile
communications network operators, the German mobile services
reseller Mobilcom and a joint venture owned by Telefonica and
Sonera. A significant number of subscribers on T-Mobile
Deutschlands GSM network currently have customer
relationships with Mobilcom. The joint venture partners
Telefonica and Sonera have announced that they have abandoned
their plans to enter the German UMTS market and terminated their
German GSM activities in 2002. In November 2002, Mobilcom wrote
down its UMTS network and license completely. According to
Mobilcom, it agreed with major shareholder France Telecom to
suspend the development of its UMTS business in Germany. New
entrants, and agreements between new entrants and existing
network operators, could cause competition in the German UMTS
market to be even more intense than competition in the GSM
market has been, particularly as a result of the need operators
will have to recoup substantial sums expended on acquiring UMTS
licenses.

North
America

In the United States, T-Mobile USA/Powertel
operates the smallest of the six national mobile networks in
terms of subscribers. T-Mobile USA/Powertel faces intense
competition in the United States mobile telecommunications
market from the national mobile providers, Verizon Wireless,
Cingular, AT&T Wireless, Sprint PCS and Nextel, and from
some regional operators. The market share of T-Mobile
USA/Powertel is approximately 7.2% at December 31, 2002,
compared to approximately 5.3% per end of 2001. Most of these
competitors have been operating in the U.S. mobile
communications market for a considerable time prior to the entry
of T-Mobile USA/Powertels predecessors, VoiceStream and
Powertel, into the market.

The U.S. mobile telecommunications market is
quite different in a number of respects from the European
telecommunications mobile markets. The nationwide network
operators use no single communications standard. Cingular
Wireless and AT&T Wireless have started to switch their
networks to the GSM standard. Licenses to provide wireless
services cover numerous localities, rather than the entire
nation. It can be difficult for network operators to obtain the
spectrum needed in some localities to expand subscriber bases,
upgrade the quality of service and add new services,
particularly in densely populated urban areas. On the other
hand, low population density in some areas can cause problems
with network efficiency and result in geographically sizeable
areas with no or limited coverage. For these and other reasons,
penetration levels for mobile telephony services in the United
States are generally lower than penetration levels in Western
European countries, with an estimated 52% mobile penetration
rate as of December 31, 2002. As a result, operators in the
United States market generally continue to invest heavily in
order to encourage and capture growth in subscriber numbers.

United
Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, T-Mobile UK faces intense
competition, principally from Vodafone, mmo2 (formerly BT
Cellnet) and Orange, a subsidiary of France Telecom. Vodafone
had a market share of approximately 27.0% at December 31,
2002, while mmo2 had a market share of approximately 24.0%,
Orange had a market share of approximately 26.0% and T-Mobile UK
had a market share of approximately 24.0%. T-Mobile UKs
share in 2001 was approximately 22.0%. Compared to its
competitors, T-Mobile UKs customer base, including the
part provided by Virgin Mobile, has a lower proportion of
business subscribers. The penetration rate in the British mobile
communications market was approximately 88% at December 31,
2002.

In the retail market, in addition to competition
from other network operators, T-Mobile UK faces significant
competition from resellers and is starting to compete with
virtual mobile network operators who have entered the United
Kingdom mobile telecommunications market.

In addition to the existing mobile operators,
T-Mobile also faces potential competition from the launch of 3G
services from 3 (a brand name of
Hutchison 3G UK Limited).

Austria

In Austria, T-Mobile Austria faces competition
from Mobilkom (A1), Connect Austria (One) and tele.ring.
T-Mobile Austrias market share decreased to approximately
32% at December 31, 2002, compared to approximately 34.8%
at December 31, 2001, mainly due to an increased churn
among prepay subscribers. A1 had a market share of 42.1%, One
had a market share of 20.4% and tele.ring had a market share of
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at December 31, 2002. The penetration rate
in the Austrian mobile communications market was approximately
80% at December 31, 2002.


Czech
Republic

In the Czech Republic, RadioMobil faces
competition from Eurotel and Cesky Mobil. At the end of 2002,
Eurotel had a market share of approximately 45%, compared to
approximately 46% in 2001, and Cesky Mobil had a market share of
approximately 15%, compared to approximately 13% in 2001.
RadioMobil had a market share of approximately 40% compared to
approximately 41% in 2001. The penetration rate in the Czech
mobile communications market was approximately 85% at
December 31, 2002, up by approximately 17 percentage
points in comparison to year-end 2001.

The
Netherlands

In the Netherlands, T-Mobile Netherlands
(formerly Ben) faces intense competition from KPN Mobile,
Vodafone, O2 and Orange (formerly Dutchtone). At
December 31, 2002, KPN Mobile and Vodafone had market
shares of 42% (compared to 43% at December 31, 2001) and
27% (compared to 43% at December 31, 2001), respectively.
The market share of T-Mobile Netherlands increased to
approximately 12% at December 31, 2002, compared to
approximately 10% at December 31, 2001. Compared to its
competitors, T-Mobile Netherlands has a high proportion of
contract subscribers. The penetration rate in the Dutch mobile
telecommunications market was approximately 76% at
December 31, 2002, unchanged compared to December 31,
2001.

In the retail market, in addition to competition
from other network operators, T-Mobile Netherlands is starting
to compete with virtual mobile network operators who have
entered the Dutch mobile telecommunications market.

T-Online

We offer Internet services in Europe for
residential customers and for small and medium-sized business
customers through our subsidiary T-Online International AG.
T-Online International AG also offers multimedia applications
and services for business customers. Our T-Online
division also includes the activities of DeTeMedien, whose
primary activity is the marketing of advertising in paper and
online telephone directories. Beginning in 2003,
DeTeMediens activities will be included in our T-Com
division.

Internet
Services

General

With its combined business model of offering both
access and non-access Internet services, our T-Online division
aims to develop into an Internet media network. Through our
subsidiary, T-Online International AG, we market a broad
spectrum of online services and operate a variety of Internet
portals. The T-Online division also offers a range of
value-added services, such as web hosting, web organizer,
e-mails, chats and international Internet roaming access.

T-Online International AG was first listed on the
Neuer Markt segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in April
2000 through a public offering of newly issued shares
representing approximately 10.0% of its then equity
capitalization. Our interest was subsequently diluted through
new share issuances in connection with acquisitions to
approximately 81.7%. In December 2002, we sold shares
representing an additional 9.81% of T-Online International AG
equity capital. As of December 31, 2002, we had a
controlling ownership interest in T-Online International AG of
approximately 71.9%. For information concerning our revenues,
see Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects  Segment Analysis 
T-Online.

Access
business

With more than 12.2 million subscribers,
T-Online International AG is one of the largest European
Internet service providers, based on revenues and number of
subscribers. T-Online International AG retained its leading
position on the German market with 9.96 million subscribers
at the end of 2002. In keeping with T-Online divisions
growth strategy, its international subsidiaries T-Online France
in France, Ya.com in Spain and T-Online.at in Austria also
capitalized on the expansion of the broadband market to increase
their customer base. Key growth drivers for the access business
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range of free and pay value-added services for
residential and corporate customers, and the expansion of the
portal offerings through the introduction of broadband dedicated
portals in France and Spain.


|            |  |                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |       |  |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |  
|----------- |  | --------------- | ------ | ---------- |  | ---- | ------ | --------- |  | --------- | ----- |  |  |  | ---- | - |  |  | ---- | -
|            |  |                
|            |  | At December 31,
|            |  |                
|Subscribers |  | 2002            |        | 2001       |  | 2000 |        | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|            |  |                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |          
|            |  |                 |        |           
|            |  | (thousands)     |        | (% change)
|Germany     |  |                 | 9,962  |            |  |      | 8,764  |           |  |           | 6,529 |  |  |  | 13.7 | % |  |  | 34.2 | %
|France      |  |                 | 1,031  |            |  |      | 778    |           |  |           | 581   |  |  |  | 32.5 | % |  |  | 33.9 | %
|Spain       |  |                 | 1,004  |            |  |      | 892    |           |  |           | 677   |  |  |  | 12.6 | % |  |  | 31.8 | %
|Others      |  |                 | 248    |            |  |      | 225    |           |  |           | 153   |  |  |  | 10.2 | % |  |  | 47.1 | %
|            |  |                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |       |  |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |  
|            |  |                 | 12,245 |            |  |      | 10,659 |           |  |           | 7,940 |  |  |  | 14.9 | % |  |  | 34.2 | %
|            |  |                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |       |  |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |  

The systematic marketing of DSL-enabled broadband
services drove Internet access subscriber growth in 2002. At
December 31, 2002 the number of T-DSL subscribers in
Germany had increased to 2.6 million. An important factor
influencing the growth of the T-DSL subscriber base was
T-Onlines usage-based tariff-rate policy. In addition to
the T-Online dsl flat rate option (used by roughly
two thirds of DSL users), T-Online offers a number of different
volume-based rates. The entry-level tariff T-Online dsl
1000 MB, for example, is a broadband package aimed at less
active Internet users mainly interested in surfing the Web,
chatting online and sending e-mails. Special rate options were
also introduced for residential and business customers.

Internet
Media and Content

Since 2000, T-Online International AG has focused
on becoming Europes leading Internet media network. In
this context, T-Online International AG developed its own portal
into a multi-access theme portal (featuring, for example, games,
music, sports and movies) and entered into new cooperation
agreements with Burda People Group, Axel Springer Verlag and
F.C. Bayern Muenchen concerning content. The goal of these
measures is to increase the amount and quality of the content
provided on T-Onlines portals and to thereby increase the
time spent on them by visitors.

The availability of multimedia information and
entertainment services is likely to shape the future success of
the broadband market. T-Online International AG bundled such
services together to form T-Online Vision, which went live
at the CeBIT 2002 telecommunications trade fair in Hannover.
This broadband portal broadcasts live shows, movie trailers,
music videos and TV formats. Our wide-ranging broadband
strategy, which extends to entertainment content, helps to
distinguish T-Online International AG from its competitors.

As previously noted, T-Online International AG
entered into cooperation agreements with established content
providers in 2002. One of these has been bild.t-online, a joint
venture with publishing house Axel Springer, which went live in
May 2002 and is now Germanys most popular general interest
portal. The portal had received in the region of
250 million hits by the end of the year under review.
T-Online also extended its lifestyle content through an
agreement with the magazine Bunte, which resulted in the launch
of the joint portal www.bunte.t-online.de.

Cross-media availability of content is a key
success factor in the future expansion of our content offering.
Our German customers already enjoy access to T-Online content
over narrowband and broadband wired and wireless connections.
This will be extended to include access via television. Launched
in June 2002, our multi-access portals are designed to guide the
user through the content maze. More than 100 new information and
entertainment links were presented at the launch of the new
multi-access theme portals news, finance, sports, games, music
and movies.

In January 2002, T-Online International AG
launched its first paid-content service. By the end of the year,
the company was offering more than 3,000 content items in more
than 100 different categories. The billing arrangements between
T-Online International AG and its customers (through Deutsche
Telekom) are crucial to the successful development of the
emerging paid-content market. Paid-content premium services
evolved into a strategic cornerstone for the T-Online division
in 2002. These services are billed on a monthly or pay-per-use
basis. Around 250,000 customers signed up for T-Online premium
services in the year under review. A further 450,000 users
subscribed on a pay-per-use basis.

International
Internet Activities

The T-Online division took a significant step in
the development of its international business in March 2000,
when T-Online International AG acquired a 99.9% equity interest
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service business of the French Lagardère
group, in exchange for 5.69% of T-Online shares (after giving
effect to the listing of T-Online shares that took place in
April 2000 and to the acquisition of an interest in comdirect
bank). T-Online France, known under the name of Club Internet,
concentrated on expanding its broadband business last year.
T-Online France had approximately 1,031,000 subscribers in
France at December 31, 2002. With over 100,000 DSL
subscribers, T-Online France is currently Frances second
largest internet service provider in ADSL business.


In October 2000, T-Online International AG
acquired Ya.com, a leading Spanish Internet service provider, in
exchange for cash and approximately 1.25% of T-Online shares.
Ya.com had approximately 1,004,000 customers in Spain at
December 31, 2002.

Regulation

T-Online is not subject to regulation of tariffs
under the German Telecommunications Act. However, Internet
subscribers are indirectly affected by regulation of tariffs, as
wholesale costs include charges for telecommunications services
that are regulated by that Act.

Competition

The German and European markets for Internet
access and portal services have been and will continue to be
very competitive. In the market for Internet access services,
competition occurs on multiple fronts, including pricing, brand
recognition, network speed and reliability, customer support and
timely introduction of new products and services. The regulatory
environment can also exert a significant influence on the level
of competition in this market. For Internet access providers,
the terms on which they and their customers are able to secure
telecommunications network services from carriers are important
factors in the development of the market, and these services are
generally regulated to promote competition. In the market for
portal services, we face competition from websites maintained by
Internet service providers, Internet information retrieval
services, online community websites, homepage services,
e-Commerce retailers and shopping portals, as well as from
traditional medias, including newspapers, magazines, radio and
television.

Publication

The main focus of DeTeMediens business
activities is the marketing of advertising in paper and online
telephone directories and the publication and distribution of
telecommunications directories in Germany in cooperation with
small and medium-sized publishing companies. The products
Das Telefonbuch (the telephone book),
GelbeSeiten (yellow pages), GelbeSeiten
regional (regional yellow pages) and
DasÖrtliche (white pages), are published via
different channels, such as print, online and mobile. DeTeMedien
receives most of its revenues from advertisements contained in
these products.

DeTeMedien and its publishing partners are market
leaders in Germany for directory media. In recent years,
DeTeMediens products have been subject to increasing
pressure from competitors.

Other Activities

As part of our four-pillar strategy, we assigned
our telecommunications industry activities to our four
corresponding divisions. Our Other Activities
segment focuses on cross-division management functions and
consists mainly of our administration and operations of our
headquarters, including the treasury function and certain
shared services  relating to our
divisions  that are combined for greater cost
efficiencies. The shared services include, among others, the
administration of our owned real estate within Germany, domestic
billing services, domestic fleet management, domestic training
center and the Personnel Services Agency (PSA) relating to
employee transfer and relocation. Furthermore, the segment
Other Activities also includes some competence
centers and various shareholdings including minority interests
in certain foreign entities. The shares of T-Mobile
International AG & Co. KG (formerly T-Mobile
International AG), T-Online International AG and T-Systems
International GmbH are also included in Other Activities.

As part of the repositioning of our divisions,
our interests in our Eastern European subsidiaries MATAV,
Hrvatski Telecom and Slovak Telecom have been consolidated in
the T-Com division as from January 1, 2002. Furthermore,
our subsidiaries in New York, Tokyo, London and Singapore,
which were to a large extent sales and marketing operations of
the T-Systems divisions, were transferred from Other
Activities to the T-Systems division from January 1,
2002.

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Activities
in Germany

The real estate unit generated the largest
proportion of the revenue of the shared services within the
segment Other Activities. The real estate unit is
responsible for renting and selling commercial real estate and
for providing facility management services for our own and
third-party-owned real estate. For more information with respect
to our real estate management activities and portfolio, see
 Description of Property  Real
Estate.

Billing services is another centrally organized
service unit. This unit provides billing services for our
divisions within Germany (except T-Mobile), and also for certain
third party carriers that use our telecommunications networks.

Our fleet management company DeTeFleetServices
GmbH was established in July 2002 to capitalize on synergy
effects. It manages a fleet operation of approximately
40,000 vehicles throughout all our divisions in Germany. It
operates as a full-service provider in the field of fleet
management and mobility services.

In connection with our job reduction program, our
recently established Personnel Service Agency (PSA) employs
displaced workers, and trains and equips them with other
employment qualifications for redeployment within the Deutsche
Telekom group or other companies, or for project or temporary
assignments. By December 31, 2002, the PSA was responsible
for the equivalent of approximately 1,700 full-time
employees. Approximately 150 of these employees were involved in
the administration of the PSA. For more information, see
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and
Employees  Employees and Labor Relations 
Other Employees.

Our treasury unit is primarily responsible for
cash management and investments in securities, for leasing
arrangements and the refinancing of indebtedness through a
variety of financial arrangements, including, among other
things, bank loans and other credits, as well as the issuance of
credit in the capital markets, the handling of payments and
clearing transactions, and foreign exchange and hedging
activities.

Our Telekom Training Center is responsible for
providing training and qualification services and the
performance of vocational and professional training for
employees within Germany.

Also included in the segment Other
Activities is T-Venture Holding GmbH
(T-Venture). This holding company invests in young,
innovative technology companies that operate in the T.I.M.E.S.
(Telecommunications, IT, Multimedia, Entertainment/ Electronic
Business and Security) markets. T-Venture also invests in
venture capital funds in North America, Europe, Asia and Israel.
During the fourth quarter of 2002, we decided to reduce our
level of investing activities due to market conditions. Please
refer to  Innovation Management (Research and
Development) for more information.

The segment Other Activities also
includes the establishment and maintenance of international
property rights for the Deutsche Telekom group, including the
T-Mobile, T-Online and
T-Systems brands.

In December 2002, the segment Other
Activities sold 120 million shares of T-Online
International AG to institutional investors for net proceeds of
EUR 706 million, reducing its shareholding in our T-Online
subsidiary to 71.9%. Additionally, during 2002, we sold all of
our remaining shares of France Telecom for approximately
EUR 294 million, and our remaining 25% interest in
Satelindo for USD 325 million (EUR 321 million).

International
Activities

The international activities of the Other
Activities segment have decreased considerably as a result
of the transfer of certain foreign shareholdings to our other
divisions. Since January 1, 2002, the remaining
international activities included in Other
Activities are our minority shareholdings in South-East
Asia.

We currently indirectly hold an 8% minority
interest (diluted from 21% during 2002) in the Malaysian
telecommunications provider Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad. Celcom is
number two in the Malaysian mobile business market, had
approximately 1.8 million customers, and generated revenues
of approximately USD 632 million
(EUR 671 million) in 2002. We apply the cost method to
account for this investment.

We also currently indirectly hold a 20% preferred
stock interest and directly hold a 25% minority interest in the
common stock of Globe Telecom, the leading national mobile
communications and fixed-line network operator in the
Philippines. Globe Telecom had approximately 6.8 million
customers, and generated revenues of approximately
USD 888 million (EUR 943 million) in 2002.
We apply the cost method to account for these investments.

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INNOVATION MANAGEMENT (RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT)

Innovation management focuses on innovation
strategy, research and development, product lifecycle
management, patents and T-Venture. Our research and development
activities are performed primarily in the divisions and are
coordinated centrally.

Research and Development Expenditure

In 2002 we incurred approximately EUR 0.9
billion of research and development costs. Of this amount,
approximately EUR 77.1 million was invested in
cross-divisional medium and long-term product-oriented projects
under central innovation management. The divisions themselves
invested approximately double this amount in product
development. Expenditure for preliminary product-related R&D
was therefore at a similar level as in 2001. Approximately
EUR 643 million was invested in the development and
upgrading of the necessary software systems and architectures,
an amount similar to that invested in 2001. Approximately 6,900
employees were involved in these projects, working to create new
products and offer them efficiently to the customers of the
group. This represents 9% fewer employees than in 2001.

Patents

A total of 547 patent applications were submitted
by us in 2002. The number of applications for software patents
was higher in 2002 than in 2001. At the end of 2002, we held
approximately 4,500 industrial rights. Many of these
industrial rights have been strategically implemented within the
company and marketing of some of them to third parties has begun.

T-Venture

T-Venture invests in young, innovative technology
companies with above-average growth potential in markets of
commercial interest to us. Furthermore, T-Venture invests in
venture capital funds in North America, Europe, Asia and Israel.
An objective of the investment program is to tap into innovative
technologies at an early stage. T-Venture invested a total of
EUR 10.6 million in the 2002 financial year. There was
a decrease in investment activities attributable to the
unfavorable prevailing market conditions, which also adversely
affected existing investments and activities. Many of the
companies in T-Ventures portfolio did not achieve their
own targets. This led to valuation adjustments in the case of
some shareholdings. Certain companies were forced to file for
insolvency. At December 31, 2002, T-Ventures
portfolio consisted of forty-one direct shareholdings in
companies and nine shareholdings in venture capital funds with
an aggregate carrying value of the assets of
EUR 64.4 million.

ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

As part of our strategic plans, we intend to sell
certain non-core assets in order to reduce our indebtedness and
improve liquidity. We have sold the assets listed in the table
below and we have announced plans to sell, in whole or in part,
certain other non-core assets including various real estate
assets in Germany. In addition, we are in the process of
reducing our stake in MTS. See  Description of
Business Divisions  T-Mobile  Principal
Markets  Russia. The following list contains
each of the principal acquisitions and dispositions made by us
since January 1, 2000.

|     |  |         |           |       |  |                                                                                      |  |  |      |  
|---- |  | ------- | --------- | ----- |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  |  | ---- | -
|Year |  | Segment |           | Event |  | Amount                                                                              
|     |  |         |           |       |  |                                                                                     
|     |  |         |           |       |  | (billions of                                                                        
|     |  |         |           |       |  | euro)                                                                               
|2003 |  |         | T-Com     |       |  | Sale of six regional cable companies                                                 |  |  | 1.7  |  
|2002 |  |         | Other     |       |  | Sales of real estate                                                                 |  |  | 1.3  |  
|2002 |  |         | Other     |       |  | Sale of shares in T-Online International AG to
    institutional investors           |  |  | 0.7  |  
|2002 |  |         | T-Systems |       |  | Asset-backed securitization transaction                                              |  |  | 0.3  |  
|2002 |  |         | Other     |       |  | Sale of interest in Satelindo                                                        |  |  | 0.3  |  
|2002 |  |         | Other     |       |  | Sale of interest in France Telecom                                                   |  |  | 0.3  |  
|2002 |  |         | T-Mobile  |       |  | Exercise of call option to acquire 51% of
    Ben Nederland Holdings B.V.            |  |  | (1.7 | )
|2002 |  |         | T-Systems |       |  | Acquisition of remaining 49.9% of debis Systemhaus                                   |  |  | (4.7 | )
|2001 |  |         | T-Com     |       |  | Sale of receivables in an asset-backed
    securitization transaction                |  |  | 1.4  |  
|2001 |  |         | Other     |       |  | Sale of real estate                                                                  |  |  | 0.7  |  
|2001 |  |         | T-Com     |       |  | Sale of interest in regional cable television
    company for
    Baden-Wuerttemberg |  |  | 0.9  |  

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|     |  |         |          |       |  |                                                                                                      |  |  |       |   
|---- |  | ------- | -------- | ----- |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  |  | ----- | --
|Year |  | Segment |          | Event |  | Amount                                                                                              
|     |  |         |          |       |  |                                                                                                     
|     |  |         |          |       |  | (billions of                                                                                        
|     |  |         |          |       |  | euro)                                                                                               
|2001 |  |         | Other    |       |  | Sale of interests in Sprint, FON and PCS                                                             |  |  | 3.4   |   
|2001 |  |         | Other    |       |  | Sale of interest in WIND (net of withholding tax)                                                    |  |  | 2.1   |   
|2001 |  |         | T-Com    |       |  | Acquisition of interest in Hrvatske
    telekomunikacije (Croatia)                                   |  |  | (0.5  | ) 
|2001 |  |         | T-Mobile |       |  | Acquisition of T-Mobile USA and Powertel                                                             |  |  | (33.8 | )*
|2001 |  |         | T-Mobile |       |  | Acquisition of interest in RadioMobil                                                                |  |  | (0.6  | ) 
|2001 |  |         | T-Com    |       |  | Acquisition of interest in Macedonia Telecom
    (Maktel)                                            |  |  | (0.3  | ) 
|2000 |  |         | Other    |       |  | Sale of Logistic center                                                                              |  |  | 0.4   |   
|2000 |  |         | T-Com    |       |  | Sale of interest in the regional cable television
    companies for North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse |  |  | 3.0   |   
|2000 |  |         | Other    |       |  | Sale of interest in Global One                                                                       |  |  | 2.9   |   
|2000 |  |         | T-Mobile |       |  | Acquisition of UMTS licenses in Germany, UK and
    Austria                                          |  |  | (15.3 | ) 
|2000 |  |         | T-Mobile |       |  | Initial investment in T-Mobile USA                                                                   |  |  | (5.6  | ) 
|2000 |  |         | T-Com    |       |  | Acquisition of interest in Slovenske
    Telekomunikacie                                             |  |  | (1.0  | ) 
|2000 |  |         | T-Mobile |       |  | Acquisition of interest in Ben Nederland Holdings
    BV                                             |  |  | (1.1  | ) 
|2000 |  |         | T-Com    |       |  | Acquisition of interest in MATAV                                                                     |  |  | (2.3  | ) 
|2000 |  |         | T-Online |       |  | Acquisition of Club Internet                                                                         |  |  | (1.9  | )*
|2000 |  |         | T-Online |       |  | Acquisition of interest in comdirect                                                                 |  |  | (0.7  | )*
|2000 |  |         | T-Online |       |  | Acquisition of ya.com                                                                                |  |  | (0.4  | )*
|2000 |  |         | T-Mobile |       |  | Acquisition of interest in PTC                                                                       |  |  | (1.1  | ) 
|2000 |  |         | T-Com    |       |  | Acquisition of interest in Westel 900 (Media One)                                                    |  |  | (1.0  | ) 






|  |                                                               
|- | --------------------------------------------------------------
|* | amount invested includes market values of shares
    exchanged

REGULATION

Regulation in Germany

Liberalization

The legal framework for the regulation of the
telecommunications sector in Germany was completely transformed
through the German Telecommunications Act, which came into force
on August 1, 1996. The Telecommunications Act required the
complete liberalization of the German telecommunications market
by January 1, 1998, as mandated by the directives of the EU
Commission. This represented the final step in the
liberalization effort that began in 1989. The following sections
refer to the present framework, which is under legislative
review. Following the adoption of the new European Union
regulatory framework, amendments to many of the laws and
regulations described herein may be passed. For further
information about the new European Union Regulatory Framework,
see  The European Union Regulatory
Framework  New Regulatory Framework. A first
draft of the new Telecommunications Act by the German Economics
Ministry was distributed among market participants in February
2003. For further information, see  Special
Requirements Applicable to Market-Dominant Providers.

The
Regulatory Framework

The Telecommunications Act allows virtually
unrestricted market access by qualified entrants. The principal
objectives of the Telecommunications Act are to promote
competition in the telecommunications sector through regulatory
measures, to guarantee appropriate and adequate
telecommunications services throughout Germany and to provide
for the regulation of frequencies. The Telecommunications Act
aims to achieve these objectives principally by requiring
licenses for the conduct of certain telecommunications
activities, allocating frequencies, securing universal service
and subjecting enterprises having dominant positions in
particular telecommunications markets (so-called
market-dominant providers) to a special regulatory
framework.

Regulatory
Supervision

Since January 1, 1998, the Regulatory
Authority for Telecommunications and Posts
(Regulierungsbehoerde fuer Telekommunikation und Post)
(the German telecommunications regulator), a
supervisory body established within the German Economics
Ministry (Bundesministerium fuer Wirtschaft und Arbeit)
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carried out regulatory functions under the
Telecommunications Act. The German telecommunications regulator
has various powers under the Telecommunications Act, including
the authority to grant and revoke licenses, control network
access and interconnection, and approve or review the tariffs
and tariff-related general business terms and conditions of
market-dominant providers. It also has the authority to assign
and supervise frequencies and to impose universal service
obligations.


The German telecommunications regulator is
supported by an Advisory Council (Beirat) consisting of
nine representatives of each of the two houses of the German
Parliament, but the matters with respect to which the Advisory
Council must be consulted are very limited. The Advisory Council
is involved in, among other things, decisions concerning license
auctions regarding scarce frequencies and decisions obligating a
licensee to provide universal service. The Advisory Council need
not, however, be consulted with regard to tariff decisions. A
president and two vice-presidents who are nominated by the
German Government upon the proposal of the Advisory Council head
the German telecommunications regulator.

Licensing
and Notification Requirements; Allocation of
Frequencies

The Telecommunications Act establishes licensing
requirements for the following activities:



| |   |                                                                                                                                             
| | - | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | the operation of transmission lines for mobile
    telecommunication services for the public (Class 1
    licenses),                        
|
| |  | the operation of transmission lines for satellite
    services for the public (Class 2 licenses),                                           
|
| |  | the operation of transmission lines for public
    telecommunications services (Class 3 licenses), and                                      
|
| |  | the provision of voice telephony services to the
    public on the basis of self-operated telecommunication networks
    (Class 4 licenses).

Generally, except in the case of scarce
telecommunications frequencies, the number of licenses is not
limited, and each applicant satisfying basic qualification
requirements is entitled to receive a license. In applying for a
license, an applicant is required to specify the geographic
scope and the type of activity subject to license. Conditions
and obligations may at any time be attached to a license to
promote the achievement of the objectives of the
Telecommunications Act.

A number of telecommunications services, such as
text and data transmission services over leased lines, voice
services for corporate networks and closed user groups, and the
simple resale of voice telephony services, are not subject to
licensing requirements. However, any entity providing
telecommunication services is required to notify the German
telecommunications regulator of its operations.

By law, frequencies are to be allocated upon
request on a non-discriminatory basis according to objective and
verifiable criteria. Licenses may be awarded by auction or
competitive bidding if the German telecommunications regulator
determines that frequencies are not available in sufficient
quantity for all applicants or if multiple applications are
submitted for the same frequency. The German telecommunications
regulator may exclude a company from taking part in an auction
or competitive bid for licenses or frequencies if the success of
that company in an auction or bid would endanger competition
based on principles of equal opportunity. The German
telecommunications regulator may also deny approval of an
application to transfer a license on the same basis, regardless
of whether scarce frequencies are involved.

Payment of an initial license fee or frequency
fee is required of parties to whom licenses or frequencies have
been granted or allocated. In addition, parties to whom
frequencies have been assigned are required to make annual
contributions to cover the costs incurred by the German
telecommunications regulator in planning and administering
efficient and interference-free frequency usage.

The level of licensing fees raised pursuant to
the Licensing Fees Ordinance is presently the subject of court
proceedings, which are expected to lead to lower licensing fees.
On the other hand, a new fee ordinance is currently under
discussion that would establish additional fees that depend on
the revenues of the regulated company, to cover the costs of
regulation. The details of this new fee ordinance still remain
open. For further information in this regard, see
 The European Union Regulatory Framework.

In applying for a license under the
Telecommunications Act, the applicant generally has considerable
flexibility in choosing the scope and geographical range of the
products and services it wishes to offer. Even if a licensee is
granted a license covering all of Germany, it generally may
choose to provide only those service and geographic combinations
that offer the best business opportunities. This flexibility is
limited, however, to the extent that the applicant is required
to provide universal services, as described below under the
heading  Universal Services.

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Special
Requirements Applicable to Market-Dominant
Providers

General

Market-dominant providers and their affiliates
are subject to special rules and obligations, including most
importantly:



| |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| | - | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | the prior approval or retrospective review of
    tariffs and related business terms and conditions by the German
    telecommunications regulator, insofar as such tariffs relate to
    a market in which the provider is dominant. See
     Pricing.                                                                                                             
|
| |  | the obligation to offer competitors, on the basis
    of unbundling, special network access (including
    interconnection) as well as access to essential services and
    facilities used by the market dominant provider internally on a
    non-discriminatory basis. See  Special Network
    Access and Interconnection.                                      
|
| |  | potentially, the obligation to provide universal
    services in a market. See  Universal
    Services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|
| |  | the possible inclusion of restrictive conditions
    in licenses, such as, in the case of scarce frequencies, a
    condition not to combine with another provider in the same
    market or the rejection of bids for licenses and frequencies in
    case of scarce frequency capacity to the extent that equal
    competition on the relevant market is endangered.

In addition, market-dominant providers must
maintain segregated accounting systems to allow for transparency
in dealings among their various licensed telecommunications
services, and between such services and license-free services,
in order to prevent, among other things, the cross-subsidization
of services. In this regard, the German telecommunications
regulator may specify the structure of internal accounting for
particular telecommunications services subject to licenses.
Furthermore, under general competition law principles,
market-dominant enterprises, as a rule, are required to refrain
from abuses of their dominant positions. See
 Competition Law.

Market dominance under the Telecommunications Act
is determined by reference to the German Act Against Restraints
on Competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschraenkungen).
This Act provides, among other things, that a company is
refutably presumed to have a dominant position if its share
equals or exceeds one-third of a relevant market. For
information regarding a proceeding on the European Union level
relating to this issue, see  The European Union
Regulatory Framework. The definition of the relevant
product and geographic market and the determination that a
company is market-dominant under the Telecommunications Act are
made by the German telecommunications regulator in agreement
with the German federal competition authority.

We believe that for some time to come the German
telecommunications regulator is likely to view us as holding a
dominant position in the German market for public voice
telephony services in the fixed network and in other markets,
including most of those in which we had monopoly rights in the
past. As a result, we expect that the provisions of the
Telecommunications Act relating to the regulation of
market-dominant providers will be applied to our activities in
those markets. Considering that in many markets our competitors
are unlikely to reach dominant positions in the near future, we
expect that for some period of time we will have to compete in
significant markets with providers not subject to the
requirements applicable to market-dominant providers. These
competitors may therefore have more flexibility than we have in
terms of the selection of services offered and customers served,
pricing and the grant of access to their networks. The
definition of a market in which dominance exists requires a
number of judgments, and is subject to change as competitive
conditions further develop.

In December 2002, the German federal government
commented on the reports of the German telecommunications
regulator and the Monopoly Commission (Monopolkommission)
regarding the development of competition in the German
telecommunications market. The German federal government noted a
continuing lack of competition in many areas of the fixed
telephony market but clearly stated that regulation should be
reduced where markets are competitive. The German federal
government also stated that the economic justification for
wholesale regulation does not apply to the extent that wholesale
products are losing their character as bottlenecks to
competition because our competitors are able to make retail
offers based on these products.

In February 2003, the Economics Ministry
distributed a first draft of the new Telecommunications Act to
take account of the changed market conditions in Germany and the
new European Union regulatory framework. Our first assessment of
the draft reveals the risk of more extensive and intensified
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Ministry has not used the opportunities for
deregulation currently offered by the by the new European Union
regulatory framework. Instead, compared to the present
Telecommunications Act, the draft proposes vast discretionary
powers for the German telecommunications regulator and a more
limited scope for judicial review. These negative aspects
currently outweigh positive aspects of the draft, like the
possible future treatment of specific markets under general
competition law and the limitation of regulatory intervention
regarding mobile markets. It cannot be predicted at this time
how the proposed amendments of the first draft will influence
specific market segments. Overall, the amendments could have a
considerable negative impact on our results of operations if
enacted in the present form. We are continuing to discuss the
draft legislation with the Economics Ministry and other market
participants. If adopted by the German parliament in the summer
or fall of 2003 based on an official draft expected in April,
the new Telecommunications Act is expected to become effective
at the end of 2003 or the beginning of 2004.


Pricing

Under the Telecommunications Act, tariffs and
tariff-related business terms and conditions for the
telecommunications services of market-dominant providers and
their affiliates are subject to special regulatory oversight and
control insofar as they relate to a market in which such
dominance is determined to exist. Other tariffs are essentially
unregulated under the Telecommunications Act. The tariffs of all
providers in Germany are, however, subject to European and
German law of general application, including competition and
consumer protection laws and ordinances. In addition, tariffs
for universal services must be set at an affordable
price. See  Universal Services.

The Telecommunications Act distinguishes between
tariffs that require prior regulatory approval and tariffs which
do not require prior approval, but which are subject to
retrospective review. Prior approval is required for the tariffs
of a market-dominant provider in the areas of public voice
telephony services, the operation of transmission lines for
telecommunications services to the public, and access and
interconnection services. All other tariffs including tariffs in
respect of mobile telephony, subscription fees for cable
transmission services and fees for satellite services may be put
into effect without prior approval. However, in markets in which
a provider is considered to have a market dominant position,
such tariffs are subject to retrospective review to the extent
that facts become known that indicate that the tariffs are
inconsistent with the Telecommunications Act.

Prior
Approval of Tariffs

The Telecommunications Act provides for two basic
approaches to prior approvals of tariffs: a price-cap approach
and an approach involving individual approvals based on an
assessment of the costs of providing a particular service (the
cost-based approach). The Tariff
Regulation Ordinance
(Telekommunikations-Entgeltregulierungsverordnung)
provides that priority is to be given to the price-cap approach.
The cost-based approach applies to tariffs for services that
under the regulation may not be, or are not, combined in a
basket together with other services in accordance
with the price-cap approach.

Tariffs may not be approved if they
(1) contain surcharges which prevail solely as a result of
the applicants market-dominant position, (2) include
discounts which prejudice the competitive opportunities of other
companies in a telecommunications market or
(3) discriminate among customers for the same or similar
services in a telecommunications market, unless such surcharges,
discounts or discriminatory features are objectively justified.

Price-Cap Approach.Under the price-cap approach, the
German telecommunications regulator establishes baskets of
services, lays down an initial price benchmark for each basket
and limits tariffs for the blend of services within that basket
through the use of a price-cap formula. This formula allows for
price increases or requires price decreases from the initial
benchmark level based on the general inflation rate, reduced by
an amount that reflects expected productivity improvements. In
establishing the price-cap formula, the German
telecommunications regulator is required to consider a range of
factors, including the relationship of the initial tariff levels
to the costs of efficient service provision and the productivity
improvements being achieved by other enterprises in similar
markets. The price-cap formula has the effect of requiring the
affected company to reduce, or limiting the extent to which it
can increase, the aggregate tariffs for services within a basket.

The price-cap approach to tariff regulation has
been applied to voice telephony services to the public. In 1998,
the German telecommunications regulator established a price-cap
regime that was applicable to the years 1998 through 2001 and
that was divided into two two-year periods. The price-cap regime
required tariff reductions in each two-year period that
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estimate of consumer price inflation. In 2001,
the German telecommunications regulator established a new
price-cap regime that is applicable to the years 2002 through
2004 that is divided into three one-year periods. The new
price-cap regime calls for price reductions in each one-year
period reflecting productivity improvements of 1% minus a
measure of inflation. On December 19, 2002, the German
telecommunications regulator approved the details of the
price-cap regime until April 31, 2004, including a price
increase for analog retail telephone lines of EUR 0.33,
rather than EUR 0.99 as aimed at by us based on the
assessment of the market situation. The German competition
authority has criticized the decision, as it does not
sufficiently consider the remaining gap between wholesale and
retail line charges in Germany.


Cost-Based Approach.Tariffs requiring prior approval that
are not dealt with under a price-cap are based on the costs of
efficient provision of the relevant service. The German
telecommunications regulator bases its determination of the
costs of efficient service provision on the long-term
incremental costs of providing a particular service, with an
additional amount in respect of overhead costs (including an
appropriate return on capital employed), to the extent such
costs are necessary for the provision of the service. The
applicant is required to submit extensive documentation as to
its costs and the methods and parameters on which its
determination of costs is based in respect of the service in
question. The German telecommunications regulator in general has
broad discretion, however, in deciding whether to accept an
applicants attribution of costs to a particular service.
In recent years, in determining tariffs under the cost-based
approach, the German telecommunications regulator has declined
to take into account costs that we believe were properly
attributed to the service in question. Discussions continue
concerning the appropriate methodology to be used in the
calculation of the long-term incremental cost of the services
subject to cost-based pricing.

Retrospective
Review of Tariffs

All tariffs of market-dominant providers in
markets in which such dominance occurs are subject to
retrospective regulatory examination, even if the tariffs were
initially subject to prior approval. The German
telecommunications regulator must initiate examination
proceedings if it becomes aware of facts indicating that tariffs
that were initially subject to prior approval contain discounts
or discriminatory features that are not objectively justified
and may ultimately object to such tariffs and declare them to be
invalid. In addition, with tariffs not subject to prior
approval, the German telecommunications regulator may initiate
examination proceedings if it becomes aware of facts indicating
that such tariffs contain surcharges, discounts or
discriminatory features that are not objectively justified. The
German telecommunications regulator may object to such tariffs
and declare them invalid.

In 2001, the German telecommunications regulator
decided that the rates for external telecommunications services
for closed user group members are subject to regulatory
approval. We initiated legal proceedings that are still pending.
For further information in this regard, see Item 8.
Financial Information  Litigation.

In December 2002, the German telecommunications
regulator imposed upon us the obligation to raise our
contractually-agreed rates with two closed user groups. The
German telecommunications regulator decided that part of the
tariff structure does not comply with cost-based standards. The
application of such standards in this case endangers the
competitiveness of our services in this market and could lead to
a material loss in market share. We initiated legal proceedings
that are still pending. For further information in this regard,
see Item 8. Financial Information 
Litigation.

Special
Network Access and Interconnection

The Telecommunications Act imposes specific
obligations concerning access to networks and interconnection.
The Network Access Ordinance (Netzzugangsverordnung)
under the Telecommunications Act provides details concerning
these obligations and specifies the manner in which special
network access (including interconnection) is to be accomplished.

General
Principles and Practice

Every operator of a public telecommunications
network, irrespective of the operators market position, is
obligated, upon request, to make an offer to other network
operators for interconnection to its network. If the parties
cannot reach an agreement on such interconnection, the German
telecommunications regulator will order the interconnection upon
application of one of the parties. To date, numerous
interconnection orders have been issued. The contents of all
agreements on special network access must comply with certain
requirements of the Network Access Ordinance.

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Provisions
Applicable to Market-Dominant Providers

A network operator that offers telecommunications
services to the public and is a market-dominant provider in a
particular market must allow every user access to its network or
parts thereof. Such access may be granted via connections
provided for all users (general network access) or via special
connections (special network access), which includes the
interconnection of networks. Limitations on access may be based
only on the essential requirements set forth in the
Open Network Provision Directive of the European Union, which
include the preservation of the security of network operations,
the maintenance of network integrity, the interoperability of
services and the protection of data.

A provider dominant in a market for
telecommunications services to the public must also grant to
competitors active in the same market access to essential
services it uses internally for the provision of such services.
Such access must be provided under the same conditions it
applies to itself, unless the offer of different conditions can
be objectively justified.

A market-dominant provider generally is required
to unbundle its services for special network access, and must
therefore offer its internally used essential services,
including transmission, switching and operational interfaces, in
such a way that other users need not purchase services they do
not want. In addition, a market-dominant provider generally is
obligated to allow other network operators to use transmission,
switching and operational interfaces to its network on its
premises on the same conditions it applies to itself.

Agreements on special network access (including
interconnection) must be provided to the German
telecommunications regulator immediately following their
execution. Conditions in such agreements must be based on
objective criteria, be comprehensible and guarantee equal access.

Fixed-Fixed
Interconnection

The German telecommunications regulator approved
the current interconnection pricing level in October 2001 and in
November 2002. The interconnection tariff system that has
applied since January 2002 is based on the
element-based system, which is the international
norm. Under an element-based interconnection tariff system, the
tariff for transmission of traffic is based on the number and
type of network elements used in transmission and not on the
distance over which the traffic is transmitted. The actual
prices of our interconnection services are among the least
expensive tariffs in Europe.

We are planning to seek approval from the German
telecommunications regulator in September 2003 for the regulated
fixed-fixed interconnection tariffs for the time period starting
December 1, 2003. In the past, when making decisions
regarding interconnection rates, the German telecommunications
regulator has declined to take into account costs that we
believe should have been taken into account. The German
telecommunications regulator generally has broad discretion in
this regard.

On October 12, 2001, the German
telecommunications regulator reached a decision regarding the
implementation of element-based interconnection fees. The effect
of this decision would be to require us to lower our
interconnection rates by an average of approximately 14%. This
would permit our competitors to lower their prices for
fixed-line international and domestic long-distance calls. This
decision, by its terms, took effect on January 1, 2002. We
initiated legal proceedings that are still pending. For further
information, see Item 8. Financial
Information  Litigation.

Mobile-Fixed
Interconnection

Termination rates for our fixed network are
independent of the traffic source. Thus, the same standard
interconnection offers are offered to mobile operators and
alternative fixed network operators. The German mobile operators
do not offer call origination, so the retail pricing for mobile
originated calls remains exclusively with the respective mobile
operator.

Fixed-Mobile
Interconnection

After major price cuts in the first half of 1998
of about 30% and in 2000 of about 45%, national termination
rates of the German GSM mobile network operators have remained
stable since the beginning of 2001. In March 2003, the rates of
T-Mobile Deutschland and Vodafone D2 are the lowest
nationwide, followed by E-Plus and O2 Germany. The new UMTS
operators Mobilcom and Quam, who operate GSM via roaming on the
E-Plus network, had the highest termination rates in 2002. Quam
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November 2002. Higher termination rates for
younger mobile operators are a common pattern in the European
Union.


We are required to offer to interconnection
partners access to all German mobile operators at regulated
rates. These rates consist of the termination rate paid to the
mobile operator plus an amount for transport within the fixed
network at the level of fixed interconnection rates. As mobile
operators have interconnected with each other and allow for
direct termination of alternative fixed network operators, the
above transit service has lost its former bottleneck character.
However, the German regulator still insists upon prior approval
of these rates.

Since November 2002, specific mobile number
prefixes are no longer allocated exclusively to each individual
mobile operator. Rather, a mobile customer may keep his mobile
number when changing the operator. In this case, the former
mobile operator forwards the traffic directly to the new
operator. Though in some of these cases a relatively small extra
charge for the network transit is levied, such mobile number
portability has no significant impact on mobile termination
rates.

Local
Loop Access

As indicated above with regard to special network
access, market-dominant providers are obligated to unbundle
their service offerings to the extent demanded by their
competitors in a public telecommunications market unless the
market-dominant provider can demonstrate that unbundling is not
objectively justified under the particular circumstances. In
light of this obligation, various competitors have asked us to
provide unbundled access to our subscriber lines (i.e., the
local loop). By allowing competitors to connect to customer
access lines in local networks, unbundling of the local loop
allows competitors to gain direct access to subscribers without
having to build local networks of their own. In this way,
competitors are able to use our customer access lines to offer a
wide range of local services directly to the customer.

In February 1999, the German telecommunications
regulator approved a monthly rate of DM 25.40
(EUR 12.99) for access to a two-wire copper line. At the
same time, the German telecommunications regulator approved
one-time installation fees and a fee for terminating a lease of
a two-wire copper line of DM 107.70 (EUR 55.07). These
rates were considerably lower than the rates requested by us,
since the German telecommunications regulator did not take into
account a number of costs that we believed should have been
taken into account. We and some of our competitors initiated
legal proceedings that are still pending. For further
information in this regard, see Item 8. Financial
Information  Litigation.

On March 31, 2001, the rates that we were
permitted to charge for unbundled access to the local loop
expired. In a decision of March 30, 2001, the German
telecommunications regulator reduced the monthly line rental
charge of DM 25.40 (EUR 12.99) for the unbundled
copper pair to DM 24.40 (EUR 12.48) as of
April 1, 2001. This new price was valid until
March 31, 2003. We and certain of our competitors initiated
legal proceedings that are still pending. For further
information in this regard, see Item 8. Financial
Information  Litigation.

In February 2003, we had applied for a monthly
line rental charge of EUR 17.40 (DM 34.03), as we
believe that the actual costs incurred are higher than the costs
recognized by the German telecommunications regulator. In
addition, in April 2002, a decrease in charges was also ordered
for one-time installation charges as well as charges paid for
cancellation of phone service. The new price of the most
frequently demanded installation, the simple transfer of a
two-wire copper pair without additional work at the
customers premises, is equal to EUR 70.56. Decisions
made on these charges will expire on June 30, 2003.

Since January 2001, we have been obligated by
standing European Union regulation to make line sharing offers.
In March 2002, the German telecommunications regulator issued a
decision establishing a monthly price of EUR 4.77 and a
one-time connection fee of EUR 85 for this offer. One of
our competitors has filed a complaint against this decision. The
proceedings are pending.

Due to sharply increased demand from other
telecommunications carriers for local loop access, a backlog has
developed in our filling of orders for local loop access. We
have been ordered by the German telecommunications regulator to
make offers of local loop access to other carriers that include,
among other things, a commitment to faster provision of local
loop access. In July 2002, the German telecommunications
regulator set rules for fair access to the unbundled local loop
within our network. The German telecommunications regulator
introduced penalties in order to enforce the time limits set for
the provision of local loop access. In addition, the German
telecommunications regulator stated that we must offer access to
electronic information systems in the correspondence of
subscriber addresses to specific distribution areas, as well as
on collocation sites, virtual collocation and so-called
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combining copper wire and glass-fiber
transmission. We initiated legal proceedings. For more
information, see Item 8. Financial
Information  Litigation.


In addition to decisions relating to the
appropriate level of network access pricing, the German
telecommunications regulator has also made determinations
relating to the technical point in the network at which network
access must be provided. In one such decision, the German
telecommunications regulator took the position that we must
provide unbundling in accordance with the demands of competitors
to the extent technically feasible. In another decision, the
German telecommunications regulator decided that we have to
grant unbundled access to the part of subscriber access lines
located within customers premises. In December 1999,
without recognizing a legal obligation to do so, we submitted to
the German telecommunications regulator a request for approval
of the one-time connection fee and the monthly rental charges
that we proposed to charge third parties for direct access to
the part of subscriber access lines located within
customers premises. In February 2000 and, last, in January
2003, the German telecommunications regulator approved the
one-time connection fee proposed by us but denied approval for
the proposed monthly rental charge. In addition, competitors
have submitted requests to the German telecommunications
regulator for further unbundling of local loop access. We have
submitted comments on these requests to the German
telecommunications regulator.

In February 2001, the German telecommunications
regulator opened a formal proceeding relating to potential
anti-competitive discounts involved in our offer of T-DSL
(digital subscriber line) service, i.e., broad band
internet access for end customers. On March 30, 2001, the
German telecommunications regulator discontinued this formal
proceeding. Although the telecommunications regulator opened
another formal proceeding in this regard in December 2001, this
additional proceeding was discontinued in January 2002 after we
announced plans to raise installation and monthly fees for T-DSL.

In March and May 2002, the German
telecommunications regulator imposed upon us the obligation to
modify the contractual conditions for the provision of leased
lines. We are required among other things, to include in our
contracts clauses requiring us to pay penalties in the case of
delays, to expand wholesale supply, and to warrant certain
delivery periods. We initiated legal proceedings. For more
information, see Item 8. Financial
Information  Litigation.

Resale

In two decisions published in September and
November 1999, the German telecommunications regulator had
decided that regulatory approval is required for our offers of
services to service providers that purchase services for
purposes of resale. This position relates to offers of local,
domestic, and international long-distance calls as well as local
access services. The implementation of the German
telecommunications regulators order is likely to lead to
an increase in competition in these markets. We initiated legal
proceedings. For more information, see Item 8.
Financial Information  Litigation.

In July 2002, the Cologne administrative court
corroborated its position towards resale in the main legal
proceeding. We are obligated to offer services to service
providers, network operators or other companies that purchase
services for purposes of resale. We appealed this decision
before the German federal administrative court. The appeal is
still pending.

In March 2001, the German telecommunications
regulator issued an order requiring us to offer subscriber
network services (i.e., subscriber lines, local calls and city
calls) to a particular one of our competitors for purposes of
resale. We initiated legal proceedings. For more information,
see Item 8. Financial Information 
Litigation.

In February 2002, the appellate administrative
court rejected our appeal within another administrative
proceeding, in which an obligation on our part to re-sell
services to network operators was articulated. While the
appellate administrative court reversed other aspects of the
telecommunications regulators decision in this matter, we
are now obligated to make resale offers to riodata and Tele2,
and to make resale offers to other companies upon request.
Negotiations with several companies that have made requests are
ongoing.

In practice, the demand for resale products is
small. Demand, however, may change as a result of possible
amendments to the German Telecommunications Act. At this stage
of the discussion, resale will likely be applied as a regulatory
option that may be used by the German telecommunications
regulator at its discretion. However, it likely will not include
an obligation to re-sell innovative services and non-significant
goods and services. The financial consequences for the group are
expected to be significant, because resale enables competitors
without own their networks to quickly compete with our retail
products.

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Internet
Access

On December 15, 2000, we began offering
access to our public switched telephone network to Internet
platform providers at flat (unmetered) rates in
response to a decision of the German telecommunications
regulator of November 15, 2000, requiring us to offer such
a flat rate product. In March 2001, we successfully applied for
a preliminary injunction against the obligation to offer a flat
rate to Internet platform providers, with the effect that we are
currently not obliged to offer such a flat rate product. We
still offer unmetered access to our public switched telephone
network to Internet platform providers voluntarily. The German
telecommunications regulator has suspended the related
proceeding at present.

The EU Commission is currently conducting an
investigation into our ADSL/line sharing market. The German
telecommunications regulator decided to discontinue the
proceedings relating to potentially anti-competitive discounts
involved in our offer of ADSL (high speed Internet) service. QSC
lodged a similar complaint with the EU Commission in May 2002.
The EU Commission requested information on the cost of provision
of our ADSL product and Line Sharing (which enables our
competitors to use the same access line to the end-customer for
Internet access as we use) in 2002, which are also part of its
formal proceedings on local loop access. We intend to
demonstrate that there is no infringement of competition law in
respect to our provision of ADSL service.

In June 1999, the German telecommunications
regulator ruled that the Internet access charges of T-Online are
not subject to price regulation because the dominant feature of
online services is not telecommunications, but so-called
tele-services (Teledienste). There are
indications, however, that the German telecommunications
regulator may change its legal approach to regulation of prices
for online services in the future.

Since January 2001, we have been obligated by
standing EU regulation to make line sharing offers. In March
2002, the German telecommunications regulator issued a decision
establishing a monthly price of EUR 4.77 and a one-time
connection fee of EUR 85 for this offer. One of our
competitors has filed a complaint against this decision. The
proceedings are pending.

Universal
Services

The Telecommunications Act includes provisions to
ensure the availability of certain basic telecommunications
services (referred to as universal services)
throughout Germany. Additional details concerning universal
service requirements are provided in the Universal Service
Ordinance
(Telekommunikations-Universaldienstleistungsverordnung)
and in the Telecommunications Customer Protection Ordinance
(Telekommunikations-Kundenschutzverordnung). For more
information, see  Customer Protection
Ordinance.

The Universal Service Ordinance defines
universal services to include public fixed-network
voice telephony with certain ISDN features, directory services,
telephone books, public pay phones and certain categories of
transmission lines. These services must be universally available
to all customers at a price determined by the German
telecommunications regulator to be an affordable
price.

Under the Telecommunications Act, if a universal
service in a particular product and geographic market is not
being appropriately and adequately provided, or where there is
reason to believe that such provision will not be accomplished,
each licensee with a share of at least 4% of the product market
for such service or a dominant position in the relevant product
and geographic market can be required to contribute through
payments to the cost of providing such universal service.
Contributions are required if the provider of a universal
service proves that the long-term additional costs of providing
the service efficiently in the relevant geographic market,
including adequate interest on capital employed, exceed the
revenues from providing that service at an affordable price.
Details concerning the manner in which this compensatory system
will function remain to be determined.

Under the Universal Service Ordinance, which came
into effect at the beginning of 1998, market dominant providers
in the relevant markets may be required to provide universal
services. We provide customers with voice telephony and other
universal services within the framework of the law and our
General Terms and Conditions. We currently provide the universal
services specified by the Universal Service Ordinance without
compensation. If we decide to stop providing any of the services
referred to in the Universal Service Ordinance, we must give at
least one years advance notice. We expect that we will,
for some time to come, be the only provider considered suitable
to be subjected to the obligation to offer universal services.
Accordingly, it may prove difficult for us to cease providing
universal services in some markets, although we may be able to
claim special compensation.

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If we become required to offer a universal
service, and if the revenues from providing that service are
insufficient to cover its additional costs, the compensation
granted under the Telecommunications Act may be insufficient to
cover the full costs to us of providing that service. This
results from the fact that we, like other licensees, are
required to contribute to the cost of providing these services
in proportion to our market share.

Amendments to the German Telecommunications Act
that change universal service provisions are a possible outcome
of ongoing discussions. Currently, however, we do not expect
such changes.

Customer
Protection Ordinance

The Telecommunications Customer Protection
Ordinance (Customer Protection Ordinance), as
currently in effect, covers the special rights and obligations
between providers of telecommunications services to the public
and their customers, who may be either end customers or
competitors to the extent that they have concluded a contract or
intend to conclude a contract with the respective
telecommunications provider. As a result, nearly all our
products and services, with only a few exceptions, such as the
marketing of telephones, are subject to the provisions of the
Customer Protection Ordinance.

Under the provisions of the Customer Protection
Ordinance, market-dominant providers must make their services
available to everyone on the same terms. Exceptions must be
objectively justified. Further, although telecommunications
providers generally have some flexibility in determining whether
to offer services in bundles, the dominant company
is required to offer individual services on an unbundled basis
when there is a general demand for those individual
services in the market. This requirement applies to the
description of individual services and the relevant service
specifications, as well as the billing for such services.
Offering individually listed services as a package is, however,
still allowed.

In addition, the market-dominant provider must,
upon request, eliminate or repair any malfunction immediately,
including at night or on Sundays or holidays. Customers can
request a free itemized statement of their calls, which must be
detailed enough to allow them to check and monitor the accuracy
of their bills. In the event that a customer has made no other
arrangements with another provider, the customer will receive a
combined bill from his local carrier. In such cases, the charges
for all calls that the customer has made via other providers
must be listed separately. Finally, as of January 1, 2001,
telecommunication service providers have been under an
obligation to ensure that any customer who has set a ceiling for
his calling charges does not exceed it. The Customer Protection
Ordinance also allows for certain limitations on the liability
of telecommunication service providers.

On February 21, 2000, the German
telecommunications regulator ruled that we must continue to
offer billing and collection services for dial-up voice
telephony, directory inquiry, value-added services and dial-up
Internet-by-Call until December 31, 2000, on the same terms
and conditions as had previously prevailed. For the period
thereafter, new conditions may be agreed upon. The German
telecommunications regulator also ruled that, not later than
June 30, 2000, we would be obligated to submit for
regulatory approval proposed terms and conditions for the
provision of these services after December 31, 2001. We
initiated legal proceedings. For more information, see
Item 8. Financial Information 
Litigation.

Even before the revision of the
Telecommunications Act, the Economics Ministry intends to enact
separate legal requirements in response to the misuse of certain
value-added and premium rate services by some of our customers,
who offer such services under specific prefixes within our
network. Such services are billed directly to the customer and
have tariffs. The current proposals drafted by the Ministry
would give expanded monitoring powers to the German
telecommunications regulator and impose strict and potentially
costly requirements on network operators and providers. The law
is expected to become effective in spring 2003.

Billing
and Collection

In October 1999, we announced that, starting on
April 1, 2000, we would no longer provide billing and
collection services to our competitors other than services that
are mandatory under the Customer Protection Ordinance. In our
view, these mandatory services include billing for competitors
and forwarding to competitors any payments made to us by our
customers for calls made through those competitors, but not
collection of bills on behalf of competitors. In response to a
complaint submitted by a competitor, however, the German
telecommunications regulator instituted proceedings against us
in October 1999, alleging that the implementation of our plans
to discontinue the provision of billing and collection services
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On February 21, 2000, the German
telecommunications regulator ruled that we must continue to
offer billing and collection services for dial-up voice
telephony, directory inquiry, value-added services and dial-up
Internet-by-Call. According to these rulings, however, we were
no longer obligated to manage customer complaints, send late
payment warnings or enforce late payments on behalf of
competitors after January 1, 2001. We initiated legal
proceedings. For more information, see Item 8.
Financial Information  Litigation. The general
subject matter is taken up within the framework of possible
amendments to the German Telecommunications Act. Changes to the
act may lead to the imposition on us of a more extensive billing
and collection obligation. We cannot predict how the German
legislator will act on this point.

Use
of Public Rights of Way

Under the pre-Telecommunications Act laws, we
were entitled to utilize the Federal Republics rights of
way over public property free of charge. Pursuant to the
Telecommunications Act, the Federal Republics right to use
such rights of way free of charge has been transferred to
licensed operators of transmission lines for public
telecommunications services. Our right to utilize such rights of
way has been carried over under our license. The
Telecommunications Act requires that operators of transmission
lines obtain the consent of the authority responsible for the
maintenance of the relevant public ways before laying new
transmission lines or modifying existing transmission lines. We
have agreed on a cost-saving and delay-avoiding procedure with
federal associations of municipal authorities to simplify the
process of obtaining the required consent.

Under the Telecommunications Act, if the
establishment of new transmission lines by an operator through
the use of public rights of way is not feasible or technically
possible or if the cost is disproportionately high, an operator
of an existing transmission line using those public rights of
way may be obligated to grant to the operator of those new
transmission lines the joint use of its installations, such as
ducts, for adequate compensation, provided no major construction
work is required and such joint use is economically feasible.

Given the upcoming revision of the German
Telecommunications Act, an introduction of value-based usage
fees for public rights of way is theoretically possible. Such an
amendment would have an adverse effect on our business.

Cooperation
in Construction of Mobile Networks

On June 5, 2001, the German
telecommunications regulator issued an interpretation of the
German UMTS license conditions stating that, subject to certain
conditions, the shared use by UMTS operators of wireless sites,
masts, antennas, cables, combiners and cabinets is compatible
with the UMTS license award conditions. The interpretation did
not allow for the shared use of frequency allocations or of
certain core network elements that regulate services to
customers or contain sensitive network and customer data.
T-Mobile and mmO2 have concluded an agreement concerning UMTS
infrastructure sharing arrangements for their operations in
Germany.

Competition
Law

The requirements imposed upon us by German
competition law should be viewed in the context of European
Union competition rules. For more information in this regard,
see  The European Union Regulatory
Framework  Competition Law.

The German Act Against Restraints on Competition
prohibits the abuse of a market-dominant position as well as the
distortion of competition through horizontal agreements or
collusive behavior by market participants. Agreements or
behavior that impose vertical restraints on competition are
generally permitted, but may be prohibited by the German federal
competition authority if they pose a threat of significant
distortion to the relevant market. They are prohibited if they
constitute price-fixing.

Mergers, including the creation of joint
ventures, must be notified to the German federal competition
authority before they can be executed if the concerned
undertakings turnover reaches a certain threshold but
remains below the threshold above which proposed mergers must be
notified to the EU Commission. The German federal
competition authority will prohibit mergers if they create or
strengthen a market-dominant position. The German federal
competition authority is empowered to enforce these laws and may
impose sanctions if their orders are contravened. Before taking
action against abuses of a market-dominant position in the
telecommunications sector, the German federal competition
authority must consult with the German telecommunications
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dominant provider may sue for compensation under
the Telecommunications Act as well as under the German Act
Against Restraints on Competition.


The European Union Regulatory
Framework

General

Germany is a member state of the European Union.
As such, it is required to enact European Union legislation in
its domestic law and to take European Union legislation into
account in applying its domestic law. European
Union legislation can take a number of forms. Regulations
have general application, and are binding in their entirety and
directly applicable in all member states. Directives are
binding, but national authorities may choose the form and method
of implementation.

Over the past fifteen years, the EU Commission
has opened the telecommunications markets to competition through
a series of liberalization directives that gradually abolished
the monopoly rights of state-owned telecommunications operators.
Public voice telephony services became open to full competition
in the majority of European Union member states, including
Germany and Austria, with effect from January 1, 1998, and
had been open to full competition in the United Kingdom before
that date.

The European Union has adopted a number of
directives and recommendations regarding open and efficient
access to, and use of, public telecommunications networks and
services. These are intended to harmonize technical interfaces,
usage conditions, mandatory minimum service standards for all
fixed-line users, and a general framework for tariffs throughout
the European Union. Specific measures have been adopted in a
number of areas including licensing and interconnection.
Additional obligations in relation to special network access,
interconnection charging, accounting separation and cost
accounting, publication and non-discrimination are imposed on
operators which are designated by the national regulatory
authorities in the telecommunications sector (the NRAs) as
having significant market power in a telecommunications market.

A European Union regulation on unbundled access
to the local loop entered into force in January 2001, containing
the obligations to provide full unbundled access to the copper
paired wire and at the same time unbundled access to the high
frequency spectrum (line sharing).

In an infringement procedure initiated in January
2000, the EU Commission criticized the level of licensing fees
in Germany. The EU Commission is currently not pursuing the
proceeding but it could re-open it at any time.

On October 30, 2000, the EU Commission
commenced against the Federal Republic an infringement
proceeding alleging that the Federal Republic has failed to
fully implement the European Union interconnection directive
with regard to local carrier selection. The German government
required us to offer carrier pre-selection and call-by-call
selection for local calls starting December 1, 2002. The
German telecommunications regulator suspended this obligation
for technical reasons with respect to call-by-call until
April 24, 2003, and with respect to pre-selection until
July 8, 2003. The continuation of this requirement could
have an adverse effect on the local calling portion of our
business.

In December 2002, the EU Commission commenced a
further proceeding against Germany, charging that the revision
of the Telecommunications Act limits the obligation to offer
carrier pre-selection and call-by-call selection for local
calls. The EU Commission does not agree that operators that want
to offer local calls on the basis of carrier selection should be
obliged to connect with the local network operator on a local
level. The EU Commission holds the view that a network operator
connected at any level of the network should be able to offer
carrier selection for local calls.

In December 2001, the EU Commission opened an
infringement proceeding against Germany, among other member
states, for alleged failure to implement in national law the
provisions of the European Union regulation on unbundling of the
local loop. The proceeding is based in particular upon the
alleged absence in Germany of an adequately published formal
reference offer for line sharing. In view of the approval of a
relevant fee for line sharing by the German telecommunications
regulator on March 15, 2002, the EU Commission has
since closed the proceeding.

In March 2002, the EU Commission opened an
infringement proceeding against Germany for alleged failure to
implement the European Union regulation on the unbundling of the
local loop with regard to access to local sub-loops. Since then,
we have published an offer for access to the sub-loop that has
been approved by the German telecommunications regulator.

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The EU Commissions 8th Implementation
Report of December 2002 examines the status of the
implementation of the present European Union regulatory
framework. In the Report, the EU Commission expressed doubt
that charges new entrants levy for termination on their fixed
networks based on reciprocity are satisfactory in view of the
fact that those operators are not operators with significant
market power and therefore are not subject to the obligation of
cost orientation. The German regulator has accepted that we
impose reciprocal termination rates in our contracts. An
abolition of this reciprocity may lead to an increase of charges
that we have to pay for the termination of telephone calls into
other networks.

New
Regulatory Framework

At the end of 1999, the EU Commission initiated a
review of the European Union telecommunications regulatory
framework focusing on the development of competition in the
European telecommunications sector and the increasing
convergence of media, telecommunications and information
technology. In February 2002, legislative measures were adopted
consisting of a general framework directive, three specific
directives regarding (i) access to and interconnection of
electronic communications networks, (ii) mandatory minimum
service standards for all users (universal service)
and users rights, and (iii) authorization and
licensing regimes, as well as a decision on a regulatory
framework for radio spectrum policy in the European Union.
Member states are under an obligation to implement the
directives into their domestic law within 15 months of
adoption. Furthermore, a new telecommunications data protection
directive was adopted in July 2002.

The new regulatory framework, in particular:



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| |  | sets out the rights, responsibilities,
    decision-making powers and procedures of the NRAs and the
    EU Commission. This includes the NRAs obligation to
    submit to the EU Commission and the NRAs of other European
    Union member states in draft form the regulatory measures that
    they intend to take with respect to market definition and
    significant market power, and the EU Commissions power to
    require NRAs to withdraw such drafts, if the EU Commission
    considers that they create a barrier to the single European
    market or are incompatible with law;
|
| |  | identifies specific policy objectives that NRAs
    must achieve in carrying out their responsibilities (namely, to
    promote an open and competitive European market for
    communications services, to promote the interests of European
    citizens and to consolidate the European Unions internal
    market in a converging technological environment);                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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| |  | provides that operators with significant market
    power in relevant communications markets will be subject to
    certain obligations as set out in the directives on universal
    service and access. Significant market power, a notion that
    includes cases where a company has market power individually or
    jointly with other companies, is defined on the basis of the
    concept of dominance as developed in the case law of the
    European Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance of the
    European Communities.                                                  

The EU Commission issued a recommendation on
relevant product and services markets in February 2003. The
recommendation identifies certain markets having characteristics
which may justify the imposition of regulatory obligations,
e.g. relating to the cost-orientation of prices,
transparency of information, non-discrimination between
customers, accounting separation and mandated access to, and use
of, network facilities. The EU Commission recommendation
refers to, among other things:



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| |  | the residential and non-residential retail
    markets for access to the public telephone network at fixed
    locations, publicly available local and/or national telephone
    services (both separately for the retail market for customers);
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| |  | the wholesale markets for call origination as
    well as call termination and transit in the fixed public
    telephone network;                                                                                                               
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| |  | unbundled access to the local loop; and                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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| |  | wholesale broadband access.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

In the area of mobile communications, the
framework directive includes references to:



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| |  | the wholesale market for access and call
    origination on public mobile telephone networks;            
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| |  | markets for call termination on individual public
    mobile telephone networks; and                     
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| |  | the national wholesale market for international
    roaming services on public mobile telephone networks.

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The EU Commission will regularly carry out a
review of the recommendation on relevant markets. The first
review is planned for June 2004.

Comparing mobile termination rates in the
European Union, T-Mobile Deutschland offers the lowest rates of
the big five mobile countries: Germany, Italy, the United
Kingdom, France and Spain. Its rates are well below the weighted
average of all European Union countries (based on the lowest
mobile termination rate in each country). Nevertheless,
regulatory pressure on mobile termination rates is rising due to
the new European Union regulatory framework. In its
Recommendation on relevant markets, which lists
those markets that can be subject to regulatory obligations, the
EU Commission has qualified termination in individual
mobile networks as a separate market. This may result in
the identification of dominant operators in the individual
termination markets and a subsequent examination of mobile
termination rates.

We cannot predict what consequences the new
regulatory framework will have, but it is possible that,
contrary to the stated goal of the framework, it may result in
additional regulation of our business. The new regulatory
framework applies to all communications markets that the EU
Commission has included in its recommendation or that NRAs have
decided to include in the scope of sector-specific regulation
with the agreement of the EU Commission. Thus, an extension of
sector-specific regulation to mobile markets and online
communications markets cannot be ruled out. The new regulatory
framework obliges NRAs to carry out new market analyses. NRAs
may revise their decisions with respect to our possible market
power including that of our mobile subsidiaries active in the
European Union. If any of our significant subsidiaries or we
were considered to be market-dominant in certain markets where
market-dominance is not currently considered to exist, this
could materially affect our operations and have a material
negative impact on our financial position and results of
operations. In particular, if any of our mobile
telecommunications subsidiaries were considered to be
market-dominant in its home market, and consequently an
obligation were imposed on that subsidiary to provide mobile
termination or international roaming services at cost-oriented
prices, this could materially affect our subsidiarys
operations.

In certain fields that are currently subject to
sector-specific regulation, the new regulatory framework may
lead to some reduction of regulatory burdens as a result of
greater flexibility of NRAs when choosing appropriate regulatory
measures to address alleged market failure and the alignment of
the notion of significant market power with the concept of
dominance under general European Union competition law. In
particular, the new regulatory framework no longer allows for
regulation of retail markets unless an NRA concludes that
regulation on the level of wholesale markets is not sufficient
to achieve the objectives of the directives. Whether any
reduction of regulatory burdens will occur will largely depend
on the manner in which the directives are implemented in member
states and the concepts of the new framework are applied by the
EU Commission, NRAs and the newly established European
Regulators group. The European Regulators group is a body
composed of representatives of NRAs, which will play an
important role in assisting the EU Commission in the process of
harmonizing the application of the new regulatory framework in
the European Union member states.

In this context, we expect that one result of the
new framework will be an increase in co-operation between the EU
Commission and the NRAs, with the EU Commission taking a leading
role in deciding key regulatory issues such as market definition
and market power analysis. The EU Commission has indicated that
it is planning to adopt a recommendation on the application of
specific regulatory remedies to an operator with significant
market power in the summer of 2003. We expect that this may
significantly influence NRA decisions on the choice of
obligations in particular market situations.

The new telecommunications data protection
directive allows member states to adopt legislative measures
concerning traffic data retention where it is proportionate and
necessary to, among other things, safeguard national and public
security and to prevent and prosecute criminal offences or
unauthorized uses of electronic commerce systems. An obligation
to retain traffic data could, depending on scope and duration of
the retention, result in significant costs for us as a network
operator. At the moment, European Union member states are
discussing whether to adopt legislation on traffic data
retention for law enforcement purposes at an European level. The
German Federal Government has not yet determined whether and to
what extent it is necessary and possible under German
constitutional law to require tele-service providers and
suppliers of telecommunications services to retain traffic data.

Competition
Law

The European Union competition rules have the
force of law in the member states and are therefore applicable
to our operations. The main principles of the European Union
competition rules are set forth in Articles 81 and 82 of
the Treaty of Rome and in the European Merger Control Regulation.

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Article 81(1) of the Treaty of Rome
prohibits concerted practices or other agreements between
competitors that may affect trade between member states and
which restrict, or are intended to restrict, competition within
the European Union. Article 82 prohibits any abuse of a
market-dominant position within a substantial part of the
European Union that may affect trade between member states. The
EU Commission enforces these rules in cooperation with the
national competition authorities (i.e. the German federal
competition authority). The German federal competition authority
may also directly enforce the competition rules of the Treaty of
Rome. In addition, the national courts have jurisdiction over
alleged violations of European Union competition law.

In 1999 and prior years, we received numerous
requests for information from the EU Commission. Through
inquiries of this kind, the EU Commission monitors the
development of competition in the telecommunication markets in
all member states of the European Union. Further investigations
and other measures of the EU Commission aimed at promoting
competition in the European telecommunications sector may be
expected. We and other telecommunications providers are
currently subject to sector-specific inquiries in the fields of
local loop unbundling, leased lines and roaming.

The European Merger Regulation requires that all
mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures involving participants
meeting a certain turnover threshold be submitted to the EU
Commission for review, rather than to national authorities.
Concentrations are prohibited if they pose the risk of creating
or strengthening a dominant position on a relevant market.

On July 11, 2001, the EU Commission issued a
statement confirming that EU Commission inspectors and officials
from national competition authorities had started carrying out
simultaneous inspections at the premises of nine European mobile
telephony operators located in the United Kingdom and Germany.
Our subsidiaries T-Mobile Deutschland and T-Mobile UK were among
the companies inspected. The EU Commission asserted that a
European Union-wide sector inquiry had established serious
competition concerns regarding pricing practices for mobile
roaming services that warrant further investigations,
particularly in the United Kingdom and Germany. The EU
Commission statement indicated that the inspections in the
United Kingdom and Germany are to ascertain whether there is
consumer price fixing by mobile operators in both countries. The
statement further indicated that the inspections aim to verify
whether German operators have illegally fixed the wholesale
prices they charge to other operators, and whether these prices
are excessive or discriminatory. While the EU Commission has not
yet opened formal proceedings against any of the operators, it
has alluded to the fact that it may do so in the course of 2003.
We are cooperating fully in the investigation. If the EU
Commission were to establish that any anti-competitive
activities have occurred, it could impose fines of up to 10% of
prior year group global sales on each company participating in
the violation, although we believe that the EU Commission has
not as of yet imposed a fine to the maximum extent permissible.
We do not believe that our subsidiaries T-Mobile Deutschland or
T-Mobile UK have engaged in anti-competitive activities
regarding mobile roaming services. This proceeding, however, if
determined adversely, or other regulatory action relating to
mobile roaming services, could have a negative impact on
T-Mobiles and our own business.

On March 17, 1999, Mannesmann Arcor filed a
complaint with the EU Commission against the Federal Republic
and us. The complaint primarily relates to our prices for
unbundled access to the local loop, which are set by the German
telecommunications regulator, and to our subscriber line prices
that are subject to the German price-cap regime. Other
competitors have jointly filed two further complaints to the EU
Commission containing similar reproaches. In its statement of
objections of May, 7, 2002, as amended by letter of
February 21, 2003, the EU Commission held that there was an
abuse of a dominant position and has informed us that it intends
to require us to end the alleged abuse and that it intends to
impose fines. Those fines could range from EUR 1,000 to up
to 10% of prior year group global revenues, although we believe
that the EU Commission has not as of yet imposed a fine to the
maximum extent permissible. In the same matter, the EU
Commission opened an infringement proceeding against the Federal
Republic in April 2000. The EU Commission is currently not
pursuing the proceeding but it could re-open it at any time.

The EU Commission is currently conducting an
investigation into our ADSL/line sharing market. After the
German telecommunications regulator decided to discontinue the
proceedings relating to potential anti-competitive discounts
involved in our offer of ADSL service, QSC lodged a similar
complaint with the EU Commission in May 2002. The EU Commission
requested information on the cost for provision of T-DSL and
line sharing in 2002, which are also part of its formal
proceedings on local loop access. We intend to demonstrate that
there is no infringement of competition law with respect to the
provision of ADSL.

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International Regulation

Licenses

To operate our network internationally, a network
operator license or a service providers license, or both,
is required from the regulatory authorities in the respective
countries in which we have network operations. The duration of
any particular license depends, in part, on the requirements of
the respective countries. In some countries, there are no time
restrictions, and in others the duration of the license is
between 10 and 25 years. Normally, the renewal of a license
in Europe and in the United States and Canada will be granted at
low cost upon application. We do not anticipate any significant
difficulties in renewing our licenses.

Cooperation
on the Construction of Mobile Networks

T-Mobile and mmO2 have concluded an agreement
concerning UMTS infrastructure sharing arrangements for their
operations in the United Kingdom. The arrangements remain
subject to regulatory clearances. Similar arrangements have been
put in place by T-Mobile International AGs subsidiaries
T-Mobile Austria (max.mobil) and Ben in the Netherlands. Both
arrangements are subject to regulatory clearance by the relevant
national competition authorities.

Different
Regulatory Regimes

We are subject to the regulatory regimes of other
countries where we or our subsidiaries or affiliates are active.
For fixed-line communications, this means principally in
Slovakia, Hungary and the Croatia. In the area of mobile
communications we are subject to regulation in the United
States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic
and Austria. Regulation in these countries includes, for
instance, procedures for granting or renewing licenses to use
scarce resources (mainly frequencies), coverage conditions and
other conditions contained in licenses, universal service
obligation requirements, price approval and product launch
procedures, regulation of the terms of interconnection and
network access for other network operators, requirements to
permit customers to select a different carrier for individual
calls or to reselect a different carrier, number portability
requirements, regulation relating to potential health effects of
mobile communications devices and all related regulatory cases.
In some countries, the general legal framework and the
regulatory framework relating to telecommunications are less
well developed than in Germany. This leads to legal and
regulatory uncertainty that could have an impact on the
operations of our group in those countries. Certain regulations
may limit the flexibility of our subsidiaries to respond to
market conditions. This is especially true for the mobile
sector. In the United Kingdom, the National Regulatory Authority
is considering whether the mobile-to-fixed and mobile-to-mobile
termination rates of T-Mobile U.K. and the other U.K. mobile
network operators mobile termination rates should be
subject to price-regulation. The U.K. telecommunications
regulator has decided to implement price control measures
proposed by the U.K. competition regulator demanding a
significant reduction of fixed-to-mobile termination during the
coming four years starting in July 2003. T-Mobile UK has
challenged that decision in the administrative division of the
U.K. High Court. If the proposals of the United Kingdom
telecommunications regulator are implemented, they could have a
materially adverse effect on T-Mobile UKs and our
business. In the Czech Republic, T-Mobile CZ is considered to
have significant market power by the Czech telecommunications
regulator Czech Telecommunication Office, which is also true for
Eurotel in Slovakia. Other national regulatory authorities could
take the same view. Any finding of market dominance could
subject the affected subsidiary to additional regulation,
including price regulation, which could have an adverse effect
on that subsidiarys business. The new regulatory framework
of the European Union will be relevant in this regard. Current
European Union member states are required to implement it by
July 25, 2003. Central and Eastern European states that are
candidates for accession to the European Union are required to
implement it by the time of accession (generally May 1,
2004, under current timetables). For further information
regarding this new legal regime, see  The
European Union Regulatory Framework  New Regulatory
Framework.

We have acquired UMTS licenses in the United
Kingdom, Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria. T-Mobile
Netherlands (Ben) has acquired a UMTS license in the Netherlands
and Eurotel (a Slovak Telekom affiliate) has acquired a UMTS
license in Slovakia. In each country, different rights and
obligations for license holders are recorded in the license
conditions. This lack of uniformity is relevant particularly
with regard to issues such as roaming, coverage obligations and
possibilities for infrastructure sharing. The EU Commission
recently stated that, for each national telecommunications
regulator, it is necessary to take these differences into
consideration in order to avoid undue regulatory burdens in
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compliance with the licensing conditions could
result in additional costs to us or in the revocation of
licenses. We expect, however, to be able to comply with all
current UMTS licensing conditions.


Our U.S. wireless business, through T-Mobile
USA/Powertel, is subject to regulation by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) and various other
federal, state and local regulatory agencies. These regulations
include, among other things, required service features and
capabilities, such as number pooling and portability and
emergency 911 service. Any of these agencies having jurisdiction
over our wireless business could adopt regulations or take other
actions that could adversely affect such business. If we fail to
comply with applicable regulations, we may be subject to
sanctions, which may have an adverse effect on our wireless
business in the United States.

Competition
Law

According to a decision by the Dutch National
Competition Authority on December 30, 2002, our Dutch
subsidiary T-Mobile Netherlands (Ben) will be fined
EUR 15.2 million for alleged involvement in an
anti-competitive scheme carried out together with the five other
Dutch mobile phone operators. T-Mobile Netherlands and other
affected companies will appeal against the decision of the Dutch
competition regulator on a variety of grounds. Among other
things, T-Mobile Netherlands and other affected companies
believe that, even if the findings of the National Competition
Authority are correct, the fines imposed are disproportionate.

International Obligations

Over 70 member countries of the World Trade
Organization, including European Union member states and the
United States, have entered into the Basic Telecommunications
Agreement, (or BTA), to provide market access to some or all of
their basic telecommunications services. This agreement took
effect on February 5, 1998. The BTA is part of the General
Agreement on Trade in Services, which is administered by the
World Trade Organization. Under the BTA, signatories have made
commitments to provide market access. Under such commitments,
they are to refrain from imposing certain quotas or other
quantitative restrictions in specified telecommunications
services sectors, and to treat foreign telecommunications
service suppliers no differently than national service
suppliers. In addition, a number of signatories have agreed to
the pro-competitive principles set forth in a reference paper
relating to anti-competitive behavior, interconnection,
universal service, transparency of licensing criteria,
independence of the regulator and scarce resources.

In complaints filed by three
U.S. associations in February 2002, the U.S. Trade
Representative has been asked to determine whether certain
aspects of the telecommunications regulatory framework in
Germany comply with Germanys obligations under the BTA.
The principles involved relate to, among other things, leased
line provisioning, fixed-to-mobile termination rates and ADSL.
On April 3, 2002, the U.S. Trade Representative
published its 2002 annual review. With regard to European Union
member states, it focused its attention on fixed-to-mobile
termination rates and leased lines. The U.S. Trade
Representative stated that progress has been made with respect
to fixed-to-mobile termination rates in the European Union and
that it will further monitor ongoing developments.

In October 2002, the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission commenced another review of
termination rate policies for international calls. Such policies
define how telephone companies offset tariffs charged for
terminating calls within their network that originated in a
competitors network.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

Network Infrastructure

We have made substantial investments in our
telecommunications and cable networks since 1990, including the
installation of a new network in the former East Germany. As a
result, our fixed-line network in Germany is one of the most
technologically advanced networks in the world, with fully
digital switching and nearly 100% digital transmission. We have
introduced asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) technology and
wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology on the basis
of its advanced network. These advanced technologies provide
much faster voice and data transmissions.

As of December 31, 2002, our domestic
fixed-line telephone network and ISDN network in Germany
consisted of approximately 5,200 local networks (including
approximately 8,000 local exchange areas) connected by a
long-distance transmission network. As of December 31,
2002, the transmission network linking our German local networks
consisted of approximately 173,000 kilometers of fiber optic
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transport network is based on the WDM and SDH
(Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) backbone. In the fall of 2002,
the 10,000th network element for SDH was connected to the
Deutsche Telekom network. SDH is the transport platform of our
T-Com division upon which practically all digital communications
(from leased lines through the Internet to traditional telephone
traffic) are based. SDH guarantees nearly 100% availability to
the network.


For more information about our network
infrastructure, see  Description of Business
Divisions  T-Com.

Cable and Satellite Transmission
Infrastructure

Our international transmission infrastructure
consists of both cable (underground and submarine cables) and
satellite transmission systems, which, as of December 31,
2002, link our German national network directly to approximately
900 other telecommunications service providers worldwide. We own
substantially all of the technical equipment, such as switches
and routers, for this transmission network.

As of December 31, 2002, we held interests
in approximately 80 fiber-optic submarine and terrestrial
cable networks worldwide. Restoration contracts with other cable
operators and telecommunications carriers are entered into to
prevent network failures from affecting our network
availability. Our German domestic telecommunications network is
connected to submarine cables via four cable landing points, the
largest being in the city of Norden, Germany. We also operate
and maintain for third parties the submarine cables in German
landing stations.

We operate two large satellite earth stations in
Usingen and Raisting (both situated in Germany). The station in
Usingen is mainly used as a gateway for international voice
traffic and the station in Raisting is mainly used for TV and
data transmission.

In 2002, we finalized the extension of our
wholly-owned terrestrial network in major European countries as
well as in the Americas and in Asia. This network is mainly a
so-called international backbone and has a ring structure that
ensures high performance and connectivity throughout the
network. It consists of both purchased and leased network
capacities and of technical equipment that is installed at
various point of presence locations (a PoP, a leased
space or room in a building where technical equipment is stored
and maintained). Our T-Systems division is the primary owner of
the technical equipment (fixed assets). The worldwide total
leased space housing the technical equipment within all of the
PoPs amounts to approximately to 3,630 square meters. As of
December 31, 2002, T-Systems was a party to an aggregate of
576 PoP leases in 52 countries worldwide, of which
33 countries are located in Europe, 12 countries in
Asia, and 5 countries in the Americas, Australia and South
Africa. Over this network, voice, data and IP services are
provided for domestic customers, large national and
international corporations, and other telecommunications
carriers.

Currently, we do not have plans to extend our
existing international transmission facilities or network to
anticipate future growth that has not yet materialized. We
expect that if the coverage of the network needs to be extended
to accommodate new customers, this will be done either by
partnering (network to network interface with other major
carriers) or by actual customer demand-driven expansion of the
network.

We leased some parts of our international network
backbone from Global Crossing and Worldcom, both of which have
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United
States. Global Crossing has since emerged from bankruptcy
protection. Due to the availability of sufficient cable capacity
for the rerouting of network traffic, we do not anticipate that
the loss of parts of our international network backbone as a
result of prior or future bankruptcies of network operators
would result in disruptions for our customers. However, securing
such alternative capacity would likely result in increased costs
to us.

Internet Platforms

The number of broadband accesses introduced in
the last couple of years has doubled in Germany showing a
further trend upwards. The total volume transmitted in the IP
network has increased by the factor six amounting to
TByte 160,000. We have an extensive network of Internet
platforms throughout Germany with high-capacity bandwidth
connections into Western and Eastern Europe and North America,
as well as certain high-capacity connections into Asia. With the
initiation of Quality of Service (based on MPLS and DiffServ) in
the global IP network, a further milestone has been reached
for our business customers. We have established significant
Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity within North America by
establishing a network presence in major cities such as
New York, Washington, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Miami and Toronto.

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Over this network backbone, our T-Systems
division runs Internet Protocols that enable T-Systems to offer
a portfolio of international wholesale and IP services.


T-Systems also has peering agreements with major
IP carriers and has established a total peering capacity of 80+
Gbps (gigabytes per second). A peering arrangement is a mutual
exchange of network interconnectivity between ISPs and/or
carriers with diverse coverage areas in order to maximize
traffic flow and provide quality service in areas where network
coverage may be lacking for each participant. These arrangements
are generally settlement free for both participants. Since we
have a direct presence at all major public peering points
throughout the world, our costs are reduced when interconnecting
with other carriers since we do not have to go through a third
party provider.

The following table sets forth our peering
capacity in the regions and for the periods indicated.

|                     |  |                         |               |                      |  |  |        | 
|-------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ------------- | -------------------- |  |  | ------ | 
|                     |  | Peering Capacity (Gbps) |               | Peering Arrangements
|Year                 |  | US/Europe               |               | US/Europe           
|                     |  |                         |               |                     
|2001 (since 06/2001) |  |                         | 2.488/14.768  |                      |  |  | 2/27   | 
|2002                 |  |                         | 33.901/48.974 |                      |  |  | 52/205 | 

Global Computing Factory

Our computer network infrastructure is contained
in the organizational unit called the Global Computing
Factory. It includes the operation of mainframes, open
systems servers and storage arrays for outsourcing projects,
including operating systems, database software, data
communication software, systems automation and monitoring
software, software development tools and standard application
software,. Our T-Systems division owns the server equipment and
the necessary software tools for the operation of our computer
network infrastructure. At December 31, 2002, the Global
Computing Factory mainframe systems had a worldwide combined
computing power of 92.698 Millions of Instructions per
Seconds (MIPS), and in Europe alone a combined computing power
of 89.506 MIPS. The mainframe systems are located in
Germany, Italy, Switzerland, South Africa, Austria, France,
Brazil, Spain and the United Kingdom. In Germany, the mainframe
systems are used on a leased basis. Worldwide, the Global
Computing Factory maintains 32 data centers.

Mobile Network Infrastructure

At December 31, 2002, the mobile
communications network of Deutsche Telekoms controlled
mobile subsidiaries in Germany, the United States, the United
Kingdom, Austria, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands
consisted of approximately 50,000 base station cells.

Real Estate

Approximately 85% of the book value of the real
estate portfolio of the Deutsche Telekom group relates to
properties held directly by Deutsche Telekom AG (on an
unconsolidated basis) and are allocated to our Other
Activities segment. The majority of the remaining book
value of real estate in the Deutsche Telekom group is related to
the T-Mobile division and Eastern European subsidiaries of the
T-Com division. For more information with respect to Deutsche
Telekom AGs real estate portfolio, refer to
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects  Segment Analysis  Other
Activities.

The real estate portfolio of Deutsche Telekom AG
consists of approximately 11,500 properties with an aggregate
book value at December 31, 2002 of
EUR 9.4 billion. The total area of land on which these
properties are situated amounts to approximately
54.2 million square meters. The total rentable area
relating to these properties amounts to approximately
12.26 million square meters. Substantially all of these
properties are used for telecommunications installations,
research centers, service outlets, computer centers and offices.

Our real estate unit was restructured in 2002 by
reassigning responsibilities of the unit to four companies:



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| |  | Generalmietgesellschaft mbH (GMG), which is
    responsible for the internal and external group leasing and
    rental business;       
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| |  | Deutsche Telekom Immobilien und Service GmbH
    (DeTeImmobilien), which is responsible for providing facility
    management services;

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| |  | Sireo Real Estate Asset Management GmbH (Sireo),
    a joint venture of Deutsche Telekom AG (51%), Corpus
    Immobiliengruppe GmbH & CO KG (24.5%) and Morgan
    Stanley Bank AG (24.5%), which is responsible for the
    administration and disposition of our real estate interests; and                                                                                                                                
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| |  | Deutsche Funkturm GmbH (DFMG), which was
    established as part of our real estate unit at the beginning of
    2002 to act as the service provider for all of our radio towers
    and transmitter masts and indirectly owns such towers and
    transmitter masts. The towers and transmitter masts are used,
    for example, in mobile, radio, and satellite communications, as
    well as for television broadcasting.

As a part of our effort to achieve operational
efficiencies and our goal to dispose of non-core assets to
support investment in core growth areas and increase our ability
to reduce our debt balance, we set course on a strategy to
monetize certain of our real property assets and to terminate
some of our existing leases. Such monetization may be
accomplished by direct sales, through the use of structured
transactions, sale and leaseback transactions, or through the
application of various other financing techniques. The pace and
manner of this strategy depends on a number of factors,
including, among other things, prevailing market conditions
within Germany, and the demand for the types and locations of
properties we have available.

In 2002, we entered into agreements for the sale
of certain properties for an aggregate of
EUR 1.7 billion. Of the EUR 1.3 billion
received in 2002, EUR 981 million relates to properties
transferred in 2002, and EUR 321 million relates to
advance payments and deposits on the remaining properties. The
sold properties are located on land with an area of
approximately 8.8 million square meters and have
1.2 million square meters of rentable area. We leased back
a portion of these sold properties. Rent expense related to the
leased back properties will be overcompensated by the reduction
of interest payments and other cost savings. For more
information with respect to these transactions, please refer to
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects  U.S. GAAP  Reconciling
Differences between German GAAP and U.S. GAAP.

The headquarters of Deutsche Telekom AG are
located in a leased building in Bonn, Germany. Deutsche Telekom
also leases a number of other buildings, none of which are
considered material to our operations.

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ITEM 5.     Operating
and Financial Review and Prospects

You should read the following discussion in
conjunction with the annual consolidated financial statements,
including the notes to those financial statements. Those
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the
requirements of the German Commercial Code (HGB-German GAAP),
which differ in certain significant respects from U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP). For a
discussion of the principal differences between German GAAP and
U.S. GAAP as they relate to us and a reconciliation of net
income (loss) and total shareholders equity to
U.S. GAAP, see Reconciling Differences between German
GAAP and U.S. GAAP and notes (40) through (43)
to the consolidated financial statements.

The strategies and expectations referred to in
this discussion are considered forward-looking statements and
may be strongly influenced or changed by shifts in market
conditions, new initiatives we implement and other factors. We
cannot provide assurance that the strategies and expectations
referred to in this discussion will come to fruition.
Forward-looking statements are based on current plans, estimates
and projections, and therefore you should not place too much
reliance on them. Forward-looking statements speak only as of
the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update
any forward-looking statement in light of new information or
future events. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks
and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and
are generally beyond our control. We caution you that a number
of important factors could cause actual results or outcomes to
differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the
forward-looking statements. Please refer to
Forward-Looking Statements, Item 3. Key
Information  Risk Factors and
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects  Factors Affecting Our Business for
descriptions of some of the factors relevant to this discussion
and other forward-looking statements in this report.

INTRODUCTION

In 2002, our net revenues increased by
EUR 5.4 billion, or 11%, to EUR 53.7 billion
from EUR 48.3 billion in 2001. The full consolidation
in 2002 of companies that became our majority-owned subsidiaries
during 2001 and 2002 contributed EUR 3.3 billion to
the overall increase in net revenues. Excluding such acquired
companies from the consolidated group, net revenues increased by
EUR 2.1 billion, or 4%.

Our T-Mobile division recorded the strongest net
revenue growth, largely as a result of the consolidation of both
T-Mobile USA, Inc. (formerly VoiceStream Wireless Corporation)
and Powertel, Inc. for a full year in 2002. Revenue growth
excluding the effect of acquisitions resulted primarily from our
T-Mobile division and, to a lesser degree, from our T-Online
division, through increases in their respective subscriber
bases. Despite continued intense competition, our T-Com division
also recorded a slight net revenue increase. This increase was
mainly due to strong growth in Eastern European operations,
whereas net revenues from domestic business in Germany were
lower than in 2001. Net revenues from the T-Systems division
decreased in 2002 compared to 2001, largely due to continued
weak spending by business customers.

Our group reported a consolidated net loss of
EUR 24.6 billion for 2002, compared with a net loss of
EUR 3.5 billion for 2001. The increase in net loss was
primarily attributable to effects of measures taken in
connection with our recent strategic review that had a net
after-tax impact on results of approximately
EUR 19.0 billion, of which EUR 18.4 billion
related to nonscheduled amortization of goodwill and mobile
communications licenses and nonscheduled depreciation of fixed
assets.

OUTLOOK FOR 2003

In 2003, we intend to focus on reducing our
indebtedness and strengthening our cash flows, while investing
in areas of our business that we believe offer the best
potential for sustainable and rewarding growth. We intend to
accomplish these financial and operating objectives by
increasing consolidated net revenues and increasing operating
efficiencies and capital expenditure control measures that
should improve our cash flows from operations. Additionally,
proceeds from the sale of non-core assets together with cash
flows from operations should help to increase our ability to
reduce our debt balance. The following discussion provides a
brief explanation of our outlook for 2003.

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Net Revenues

Despite the weak economic outlook for 2003, we
expect an overall increase in our consolidated net revenues for
the year. We expect the following net revenue developments in
2003:



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| |  | T-Com  continued growth in net
    revenues from ISDN and TDSL access through increases in the
    number of access lines or charges relating to access lines or
    both, offset in part by expected price declines in calling
    charges in Germany due to the introduction of mandated carrier
    selection alternatives for local calls in 2003. Additionally,
    possible changes of law and the tightening of regulatory policy
    in Germany and the Eastern European countries in which we
    operate may have a negative impact on T-Coms net revenue
    development in Germany and that of our Eastern European
    subsidiaries. T-Coms net revenue development will also be
    negatively affected by the deconsolidation of the German cable
    operations sold in March 2003.
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| |  | T-Mobile  continued growth in net
    revenues through development of new markets and an increase in
    mobile data products and services. Additionally, besides the
    positive effect of the first complete year of full consolidation
    of T-Mobile Netherlands, organic revenue growth will be driven
    mainly by an expected increase in the customer base in Europe
    and the United States. Net revenue growth will, however, be
    negatively affected by the expected continued slowing of
    subscriber growth rates in our Western European markets as
    market penetration in those markets reaches or nears saturation
    levels. Adverse actions by regulators may also adversely affect
    our net revenue development.                                                 
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| |  | T-Systems  the ongoing weak economic
    situation combined with severe competition in the IT sector will
    continue to affect this segment negatively. However, we do
    expect growth opportunities in the area of network services and
    international carrier services and solutions, primarily from
    large outsourcing solutions that combine information technology
    and telecommunications.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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| |  | T-Online  continued increase in net
    revenues, largely as a result of growth in broadband access
    revenues. We expect an increase in non-access revenues driven
    mainly by the increasing acceptance of paid content and services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Costs

We will continue to improve measures to control
operating expenses throughout our divisions. However, management
must remain flexible with respect to absolute operating expense
reductions since, in certain circumstances, an increase in
revenue may be coupled with an increase in operating expenses.
Additionally, management may determine that additional
investment and increased operating expenses will yield increased
revenues in the future. For these and other reasons, absolute
reduction in costs is not an appropriate measure of achievement
of our objectives.

For 2003, we expect that our costs for goods and
services purchased will increase, but in an amount that should
be disproportionately less than our expected increase in net
revenues. Additionally, we have implemented a coordinated
purchasing system among our divisions that should yield
significant savings on volume purchases of goods and services.

We expect that our personnel costs will increase
moderately in 2003, primarily as a result of wage increases
under negotiated labor agreements. Although we continue to seek
ways of reducing headcount, one should not assume that we will
be able to decrease personnel costs at the same rate as our
planned employee headcount reductions since employees
transferred to our internal personnel services agency will still
remain on our group payroll, and we will bear retirement and
severance costs for some employees who leave our active employee
rolls.

Depreciation and amortization are currently
expected to be lower in 2003 than in 2002 since, based on our
current outlook and present market conditions, we do not expect
the very large nonscheduled amortization on mobile communication
licenses and goodwill that were taken in the third quarter of
2002 to be duplicated in 2003.

Although we intend to reduce our debt obligations
in 2003, our interest costs and those of recently issued bonds
are higher due to our recent credit ratings downgrade and market
conditions. Accordingly, we expect our net interest expenses in
2003 to be comparable to 2002, assuming no major changes in
market conditions or further downgrades.

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Capital Expenditures

Our 2003 capital expenditures are budgeted to be
lower than those of 2002. Capital expenditures are driven mainly
by our T-Mobile and T-Com segments. The focus of our investing
activities within T-Mobile is on the further rollout of the
network infrastructure of T-Mobile USA (approximately
EUR 2 billion) and our UMTS network infrastructure in
Europe (approximately EUR 0.8 billion). Network
extension due to the T-ISDN and T-DSL growth in Germany and the
ongoing network rollout in Eastern Europe are the major capital
consuming initiatives of T-Com.

Sales of Non-Core Assets

Another factor relevant to our goal of improving
our debt position, improving operational efficiencies and better
allocating and controlling capital expenditures is additional
sales of non-core assets. We expect that, besides the sale of
the balance of our German cable operations completed in March
2003, the sale of certain real estate holdings will contribute
to our cash flows in 2003. However, no assurance can be given
that such sales will actually occur in significant volumes in
2003 or that any such sales will yield anticipated proceeds.

FACTORS AFFECTING OUR BUSINESS

Our business has been affected in recent years by
a number of important factors. Investments in new markets and
technologies, sales of non-core assets, declines in calling
charges in the traditional fixed-line network voice telephony
business, increased competition, recent financial strains in the
telecommunications sector and regulatory constraints all have
influenced and are expected to have significant continued
influence on our business. In addition, the expanding market for
mobile and Internet communications, growth in the volume of data
transmissions and rapid technological change are continuously
reshaping our business and our focus. In addition to the matters
discussed under Item 3. Key Information 
Risk Factors, we note the following items that have had
and may continue to have an impact on our business.

Investment in UMTS Licenses and
Infrastructure

We have made substantial investments in UMTS
licenses and are making significant investments in establishing
UMTS networks. The economic success of these investments will
depend upon the availability of handsets and services based on
UMTS technology that will be attractive enough to customers to
generate sufficient traffic volume at sufficiently high prices.
The level of demand for UMTS services, however, that will
prevail in the future is unknown and may not justify the cost of
developing and providing UMTS services. These costs include the
costs of acquiring UMTS licenses and constructing, maintaining
and upgrading UMTS networks. For further information in this
regard, see Item 3. Key Information  Risk
Factors.

Investment in T-Mobile USA

In May 2001, we acquired VoiceStream (renamed
T-Mobile USA, Inc.) and Powertel in exchange for Deutsche
Telekom shares having a market value on the date of acquisition
of EUR 28.7 billion plus EUR 4.9 billion in
cash. In the third quarter of 2002, we adjusted the consolidated
carrying value of our investment in these companies through
nonscheduled amortization of EUR 17.7 billion in
respect of goodwill of EUR 8.3 billion and licenses of
EUR 9.4 billion. Even after these charges, the
amortization of goodwill and depreciation and amortization of
assets acquired in this transaction, and as a result, the
expected continuing losses, will likely have a negative impact
on our results of operations in future years.

Deleveraging

We plan to reduce our indebtedness and strengthen
our operating cash flows. We intend to achieve this by
increasing operating efficiencies, improving operating results
and selling non-core assets. The management of our business will
continue to be affected by our deleveraging objectives through
the near to medium term. Failure to achieve these financial and
operating objectives may have a material adverse effect on our
business. See Item 3. Key Information 
Risk Factors.

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Effects of Acquisitions, Dispositions and
Nonscheduled Depreciation and Amortization on Our Statements of
Operations for the Three Years Ended December 31,
2002

The comparison of our statements of operations
for the years 2002, 2001 and 2000 is complicated by several
acquisitions and dispositions that we made during those years
and by nonscheduled depreciation and amortization of the
carrying values of certain assets that affected items such as
other operating income, depreciation and amortization and
financial income (expense), net. The effects of acquisitions,
dispositions and nonscheduled depreciation and amortization on
our results of operations are discussed below and under the
caption  Consolidated Results of
Operations.

Other Operating
Income.In 2002, other operating
income was influenced by gains on the sale of a portion of our
shares in T-Online International AG (EUR 0.3 billion) and
gains on the sale of our interest in Satelindo (EUR
0.2 billion).

In 2001, other operating income included gains on
the sale of our interest in Sprint (EUR 2.0 billion), gains
on the sale of our interest in the regional cable television
company for the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg (EUR
0.9 billion), gains on the sale of other regional cable
service companies (EUR 0.1 billion) and nonscheduled
depreciation relating to buildings on owned real estate (EUR
0.3 billion) that was offset by gains in an equal amount
(EUR 0.3 billion) on the reversal of provisions for general
real estate risks.

In 2000, other operating income was affected by
the sale of our interest in the Global One joint venture (EUR
2.9 billion), dilution gains from the public offerings of
shares of each of T-Online International, Mobile Tele-Systems
and comdirect bank (EUR 2.9 billion), and gains from the
sales of interests in regional cable television companies for
the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse (EUR
3.0 billion).

Depreciation and Amortization.Depreciation and amortization in 2002
were affected by the results of our impairment testing of
certain of our assets that was conducted in the context of our
strategic review. The testing resulted in nonscheduled
amortization of goodwill and mobile communication licenses as
follows: T-Mobile USA/Powertel (EUR 17.7 billion total
nonscheduled amortization, of which EUR 8.3 billion related
to goodwill and EUR 9.4 billion related to licenses),
T-Mobile UKs nonscheduled amortization of UMTS licenses
(EUR 2.2 billion), T-Mobile Netherlands nonscheduled
amortization of goodwill (EUR 1.0 billion), T-Systems (EUR
0.6 billion total nonscheduled amortization of which EUR
0.5 billion related to Siris goodwill and EUR
0.1 billion related to restructuring charges). In addition,
we recorded nonscheduled depreciation of EUR 848 million
relating to property plant and equipment consisting primarily of
buildings (EUR 250 million), submarine cables (EUR
230 million) and property, plant and equipment at T-Systems
(EUR 245 million).

Depreciation and amortization in 2001 included
nonscheduled amortization of the book value of trade names
relating to One 2 One and max.mobil (EUR
1.0 billion) in connection with a rebranding campaign
conducted by T-Mobile, a nonscheduled depreciation of the book
values of certain real property assets (EUR 0.5 billion)
and nonscheduled depreciation of certain buildings (EUR
0.3 billion), which was offset by gains in an equal amount
on the reversal of provisions relating to general real estate
risks.

Depreciation and amortization in 2000 were
influenced by a nonscheduled depreciation of the book values of
certain real property (EUR 2.0 billion) and a nonscheduled
depreciation of part of the old copper-based long-distance cable
network (EUR 1.0 billion).

Financial Income (Expense), Net.Financial income (expense), net in
2002 was affected by nonscheduled writedowns of the book values
of shares in France Telecom (EUR 0.6 billion) and the note
receivable from Telewest (EUR 0.4 billion), deferred
payments owed to us relating to the sale of regional cable
companies (EUR 0.3 billion), interests in comdirect bank
(EUR 0.1 billion) and the UMTS license of T-Mobile
Netherlands (EUR 0.2 billion) relating to the period that
T-Mobile Netherlands was not consolidated.

Financial income (expense), net in 2001 included
writedowns in the book value of shares in France Telecom (EUR
0.3 billion) and in comdirect Bank (EUR 0.1 billion),
debenture bonds we received in connection with the sale of
regional cable companies (EUR 0.4 billion) and writedowns
in the book value of shares we held in a regional cable company
(EUR 0.1 billion).

Financial income (expense), net in 2000 reflected
gains from the sale of our interest in the Italian mobile joint
venture WIND (EUR 2.3 billion).

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Network Communications

One of the most important trends that has
affected us since the introduction of full competition in
Germany in January 1998 has been the decline in the percentage
of our revenues accounted for by the traditional fixed-line
voice telephony business. That business accounted for 27.8% of
our external revenues in 2002, as compared to 36.8% in 2000.
This trend results from the increasing contribution of other
activities to our groups revenues, as well as from the
effects of strong competition in the long-distance voice
telephony business and the continued substitution of mobile
telephone calls for fixed-line calls.

Competition within the fixed-line voice telephony
business in Germany is significantly influenced by decisions of
the German telecommunications regulator. On the basis of
interconnection rates fixed by the German telecommunications
regulator, numerous competitors are able to compete against us
with minimal or modest investments in network infrastructure and
with prices that often undercut our pricing. Additionally,
changes in our pricing policy for public fixed-line voice
telephony services are subject to regulatory pre-approval.
Beginning in 2003, we are required to offer our competitors
unbundled access to our local loop (the wire that connects the
premises of our customers to our network), which may result in
increasing pressure on tariffs for local calls and a loss of
market share. For more details concerning the effects of
regulation on our fixed-line voice telephony business, see
Item 4. Information on the Company 
Regulation  Regulation in Germany  Special
Network Access and Interconnection and Item 3.
Key Information  Risk Factors.

Increasing competition has resulted in a decline
in our market share. Although our market share for access lines
in the consumer sector of the German market was approximately
97% in 2002, our market share for consumer voice minutes
declined to approximately 77% in 2002.

In response to regulatory and competitive
pressure on tariffs, we developed a variety of pricing plans.
These plans offer customers lower traffic prices in return for
an additional monthly fee. As a result, it was possible for us
to slow the decline in our German fixed-line market share in
2002. To compensate for the reduction of tariffs and the loss of
market share, we have focused on migrating customers from analog
to higher-priced ISDN access lines and the broadband T-DSL
access lines. For 2003, we expect customers to continue to
switch from analog to higher-priced ISDN and T-DSL access lines,
but we also expect that our market share for fixed-line voice
telephony and access lines in Germany will continue to decline.

Regulation and Litigation

Our business has been strongly influenced by the
regulatory regime applicable to telecommunications operators and
service providers in Germany. We are viewed by the German
telecommunications regulator as dominant in markets that form a
significant part of our business, particularly the market for
fixed-line voice telephony services. Following the adoption of
the new European Union telecommunications regulatory framework,
amendments to the German Telecommunications Act are likely to be
passed and become effective in the fourth quarter of 2003 or the
first quarter of 2004. These amendments could affect our
business materially. For further information on this topic,
please see Item 4. Information on the
Company  Regulation. Our international
expansion has also made us subject to regulation in other
jurisdictions, including in the mobile communications sectors in
the United Kingdom and the United States.

We are continuously involved in litigation and
other forms of dispute resolution with regulators, competitors
and other parties, the outcomes of which may have a material
adverse effect on our results of operations or financial
condition during the years in which such lawsuits and disputes
are resolved. For further information concerning these disputes,
see Item 8. Financial Information 
Litigation.

Technology

New technologies can have a profound effect on
the way we conduct our business. Technological advances in areas
such as mobile services (UMTS, WLAN) and TV-cable services will
almost certainly intensify competition for our traditional
fixed-line network and may undermine other areas of our business
as well. A challenge for us is to select and commercialize new
technologies successfully. We cannot offer assurances that we
will succeed, or that the revenues and returns we receive from
new technologies will be enough to offset the loss of revenues
from technologies they displace.

We have made considerable efforts to stimulate
and meet market demand for bandwidth in the access and backbone
network, which is mainly driven by the increasing demand for
Internet services. To be successful in the long-term, we will
need to achieve an appropriate balance in the short-term between
the capital investment in our networks that is needed to support
growth and our deleveraging objectives. We cannot be sure that
we will achieve this balance.

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Real Estate

Our group is pursuing a strategy of reducing our
holdings of assets that are outside the scope of our core
activities. Although we make extensive use of real property in
the operation of our business, we do not view the ownership and
management of real estate as one of our core activities.
Accordingly, we are moving to reduce our real property holdings.
The real estate portfolio of our consolidated group had a book
value of EUR 11.4 billion at December 31, 2002. The
book value of the real estate portfolio owned directly by
Deutsche Telekom AG is approximately EUR 9.4 billion. In
view of the size of our real estate portfolio and our focus on
dispositions of certain of our non-core assets, our ability to
dispose of a significant portion of these assets will be
influenced by, among other things, the development of the German
real estate market, economic growth expectations, the
availability of financing and prevailing interest rate levels.
For additional information concerning our real estate holdings,
please refer to Item 4. Information on the
Company  Description of Property.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES UNDER GERMAN
GAAP

The discussion and analysis of our financial
condition and results of operations are based upon our
consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in
Germany. Our reported financial condition and results of
operations are sensitive to accounting methods, assumptions and
estimates that underlie the preparation of the financial
statements. We base our estimates on historical experience and
on various other assumptions, the results of which form the
basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets
and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.

The selection of critical accounting policies,
the judgments and other uncertainties affecting the application
of those policies and the sensitivity of reported results to
changes in conditions and assumptions are factors to be
considered when reviewing our financial statements. We believe
the following critical accounting policies involve the most
significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of
our consolidated financial statements.

Accounting for Long-Lived Assets

Property, plant and equipment and purchased
intangible assets other than goodwill are recorded at
acquisition or construction cost. If such assets are acquired in
a business combination, the purchase price is allocated to the
estimated fair value of the acquired property, plant and
equipment and intangible assets. Property, plant and equipment
and intangible assets, including mobile communication licenses,
are depreciated or amortized on a straight-line basis over their
estimated useful lives.

Property, plant and equipment are valued at
acquisition or construction cost, less depreciation.
Construction costs include directly allocable costs, an
appropriate allocation of material and production overhead and
interest accruing during the construction period. However,
general administration expenses are not capitalized. As
permitted by Postreform II, the legislation by which the
former Deutsche Bundespost Telekom was legally transformed into
a stock corporation, property, plant and equipment transferred
to Deutsche Telekom AG on January 1, 1995, were recorded in
the opening balance sheet of Deutsche Telekom AG at fair market
values at that date. However, due to the short period of time
between the acquisition dates and January 1, 1995,
property, plant and equipment acquired during 1993 and 1994 were
valued at their remaining book value. The remaining useful lives
and the depreciation methods applicable to these assets were not
changed. Except as otherwise described in this Annual Report,
the fair market values shown in the opening balance sheet have
been carried forward as the acquisition costs.

We decided in late 2000 to introduce a real
estate strategy oriented toward the monetization of our real
estate portfolio. As a consequence, a new valuation approach
based on the current replacement costs of individual plots of
land owned by us was adopted whereby the lower of the net book
value or replacement cost was recorded. The comparison of the
newly calculated replacement costs with the carrying amounts
resulted in downward adjustments to book value totaling EUR
2.5 billion.

Accounting for long-lived assets and intangible
assets involves the use of estimates for determining the fair
value at the acquisition date, especially in the case of such
assets acquired in a business combination, and the useful lives
of the assets over which the costs of acquiring these assets are
charged to the income statement.

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When an impairment in the value of assets occurs,
nonscheduled depreciation and amortization charges are incurred.
We assess the impairment of identifiable intangibles and
long-lived assets whenever there is reason to believe that the
carrying value may exceed the fair value and where a permanent
impairment in value is anticipated. The determination of
impairments of long-lived and intangible assets involves the use
of estimates that include but are not limited to the cause, the
timing and the amount of the impairment. Impairment is based on
a broad measure of factors. In evaluating assets for impairment,
we apply the German commercial law principle of prudence
(Vorsichtsprinzip) (Sec. 252(1)(4) of the German
Commercial Code) in conjunction with the individual valuation
principle (Einzelbewertungsgrundsatz). We typically
consider, among other things, technological obsolescence,
discontinuance of services, current replacement costs and other
changes in circumstances that indicate an impairment.

In the strategic review, we used a discounted
cash flow approach to estimate the fair value of our mobile
communication licenses, including our FCC licenses in the United
States. Assumptions regarding mid- and long-term business
development prospects were reassessed in light of changes in
current competitive conditions, future expectations of growth in
the wireless communications industry, increased costs of capital
and changes in the future availability of financing. The use of
this valuation method represents a change in valuation
methodology, as previously we had used a market approach based
primarily on the prices for mobile communication licenses
established in relevant auctions for the initial recognition of
these licenses in the acquisitions of T-Mobile USA and Powertel.
Due to the length of time that had elapsed since these auctions
took place, along with the general lack of an active marketplace
for mobile communication licenses, we concluded that there was
insufficient basis to use a market-based approach.

Valuation of Goodwill

Goodwill usually arises in business combinations.
The amount of goodwill initially recognized is dependent on the
allocation of the purchase price of an entity to all
identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. Such
allocations are based on the fair values of those assets. The
determination of the fair values of assets and liabilities is
based to a considerable extent on managements judgment. In
addition, the useful life assigned to goodwill is an estimate
that is based on the judgment of management at the time of
acquisition. Goodwill is then amortized on a straight-line basis
over its useful life.

We review, on a regular basis, the performance of
our subsidiaries. Nonscheduled amortization charges are recorded
when there is reason to believe that goodwill associated with a
subsidiary is impaired and that the impairment is of a permanent
nature. The amount of the nonscheduled amortization is
determined by comparing the carrying amount of that subsidiary
to its fair value. The determination of the fair value of a
subsidiary involves extensive use of estimates by management.
Methods commonly used to determine the fair value of a
subsidiary include discounted cash flow based methods and
methods that use quoted stock market prices as a basis. Factors
affecting estimated fair values typically include discount
rates, future cash flows, growth rates, industry developments,
market prices and control premiums. These estimates, including
the methodologies used, can have a material impact on the fair
value and ultimately the amount of any goodwill amortization.

Financial Assets

We hold minority interests in companies having
operations or technology in areas within our strategic focus,
some of which are publicly traded and have highly volatile share
prices. We record an investment impairment charge when we
believe an investment has experienced a decline in value that is
permanent. Determining whether an impairment is permanent
involves judgment and relies heavily on an assessment by
management regarding the future development of the investee. In
measuring impairments, we use quoted market prices, if
available, or other valuation methods, based on information
available from the investee.

Future adverse changes in market conditions or
poor operating results of underlying investments could result in
losses or an inability to recover the carrying value of the
investments that may not be reflected in an investments
current carrying value, thereby possibly requiring an impairment
charge in the future.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Management maintains an allowance for doubtful
accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of
our customers to make required payments. Management bases its
estimates on the aging of our accounts receivable balances and
our historical write-off experience, customer credit-worthiness
and changes in our customer payment terms when evaluating the
adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts. If the
financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, actual
write-offs might be higher than expected.

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Deferred Taxes

We are required to estimate our income taxes in
each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process
involves the jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction estimation of actual
current tax exposure and the assessment of temporary differences
resulting from differing treatment of items, such as accruals
and amortization, for tax and financial reporting purposes.
These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities,
which are included within our consolidated balance sheet. We
must assess in the course of our tax planning procedures the
fiscal year of the reversal of our deferred tax assets and
liabilities and if there will be future taxable profits in those
periods. We reverse in the current year deferred tax assets and
liabilities for timing differences that have been recorded if we
anticipate that the future reversal will take place in a tax
loss year. If we estimate that timing differences of a current
year will be reversed in a later tax loss year, we do not record
deferred tax assets and liabilities for those timing differences.

Significant management judgment is required in
determining our provision for income taxes, deferred tax assets
and liabilities. Under German GAAP, we do not record deferred
tax assets consisting of net operating losses carried forward
and foreign tax credits. The analysis is based on the estimates
of taxable income in the jurisdictions in which the group
operates and the period over which the deferred tax assets and
liabilities will be recoverable. If actual results differ from
these estimates, or we adjust these estimates in future periods,
our financial position and results of operations may be affected
materially.

Pension Accounting

Our pension obligations for benefits to non-civil
servants are generally satisfied by defined benefit plans. Our
pension benefit costs for non-civil servants are determined in
accordance with actuarial assumptions, which rely on assumptions
including discount rates, life expectancies, and to a limited
extent, expected return on plan assets. Estimations of the
expected return on plan assets have a limited impact on our
pension cost since the amount of funded plan assets are small in
relation to our outstanding pension obligation. Other key
assumptions for our pension costs are based in part on actuarial
valuations, which rely on assumptions, including discount rates
used to calculate the amount of our pension obligation. Due to
the underfunded status of certain pension plans at their
respective measurement dates, a charge representing an
additional minimum liability is recorded in net income under
German GAAP. During 2002, we recorded an increase of
approximately EUR 220 million to our additional minimum
pension liability. This increase was mainly attributable to a
decrease of the discount rate used in the calculation of our
pension liability from 6.00% in 2001 to 5.75% in 2002. In
addition, plan assets increased slightly from EUR 405
million at December 31, 2001 to approximately
EUR 410 million at December 31, 2002. Our
assumptions concerning the expected return on plan assets are
determined on a uniform basis, considering long-term historical
returns, asset allocation, and future estimates of long-term
investment returns. In the event that further changes in
assumptions are required with respect to discount rates and
expected returns on invested assets, the future amounts of our
pension benefit costs may be affected materially.

Our pension plan obligations with respect to
civil servant employees and retirees are subject to a special
regime that effectively fixes our annual costs at 33% of the
pensionable gross remuneration of active civil servants and the
notional pensionable gross remuneration of civil servants on
leave of absence. The funding of this annual contribution is
recognized as a period expense. In accordance with both U.S. and
German GAAP, no liability or accrual has been recorded in
respect of future payments.

For further information concerning our pension
plan arrangements for civil servants and non-civil servants,
please refer to note (27) to our consolidated financial
statements and Item 6. Directors, Senior Management
and Employees  Employees and Labor Relations.

Civil Service Health Insurance Fund

We are obligated, under Postreform II, to pay for
any operating cost shortfalls between the sources of regular
income of the Civil Service Health Insurance Fund
(Postbeamtenkrankenkasse, PBeaKK) and benefits paid. The
PBeaKK provides healthcare and medical benefits for its members
and their relatives, who are civil servants employed by or
retired from Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Post AG and Deutsche
Postbank AG. When Postreform II came into effect, the PBeaKK was
closed to new members. The insurance premium collected by the
PBeaKK may only be increased by the amount by which healthcare
costs in Germany rise on average and therefore does not reflect
the changing age structure of the PBeaKK. We have accrued the
actuarially determined present value of the funds future
deficit which we have to cover using a discount rate,
assumptions about life expectancy and projections for
contributions and future increases in general health care costs.
Because the calculation of this accrual involves long-term
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50 years, the present value of the liability
is sensitive to small variations in the assumptions used for the
calculation.


Accrued Liabilities

We exercise considerable judgment in recording
our accrued liabilities and our exposure to contingent
liabilities related to pending litigation or other outstanding
claims subject to negotiated settlement, mediation, arbitration
or government regulation as well as other contingent
liabilities. Judgment is necessary in assessing the likelihood
that a pending claim will succeed or a liability will arise and
to quantify the possible range of the final settlement. Where we
expect that the occurrence of a contingency is reasonably
likely, we accrue an amount for the contingent liability that
represents managements estimate at the balance sheet date
considering all anticipated risks and losses up to that date,
even if they became known after the balance sheet date but prior
to the preparation of the financial statements. Because of the
inherent uncertainties in this evaluation process, actual losses
may be different from the originally estimated amount accrued.

CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following table shows information concerning
our consolidated statements of operations for the periods
indicated.

|                                                           |  |                                 |         |                    |  |              |        |              |  |              |         |       |  |       |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|---------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------ |  | ------------ | ------ | ------------ |  | ------------ | ------- | ----- |  | ----- | ------- | - |  |  | ------ | - |  |  | ------- | - |  |  | ------- | -
|                                                           |  |                                
|                                                           |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                                                           |  |                                
|                                                           |  |                                 |         |                    |  |             
|                                                           |  | 2002                            |         | 2001               |  | 2000        
|                                                           |  |                                 |         |                    |  |             
|                                                           |  | Pre-                            |         | Effects of         |  |              |        | Pre-         |  | Effects of   |         |       |  |      
|                                                           |  | acquisitions                    |         | acquisitions       |  | Total        |        | acquisitions |  | acquisitions |         | Total |  | Total
|                                                           |  |                                 |         |                    |  |              |        |              |  |              |         |       |  |      
|                                                           |  |                                 |         |                    |  | (millions of
|                                                           |  | (millions of euro)              |         | (millions of euro) |  | euro)       
|Net revenue                                                |  |                                 | 50,393  |                    |  |              | 3,296  |              |  |              | 53,689  |       |  |       | 42,061  |   |  |  | 6,248  |   |  |  | 48,309  |   |  |  | 40,939  |  
|Changes in inventories and other own capitalized
    costs |  |                                 | 463     |                    |  |              | 71     |              |  |              | 534     |       |  |       | 630     |   |  |  | 249    |   |  |  | 879     |   |  |  | 864     |  
|                                                           |  |                                 |         |                    |  |              |        |              |  |              |         |       |  |       |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Total operating performance                                |  |                                 | 50,856  |                    |  |              | 3,367  |              |  |              | 54,223  |       |  |       | 42,691  |   |  |  | 6,497  |   |  |  | 49,188  |   |  |  | 41,803  |  
|Other operating income                                     |  |                                 | 3,792   |                    |  |              | 109    |              |  |              | 3,901   |       |  |       | 6,457   |   |  |  | 162    |   |  |  | 6,619   |   |  |  | 11,002  |  
|Goods and services purchased                               |  |                                 | (13,516 | )                  |  |              | (902   | )            |  |              | (14,418 | )     |  |       | (11,321 | ) |  |  | (2,156 | ) |  |  | (13,477 | ) |  |  | (11,950 | )
|Personnel costs                                            |  |                                 | (12,874 | )                  |  |              | (606   | )            |  |              | (13,480 | )     |  |       | (10,332 | ) |  |  | (1,782 | ) |  |  | (12,114 | ) |  |  | (9,718  | )
|Depreciation and amortization                              |  |                                 | (34,185 | )                  |  |              | (2,695 | )            |  |              | (36,880 | )     |  |       | (12,165 | ) |  |  | (3,056 | ) |  |  | (15,221 | ) |  |  | (12,991 | )
|Other operating expenses                                   |  |                                 | (12,776 | )                  |  |              | (1,334 | )            |  |              | (14,110 | )     |  |       | (9,863  | ) |  |  | (2,288 | ) |  |  | (12,151 | ) |  |  | (10,424 | )
|Financial income (expense), net                            |  |                                 | (5,759  | )                  |  |              | (263   | )            |  |              | (6,022  | )     |  |       | (5,094  | ) |  |  | (254   | ) |  |  | (5,348  | ) |  |  | (1,230  | )
|                                                           |  |                                 |         |                    |  |              |        |              |  |              |         |       |  |       |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Results from ordinary business
    activities              |  |                                 | (24,462 | )                  |  |              | (2,324 | )            |  |              | (26,786 | )     |  |       | 373     |   |  |  | (2,877 | ) |  |  | (2,504  | ) |  |  | 6,492   |  
|Extraordinary income (loss)                                |  |                                 |        |                    |  |              |       |              |  |              |        |       |  |       |        |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |        |   |  |  | (159    | )
|Taxes                                                      |  |                                 | 2,588   |                    |  |              | (105   | )            |  |              | 2,483   |       |  |       | (614    | ) |  |  | (194   | ) |  |  | (808    | ) |  |  | (318    | )
|                                                           |  |                                 |         |                    |  |              |        |              |  |              |         |       |  |       |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Income (loss) after taxes                                  |  |                                 | (21,874 | )                  |  |              | (2,429 | )            |  |              | (24,303 | )     |  |       | (241    | ) |  |  | (3,071 | ) |  |  | (3,312  | ) |  |  | 6,015   |  
|(Income) losses applicable to minority
    shareholders    |  |                                 | (190    | )                  |  |              | (94    | )            |  |              | (284    | )     |  |       | (72     | ) |  |  | (70    | ) |  |  | (142    | ) |  |  | (89     | )
|                                                           |  |                                 |         |                    |  |              |        |              |  |              |         |       |  |       |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Net income (loss)                                          |  |                                 | (22,064 | )                  |  |              | (2,523 | )            |  |              | (24,587 | )     |  |       | (313    | ) |  |  | (3,141 | ) |  |  | (3,454  | ) |  |  | 5,926   |  
|                                                           |  |                                 |         |                    |  |              |        |              |  |              |         |       |  |       |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  

Acquisitions

During the three years ended December 31,
2002, we acquired shares and assets in a number of companies,
and as a result the financial results of many of these companies
were consolidated in our financial statements for the first time
during that three-year period. The principal consolidated
subsidiaries we acquired during the three years ended
December 31, 2002, and the dates on which these entities
became consolidated subsidiaries are as follows:



| |   |                                                                
| | - | ---------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | debis Systemhaus GmbH (October 2000)                           
|
| |  | RadioMobil (April 2001)                                        
|
| |  | T-Mobile USA (formerly VoiceStream) and Powertel
    (May 2001)
|
| |  | Hrvatski Telecom (November 2001)                               
|
| |  | Ben Nederland Holding B.V. (September 2002)                    

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The consolidation of a newly acquired subsidiary
complicates the comparison of the statements of operations for
the year prior to the acquisition, the year of the acquisition
and the year following the acquisition, because the newly
consolidated subsidiary is not reflected in the consolidated
financial statements for the year prior to the acquisition, is
reflected in the consolidated financial statements for only part
of the year when the acquisition takes place and is reflected in
the consolidated financial statements for a full year in the
year following the acquisition. To facilitate the comparison of
our statements of operations for each of the three years in the
period ended December 31, 2002, the table above summarizes
the effect of acquisitions on our statements of operations.

Net Revenue

Net revenue (total revenues excluding
inter-segment revenues) amounted to EUR 53.7 billion
in 2002, representing an increase of EUR 5.4 billion,
or 11.1%, over 2001. Of this increase, changes in the
composition of the Deutsche Telekom consolidated group in 2002
due to acquisitions accounted for EUR 3.3 billion,
relating to the first-time full consolidations of T-Mobile USA
and Powertel starting from May 2001 (EUR 2.2 billion),
RadioMobil starting from April 2001 (EUR 0.2 billion),
Hrvatski Telecom starting from November 2001
(EUR 0.7 billion) and Ben starting from September 2002
(EUR 0.2 billion). Without regard to these changes in
the composition of our consolidated group in 2002, net revenue
increased by EUR 2.1 billion, or 4.3%, from 2001. This
increase consisted of increased revenues in the T-Mobile,
T-Online and T-Com divisions (before acquisitions) that were
partially offset by decreased revenues in the T-Systems division.

Net revenue amounted to EUR 48.3 billion in
2001, representing an increase of EUR 7.4 billion, or
18%, over 2000. Of this increase, changes in the composition of
our consolidated group in 2001 accounted for
EUR 6.2 billion, including EUR 2.8 billion
relating to the first-time consolidation of T-Mobile USA and
Powertel and EUR 2.2 billion relating to the first-time
consolidation of debis Systemhaus. Without regard to changes in
the composition of our consolidated group in 2001, net revenue
increased by EUR 1.1 billion, or 2.7%, from 2000. This
increase consisted of increased revenues in the T-Mobile and
T-Systems divisions (before acquisitions) and in the T-Online
division that were partially offset by decreased revenues in the
T-Com division.

For further information on our net revenue
development and trends, see  Segment
Analysis.

Changes in Inventories and Other Own
Capitalized Costs

Our statement of operations is prepared on the
total-cost basis used in Germany. Cost line items in Germany
typically include all costs incurred during the year. Total
costs, however, often include expense items that are capitalized
either in inventories (mainly cost of goods purchased, but not
yet used) or as part of other assets (mainly personnel costs or
interest relating to construction in progress). To reflect this
fact and to permit the presentation of net income (loss) that
does not include capitalized costs, the total-cost approach uses
the adjusting line item Changes in Inventories and Other
Own Capitalized Costs.

Changes in inventories and other own capitalized
costs decreased by EUR 345 million, or 39.2%, from 2001 to
2002. Of this decrease, EUR 282 million resulted from
inventories of work in process, mainly from changes at Deutsche
Telekom AG and T-Systems International, and EUR 63 million
resulted from other own capitalized costs relating primarily to
planning and construction services. Other own capitalized costs
includes interest incurred relating to construction in progress
in the amount of EUR 39 million,
EUR 65 million and EUR 64 million in 2002,
2001 and 2000, respectively.

Changes in inventories and other own capitalized
costs increased by EUR 15 million, or 1.7%, from 2000 to 2001.
Inventories of work in process decreased by
EUR 168 million, reflecting a mixture of offsetting
effects in various companies of our consolidated group. Other
own capitalized costs increased by EUR 183 million,
primarily due to changes in the composition of our consolidated
group.

Other Operating Income

Other operating income consists of tax refunds,
reversals of allowances and accruals, cost reimbursements, gains
from sales of marketable securities and assets, foreign currency
gains and other miscellaneous items.

Other operating income amounted to
EUR 3.9 billion in 2002, representing a decrease of
EUR 2.7 billion, or 41.1%, compared to 2001. Other
operating income for 2002 was affected by gains from the sale of
a portion of the shares of T-Online and Satelindo
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gains were modest, however, compared to the 2001
gains from the sale of our shares held in Sprint Corporation
(EUR 2.0 billion) and from the sale of the regional cable
company in Baden-Wuerttemberg (EUR 0.9 billion).
Leaving aside dispositions, the decline in other operating
income from 2001 to 2002 was largely a result of lower realized
foreign currency gains in 2002 (2002: EUR 0.2 billion;
2001: EUR 0.5 billion).


Other operating income for 2000 was strongly
affected by earnings from the sale of our interest in Global One
(EUR 2.9 billion), earnings from the sale of interests in
regional cable companies in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse
(EUR 3.0 billion) and the dilution effects resulting
from the initial public offering of T-Online International AG
(EUR 2.7 billion) and other investments
(EUR 0.2 billion).

Pursuant to the German Value-Added Tax Act
(Umsatzsteuergesetz), we are entitled to recover a
portion of the VAT incurred on assets purchased and placed into
service before January 1, 1996, the date on which we became
fully subject to VAT. We have reclaimed a total of
EUR 2.7 billion since 1996. The refund amounted to
EUR 68 million, EUR 85 million and
EUR 169 million in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

Goods and Services Purchased

The following table presents information
concerning goods and services purchased.

|                                   |                                      |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |       |  |  |     |      |    |  |      |      |  
|---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- |  | ---- | ------ | --------- |  | --------- | ------ | ----- |  |  | --- | ---- | -- |  | ---- | ---- | -
|                                   |                                      |                                
|                                   |                                      | For the year ended December 31,
|                                   |                                      |                                
|                                   |                                      | 2002                            |        | 2001       |  | 2000 |        | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|                                   |                                      |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |          
|                                   |                                      |                                 |        |           
|                                   |                                      | (millions of euro)              |        | (% change)
|Goods purchased                    |                                      |                                 | 4,671  |            |  |      | 4,397  |           |  |           | 4,075  |       |  |  | 6.2 | %    |    |  | 7.9  | %   
|Services purchased                 |                                      |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |       |  |  |     |      |    |  |      |     
|                                   | Domestic network access charges      |                                 |        | 1,967      |  |      |        | 2,174     |  |           |        | 1,985 |  |  |     | (9.5 | )% |  |      | 9.5  | %
|                                   | International network access charges |                                 |        | 3,905      |  |      |        | 3,268     |  |           |        | 2,819 |  |  |     | 19.5 | %  |  |      | 15.9 | %
|                                   |                                      |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |       |  |  |     |      |    |  |      |     
|Total network access charges       |                                      |                                 | 5,872  |            |  |      | 5,442  |           |  |           | 4,804  |       |  |  | 7.9 | %    |    |  | 13.3 | %   
|Other services purchased           |                                      |                                 | 3,875  |            |  |      | 3,638  |           |  |           | 3,071  |       |  |  | 6.5 | %    |    |  | 18.5 | %   
|                                   |                                      |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |       |  |  |     |      |    |  |      |     
|Total services purchased           |                                      |                                 | 9,747  |            |  |      | 9,080  |           |  |           | 7,875  |       |  |  | 7.3 | %    |    |  | 15.3 | %   
|                                   |                                      |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |       |  |  |     |      |    |  |      |     
|Total goods and services purchased |                                      |                                 | 14,418 |            |  |      | 13,477 |           |  |           | 11,950 |       |  |  | 7.0 | %    |    |  | 12.8 | %   
|                                   |                                      |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |       |  |  |     |      |    |  |      |     

Total goods and services purchased amounted to
EUR 14.4 billion in 2002, representing an increase of
EUR 941 million, or 7%, compared to 2001. The increase
in goods and services purchased reflects changes in the
composition of our consolidated group in 2002 which accounted
for EUR 902 million of such increase (mainly T-Mobile
USA, Powertel, Hrvatski Telecom and Ben). Without regard to the
effects of changes in the composition of our consolidated group,
goods and services purchased were nearly at the same level as in
2001.

Goods purchased increased from 2001 to 2002 as
well as from 2000 to 2001 as a result of the changes in the
composition of our consolidated group (mainly T-Mobile USA and
Powertel). Excluding these effects, goods purchased declined
from 2001 to 2002 as well as from 2000 to 2001 due to the lower
level of terminal equipment purchased.

Domestic network access charges decreased by
EUR 207 million, or 9.5%, from 2001 to 2002. These
charges arise principally from calls that are initiated by our
customers or routed through our network and that are terminated
in the networks of other fixed and mobile network operators in
Germany. The decrease in 2002 resulted primarily from a decrease
in revenues from business with domestic carriers. An increase in
the volume of calls routed through our network in 2001 compared
to 2000 led to increased domestic network access charges.

International network access charges increased
from 2001 to 2002 by EUR 637 million, or 19.5%,
primarily due to changes in the composition of our consolidated
group (primarily T-Mobile USA and Powertel) and the effect of
more favorable purchasing conditions for international network
capacities. Similarly, international network access charges
increased from 2000 to 2001 primarily due to the impact of newly
consolidated companies, particularly T-Mobile UK (formerly One 2
One) and SIRIS, and the effect of an increasing number of
minutes of outgoing international traffic from our mobile and
fixed networks, which resulted in significantly higher network
access charges. These factors were offset, to some degree, by a
decline in international settlement rates.

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Other services purchased consist of maintenance
expenses for telecommunications hardware and software and
buildings, other maintenance expenses, energy and utility costs
and costs for information services. The slight increase in other
services purchased from 2001 to 2002 relates primarily to
increased services purchased (primarily logistic services) and
changes in the composition of our consolidated group.

The increase in other services purchased from
2000 to 2001 of EUR 567 million, or 18.5%, relates
primarily to increased services purchased for value-added
services, the impact of new acquisitions and services purchased
in relation to a real estate development project.

Personnel Costs

The following table presents information
concerning our personnel costs.

|                         |  |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |       |  |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |  
|------------------------ |  | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- |  | ---- | ------ | --------- |  | --------- | ----- |  |  |  | ---- | - |  |  | ---- | -
|                         |  |                                
|                         |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                         |  |                                
|                         |  | 2002                            |        | 2001       |  | 2000 |        | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|                         |  |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |          
|                         |  |                                 |        |           
|                         |  | (millions of euro)              |        | (% change)
|Wages and salaries       |  |                                 | 10,467 |            |  |      | 9,313  |           |  |           | 7,470 |  |  |  | 12.4 | % |  |  | 24.7 | %
|Other personnel costs(1) |  |                                 | 3,013  |            |  |      | 2,801  |           |  |           | 2,248 |  |  |  | 7.6  | % |  |  | 24.6 | %
|                         |  |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |       |  |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |  
|Total personnel costs    |  |                                 | 13,480 |            |  |      | 12,114 |           |  |           | 9,718 |  |  |  | 11.3 | % |  |  | 24.7 | %
|                         |  |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |       |  |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |  



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|(1) | Other personnel costs consist primarily of social
    security costs, which are fixed by law generally as a percentage
    of wages and salaries, and of pension costs, principally for
    civil servants.

The average number of full-time equivalent
employees increased from 241,660 in 2001 to 255,896 in 2002, an
increase of 5.9%. This increase was primarily due to the impact
of newly consolidated companies, particularly T-Mobile USA,
Powertel and Hrvatski Telecom.

The average number of full-time equivalent
employees increased from 205,032 in 2000 to 241,660 in 2001, an
increase of 17.9%, primarily as a result of the consolidation of
T-Mobile USA, Powertel and RadioMobil.

Personnel costs increased by
EUR 1.4 billion, or 11.3%, from 2001 to 2002. Of this
increase, EUR 0.6 billion relates to changes in the
composition of our consolidated group, mainly due to the impact
of the full-year consolidation of personnel costs of T-Mobile
USA, Powertel and Hrvatski Telecom. Without regard to the
changes in our consolidated group, personnel costs rose by
EUR 0.8 billion, or 6.3%, from 2001 to 2002, primarily
due to collective bargaining agreement adjustments of wages and
salaries to bring them in line with market conditions and to
promote performance. Also, structural changes relating to the
assignment of personnel in higher-value positions contributed to
the increase in personnel costs. Moreover, personnel costs were
affected by an accrual for restructuring measures at T-Systems
(EUR 0.3 billion) as a result of our strategic review in
the third quarter of 2002. For further information on the
strategic review, see Item 4. Information on the
Company  Strategy. Included in total personnel
costs in 2002 are additional minimum pension liabilities of
EUR 0.2 billion. These additional pension liabilities
mainly resulted from changes in interest rates used for
actuarial valuations of our pension obligations, for which
interest rates are determined at the beginning of the year using
the then current long-term interest rate. Generally, most of our
pension obligations are not sensitive to future wage increases
as they are calculated annually based on current wages of
eligible employees. Changes in actual interest rates from year
to year will cause a change in the calculation of the present
value of our obligations. If above certain thresholds, these
changes may result in an increase or decrease in our pension
costs for the relevant year. For this purpose, declines in
long-term interest rates tend to lead to increases in our
pension costs. For more information, see
 Critical Accounting Policies Under German
GAAP  Pension Accounting and Item 6.
Directors, Senior Management and Employees  Employees
and Labor Relations  Civil Servants.

Personnel costs increased by
EUR 2.4 billion, or 24.7%, from 2000 to 2001. Of this
increase, EUR 1.8 billion relates to changes in the
composition of our consolidated group, principally debis
Systemhaus (EUR 1.0 billion) and T-Mobile USA/
Powertel (EUR 0.6 billion). Without regard to changes
in our consolidated group, personnel costs rose by EUR
614 million, or 6.3%. This increase was primarily due to
pay-scale changes, which attempted to conform salaries to market
standards and encourage high performance, as well as to changes
in the structure of our workforce. In addition, personnel costs
in 2001 were influenced by an additional minimum pension
liability (EUR 0.2 billion) as a result of changes in
long-term interest rates.

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Depreciation and Amortization

The following table presents information
concerning depreciation and amortization.



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|                                                                           |        |                                
|                                                                           |        | For the year ended December 31,
|                                                                           |        |                                
|                                                                           |        | 2002                            |  | 2001       |        | 2000 |  | 2002/2001 |       
|                                                                           |        |                                 |  |            |        |      |  |          
|                                                                           |        |                                 |  |           
|                                                                           |        | (millions of euro)              |  | (% change)
|UMTS license amortization                                                  | 2,864  |                                 |  |            | 724    |      |  |           | 381    |  |  |  | 295.6 | % |  |  | 90.0  | % 
|U.S. mobile communications licenses                                        | 10,380 |                                 |  |            | 690    |      |  |           |       |  |  |  | n.m   |   |  |  | n/a   |   
|Goodwill amortization                                                      | 13,108 |                                 |  |            | 3,663  |      |  |           | 1,248  |  |  |  | 257.8 | % |  |  | 193.5 | % 
|Depreciation and amortization on remaining fixed
    and intangible assets | 10,528 |                                 |  |            | 10,144 |      |  |           | 11,362 |  |  |  | 3.8   | % |  |  | (10.7 | )%
|                                                                           |        |                                 |  |            |        |      |  |           |        |  |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |    |  | 
|Depreciation and amortization                                              | 36,880 |                                 |  |            | 15,221 |      |  |           | 12,991 |  |  |  | 142.3 | % |  |  | 17.2  | % 
|                                                                           |        |                                 |  |            |        |      |  |           |        |  |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |    |  | 

Total depreciation and amortization amounted to
EUR 36.9 billion in 2002, representing an increase of EUR
21.7 billion compared to 2001. This increase was primarily
attributable to the strategic review in the third quarter of
2002, which resulted in nonscheduled amortization of goodwill at
T-Mobile USA and Powertel (EUR 8.3 billion), Ben
(EUR 1.0 billion) and SIRIS
(EUR 0.5 billion). Additionally, nonscheduled
amortization was recorded with respect to the mobile
communications licenses of T-Mobile USA and Powertel
(EUR 9.4 billion) and the UMTS license of T-Mobile UK
(EUR 2.2 billion). In total, the nonscheduled
amortization as a result of our strategic review amounted to
EUR 21.3 billion. The inclusion of newly consolidated
companies generated an increase in scheduled depreciation and
amortization (EUR 1.7 billion), mainly attributable to
the consolidation of T-Mobile USA and Powertel for a full year
in 2002. Scheduled amortization of goodwill increased by
EUR 0.7 billion, amortization of UMTS and
U.S. mobile communication licenses increased by
EUR 0.5 billion and depreciation of property plant and
equipment increased by EUR 0.5 billion.

Total depreciation and amortization amounted to
EUR 15.2 billion in 2001, representing an increase of
EUR 2.2 billion, or 17.2%, compared to 2000.
Depreciation and amortization of companies acquired during 2000
and 2001, principally T-Mobile USA, Powertel and debis
Systemhaus, accounted for EUR 3.1 billion of the
increase in depreciation and amortization. We also recorded a
nonscheduled amortization of EUR 466 million relating to
the book values of real estate in 2001 and a nonscheduled
amortization of EUR 1.0 billion relating to goodwill
associated with the trademarks of T-Mobile UK (formerly
One 2 One) and T-Mobile Austria (formerly max.mobil)
in connection with the T-Mobile rebranding campaign. In
addition, in 2001, a nonscheduled depreciation of
EUR 350 million was taken with respect to buildings
for which no further commercial use was expected. This
nonscheduled depreciation was offset by a gain of the same
amount on the reversal of provisions for general risks relating
to such buildings. Further, nonscheduled depreciation on
property, plant and equipment was taken in the amount of
EUR 158 million, relating principally to portions of
the mobile communications network of T-Mobile UK
(EUR 104 million).

Total depreciation and amortization in 2000 was
significantly influenced by several factors. UMTS license
amortization commenced in 2000, relating primarily to licenses
in the United Kingdom and Germany. Our acquisitions during 2000
gave rise to considerable goodwill, which contributed
EUR 0.9 billion to the increase in goodwill amortization.
Goodwill primarily resulted from the acquisitions of T-Mobile
UK, T-Mobile Austria and debis Systemhaus and from the
acquisition of Ameritechs interest in MATAV. Further,
nonscheduled depreciation of old network components
(EUR 1.0 billion) due to the introduction of advanced
fiber optic transmission technology in parts of our fixed-line
network contributed to depreciation and amortization in 2000. In
addition, we recorded a nonscheduled depreciation of
EUR 2.0 billion with respect to our real estate
portfolio. The remaining increase in depreciation and
amortization is primarily related to depreciation and
amortization of the assets of newly acquired companies (other
than with respect to goodwill and UMTS licenses.

Goodwill relating to T-Mobile USA/ Powertel is
denominated in U.S. dollars and, with respect to T-Mobile UK, in
British pounds. Exchange rate movements therefore affect the
amortization of goodwill relating to T-Mobile USA/ Powertel and
T-Mobile UK upon conversion to euros.

Other Operating Expenses

Other operating expenses consist of expenses
occurring in the ordinary course of business that cannot be
classified in any other line item in the statements of
operations.

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Other operating expenses amounted to
EUR 14.1 billion in 2002, representing an increase of
EUR 2.0 billion, or 16.1%, compared to 2001. This
increase principally reflects other operating expenses relating
to changes in the composition of our consolidated group (mainly
T-Mobile USA: EUR 1.0 billion). Marketing expenses,
advertising gifts and commissions increased by
EUR 0.6 billion, mainly as a result of the full year
consolidation of T-Mobile USA and Powertel. Rental and leasing
expenses increased by EUR 0.5 billion over the
previous year. This is mainly attributable to changes in the
composition of our consolidated group within T-Mobile. Losses on
accounts receivable and provisions for doubtful accounts
increased by EUR 0.5 billion, primarily at Deutsche
Telekom AG. This relates mainly to the discount for credit risks
from the asset back securities transactions. Other operating
expenses in 2002 were influenced by restructuring expenses of
our T-Systems division (EUR 106 million) and our T-Com
division (EUR 42 million).

Other operating expenses amounted to
EUR 12.2 billion in 2001, representing an increase of
EUR 1.7 billion, or 16.6%, compared to 2000. This
increase principally reflects other operating expenses for 2001
relating to T-Mobile USA (EUR 1.6 billion) and debis
Systemhaus (EUR 0.3 billion). In addition, other
operating expenses for 2001 were negatively affected by expenses
and consulting fees in the amount of EUR 104 million,
particularly relating to the sale of Sprint shares. Positively
affecting other operating expenses in 2001 were decreased losses
on the disposition of non-current assets, decreased additions to
accruals and decreased losses on derivative financial
instruments. Losses on accounts receivable and increased
provisions for doubtful accounts in the amount of
EUR 0.3 billion (excluding losses and provisions
relating to T-Mobile USA and Powertel), of which
EUR 0.2 billion related to insolvencies of fixed-line
network competitors of ours that used our fixed-line network,
had an positive influence on other operating expenses, as did
increased maintenance costs. In 2000, other operating expenses
had been affected by losses on the disposition of non-current
assets (EUR 0.5 billion) and additions to certain
accruals (EUR 0.4 billion).

Financial Income (Expense), Net

The following table presents information
concerning our financial income (expense), net.

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|                                                                       |                                 |                                
|                                                                       |                                 | For the year ended December 31,
|                                                                       |                                 |                                
|                                                                       |                                 | 2002                            |        | 2001       |   | 2000 |        | 2002/2001 |   | 2001/2000
|                                                                       |                                 |                                 |        |            |   |      |        |           |   |          
|                                                                       |                                 |                                 |        |           
|                                                                       |                                 | (millions of euro)              |        | (% change)
|Results related to companies accounted for under
    the equity method |                                 |                                 | (430   | )          |   |      | (547   | )         |   |           | 1,890  |        |   |  | 21.4   | %     |    |  | (128.9 | )%    
|Other investments                                                      |                                 |                                 | (1,544 | )          |   |      | (663   | )         |   |           | (23    | )      |   |  | (132.8 | )%    |    |  | n.m    |       
|                                                                       |                                 |                                 |        |            |   |      |        |           |   |           |        |        |   |  |        |       |    |  |        |       
|Income (loss) from financial activities                                |                                 |                                 | (1,974 | )          |   |      | (1,210 | )         |   |           | 1,867  |        |   |  | (63.1  | )%    |    |  | (164.8 | )%    
|Net interest expense                                                   |                                 |                                 | (4,048 | )          |   |      | (4,138 | )         |   |           | (3,097 | )      |   |  | 2.2    | %     |    |  | (33.6  | )%    
|                                                                       |                                 |                                 |        |            |   |      |        |           |   |           |        |        |   |  |        |       |    |  |        |       
|                                                                       | Financial income (expense), net |                                 |        | (6,022     | ) |      |        | (5,348    | ) |           |        | (1,230 | ) |  |        | (12.6 | )% |  |        | (334.8 | )%
|                                                                       |                                 |                                 |        |            |   |      |        |           |   |           |        |        |   |  |        |       |    |  |        |       

Net
Interest Expense

Our net interest expense slightly improved during
2002 by EUR 90 million to negative
EUR 4.0 billion at year-end 2002, largely attributable
to the reversal of interest rate derivatives that were no longer
necessary.

The effective weighted average interest rate
applicable to our outstanding indebtedness related to bonds and
debentures was 6.7% in 2002, 6.8% in 2001 and 6.5% in 2000. The
effective weighted average interest rate applicable to
outstanding indebtedness related to bank liabilities was 5.7% in
2002, 5.8% in 2001 and 6.7% in 2000. A portion of our debt
instruments have provisions that will cause the interest rate on
such investments to increase upon the occurrence of certain
downgrades in our long-term unsecured debt ratings. For more
information, see  Liquidity and Capital
Resources  Capital Resources.

Income
(Loss) from Financial Activities

Income (loss) from financial activities includes
our share of the income or losses on investments accounted for
under the equity method and losses relating to writedowns of
other investments. Results related to companies accounted for
under the equity method includes the amount of annual
amortization of goodwill relating to these investments, which is
essentially the amortization of goodwill arising from the
difference between the purchase price we paid and our share of
the shareholders equity for each of these investments.
Income and loss from other investments consists primarily of
dividends received from our investments as well as provisions
for writedowns of the carrying amounts of other investments.

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Losses from other investments amounted to
EUR 1.5 billion in 2002. These losses were mainly
attributable to writedowns of the net carrying amount of our
former stake in France Telecom (EUR 0.6 billion),
valuation adjustments for other investments in non-current
securities (EUR 0.4 billion) and loans to Kabel
Deutschland GmbH (EUR 0.3 billion). In 2002, results
related to companies accounted for under the equity method
improved, mainly due to the reduction of the high level of
expenses resulting from associated companies and depreciation of
goodwill of associated companies in 2001.

The decrease in results related to companies
accounted for under the equity method from 2000 to 2001 was
largely due to gains of EUR 2.3 billion realized by
the associated company DT-FT Italian Holding upon the sale of
its interests in the Italian mobile joint venture WIND. In
addition, other investments were negatively affected in 2001 by
a writedown in the amount of EUR 0.3 billion in the
book value of our interest in France Telecom and a writedown in
the amount of EUR 0.4 billion in the book value of
debenture bonds received by us in the sale of interests in
regional cable companies.

Results from Ordinary Business
Activities

Results from ordinary business activities
decreased by EUR 24.3 billion to negative
EUR 26.8 billion from 2001 to 2002. Results from
ordinary business activities are influenced by all of the
factors described above that influenced individual statements of
operations line items. The principal factor accounting for the
decline in results from ordinary business activities was a
substantial increase in the net contribution of nonscheduled
depreciation and amortization resulting from the strategic
review in 2002. For further information on the strategic review,
see Item 4. Information on the Company 
Strategy. We estimate that these nonscheduled items had an
aggregate positive impact on results from ordinary business
activities of EUR 161 million in 2001 and an aggregate
negative impact of EUR 16.4 billion in 2002.

Results from ordinary business activities
decreased by EUR 9.0 billion from 2000 to 2001.
Results from ordinary business activities are influenced by all
of the factors described above that influenced individual
statements of operations line items. The principal factor
accounting for the decline in results from ordinary business
activities was a substantial decline in the net contribution of
nonscheduled depreciation and amortization. Additional factors
contributing to the decline in results from ordinary business
activities were losses from companies acquired in 2000 and 2001
(EUR 2.9 billion), principally T-Mobile USA and debis
Systemhaus, amortization of goodwill relating to companies
acquired in 2000 and 2001, an increase in interest expense
resulting from indebtedness incurred in 2000 to finance the
acquisition of UMTS licenses and the first-time inclusion of
UMTS license amortization for an entire year in 2001.

Extraordinary Income (Loss)

In 2000, this item represented expenses relating
to the initial public offering of T-Online International AG and
the possible initial public offering of T-Mobile International
AG.

Taxes

The following table presents information
concerning income taxes and other taxes.

|             |  |                                 |        |            |  |      |     |           |  |           |     |  |  |  |        |    |  |  |        | 
|------------ |  | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- |  | ---- | --- | --------- |  | --------- | --- |  |  |  | ------ | -- |  |  | ------ | 
|             |  |                                
|             |  | For the year ended December 31,
|             |  |                                
|             |  | 2002                            |        | 2001       |  | 2000 |     | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|             |  |                                 |        |            |  |      |     |           |  |          
|             |  |                                 |        |           
|             |  | (millions of euro)              |        | (% change)
|Income taxes |  |                                 | (2,847 | )          |  |      | 751 |           |  |           | 194 |  |  |  | (479.1 | )% |  |  | 287.1% | 
|Other taxes  |  |                                 | 364    |            |  |      | 57  |           |  |           | 124 |  |  |  | n.m    |    |  |  | 54.0%  | 
|             |  |                                 |        |            |  |      |     |           |  |           |     |  |  |  |        |    |  |  |        | 
|Taxes        |  |                                 | (2,483 | )          |  |      | 808 |           |  |           | 318 |  |  |  | (407.3 | )% |  |  | 154.1% | 
|             |  |                                 |        |            |  |      |     |           |  |           |     |  |  |  |        |    |  |  |        | 

Loss before taxes increased to
EUR 26.8 billion in 2002. The resulting income tax
benefit amounts to EUR 2.8 billion, compared with an
expense of EUR 0.8 billion in 2001. This effect was
mainly attributable to the reversal of deferred tax liabilities
relating to the nonscheduled amortization of mobile
communications licenses of T-Mobile USA and Powertel, which
generated income from deferred taxes of EUR 3.0 billion. In
2002, the Federal Finance Court confirmed our legal position
concerning Deutsche Telekom AGs recognition of goodwill
for tax reporting purposes. The retroactive amortization of
goodwill to be carried for the years 1996-1999 results in an
income tax reduction of approximately EUR 1.0 billion.
In addition, amortization of goodwill increased net operating
loss carryforwards (corporate income tax and trade tax) for the
years 2000-2002 by EUR 2.2 billion
(EUR 741 million per year). The capitalization of this
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additional expense of EUR 0.2 billion for
wealth tax and trade capital tax for the years 1996 and 1997,
which is responsible for the increase in other taxes.


Income tax expense in 2001 amounted to EUR
751 million, an increase of EUR 557 million, or more
than 100%, compared to 2000. Due to changes in the character of
our income before taxes, income tax expense increased despite
the decrease in results from ordinary business activities from
2000 to 2001.

Income before taxes for 2000 included significant
items that were not subject to taxation, principally the
proceeds of our sale of our interest in Global One, the dilution
effect resulting from the initial public offering of T-Online
International AG and the proceeds of our sale of our interest in
WIND. Income before taxes for 2001 included no significant
tax-free items other than the sale of Sprint shares held by us.
In addition, in 2001, expenses that had to be recognized for
financial accounting purposes but that were not deductible for
tax purposes, principally goodwill amortization, were higher in
2001 than in 2000. Furthermore, in 2001, there was an increase
in losses of subsidiaries that had to be recognized for
financial reporting purposes but may be recognized for tax
accounting purposes only when the related tax loss carryforwards
are utilized in the future.

Our effective income tax rate (income taxes as a
percentage of pre-tax income (loss)) was approximately 11% in
2002, (30)% in 2001 and 3.1% in 2000. The German statutory
income tax rate for us was approximately 39% in 2002, 39% in
2001 and 52% in 2000 and included corporate income taxes
(assuming that earnings are not distributed), trade income taxes
(at a German national average rate) and the solidarity surcharge
on corporate income tax (Solidaritaetszuschlag). Due to a
change in income tax law in Germany, which reduced the statutory
corporate tax rate to a uniform 25% tax rate (for both
distributed and non-distributed earnings), our income tax rate
for 2001 was significantly lower than in prior years. As a
result of a new law, the German corporate income tax rate will
increase from 25% to 26.5% for fiscal year 2003 only.

(Income) Loss Applicable to Minority
Shareholders

(Income) loss applicable to minority shareholders
includes EUR 390 million (2001:
EUR 322 million; 2000: EUR 189 million) in
gains and EUR 106 million (2001:
EUR 180 million; 2000: EUR 100 million) in
losses. The gains in 2002 relate mainly to MATAV and Hrvatski
Telecom. The losses relate mainly to T-Online International AG.

SEGMENT ANALYSIS

The following table presents total revenues (the
sum of external or net revenues and revenues between segments),
net revenues and inter-segment revenues of our segments for the
years indicated.

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|---------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------ |  | ------------------ | ------- | -------- |  | -------- | ------- | -------- |  | -------- | ------ | -------- |  | -------- | ------- | - |  |  | ------- | - |  |  | ------ |  |  |  | ------- | - |  |  | ------- | -
|                 |  |                                
|                 |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                 |  |                                
|                 |  |                                 |        |                    |  |                   
|                 |  | 2002                            |        | 2001               |  | 2000              
|                 |  |                                 |        |                    |  |                   
|                 |  |                                 |        | Inter-             |  |                    |         |          |  | Inter-   |         |          |  |          |        | Inter-   |  |         
|                 |  | Net                             |        | segment            |  | Total              |         | Net      |  | segment  |         | Total    |  | Net      |        | segment  |  | Total   
|                 |  | revenues                        |        | revenues           |  | revenues           |         | revenues |  | revenues |         | revenues |  | revenues |        | revenues |  | revenues
|                 |  |                                 |        |                    |  |                    |         |          |  |          |         |          |  |          |        |          |  |         
|                 |  |                                 |        |                    |  |                   
|                 |  | (millions of euro)              |        | (millions of euro) |  | (millions of euro)
|T-Com            |  |                                 | 25,422 |                    |  |                    | 4,776   |          |  |          | 30,198  |          |  |          | 25,028 |          |  |          | 4,391   |   |  |  | 29,419  |   |  |  | 24,455 |  |  |  | 4,927   |   |  |  | 29,382  |  
|T-Systems        |  |                                 | 7,793  |                    |  |                    | 3,517   |          |  |          | 11,310  |          |  |          | 8,316  |          |  |          | 3,583   |   |  |  | 11,899  |   |  |  | 6,021  |  |  |  | 3,791   |   |  |  | 9,812   |  
|T-Mobile         |  |                                 | 18,229 |                    |  |                    | 1,506   |          |  |          | 19,735  |          |  |          | 12,994 |          |  |          | 1,643   |   |  |  | 14,637  |   |  |  | 8,994  |  |  |  | 1,362   |   |  |  | 10,356  |  
|T-Online         |  |                                 | 1,672  |                    |  |                    | 158     |          |  |          | 1,830   |          |  |          | 1,338  |          |  |          | 111     |   |  |  | 1,449   |   |  |  | 1,038  |  |  |  | 90      |   |  |  | 1,128   |  
|Other Activities |  |                                 | 573    |                    |  |                    | 3,838   |          |  |          | 4,411   |          |  |          | 633    |          |  |          | 4,481   |   |  |  | 5,114   |   |  |  | 431    |  |  |  | 4,770   |   |  |  | 5,201   |  
|Reconciliation   |  |                                 |       |                    |  |                    | (13,795 | )        |  |          | (13,795 | )        |  |          |       |          |  |          | (14,209 | ) |  |  | (14,209 | ) |  |  |       |  |  |  | (14,940 | ) |  |  | (14,940 | )
|                 |  |                                 |        |                    |  |                    |         |          |  |          |         |          |  |          |        |          |  |          |         |   |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |  |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Group            |  |                                 | 53,689 |                    |  |                    |        |          |  |          | 53,689  |          |  |          | 48,309 |          |  |          |        |   |  |  | 48,309  |   |  |  | 40,939 |  |  |  |        |   |  |  | 40,939  |  
|                 |  |                                 |        |                    |  |                    |         |          |  |          |         |          |  |          |        |          |  |          |         |   |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |  |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  

Reclassification

The segment information for 2001 and 2000 in the
table above and throughout this Annual Report (including in
note (35) to the consolidated financial statements included
herein) has been reclassified to reflect the 2002 organizational
changes among our segments. As of January 1, 2002,
operational responsibility for our domestic carrier services
business was transferred from the T-Systems segment to the T-Com
segment and operational responsibility for our international
carrier sales and services solutions business was transferred
from the T-Com segment to the T-Systems segment. In addition,
international operations were transferred from Other
Activities to T-Com as of January 1, 2002.
T-Coms international activities are conducted through
MATAV in Hungary, Slovak Telecom (Slovak Telecom) in Slovakia
and Hrvatski Telecom in Croatia.

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The following table presents 2001 and 2000
segment net revenues before and after this reclassification.

|                 |  |                                 |        |                    |  |              |        |          |  |        |        |              |  |  |        |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |        | 
|---------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------ |  | ------------ | ------ | -------- |  | ------ | ------ | ------------ |  |  | ------ |  |  |  | ------ | - |  |  | ------ | 
|                 |  |                                
|                 |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                 |  |                                
|                 |  |                                 |        |                   
|                 |  | 2001                            |        | 2000              
|                 |  |                                 |        |                   
|                 |  | Previous                        |        | Change             |  | Reclassified |        | Previous |  | Change |        | Reclassified
|                 |  |                                 |        |                    |  |              |        |          |  |        |        |             
|                 |  |                                 |        |                   
|                 |  | (millions of euro)              |        | (millions of euro)
|T-Com            |  |                                 | 19,362 |                    |  |              | 5,666  |          |  |        | 25,028 |              |  |  | 20,170 |  |  |  | 4,285  |   |  |  | 24,455 | 
|T-Systems        |  |                                 | 11,211 |                    |  |              | (2,895 | )        |  |        | 8,316  |              |  |  | 8,460  |  |  |  | (2,439 | ) |  |  | 6,021  | 
|T-Mobile         |  |                                 | 12,994 |                    |  |              |       |          |  |        | 12,994 |              |  |  | 8,994  |  |  |  |       |   |  |  | 8,994  | 
|T-Online         |  |                                 | 1,338  |                    |  |              |       |          |  |        | 1,338  |              |  |  | 1,038  |  |  |  |       |   |  |  | 1,038  | 
|Other Activities |  |                                 | 3,404  |                    |  |              | (2,771 | )        |  |        | 633    |              |  |  | 2,277  |  |  |  | (1,846 | ) |  |  | 431    | 
|                 |  |                                 |        |                    |  |              |        |          |  |        |        |              |  |  |        |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |        | 
|Total            |  |                                 | 48,309 |                    |  |              |       |          |  |        | 48,309 |              |  |  | 40,939 |  |  |  |       |   |  |  | 40,939 | 
|                 |  |                                 |        |                    |  |              |        |          |  |        |        |              |  |  |        |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |        | 

The following table shows the components of net
revenues affected by the reclassification.

|                 |                                           |                    |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|---------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------------------ |  | ------ | - |  |  | ------ | -
|                 |                                           |                   
|                 |                                           | For the year ended
|                 |                                           | December 31,      
|                 |                                           |                   
|                 |                                           | 2001               |  | 2000  
|                 |                                           |                    |  |       
|                 |                                           |                   
|                 |                                           | (millions of euro)
|T-Com            |                                           |                    |  |        |   |  |  |       
|                 | Previous net revenues                     |                    |  | 19,362 |   |  |  | 20,170 |  
|                 | Domestic carrier                          |                    |  | 3,722  |   |  |  | 3,469  |  
|                 | International carrier                     |                    |  | (776   | ) |  |  | (999   | )
|                 | Eastern Europe (international operations) |                    |  | 2,719  |   |  |  | 1,825  |  
|                 | Other                                     |                    |  | 1      |   |  |  | (10    | )
|                 |                                           |                    |  |        |   |  |  |       
|                 | Reclassified net revenues                 |                    |  | 25,028 |   |  |  | 24,455 |  
|                 |                                           |                    |  |        |   |  |  |       
|T-Systems        |                                           |                    |  |        |   |  |  |       
|                 | Previous net revenues                     |                    |  | 11,211 |   |  |  | 8,460  |  
|                 | Domestic carrier                          |                    |  | (3,722 | ) |  |  | (3,469 | )
|                 | International carrier                     |                    |  | 776    |   |  |  | 999    |  
|                 | Other                                     |                    |  | 51     |   |  |  | 31     |  
|                 |                                           |                    |  |        |   |  |  |       
|                 | Reclassified net revenues                 |                    |  | 8,316  |   |  |  | 6,021  |  
|                 |                                           |                    |  |        |   |  |  |       
|Other Activities |                                           |                    |  |        |   |  |  |       
|                 | Previous net revenues                     |                    |  | 3,404  |   |  |  | 2,277  |  
|                 | Eastern Europe (international operations) |                    |  | (2,719 | ) |  |  | (1,825 | )
|                 | Other entities                            |                    |  | (52    | ) |  |  | (21    | )
|                 |                                           |                    |  |        |   |  |  |       
|                 | Reclassified net revenues                 |                    |  | 633    |   |  |  | 431    |  
|                 |                                           |                    |  |        |   |  |  |       

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T-Com

The following table presents selected financial
information concerning T-Com.

|                       |  |                                 |        |            |  |         |        |           |  |           |        |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|---------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- |  | ------- | ------ | --------- |  | --------- | ------ |  |  |  | ------ | - |  |  | ------ | -
|                       |  |                                
|                       |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                       |  |                                
|                       |  | 2002                            |        | 2001(1)    |  | 2000(1) |        | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|                       |  |                                 |        |            |  |         |        |           |  |          
|                       |  |                                 |        |           
|                       |  | (millions of euro)              |        | (% change)
|Net revenues           |  |                                 | 25,422 |            |  |         | 25,028 |           |  |           | 24,455 |  |  |  | 1.6%   |   |  |  | 2.3%   |  
|Inter-segment revenues |  |                                 | 4,776  |            |  |         | 4,391  |           |  |           | 4,927  |  |  |  | 8.8%   |   |  |  | (10.9% | )
|                       |  |                                 |        |            |  |         |        |           |  |           |        |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|Total revenues         |  |                                 | 30,198 |            |  |         | 29,419 |           |  |           | 29,382 |  |  |  | 2.6%   |   |  |  | 0.1%   |  
|                       |  |                                 |        |            |  |         |        |           |  |           |        |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|Income before taxes    |  |                                 | 3,539  |            |  |         | 4,614  |           |  |           | 4,904  |  |  |  | (23.3% | ) |  |  | (5.9%  | )



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|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Information for 2001 and 2000 has been
    reclassified to conform to 2002 organizational changes among
    segments.



| |             
| | ------------
| | Net Revenues

The net revenues from our T-Com division (total
revenues excluding inter-segment revenues) increased by EUR
394 million, or 1.6%, to EUR 25,422 million in 2002
from EUR 25,028 million in 2001. This increase was
primarily a result of the full-year consolidation of Hrvatski
Telecom in 2002 (EUR 981 million) and increased
network communications revenues. Additionally, net revenues were
positively affected by increased data communication revenues,
due to increases in demand, as well as growth at MATAV. These
increases were partially offset by a decrease in net revenues
from carrier services and by the deconsolidation of our former
cable operation in Baden-Wuerttemberg. On March 13, 2003,
we completed the sale of our six remaining cable operations.
These operations contributed EUR 897 million in 2002 and
EUR 751 million in 2001 to our net revenues. As a result of
this sale, these companies will no longer be part of our
consolidated group.

Net revenues increased by EUR 573 million,
or 2.3%, to EUR 25,028 million in 2001 from
EUR 24,455 million in 2000. The increase in 2001
primarily resulted from the full consolidation of Hrvatski
Telecom since November 2001 (EUR 153 million), the full
consolidation of MakTel, a subsidiary of MATAV, since the first
quarter of 2001 (EUR 244 million) and the first full-year
consolidation of Slovak Telecom, which was first consolidated in
September 2000. This consolidation effect was partially
offset by the deconsolidation of the cable companies in Hesse
and North-Rhine Westphalia in 2000 and Baden Wuerttemberg in the
third quarter of 2001.



| |                       
| | ----------------------
| | Inter-Segment Revenues

In 2002, revenues from business with other
segments amounted to EUR 4,776 million, an increase of EUR
385 million, or 8.8%, as compared to inter-segment revenues
of EUR 4,391 million in 2001. This increase mainly related
to network and support services billed by T-Com to the other
segments and the provision of fixed-line network terminal
equipment for other segments. Compared to 2002, revenues from
business with T-Online increased 10% and revenues from business
with T-Systems increased 19%.

In 2001, inter-segment revenues decreased by EUR
536 million, or 10.9%, to EUR 4,391 million from EUR
4,927 million in 2000. This decrease resulted from the
reduction in provision of services to other segments primarily
attributable to a reduction in business volume from T-Systems,
offset in part by increased access for online services by
fixed-line network subscribers.



| |               
| | --------------
| | Total Revenues

The following table reflects total revenues by
geographic area.

|               |  |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |  |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |  
|-------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- |  | ---- | ------ | --------- |  | --------- | ------ |  |  |  | ----- | - |  |  | ----- | -
|               |  |                                
|               |  | For the year ended December 31,
|               |  |                                
|               |  | 2002                            |        | 2001       |  | 2000 |        | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|               |  |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |          
|               |  |                                 |        |           
|               |  | (millions of euro)              |        | (% change)
|Domestic       |  |                                 | 26,321 |            |  |      | 26,670 |           |  |           | 27,558 |  |  |  | (1.3) | % |  |  | (3.2) | %
|Eastern Europe |  |                                 | 3,877  |            |  |      | 2,749  |           |  |           | 1,824  |  |  |  | 41.0  | % |  |  | 50.7  | %
|               |  |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |  |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |  
|Total revenues |  |                                 | 30,198 |            |  |      | 29,419 |           |  |           | 29,382 |  |  |  | 2.6   | % |  |  | 0.1   | %
|               |  |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |  |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |  

In 2002, T-Coms total revenues increased by
EUR 779 million, or 2.6%, to EUR 30,198 million from
EUR 29,419 million in 2001. Domestic business accounted for
approximately 87.2% of T-Coms total

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revenues in 2002. MATAV, Slovak Telecom and
Hrvatski Telecom account for all Eastern European revenues and
contributed approximately EUR 3,877, or 12.8%, of T-Coms
total revenues during 2002. Primarily as a result of the first
full-year consolidation of Hrvatski Telecom, total revenues from
our Eastern European subsidiaries increased by EUR
1,128 million, or 41.0%, compared to the total revenues for
these subsidiaries in 2001. Of this increase, the first
full-year consolidation of Hrvatski Telecom contributed
approximately EUR 854 million.


In 2001, T-Coms total revenues increased by
EUR 37 million, or 0.1%, to EUR 29,419 million from
EUR 29,382 million in 2000. Domestic business accounted for
approximately 90.7% of T-Coms total revenues during 2001.
MATAV, Slovak Telecom and Hrvatski Telecom contributed EUR
2,749 million or 9.3% of total revenues. The first
full-year consolidation of Slovak Telecom in the year 2001 and
the first-time consolidation of Hrvatski Telecom in November
2001 were primarily responsible for a revenue increase of EUR
925 million, or 50.7%, compared to the total revenues for
these subsidiaries in 2000. Additionally, the growth at MATAV
and the consolidation of MakTel in MATAV during the first
quarter of 2001 contributed to this growth. These increases were
partially offset by a decrease in revenues from broadband cable,
which was largely the result of the deconsolidation of the
regional cable companies in Hesse and North-Rhine Westphalia.



| |                             
| | ----------------------------
| | Components of Total Revenues

Total revenues are derived principally from
domestic fixed-line network revenues (network communications,
data communications, value-added services, terminal equipment
sales), domestic carrier services, systems integration and
consulting and the consolidation of results from T-Coms
Eastern European subsidiaries.

|               |                                            |                                  |  |            |        |         |  |           |        |              |  |        |        |  |  |       |       |    |  |       |     |  
|-------------- | ------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------- |  | ---------- | ------ | ------- |  | --------- | ------ | ------------ |  | ------ | ------ |  |  | ----- | ----- | -- |  | ----- | --- | -
|               |                                            |                                 
|               |                                            | For the year ended December 31, 
|               |                                            |                                 
|               |                                            | 2002                             |  | 2001       |        | 2000(1) |  | 2002/2001 |        | 2001/2000(1)
|               |                                            |                                  |  |            |        |         |  |           |        |             
|               |                                            |                                  |  |           
|               |                                            | (millions of euro)               |  | (% change)
|Domestic       |                                            |                                  |  |            |        |         |  |           |        |              |  |        |        |  |  |       |       |    |  |      
|               |                                            | Network communications           |  |            | 15,113 |         |  |           | 14,788 |              |  |        |       |  |  |       | 2.2   | %  |  |       |    |  
|               |                                            | Data communication               |  |            | 3,407  |         |  |           | 3,116  |              |  |        |       |  |  |       | 9.3   | %  |  |       |    |  
|               |                                            | Value-added services             |  |            | 1,440  |         |  |           | 1,492  |              |  |        |       |  |  |       | (3.5  | %) |  |       |    |  
|               |                                            | Terminal equipment               |  |            | 924    |         |  |           | 991    |              |  |        |       |  |  |       | (6.8  | %) |  |       |    |  
|               |                                            | Other fixed-line network revenue |  |            | 1,197  |         |  |           | 1,440  |              |  |        |       |  |  |       | (16.9 | %) |  |       |    |  
|               |                                            |                                  |  |            |        |         |  |           |        |              |  |        |        |  |  |       |       |    |  |      
|               | Total domestic fixed-line network revenues |                                  |  | 22,081     |        |         |  | 21,827    |        |              |  | 22,978 |        |  |  | 1.2   | %     |    |  | (5.0  | )% 
|               | Domestic carrier services                  |                                  |  | 3,367      |        |         |  | 4,122     |        |              |  |       |        |  |  | (18.3 | %)    |    |  |      |    
|               | Systems integration and consulting         |                                  |  | 261        |        |         |  | 260       |        |              |  |       |        |  |  | 0.4   | %     |    |  |      |    
|               | Other domestic revenues                    |                                  |  | 612        |        |         |  | 461       |        |              |  |       |        |  |  | 32.8  | %     |    |  |      |    
|               |                                            |                                  |  |            |        |         |  |           |        |              |  |        |        |  |  |       |       |    |  |      
|               | Total domestic revenues                    |                                  |  | 26,321     |        |         |  | 26,670    |        |              |  | 27,558 |        |  |  | (1.3  | )%    |    |  | (3.2  | )% 
|Eastern Europe |                                            |                                  |  |            |        |         |  |           |        |              |  |        |        |  |  |       |       |    |  |      
|               | MATAV                                      |                                  |  | 2,429      |        |         |  | 2,136     |        |              |  | 1,697  |        |  |  | 13.7  | %     |    |  | 25.9  | %  
|               | Hrvatski Telecom(2)                        |                                  |  | 1,007      |        |         |  | 153       |        |              |  |       |        |  |  | 558.2 | %     |    |  |      |    
|               | Slovak Telecom(3)                          |                                  |  | 441        |        |         |  | 460       |        |              |  | 127    |        |  |  | (4.1  | )%    |    |  | 262.2 | %  
|               |                                            |                                  |  |            |        |         |  |           |        |              |  |        |        |  |  |       |       |    |  |      
|               | Total Eastern Europe revenues              |                                  |  | 3,877      |        |         |  | 2,749     |        |              |  | 1,824  |        |  |  | 41.0  | %     |    |  | 50.7  | %  
|               |                                            |                                  |  |            |        |         |  |           |        |              |  |        |        |  |  |       |       |    |  |      
|               |                                            | Total                            |  |            | 30,198 |         |  |           | 29,419 |              |  |        | 29,382 |  |  |       | 2.6   | %  |  |       | 0.1 | %
|               |                                            |                                  |  |            |        |         |  |           |        |              |  |        |        |  |  |       |       |    |  |      



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|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | The sub-components of total revenues for 2000 are
    not presented due to the incompatibility with results from 2001
    and 2002 as a consequence of the various reorganizations and
    restructurings of the T-Com segment since 2000.
|(2) | First consolidated in November 2001.                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|(3) | First consolidated in September 2000.                                                                                                                                                                                                     



| |                        
| | -----------------------
| | Total Domestic Revenues

In 2002, German total domestic revenues decreased
by EUR 349 million, or 1.3%, to
EUR 26,321 million from EUR 26,670 million
in 2001. This decrease was largely due to weak domestic carrier
business as discussed below.

Total domestic revenues decreased by EUR
888 million, or 3.2%, to EUR 26,670 million in 2001
from EUR 27,558 million in 2000. This decrease was largely
due to the deconsolidation of the cable companies in

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Hesse and North-Rhine Westphalia, price decreases
in terminal equipment, as well as decreases in network
communications revenues.


Total
Domestic Fixed-Line Network Revenues

T-Coms total domestic fixed-line network
revenues have increased for the annual period ended
December 31, 2002, as compared to 2001. T-Coms total
domestic fixed-line revenues increased by EUR 254 million,
or 1.2%, to EUR 22,081 million in 2002 from
EUR 21,827 million in 2001. This increase resulted
primarily from higher access revenues, which were positively
affected by an increase in the number of ISDN and T-DSL
subscribers. A decline in call revenues partially offset this
increase.

Total domestic fixed-line network revenues
decreased by EUR 1,151 million, or 5.0%, to EUR 21,827
million in 2001 from EUR 22,978 million in 2000. This
decrease was primarily attributable to decreases in revenues
from network communications regulation and intense competition.
Such competition resulted in decreased market share and price
decreases. Additionally, the deconsolidation of cable companies
in Hesse and North-Rhine Westphalia affected total domestic
fixed-line network revenues negatively.



| |                       
| | ----------------------
| | Network Communications

Revenues from network communications consist of
revenues from telephone communications originated in Germany.
These revenues primarily include initial connection fees,
monthly rental charges and call charges. Call charges originate
from local, regional and domestic long-distance calls,
international calls, calls to mobile networks and calls to
Internet service providers and SMS Services.

In 2002, network communications revenues
increased by EUR 325 million, or 2.2%, to EUR 15,113
million from EUR 14,788 million in 2001. The growth in
access revenues exceeded the decrease in call revenues. Access
revenues increased due to growth in the number of ISDN and T-DSL
lines and the number of customers using value-added option
plans, and due to price increases for ISDN and T-DSL lines
implemented during 2002. Since the access charges for ISDN
services are higher than analog services, the migration of
customers from analog access to ISDN access has generally led to
increases in access revenues. Additionally, price increases for
access lines of between 2% and 5% approved by regulators during
2002 contributed to the increase in monthly access revenues.
T-DSL service in addition to analog and ISDN access also
increased access revenues.

The total number of ISDN lines increased by 12.8%
in 2002, from 8.6 million at the end of 2001 to
9.7 million at the end of 2002. The number of analog lines
decreased by 4.6% in 2002, from 30.3 million at the end of
2001 to 28.9 million at the end of 2002. The number of
T-DSL lines in operation increased by 66.7% in 2002, from
1.8 million at the end of 2001 to 3.0 million at the
end of 2002.

T-Com had a decrease in call revenues partially
attributable to decreases in tariffs, market share and volume
and, in particular, in the level of local traffic and traffic to
online services. The use of mobile telephones led to lower
levels of call minutes in the fixed-line network.

Full competition was the main reason for the
significant decline in tariffs and loss of market share.
According to an estimate of the German telecommunications
regulator, our market share, based on calls measured in minutes,
was 68% in 2002, which is down from 72.8% in 2001. The standard
tariff for a domestic long-distance call, excluding weekends and
holidays, has decreased by approximately 93% since
January 1, 1998. For example, in 2002, there was a
reduction of 3% in the price cap on local calls. Furthermore,
the increase in the number of option plan users resulted in a
decrease in call revenues. Reductions in tariffs relating to
call charges are expected to continue in the future, which will
have an adverse impact on domestic call revenues. We cannot
provide assurances that we will be able to counter this expected
decline in call revenues with increased revenues from access
charges or otherwise.

In 2001, network communications revenues declined
significantly as compared to 2000, principally as a result of
declining revenues from call charges from domestic
long-distance, international and local calls. The decline in
revenues from call charges for long-distance and international
calls was partially offset by an increase in T-ISDN and T-DSL
access charges and by an increase in revenues from calls to
mobile networks.



| |                   
| | ------------------
| | Data Communication

Revenues from data communication increased by
EUR 291 million, or 9.3%, to EUR 3,407 million in 2002
from EUR 3,116 million in 2001. This increase in data
communication revenues was partly attributable to stronger
market growth largely due to the increasing reliance by German
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integrated business solutions for internal and
external communications needs. Market growth is reflected in the
increased revenues from local area networks, wide area networks
and integrated corporate business solutions such as Telekom
Design Networks. Additionally, higher levels of data
communications sales to T-Systems in connection with specific
customer projects and standard products such as ATM connections
contributed to the increase in revenues in 2002. Revenues in the
area of the classic data communications products, such as leased
lines, decreased slightly in 2002.




| |                     
| | --------------------
| | Value-Added Services

Revenues from value-added services include
revenues from public telephones, toll-free lines, shared cost
services, mass calling services, premium-rate services,
information services, the directory assistance service and other
operator services, such as call center services.

Revenues from value-added services decreased by
EUR 52 million, or 3.5%, to EUR 1,440 million in 2002
from EUR 1,492 million in 2001. The decrease is mainly
attributable to lower revenues from public telephone booths and
premium-rate services. We believe the decrease in revenues
contributed by public telephone booths is largely attributable
to the increased use of mobile telephones. As a consequence of
this decrease in revenues, T-Com has reduced the number of
telephone booths in service from 2001 to 2002. T-Com also
recorded considerable losses of market share in the area of
premium-rate services, due to T-Coms voluntary limitation
in the selection of premium-rate providers.

Revenues from value-added services decreased in
2001 as compared to 2000, primarily as a result of a decline in
revenues from the traditional public telephone business. This
was offset in part by increasing revenues from other value-added
services, such as toll-free lines and premium-rate services.



| |                   
| | ------------------
| | Terminal Equipment

Revenues from terminal equipment consist of
revenues from the sale and rental of terminal equipment (analog
telephones, ISDN telephones and private branch exchanges) for
the fixed-line network.

Revenues for terminal equipment decreased by EUR
67 million, or 6.8%, to EUR 924 million in 2002 from
EUR 991 million in 2001. The demand for terminal equipment
and accessories has decreased as a result of the unfavorable
economic environment and declines in sales of new equipment due
to lower growth rates for ISDN lines. As in the previous year,
prices for terminal equipment continued to decrease. These
decreases were partially offset by increases in data
communications equipment revenues attributable primarily to
initial sales of T-DSL modems. T-DSL modems had been given to
customers free of charge in 2001.

Revenues from terminal equipment declined from
2000 to 2001, due to reduced sales volume, customer
cancellations in the terminal equipment rental business and a
continuing decline in prices for terminal equipment.



| |                                  
| | ---------------------------------
| | Other Fixed-Line Network Revenues

Other fixed-line network revenues consist mainly
of the supply and operation of radio and television signals to
end-users as well as the feed of radio and television programs
to the cable network. Other fixed-line network revenues
decreased by EUR 243 million, or 16.9%, to
EUR 1,197 million in 2002 from
EUR 1,440 million in 2001. This decrease is largely
attributable to the deconsolidation of the broadband cable
business in Baden-Wuerttemberg which resulted in a decrease in
other fixed-line network revenues of approximately
EUR 126 million in 2002 as compared to 2001. The six
cable operations sold in March 2003 contributed
EUR 919 million and EUR 752 million to
T-Coms total revenues in 2002 and 2001, respectively. As a
result of the sale, these companies will no longer be part of
our consolidated group.

Other fixed-line network revenues decreased from
2000 to 2001 primarily as a result of the deconsolidation of the
cable companies in Hesse and North-Rhine Westphalia.



| |                          
| | -------------------------
| | Domestic Carrier Services

The domestic carrier services business consists
primarily of interconnection services for operators of
fixed-line networks and mobile communications networks,
carrier-specific transmission paths and access to the unbundled
local loop.

Revenues from the domestic carrier services
business decreased by EUR 755 million, or 18.3% to
EUR 3,367 million in 2002 compared to
EUR 4,122 million in 2001. This decrease was due
primarily to a reduction in interconnection charges and lower
sales volumes resulting from the direct interconnection

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between the networks of mobile communications
operators. This direct interconnection caused a significant
decrease in traffic routed through T-Coms network.
Additionally, the demand for carrier services products decreased
in 2002 due to market consolidation and the insolvency of a
number of carriers.


Further declines in revenues from domestic
carrier services resulted from reductions in the demand for
shared space related to telecommunications equipment, lower
volumes of call minutes generated through pre-selection and
transfers of carriers from standard leased lines to lower priced
carrier leased lines.

Revenues were impacted positively in the areas of
line sharing, by which a single line can be used to carry
multiple streams of data or voice traffic, and the delivery of
telecommunications traffic to online services and providers of
value-added services in the mobile communications market.

Domestic carrier services revenues increased in
2001 as compared to 2000, primarily attributable to strong
growth in traffic to online services and domestic mobile
communications networks as reflected by a strong demand for
interconnection accesses, co-location space and transmission
paths.



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| | ----------------------------------
| | Systems Integration and Consulting

Revenues from systems integration and consulting
resulted from the implementation, applications support and
consulting in the area of telecommunications. These revenues
include service solutions for T-LAN and communication
networking, wiring, network expansion as well as fault
clearance. From 2001 to 2002, T-Coms total revenues from
systems integration and consulting remained relatively stable on
a consolidated basis. The development of revenues from 2000 to
2001 was largely unchanged.



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| | -----------------------
| | Other Domestic Revenues

Other domestic revenues consists mainly of sales
commissions from other segments for the sale of their products
through our outlets, such as in T-Punkt shops and charges for
support functions. Revenue from other domestic sources increased
by EUR 151 million, or 32.8%, to EUR 612 million in
2002 from EUR 461 million in 2001. This increase is mainly
attributable to higher sales from third-party products through
our sales channels. In 2002, for the first time other divisions
were charged fees for administration and support functions
provided through T-Coms sales channels.



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| | -----------------------------
| | Total Eastern Europe Revenues

Total revenues from our Eastern European
subsidiaries increased by EUR 1,128 million, or 41.0%, to
EUR 3,877 million in 2002 from
EUR 2,749 million in 2001. Of this increase, Hrvatski
Telecom contributed approximately EUR 854 million as a
result of its full-year consolidation in 2002. The increase was
also a result of the growth in the mobile communications and
data communications revenues of these subsidiaries.

Total revenues from our Eastern European
subsidiaries increased by EUR 925 million, or 50.7%,
to EUR 2,749 million in 2001 from
EUR 1,824 million in 2000. This increase is due in
part to the full-year consolidation of Slovak Telecom during
2001, the first-time consolidation of Hrvatski Telecom during
November 2001, the consolidation of MakTel during the first
quarter of 2001 and growth within MATAV.



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| | -----
| | MATAV

MATAV generates its revenues from fixed-line
communications, mobile communications, carrier services,
broadband services and online services. MATAVs total
revenues increased by EUR 293 million, or 13.7%, to EUR
2,429 million in 2002 from EUR 2,136 million in 2001.
This increase is primarily attributable to higher growth areas
such as the mobile communications (through MATAVs Westel
and MakTel subsidiaries), online services and data
communications markets.

MATAVs total revenues increased by
EUR 439 million, or 25.9%, to EUR 2,136 million
in 2001 from EUR 1,697 million in 2000. This increase
is primarily attributable to an increase in mobile
communications revenues of approximately 47% due to growth in
subscribers and the consolidation of Maktel during the first
quarter of 2001.

MATAVs monopoly in the Hungarian market for
long-distance and international telecommunications services
expired at the end of 2001. As a result, MATAV now faces
competition in its fixed-line business, which may adversely
affect its contribution to consolidated revenues in the future.

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| | ----------------
| | Hrvatski Telecom

Hrvatski Telecom generates its revenues in the
areas of fixed-line communications, mobile communications,
carrier services and online services. Primarily as a result of
its full-year consolidations, Hrvatski Telecoms total
revenues increased by EUR 854 million to
EUR 1,007 million in 2002 from EUR 153 million in
2001. Apart from this consolidation effect, Hrvatski
Telecoms total revenues increased primarily due to high
subscriber growth in the mobile communications business, in
particular with prepaid customers.



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| | --------------
| | Slovak Telecom

Slovak Telecom generates its revenues in the
areas of fixed-line network communications, carrier services and
online services. Slovak Telecoms total revenues decreased
by EUR 19 million, or 4.1%, to
EUR 441 million in 2002 from EUR 460 million
in 2001. This decrease is primarily attributable to a downturn
in general economic conditions in Slovakia and increased
substitution of fixed-line business by mobile communications.
Slovak Telecoms total revenues increased by
EUR 333 million, or 262.2%, to
EUR 460 million in 2001 from EUR 127 million
in 2000. This increase is primarily attributable to the
full-year consolidation of Slovak Telecom during 2001. Slovak
Telecom also supplies mobile communications services through its
associated company, Eurotel.



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| | -----------------
| | Selected Expenses

The following table presents selected expenses of
T-Com.

|                              |  |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |       |  |  |  |      |   |  |  |       |   
|----------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- |  | ---- | ----- | --------- |  | --------- | ----- |  |  |  | ---- | - |  |  | ----- | --
|                              |  |                                
|                              |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                              |  |                                
|                              |  | 2002                            |       | 2001       |  | 2000 |       | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|                              |  |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |          
|                              |  |                                 |       |           
|                              |  | (millions of euro)              |       | (% change)
|Depreciation and amortization |  |                                 | 5,537 |            |  |      | 5,443 |           |  |           | 6,417 |  |  |  | 1.7  | % |  |  | (15.2 | )%
|Net interest expense          |  |                                 | 565   |            |  |      | 350   |           |  |           | 793   |  |  |  | 61.4 | % |  |  | (55.9 | )%

Personnel costs primarily consist of wages and
salaries, but also include social security, pension costs and
other employee benefits. Personnel costs increased from 2001 to
2002 primarily as a result of collective bargaining agreement
adjustments of wages and salaries. Additionally, the first
full-year consolidation of HT also increased personnel costs in
2002. Personnel costs in 2002 were also affected by
restructuring measures related to MATAV and Slovak Telecom and
additions to pension accruals attributable to changes in the
life expectancy tables underlying the actuarial calculations.

Goods and services purchased include, among other
things, terminal equipment purchases and termination fees to
other network operators, including T-Mobile and T-Systems (for
international calls). Goods and services purchased increased in
2002 due to an increase in revenues.

Other operating expenses mainly include costs for
maintenance, research and development, consulting, marketing and
advertising, sales commissions, IT support, legal fees and
losses from the sale of noncurrent assets. In comparison with
2001, these expenses have remained relatively stable.

We depreciate fixed assets, such as network
equipment, and amortize intangible assets, such as goodwill. We
calculate depreciation and amortization on a straight-line basis
over the useful life of the assets. The increase in depreciation
and amortization was largely due to the first full-year
consolidation of Hrvatski Telecom. This was partly offset by
lower investments in the fixed-line network in Germany, which
led to lower depreciation and amortization expenses.

The decrease in depreciation and amortization
from 2000 to 2001 is attributable to the sale of our former
cable operation and nonscheduled depreciation charges relating
to a portion of the copper cable long-distance network and other
telecommunications equipment in 2000.

Net interest expense reflects the level of
financial liabilities of the segment. In 2002, net interest
expense was EUR 565 million compared with
EUR 350 million in 2001. The increase in net interest
expense is predominantly a result of less favorable interest
rates in 2002.



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| | -------------------
| | Income before Taxes

Income before taxes decreased by
EUR 1,075 million, or 23.3%, to
EUR 3,539 million in 2002 from
EUR 4,614 million in 2001. This decrease was primarily
the result of lower gains from divestitures of approximately
EUR 997 million and additional interest expense of
EUR 215 million. This was partially offset

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by a reduction in valuation adjustments for loans
to associated companies as well as increases in the equity
values in certain associated companies.


Income before taxes decreased by
EUR 290 million, or 5.9%, to EUR 4,614 million in
2001 from EUR 4,904 million in 2000, primarily as a
result of the sale of the cable companies in North-Rhine
Westphalia and Hesse in 2000, which was not duplicated in 2001.



T-Systems

The following table presents selected financial
information concerning T-Systems.

|                           |  |                                 |        |            |  |         |        |           |  |           |       |  |  |  |        |    |  |  |        |   
|-------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- |  | ------- | ------ | --------- |  | --------- | ----- |  |  |  | ------ | -- |  |  | ------ | --
|                           |  |                                
|                           |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                           |  |                                
|                           |  | 2002                            |        | 2001(1)    |  | 2000(1) |        | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|                           |  |                                 |        |            |  |         |        |           |  |          
|                           |  |                                 |        |           
|                           |  | (millions of euro)              |        | (% change)
|Net revenues               |  |                                 | 7,793  |            |  |         | 8,316  |           |  |           | 6,021 |  |  |  | (6.3   | )% |  |  | 38.1   | % 
|Inter-segment revenues     |  |                                 | 3,517  |            |  |         | 3,583  |           |  |           | 3,791 |  |  |  | 1.8    | %  |  |  | 5.5    | % 
|                           |  |                                 |        |            |  |         |        |           |  |           |       |  |  |  |        |    |  |  |        |   
|Total revenues             |  |                                 | 11,310 |            |  |         | 11,899 |           |  |           | 9,812 |  |  |  | (4.9   | )% |  |  | 21.3   | % 
|Income (loss) before taxes |  |                                 | (1,981 | )          |  |         | (382   | )         |  |           | 2,420 |  |  |  | (418.6 | )% |  |  | (115.8 | )%



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|(1) | Information for 2001 and 2000 has been
    reclassified to conform to 2002 organizational changes among
    segments.

Net
Revenues

Net revenues (total revenues excluding
inter-segment revenues) of the T-Systems division decreased by
EUR 523 million, or 6.3%, to EUR 7,793 million in
2002 as compared with EUR 8,316 million in 2001. This
decrease in net revenues was primarily due to the impact of the
difficult economic situation on T-Systems various business
activities and the corresponding decline in the market for
telecommunications (TC) services and information technology (IT)
services in all sectors. This decrease in net revenues was
partially offset by the contribution to net revenues of
EUR 86 million relating to the acquisition of DeTeCon.
Additionally, the sale of Groupe Spring and Marketech had a
negative impact on net revenues.

Net revenues of the T-Systems division increased
by EUR 2,295 million, or 38.1%, to
EUR 8,316 million in 2001 as compared with
EUR 6,021 million in 2000. Of this increase, the
first-time consolidation of debis Systemhaus starting in October
2000 accounted for approximately EUR 2,201 million.

Total
Revenues

In 2002, total revenues for T-Systems decreased
EUR 589 million, or 4.9%, to
EUR 11,310 million, as compared to revenues of
EUR 11,899 million in 2001. Approximately 31.1% of
T-Systems total revenues in 2002 were attributable to
inter-segment revenues compared to 30.1% in 2001 and 38.6% in
2000. T-Systems is the primary provider of data processing and
other information technology services to Deutsche Telekom AG and
certain of its affiliates in Europe. Revenues from other
segments of the Deutsche Telekom group decreased by
EUR 66 million, or 1.8%, to EUR 3,517 million in
2002 as compared to EUR 3,583 million in 2001,
primarily as a result of reduced prices for IT services.
The services provided include the provision of computer center
services, desktop services and application services. For 2002,
approximately 20.4% of T-Systems TC services revenues and
approximately 41.8% of T-Systems IT services revenues,
were from other segments within the Deutsche Telekom group. Due
to the high proportion of inter-segment revenues combined with
its dependence on the purchase of inter-segment services,
T-Systems operating results depend to a large degree on
the conditions and prices employed in its dealings with our
other segments.

Total revenues of the T-Systems division
increased by EUR 2,087 million, or 21.3%, to
EUR 11,899 million in 2001 as compared with
EUR 9,812 million in 2000. Of this increase, the
first-time consolidation of debis Systemhaus starting in October
2000 accounted for approximately EUR 2,340 million. In
addition, IT services contributed EUR 432 million
from an agreement with Deutsche Post AG and a revenue
increase from other segments of the Deutsche Telekom group. This
increase was partially offset by the decrease in total revenues
from TC services of EUR 685 million, which was
primarily due to lower revenues in ICSS and domestic network
services from other segments of the Deutsche Telekom group and
external customers. Revenues from other segments of the Deutsche
Telekom group decreased by EUR 208 million, or 5.5%,
to EUR 3,583 million in 2001 as compared to
EUR 3,791 million in 2000. This decrease was primarily
due to lower traffic volume relating to international
interconnection services and reduced settlement rates in TC
services and partially offset by an increase in IT services from
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consolidation of debis Systemhaus
(EUR 110 million) and increased inter-segment revenues
of our systems integration and consulting units.


Components
of T-Systems Total Revenues

|                        |                                    |                                 |       |            |        |      |       |           |        |           |       |       |       |  |      |      |      |    |       |      |      |  
|----------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | --------- | ------ | --------- | ----- | ----- | ----- |  | ---- | ---- | ---- | -- | ----- | ---- | ---- | -
|                        |                                    |                                
|                        |                                    | For the year ended December 31,
|                        |                                    |                                
|                        |                                    | 2002                            |       | 2001       |        | 2000 |       | 2002/2001 |        | 2001/2000
|                        |                                    |                                 |       |            |        |      |       |           |        |          
|                        |                                    |                                 |       |           
|                        |                                    | (millions of euro)              |       | (% change)
|TC services revenues(1) |                                    |                                 | 5,599 |            |        |      | 5,990 |           |        |           | 6,675 |       |       |  | (6.5 | )%   |      |    | (10.3 | )%  
|IT services revenues    |                                    |                                 |       |            |        |      |       |           |        |           |       |       |       |  |      |      |      |    |       |     
|                        | Systems Integration and Consulting |                                 |       | 1,918      |        |      |       | 2,022     |        |           |       | 1,123 |       |  |      | (5.1 | )%   |    |       | 80.1 | %   
|                        | Computing Services                 |                                 |       | 2,367      |        |      |       | 2,444     |        |           |       | 1,269 |       |  |      | (3.2 | )%   |    |       | 92.6 | %   
|                        | Desktop Services                   |                                 |       | 1,426      |        |      |       | 1,443     |        |           |       | 745   |       |  |      | (1.2 | )%   |    |       | 93.7 | %   
|                        | Total IT services revenues         |                                 |       | 5,711      |        |      |       | 5,909     |        |           |       | 3,137 |       |  |      | (3.4 | )%   |    |       | 88.4 | %   
|                        |                                    |                                 |       |            |        |      |       |           |        |           |       |       |       |  |      |      |      |    |       |     
|                        |                                    | Total                           |       |            | 11,310 |      |       |           | 11,899 |           |       |       | 9,812 |  |      |      | (4.9 | )% |       |      | 21.3 | %
|                        |                                    |                                 |       |            |        |      |       |           |        |           |       |       |       |  |      |      |      |    |       |     



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|(1) | Due to the reorganization in 2001, we are not
    able to provide a detailed comparative breakdown of
    sub-components of our TC services unit as described in
    Item 4. Information on the Company 
    Description of Business Divisions 
    T-Systems  Telecommunications Services.

TC
Services

For the year ended December 31, 2002, total
revenues related to TC services decreased by
EUR 391 million, or 6.5%, to
EUR 5,599 million, as compared to
EUR 5,990 million in 2001. This decrease is primarily
due to the decrease in domestic network services revenues of
EUR 477 million, or 12.9%, as compared to 2001,
partially offset by an increase of EUR 127 million
attributable to the international activities of TC services. The
domestic network services business was negatively affected by
the general economic slowdown, particularly in Germany.
Additionally, price decreases primarily caused by reduced call
termination rates in the ICSS unit resulted in a decrease in
revenues in the amount of EUR 69 million in 2002 when
compared to 2001. Traffic volume remained nearly constant in
2002 (12.6 billion minutes of voice traffic versus
12.9 billion minutes in 2001).

For the year ended December 31, 2001, total
revenues decreased by EUR 685 million, or 10.3%, to
EUR 5,990 million, as compared to
EUR 6,675 million in 2000. The decrease in total
revenues was primarily attributable to a decrease in ICSS
revenues and international interconnection services due to
reduced settlement rates. Additionally, inter-segment revenues
decreased by EUR 209 million, primarily as a result of
lower traffic volume relating to international interconnection
services. Revenues were also negatively affected by intense
competition and over-capacity in the market.

IT
Services

In 2002, the following transactions particularly
affected the IT services business. On March 4, 2002,
pursuant to the exercise of a put option by DaimlerChrysler
Services AG, we purchased the remaining 49.9% interest in debis
Systemhaus for a purchase price of EUR 4.7 billion. On
March 27, 2002, we acquired the remaining 51% interest in
Detecon International GmbH, a consulting business, for a
purchase price of EUR 19.2 million. We then
transferred all of the shares of Detecon International GmbH to
T-Systems International GmbH as a capital contribution. During
2002, T-Systems sold the following non-core companies: Groupe
Spring S.A.S. and Marketech B.V. In 2003, T-Systems plans to
focus on its key competencies and expects to sell certain other
non-core businesses, such as TELECASH Kommunikations-Service
GmbH and T-Systems SIRIS S.A.S.

Systems Integration and Consulting.For the year ended December 31,
2002, total revenues decreased by EUR 104 million, or
5.1%, to EUR 1,918 million, as compared to
EUR 2,022 million in 2001. This decrease was primarily
due to customers discretionary spending reductions and the
insolvency of other domestic customers
(EUR 16 million), offset in part by an increase in
revenues from other segments of the Deutsche Telekom group and
the consolidation of Detecon International GmbH, which
contributed revenues of EUR 86 million.

Total revenues increased by
EUR 899 million, or 80.1%, to EUR 2,022 million
in 2001 as compared with EUR 1,123 million in 2000,
primarily due to the full-year consolidation of debis Systemhaus
(EUR 739 million) which was acquired in October 2000
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revenues in 2000. In addition, revenues from
other segments of the Deutsche Telekom group increased in 2001
due to additional projects initiated with other segments of the
group.


Computing Services.For the year ended December 31,
2002, total revenues decreased by EUR 77 million, or
3.2%, to EUR 2,367 million, as compared to
EUR 2,444 million in 2001. This decrease is primarily
attributable to a reduction in international activities, which
was partially offset by an increase in national inter-segment
activities. In addition, the insolvency of some domestic
customers contributed to the decrease in revenues in the amount
of EUR 12 million.

Total revenues increased by
EUR 1,175 million, or 92.6%, to EUR 2,444 million
in 2001 as compared with EUR 1,269 million in 2000,
primarily due to the full-year consolidation of debis Systemhaus
(EUR 1,030 million). In addition, T-Systems entered
into an agreement with Deutsche Post AG in 2000 to provide
information technology and corporate network services to
Deutsche Post AG. The increase in net revenues relating to this
agreement was EUR 163 million in 2001 when compared to
2000.

Desktop Services.For the year ended December 31,
2002, total revenues decreased by EUR 17 million, or
1.2%, to EUR 1,426 million, as compared to
EUR 1,443 million in 2001. The decrease was primarily
due to the divestiture of the subsidiaries T-Systems Marketech
and Groupe Spring. This decrease was partially offset by an
increase (EUR 26 million) in workstations and desktops.

Total revenues increased by
EUR 698 million, or 93.7%, to EUR 1,443 million
in 2001 as compared with EUR 745 million in 2000,
primarily due to the full-year consolidation of debis Systemhaus
(EUR 571 million). In addition,
EUR 105 million of this increase was related to the
agreement with Deutsche Post AG.

Geographic
Revenue Breakdown

As a percentage of total revenues, total revenues
generated from Germany were 72.6%, 74.5% and 75.0% for the years
ended 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. The decline in
percentage of total revenues and in euro amounts was primarily
due to a decrease in domestic network services. Revenues
relating to international activities remained relatively stable
during these periods, primarily as a result of the consolidation
of debis Systemhaus.

Operating
Expenses

The following table provides information
regarding components of operating expenses of T-Systems.

|                              |       |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |       |        |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |        |  |  |      |       |   |  |      |     |   |  |      |      |  
|----------------------------- | ----- | -------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- |  | ---- | ---- | --------- | - | --------- | ----- | ------ |  |  | ---- | ----- | - |  | ----- | ------ |  |  | ---- | ----- | - |  | ---- | --- | - |  | ---- | ---- | -
|                              |       |                                       
|                              |       | For the year ended December 31,       
|                              |       |                                       
|                              |       |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |       |        |  | 
|                              |       |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |          
|                              |       | 2002                                   |       | 2001       |  | 2000 |      | 2002/2001 |   | 2001/2000
|                              |       |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |           |   |          
|                              |       |                                        |       |           
|                              |       | (millions of euro, except percentages) |       | (% change)
|Goods and services purchased  |       |                                        | 6,131 |            |  |      | 44.2 | %         |   |           | 6,524 |        |  |  | 50.8 | %     |   |  | 6,499 |        |  |  | 62.0 | %     |   |  | (6.0 | )%  |   |  | 0.4  | %   
|Personnel costs               |       |                                        | 3,068 |            |  |      | 22.1 | %         |   |           | 2,750 |        |  |  | 21.4 | %     |   |  | 1,416 |        |  |  | 13.5 | %     |   |  | 11.6 | %   |   |  | 94.2 | %   
|Depreciation and amortization |       |                                        | 2,616 |            |  |      | 18.9 | %         |   |           | 1,372 |        |  |  | 10.7 | %     |   |  | 807   |        |  |  | 7.7  | %     |   |  | 90.7 | %   |   |  | 70.0 | %   
|Other operating expenses      |       |                                        | 2,056 |            |  |      | 14.8 | %         |   |           | 2,186 |        |  |  | 17.0 | %     |   |  | 1,760 |        |  |  | 16.8 | %     |   |  | (5.9 | )%  |   |  | 24.2 | %   
|                              |       |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |       |        |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |        |  |  |      |       |   |  |      |     |   |  |      |     
|                              | Total |                                        |       | 13,871     |  |      |      | 100.0     | % |           |       | 12,832 |  |  |      | 100.0 | % |  |       | 10,482 |  |  |      | 100.0 | % |  |      | 8.1 | % |  |      | 22.4 | %
|                              |       |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |       |        |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |        |  |  |      |       |   |  |      |     |   |  |      |     

Goods and services purchased decreased in 2002 by
EUR 393 million, or 6.0%, to
EUR 6,131 million when compared to
EUR 6,524 million in 2001. This decrease was a result
of cost savings efforts started throughout the T-Systems
division. These efforts included a staff reduction program,
restructuring at SIRIS, the physical and technical consolidation
of computer centers in Germany and improved purchasing
conditions. In 2001, goods and services purchased increased by
EUR 25 million, or 0.4%, to
EUR 6,524 million when compared to
EUR 6,499 million in 2000, primarily as a result of
the consolidation of debis Systemhaus
(EUR 910 million), offset in part by decreases within
other business units. A portion of such offsetting decreases in
expenses relating to goods and services purchased in 2001 for
particular business units was a result of the decision to shift
from outsourced subcontractors to providing some of these
services directly.

In total, personnel costs increased by
EUR 318 million, or 11.6%, to
EUR 3,068 million when compared to
EUR 2,750 million in 2001. In 2002, T-Systems decided
to reduce its workforce by approximately 3,500 employees.
Employee reductions are expected to take place throughout
T-Systems in managerial, professional, clerical and technical
positions. Personnel costs in 2002 were particularly affected by
restructuring initiatives resulting in charges of
EUR 274 million for terminations of employees
(including charges for a reduction of approximately
200 employees from the sale of Marketech and Groupe
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reflecting our decision to reduce the applicable
pension discount rate. Personnel costs increased by
EUR 1,334 million, or 94.2%, to
EUR 2,750 million in 2001 when compared to
EUR 1,416 million in 2000, primarily as a result of
the first-time consolidation of debis Systemhaus
(EUR 1,071 million) commencing October 2000.


Other operating expenses decreased by
EUR 130 million, or 5.9%, to
EUR 2,056 million in 2002 when compared to
EUR 2,186 million in 2001, due to a group-wide effort
to reduce costs and expenses, partly offset by an increase in
the allowance for doubtful accounts, write-offs of accounts
receivables due to the insolvency of domestic customers,
additions to provisions relating to the above-mentioned
restructuring activities and an increase in IT-related leased
equipment. Also included in total restructuring charges was
EUR 106 million relating to business exit and
facilities consolidation efforts. These costs included physical
and technical consolidation of T-Systems computer centers,
termination commitments with respect to the infrastructure of
telecommunications services and other costs. The increase by
EUR 426 million, or 24.2%, to
EUR 2,186 million in 2001 when compared to
EUR 1,760 million in 2000 is mainly due to the
consolidation of debis Systemhaus (EUR 378 million).
In addition, EUR 59 million of such increase was
attributable to a contract relating to Deutsche Post AG.

Depreciation increased by
EUR 399 million, or 41.1%, to
EUR 1,368 million in 2002 when compared to
EUR 969 million in 2001, mainly due to
EUR 170 million in nonscheduled asset depreciation
relating to telecommunications equipment at SIRIS and MultiLink,
as well as other operations. In addition, T-Systems wrote-down
mainframe and storage equipment, servers and other assets in
computer center operations. Further, EUR 33 million of
the increase was due to accelerated depreciation charges for
storage equipment based on a reassessment of the useful life of
the relevant equipment. Due to an oversupply of capacity in the
telecommunications market, T-Systems recorded nonscheduled
depreciation of submarine cable assets amounting to
EUR 228 million, partly offset by a reduction in
depreciation expense resulting from a decrease in capital
expenditures primarily in network services and computing
services. When compared to 2000, depreciation increased in 2001,
primarily due to the consolidation of debis Systemhaus
(EUR 181 million). Additionally, depreciation of our
non-debis Systemhaus business units within computing services
and desktop services increased by EUR 95 million,
reflecting scheduled depreciation relating to a contract with
Deutsche Post AG.

Amortization increased by
EUR 845 million, or 209.7%, to
EUR 1,248 million in 2002 when compared to
EUR 403 million in 2001, primarily due to the
acquisition of the remaining 49.9% of the shares of debis
Systemhaus in March 2002 and the resulting additional
amortization expense of EUR 271 million in 2002.
Amortization expense was affected by nonscheduled amortization
(EUR 597 million) in conjunction with the strategic
review and restructuring initiatives, primarily related to
business activities in France and Switzerland, including
nonscheduled amortization of the entire amount of goodwill
(EUR 564 million) related to the SIRIS domestic
carrier service business in France and the expected low sales
price for this business, and EUR 32 million related to
MultiLink SA, Switzerland, as a result of managements
decision to refocus its strategy, to downsize and to exit
specific business activities. In addition, amortization
increased by EUR 268 million, or 198.5%, to
EUR 403 million in 2001 as compared to
EUR 135 million in 2000, primarily resulting from the
debis Systemhaus acquisition (EUR 242 million).

Financial
Income (Expense), Net

Net financial expense increased by
EUR 233 million to EUR 118 million in 2002
when compared to net financial income of
EUR 115 million in 2001, primarily as a consequence of
the acquisition of the remaining 49.9% of the shares of debis
Systemhaus in the first quarter of 2002. T-Systems had to use
nearly all of its inter-segment financial receivables
(approximately EUR 2,165 million) and also a loan in
the amount of EUR 2,538 million from Deutsche Telekom
AG to finance this transaction. Net financial income increased
by EUR 214 million, to EUR 115 million in
2001 compared to net financial expense of
EUR 99 million in 2000, primarily as a result of
interest on inter-segment financial receivables in connection
with the debis Systemhaus acquisition in October 2000.

Income
(Loss) before Taxes

The T-Systems division recorded a loss before
taxes of approximately EUR 1,981 million in 2002,
which was attributable primarily to nonscheduled amortization of
goodwill and depreciation of property, plant and equipment along
with restructuring charges as described above. Additionally,
2002 was marked by fierce price competition due to
overcapacities in the market. Due to the economic slowdown many
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decreased their information technology budgets.
We do not expect that this economic situation will change
significantly in 2003.


The T-Systems division recorded a loss before
taxes of EUR 382 million in 2001 and income before
taxes of EUR 2,420 million in 2000. Gains on the sale
of our interest in Global One contributed
EUR 2,864 million to income before taxes in 2000.
Without regard to the effect of this sale, loss before taxes in
2000 would have been EUR 444 million.

T-Mobile

The following table presents selected financial
information concerning T-Mobile.

|                           |  |                                 |         |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |   |  |  |      |    |  |  |      |  
|-------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------- | ---------- |  | ---- | ------ | --------- |  | --------- | ------ | - |  |  | ---- | -- |  |  | ---- | -
|                           |  |                                
|                           |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                           |  |                                
|                           |  | 2002                            |         | 2001       |  | 2000 |        | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|                           |  |                                 |         |            |  |      |        |           |  |          
|                           |  |                                 |         |           
|                           |  | (millions of euro)              |         | (% change)
|Net revenues               |  |                                 | 18,229  |            |  |      | 12,994 |           |  |           | 8,994  |   |  |  | 40.3 | %  |  |  | 44.5 | %
|Inter-segment revenues     |  |                                 | 1,506   |            |  |      | 1,643  |           |  |           | 1,362  |   |  |  | (8.3 | )% |  |  | 20.6 | %
|                           |  |                                 |         |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |   |  |  |      |    |  |  |      |  
|Total revenues             |  |                                 | 19,735  |            |  |      | 14,637 |           |  |           | 10,356 |   |  |  | 34.8 | %  |  |  | 41.3 | %
|Income (loss) before taxes |  |                                 | (23,679 | )          |  |      | (6,399 | )         |  |           | (2,350 | ) |  |  | n.m  |    |  |  | n.m  |  



| |             
| | ------------
| | Net Revenues

The net revenues from our T-Mobile segment, which
reflect revenues from customers outside of the Deutsche Telekom
group, increased by EUR 5,237 million, or 40.3%, to
EUR 18,229 million in 2002 from
EUR 12,994 million in 2001. The increase in net
revenues was partly due to the effect of the full-year
consolidation in 2002 of our U.S. subsidiaries T-Mobile USA and
Powertel, referred to together as T-Mobile USA/ Powertel. The
full-year consolidation of T-Mobile USA/ Powertel accounted for
EUR 6,124 million of net revenues compared to
seven-months consolidation in 2001, which accounted for
EUR 2,796 million. Additionally, net revenues were
affected by the consolidation for a full year in 2002 and nine
months in 2001 of the Czech mobile communications provider
RadioMobil, which accounted for EUR 698 million of net
revenues in 2002, and net revenues of EUR 483 million
in 2001. The consolidation of T-Mobile Netherlands since
September 30, 2002 contributed EUR 158 million of
net revenues.

Subscriber growth also contributed to the
increase in net revenues in 2002. The number of subscribers
increased from 45.5 million in 2001 to 53.8 million in
2002 (including Virgin Mobile subscribers of 1.4 million in
2001 and 2.4 million in 2002). This increase was mainly a
result of strong subscriber growth in the United States and, to
a lesser extent, through subscriber growth in Europe and the
consolidation of T-Mobile Netherlands in September 2002.

Net revenues increased by
EUR 4,000 million, or 44.5%, to
EUR 12,994 million in 2001 from
EUR 8,994 million in 2000. T-Mobile USA/ Powertel,
acquired in May 2001, accounted for EUR 2,796 million
of this increase, and RadioMobil, consolidated since
March 31, 2001, accounted for EUR 483 million of
this increase. Without giving effect to the consolidations of
T-Mobile USA/ Powertel and RadioMobil, net revenues of the
T-Mobile segment increased by EUR 709 million, or
7.9%, largely due to increases in the number of mobile
subscribers of T-Mobile Deutschland in Germany and T-Mobile UK
in the United Kingdom.



| |               
| | --------------
| | Total Revenues

Total revenues include both net revenues from
external customers and revenues from transactions with other
segments within the Deutsche Telekom group. The most significant
component of inter-segment revenues for T-Mobile relates to
revenues received from our T-Com division for terminating calls
on the mobile network in Germany that originated from
T-Coms fixed-line network in Germany.

Inter-segment revenues decreased by
EUR 137 million, or 8.3%, to
EUR 1,506 million in 2002 from
EUR 1,643 million in 2001. This decrease was primarily
due to a decline in the rates charged for terminating calls from
the fixed-line network. Inter-segment revenues increased by
EUR 281 million, or 20.6%, to
EUR 1,643 million in 2001 from
EUR 1,362 million in 2000. This increase was primarily
due to the growth of the subscriber base and a corresponding
increase in revenues received from T-Com for terminating calls
on the mobile network. Substantially all inter-segment revenues
are received through T-Mobile Deutschland.

Although revenues from mobile data services
(other than SMS) are not currently significant, T-Mobile expects
that these services will represent an important source of future
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these services, T-Mobile has announced
significant price reductions for these services effective
April 15, 2003.




| |            
| | -----------
| | Subscribers

The following table reflects the number of
T-Mobile subscribers by subsidiary.

|                          |       |                    |      |            |  |      |      |           |  |           |      |      |  |  |      |      |   |  |      |      |  
|------------------------- | ----- | ------------------ | ---- | ---------- |  | ---- | ---- | --------- |  | --------- | ---- | ---- |  |  | ---- | ---- | - |  | ---- | ---- | -
|                          |       |                   
|                          |       | As of December 31,
|                          |       |                   
|Subsidiary                |       | 2002               |      | 2001       |  | 2000 |      | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|                          |       |                    |      |            |  |      |      |           |  |          
|                          |       |                    |      |           
|                          |       | (Subscribers in    |      | (% change)
|                          |       | millions)          |      |           
|T-Mobile Deutschland      |       |                    | 24.6 |            |  |      | 23.1 |           |  |           | 19.1 |      |  |  | 6.5  | %    |   |  | 20.9 | %   
|T-Mobile UK(1)            |       |                    | 12.4 |            |  |      | 10.4 |           |  |           | 8.3  |      |  |  | 19.2 | %    |   |  | 25.3 | %   
|T-Mobile USA/ Powertel(2) |       |                    | 9.9  |            |  |      | 7.0  |           |  |           |     |      |  |  | 41.4 | %    |   |  | n/a  |     
|T-Mobile Austria          |       |                    | 2.0  |            |  |      | 2.1  |           |  |           | 2.0  |      |  |  | (4.8 | )%   |   |  | 5.0  | %   
|RadioMobil(3)             |       |                    | 3.5  |            |  |      | 2.9  |           |  |           |     |      |  |  | 20.7 | %    |   |  | n/a  |     
|T-Mobile Netherlands(4)   |       |                    | 1.4  |            |  |      |     |           |  |           |     |      |  |  | n/a  |      |   |  | n.m  |     
|                          |       |                    |      |            |  |      |      |           |  |           |      |      |  |  |      |      |   |  |      |     
|                          | Total |                    |      | 53.8       |  |      |      | 45.5      |  |           |      | 29.4 |  |  |      | 18.2 | % |  |      | 54.8 | %
|                          |       |                    |      |            |  |      |      |           |  |           |      |      |  |  |      |      |   |  |      |     



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|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Including Virgin Mobile subscribers of
    2.4 million for 2002, 1.4 million for 2001 and
    0.7 million for 2000.
|(2) | First consolidated May 31, 2001.                                                                                   
|(3) | First consolidated March 31, 2001.                                                                                 
|(4) | First consolidated September 30, 2002.                                                                             

The figures above represent the total number of
contract and prepaid subscribers at year-end for the periods
presented. For further information relating to subscriber data,
see Item 4. Information on the Company 
Description of Business Divisions  T-Mobile.

T-Mobile expects that the number of subscribers
in European markets will not grow significantly in the future,
as most of the markets in Europe are relatively mature and at or
near saturation. T-Mobile expects that the number of subscribers
in the U.S. market will continue to increase as that market has
not yet reached saturation, although usage patterns may differ
from those prevalent in Europe.



| |                                      
| | -------------------------------------
| | Total Revenues by Geographic
    Area

The following table reflects T-Mobiles
total revenues by geographic area.

|                  |       |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |       |        |  |  |       |      |   |  |      |      |  
|----------------- | ----- | ------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- |  | ---- | ----- | --------- |  | --------- | ----- | ------ |  |  | ----- | ---- | - |  | ---- | ---- | -
|                  |       |                                
|                  |       | For the year ended December 31,
|                  |       |                                
|                  |       | 2002                            |       | 2001       |  | 2000 |       | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|                  |       |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |          
|                  |       |                                 |       |           
|                  |       | (millions of euro)              |       | (% change)
|Total revenues:   |       |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |       |        |  |  |       |      |   |  |      |     
|Germany           |       |                                 | 7,777 |            |  |      | 7,064 |           |  |           | 6,475 |        |  |  | 10.1  | %    |   |  | 9.1  | %   
|North America(1)  |       |                                 | 6,124 |            |  |      | 2,796 |           |  |           |      |        |  |  | 119.0 | %    |   |  | n/a  |     
|United Kingdom    |       |                                 | 3,990 |            |  |      | 3,277 |           |  |           | 2,883 |        |  |  | 21.8  | %    |   |  | 13.7 | %   
|Austria           |       |                                 | 985   |            |  |      | 1,017 |           |  |           | 998   |        |  |  | (3.1  | )%   |   |  | 1.9  | %   
|Czech Republic(2) |       |                                 | 698   |            |  |      | 483   |           |  |           |      |        |  |  | 44.5  | %    |   |  | n/a  |     
|Netherlands(3)    |       |                                 | 158   |            |  |      |      |           |  |           |      |        |  |  | n/a   |      |   |  | n/a  |     
|Other             |       |                                 | 3     |            |  |      |      |           |  |           |      |        |  |  |      |      |   |  |     |     
|                  |       |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |       |        |  |  |       |      |   |  |      |     
|                  | Total |                                 |       | 19,735     |  |      |       | 14,637    |  |           |       | 10,356 |  |  |       | 34.8 | % |  |      | 41.3 | %
|                  |       |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |       |        |  |  |       |      |   |  |      |     



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|    |                                       
|--- | --------------------------------------
|(1) | First consolidated May 31, 2001.      
|(2) | First consolidated March 31, 2001.    
|(3) | First consolidated September 30, 2002.

The following discussions provide additional
revenue information by geographic area. Total revenues include
revenues from activation fees, monthly and daily access fees,
call and other charges paid by direct subscribers, charges paid
by resellers, interconnection fees and international roaming
fees paid by other network carriers.

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| |        
| | -------
| | Germany

|                               |                |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |      |   |  |       |     |  
|------------------------------ | -------------- | -------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- |  | ---- | ---- | --------- | - | --------- | ----- | ----- |  |  | ---- | ----- | - |  | ----- | ----- |  |  | ---- | ----- | - |  | ----- | ---- | - |  | ----- | --- | -
|                               |                |                                       
|                               |                | For the year ended December 31,       
|                               |                |                                       
|                               |                |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |       |       |  | 
|                               |                |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |          
|                               |                | 2002                                   |       | 2001       |  | 2000 |      | 2002/2001 |   | 2001/2000
|                               |                |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |           |   |          
|                               |                |                                        |       |           
|                               |                | (millions of euro, except percentages) |       | (% change)
|Mobile communications revenues |                |                                        | 7,040 |            |  |      | 90.5 | %         |   |           | 6,431 |       |  |  | 91.0 | %     |   |  | 5,416 |       |  |  | 83.6 | %     |   |  | 9.5   | %    |   |  | 18.7  | %  
|Handset sales                  |                |                                        | 692   |            |  |      | 8.9  | %         |   |           | 579   |       |  |  | 8.2  | %     |   |  | 1,015 |       |  |  | 15.7 | %     |   |  | 19.5  | %    |   |  | (43.0 | )% 
|Other revenues                 |                |                                        | 45    |            |  |      | 0.6  | %         |   |           | 54    |       |  |  | 0.8  | %     |   |  | 44    |       |  |  | 0.7  | %     |   |  | (16.7 | )%   |   |  | 23.0  | %  
|                               |                |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |      |   |  |       |    
|                               | Total revenues |                                        |       | 7,777      |  |      |      | 100.0     | % |           |       | 7,064 |  |  |      | 100.0 | % |  |       | 6,475 |  |  |      | 100.0 | % |  |       | 10.1 | % |  |       | 9.1 | %
|                               |                |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |      |   |  |       |    

Mobile communications revenues in Germany,
through T-Mobile Deutschland, increased by 9.5% in 2002 as
compared to 2001. Inter-segment revenues, primarily resulting
from the termination of calls from T-Coms fixed-line
network customers in Germany, decreased by
EUR 157 million, or 10.7%, to
EUR 1,379 million in 2002 from
EUR 1,536 million in 2001. This decrease was primarily
due to a decline in the rates charged for terminating calls from
the fixed-line network. The increase in mobile communications
revenues was primarily caused by an increase in the number of
subscribers. This increase in revenues resulting from the
increase in the number of subscribers was offset in part by the
decrease in inter-segment revenues in 2002.

As of December 31, 2002, T-Mobile
Deutschland had approximately 24.6 million subscribers, as
compared to approximately 23.1 million subscribers as of
December 31, 2001. Of the total subscribers as of
December 31, 2002, approximately 11.5 million were
contract subscribers, as compared to approximately
10.7 million as of December 31, 2001. T-Mobile
Deutschland had approximately 13.1 million prepay
subscribers at December 31, 2002, as compared to
approximately 12.4 million as of December 31, 2001.
This represents a slight increase of contract subscribers
(0.8 million) and prepay subscribers (0.7 million)
compared to December 31, 2001.

T-Mobile Deutschlands revenues from handset
sales increased in 2002 compared to 2001 mainly due to the sale
of more expensive handsets, such as handsets with multimedia
messaging services (MMS) capabilities. In 2002, the
effect of higher average handset selling prices (through reduced
handset subsidies) in combination with the number of handsets
sold to subscribers who extended their contracts more than
offset the lower number of new contracts and new prepay account
activations in 2002 compared to 2001.

Revenues from mobile communications in Germany
increased by 18.7% in 2001 as compared to 2000. Inter-segment
revenues increased by 24.4% to EUR 1,536 million in
2001 from EUR 1,235 million in 2000. The increase in
external and inter-segment revenues was driven largely by a
20.9% increase in the subscriber base from 2001 as compared to
2000. Revenues from handset sales decreased by 43.0% in 2001 as
compared to 2000, mainly due to a 36.9% decrease in gross
subscriber additions in 2001 as compared to 2000.



| |              
| | -------------
| | North America

|                               |       |                                        |       |            |  |           |      |       |   |  |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |       |  
|------------------------------ | ----- | -------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- |  | --------- | ---- | ----- | - |  | ----- | ----- |  |  | ---- | ----- | - |  | ----- | ----- | -
|                               |       |                                       
|                               |       | For the year ended December 31,(1)    
|                               |       |                                       
|                               |       |                                        |       |            |  |           |      |       |   | 
|                               |       |                                        |       |            |  |          
|                               |       | 2002                                   |       | 2001       |  | 2002/2001
|                               |       |                                        |       |            |  |          
|                               |       |                                        |       |           
|                               |       | (millions of euro, except percentages) |       | (% change)
|Mobile communications revenues |       |                                        | 5,292 |            |  |           | 86.4 | %     |   |  | 2,494 |       |  |  | 89.2 | %     |   |  | 112.2 | %    
|Handset sales                  |       |                                        | 819   |            |  |           | 13.4 | %     |   |  | 297   |       |  |  | 10.6 | %     |   |  | 175.8 | %    
|Other revenues                 |       |                                        | 13    |            |  |           | 0.2  | %     |   |  | 5     |       |  |  | 0.2  | %     |   |  | 160.0 | %    
|                               |       |                                        |       |            |  |           |      |       |   |  |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |      
|                               | Total |                                        |       | 6,124      |  |           |      | 100.0 | % |  |       | 2,796 |  |  |      | 100.0 | % |  |       | 119.0 | %
|                               |       |                                        |       |            |  |           |      |       |   |  |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |      



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|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | This table presents the combined total
    consolidated revenues of our wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries,
    T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Powertel, Inc. The revenues presented for
    2001 are only with respect to the last seven months of 2001,
    which is the period during which these companies were
    consolidated within our group.

Mobile communications revenues in North America
increased EUR 2,798 million, or 112.2%, to
EUR 5,292 million in 2002 compared to
EUR 2,494 million in 2001. North American operations
were consolidated for a full twelve months in 2002 and seven
months in 2001. Aside from this consolidation effect, the
increase in North American mobile communications revenues
resulted primarily from an increase in subscribers. At
December 31, 2002, total subscribers in North America
increased to approximately 9.9 million, as compared to
approximately 7.0 million at December 31, 2001,
representing an increase of 41.4%. During 2002, coverage was
expanded into several new markets, most significantly the
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Nevada market in the United States. The
introduction of services in these markets was accompanied by
promotional rate plan offers that contributed to the high number
of subscribers added during the year. The high rate of net
contract customer growth (gross contract subscriber additions
rate minus the churn rate of contract subscribers) in 2002 also
reflects higher growth in the number of new subscribers in
existing markets due to competitive rate plan offerings, the
success of advertising, the T-Mobile rebranding campaigns and
lower customer churn rates as compared to 2001.


Revenues from handset sales in North America
increased by EUR 522 million to
EUR 819 million in 2002 compared to
EUR 297 million in 2001, primarily as a result of
growth in gross subscriber additions of 23.0% and the full-year
consolidation in 2002.



| |               
| | --------------
| | United Kingdom

|                               |       |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |      |      |   |  |      |      |  
|------------------------------ | ----- | -------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- |  | ---- | ---- | --------- | - | --------- | ----- | ----- |  |  | ---- | ----- | - |  | ----- | ----- |  |  | ---- | ----- | - |  | ---- | ---- | - |  | ---- | ---- | -
|                               |       |                                       
|                               |       | For the year ended December 31,       
|                               |       |                                       
|                               |       |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |       |       |  | 
|                               |       |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |          
|                               |       | 2002                                   |       | 2001       |  | 2000 |      | 2002/2001 |   | 2001/2000
|                               |       |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |           |   |          
|                               |       |                                        |       |           
|                               |       | (millions of euro, except percentages) |       | (% change)
|Mobile communications revenues |       |                                        | 3,540 |            |  |      | 88.7 | %         |   |           | 2,870 |       |  |  | 87.6 | %     |   |  | 2,476 |       |  |  | 85.9 | %     |   |  | 23.3 | %    |   |  | 15.9 | %   
|Handset sales                  |       |                                        | 429   |            |  |      | 10.8 | %         |   |           | 393   |       |  |  | 12.0 | %     |   |  | 407   |       |  |  | 14.1 | %     |   |  | 9.2  | %    |   |  | (3.4 | )%  
|Other revenues                 |       |                                        | 21    |            |  |      | 0.5  | %         |   |           | 14    |       |  |  | 0.4  | %     |   |  |      |       |  |  |     |       |   |  | 50.0 | %    |   |  |     |     
|                               |       |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |      |      |   |  |      |     
|                               | Total |                                        |       | 3,990      |  |      |      | 100.0     | % |           |       | 3,277 |  |  |      | 100.0 | % |  |       | 2,883 |  |  |      | 100.0 | % |  |      | 21.8 | % |  |      | 13.7 | %
|                               |       |                                        |       |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |      |      |   |  |      |     

Mobile communications revenues in the United
Kingdom, through T-Mobile UK, increased by
EUR 670 million, or 23.3%, to
EUR 3,540 million in 2002 compared to
EUR 2,870 million in 2001, due primarily to an
increase in subscribers. At December 31, 2002, T-Mobile UK
had approximately 12.4 million subscribers (including
2.4 million subscribers of Virgin Mobile), as compared to
approximately 10.4 million at December 31, 2001, an
increase of 19.2%. T-Mobile UKs revenues from handset
sales increased in 2002 compared to 2001, mainly due to higher
average revenue per handset sale.

Mobile communications revenues increased by 15.9%
in 2001 compared to 2000. This increase resulted primarily from
the increase of 25.3% in the number of subscribers. In 2001,
revenues from handset sales decreased compared to 2000 as a
result of lower gross subscriber additions.



| |        
| | -------
| | Austria

|                               |       |                                        |     |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |     |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |     |     |  |  |      |       |   |  |      |      |    |  |       |     |  
|------------------------------ | ----- | -------------------------------------- | --- | ---------- |  | ---- | ---- | --------- | - | --------- | --- | ----- |  |  | ---- | ----- | - |  | --- | --- |  |  | ---- | ----- | - |  | ---- | ---- | -- |  | ----- | --- | -
|                               |       |                                       
|                               |       | For the year ended December 31,       
|                               |       |                                       
|                               |       |                                        |     |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |     |       |  | 
|                               |       |                                        |     |            |  |      |      |          
|                               |       | 2002                                   |     | 2001       |  | 2000 |      | 2002/2001 |   | 2001/2000
|                               |       |                                        |     |            |  |      |      |           |   |          
|                               |       |                                        |     |           
|                               |       | (millions of euro, except percentages) |     | (% change)
|Mobile communications revenues |       |                                        | 723 |            |  |      | 73.4 | %         |   |           | 758 |       |  |  | 74.5 | %     |   |  | 693 |     |  |  | 69.5 | %     |   |  | (4.6 | )%   |    |  | 9.4   | %  
|Handset sales                  |       |                                        | 116 |            |  |      | 11.8 | %         |   |           | 112 |       |  |  | 11.0 | %     |   |  | 162 |     |  |  | 16.2 | %     |   |  | 3.6  | %    |    |  | (30.9 | )% 
|Other revenues                 |       |                                        | 146 |            |  |      | 14.8 | %         |   |           | 147 |       |  |  | 14.5 | %     |   |  | 143 |     |  |  | 14.3 | %     |   |  | (0.7 | )%   |    |  | 2.8   | %  
|                               |       |                                        |     |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |     |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |     |     |  |  |      |       |   |  |      |      |    |  |       |    
|                               | Total |                                        |     | 985        |  |      |      | 100.0     | % |           |     | 1,017 |  |  |      | 100.0 | % |  |     | 998 |  |  |      | 100.0 | % |  |      | (3.1 | )% |  |       | 1.9 | %
|                               |       |                                        |     |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |     |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |     |     |  |  |      |       |   |  |      |      |    |  |       |    

Mobile communications revenues from our Austrian
mobile communications operations, through T-Mobile Austria,
decreased by EUR 35 million, or 4.6%, to
EUR 723 million in 2002 from EUR 758 million
in 2001. This decrease was due primarily to a decrease in the
number of subscribers as a consequence of the highly saturated
mobile phone market in Austria and some decline in market share.
As of December 31, 2002, T-Mobile Austria had approximately
2.0 million mobile communications subscribers, compared to
2.1 million at December 31, 2001. In 2002, revenues
from handset sales remained stable as a result of mobile market
saturation.

Revenues from mobile communications increased by
9.4% in 2001 compared to 2000. The increase resulted primarily
from an increase in the number of subscribers of approximately
5.0%. T-Mobile Austrias revenues from handset sales
decreased in 2001 compared to 2000, mainly due to a reduced
number of gross subscriber additions.

Other revenues is primarily derived from revenues
we receive from the sale of non-telecommunications products and
services sold through Niedermeyer, an Austrian electronics
retail chain owned by T-Mobile Austria, the sales of which
remained relatively constant from 2000 to 2002.

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Czech
Republic

|                               |       |                                        |     |            |  |           |      |       |   |  |     |     |  |  |      |       |   |  |        |      |  
|------------------------------ | ----- | -------------------------------------- | --- | ---------- |  | --------- | ---- | ----- | - |  | --- | --- |  |  | ---- | ----- | - |  | ------ | ---- | -
|                               |       |                                       
|                               |       | For the year ended December 31,(1)    
|                               |       |                                       
|                               |       |                                        |     |            |  |           |      |       |   | 
|                               |       |                                        |     |            |  |          
|                               |       | 2002                                   |     | 2001       |  | 2002/2001
|                               |       |                                        |     |            |  |          
|                               |       |                                        |     |           
|                               |       | (millions of euro, except percentages) |     | (% change)
|Mobile communications revenues |       |                                        | 668 |            |  |           | 95.7 | %     |   |  | 441 |     |  |  | 91.4 | %     |   |  | 51.5   | %   
|Handset sales                  |       |                                        | 30  |            |  |           | 4.3  | %     |   |  | 21  |     |  |  | 4.3  | %     |   |  | 42.9   | %   
|Other revenues                 |       |                                        |    |            |  |           |     |       |   |  | 21  |     |  |  | 4.3  | %     |   |  | (100.0 | )%  
|                               |       |                                        |     |            |  |           |      |       |   |  |     |     |  |  |      |       |   |  |        |     
|                               | Total |                                        |     | 698        |  |           |      | 100.0 | % |  |     | 483 |  |  |      | 100.0 | % |  |        | 44.5 | %
|                               |       |                                        |     |            |  |           |      |       |   |  |     |     |  |  |      |       |   |  |        |     



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|(1) | The revenues presented for 2001 are only with
    respect to the last nine months of 2001, the period during which
    RadioMobil was consolidated within our group.

Mobile communications revenues in the Czech
Republic, through RadioMobil, increased by
EUR 227 million, or 51.5%, to
EUR 668 million in 2002 from EUR 441 million
for the period from April 1, 2001 through December 31,
2001. The increase in mobile communications revenues from 2001
to 2002 resulted primarily from twelve months of fully
consolidated results in 2002 as compared to nine months in 2001
and an increase in the number of subscribers to 3.5 million
at December 31, 2002, from 2.9 million at
December 31, 2001. Of the total subscriber base at
December 31, 2002, 19.1% were contract subscribers which is
an increase of 3.4% from December 31, 2001, and reflects
RadioMobils continued efforts to increase the contract
subscriber share by marketing attractive migration offers to
prepay subscribers. RadioMobil was also able to increase the
share of business subscribers within the customer base. Despite
the increases in the share of contract subscribers and business
subscribers in the subscriber base, there was a decline in
average usage per subscriber as a consequence of an increasing
share of lower-usage subscribers in the subscriber base
following the rise in penetration to 85%, an increase of
43 percentage points from December 31, 2000 through
December 31, 2002.

Netherlands

Revenues from our Dutch operations, through
T-Mobile Netherlands, which were fully consolidated for the last
3 months of 2002, included EUR 151 million of
mobile communications revenues and EUR 7 million of
handset sales revenues. At December 31, 2002, T-Mobile
Netherlands had approximately 1.4 million subscribers.

Operating
Expenses

The following table provides information
regarding components of operating expenses in our T-Mobile
segment.

|                              |       |                                        |        |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |       |        |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |        |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |       |   |  |       |      |  
|----------------------------- | ----- | -------------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- |  | ---- | ---- | --------- | - | --------- | ----- | ------ |  |  | ---- | ----- | - |  | ----- | ------ |  |  | ---- | ----- | - |  | ----- | ----- | - |  | ----- | ---- | -
|                              |       |                                       
|                              |       | For the year ended December 31,       
|                              |       |                                       
|                              |       |                                        |        |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |       |        |  | 
|                              |       |                                        |        |            |  |      |      |          
|                              |       | 2002                                   |        | 2001       |  | 2000 |      | 2002/2001 |   | 2001/2000
|                              |       |                                        |        |            |  |      |      |           |   |          
|                              |       |                                        |        |           
|                              |       | (millions of euro, except percentages) |        | (% change)
|Goods and services purchased  |       |                                        | 6,673  |            |  |      | 15.5 | %         |   |           | 5,173 |        |  |  | 27.8 | %     |   |  | 5,030 |        |  |  | 41.9 | %     |   |  | 29.0  | %     |   |  | 2.8   | %   
|Personnel costs               |       |                                        | 2,176  |            |  |      | 5.1  | %         |   |           | 1,650 |        |  |  | 8.9  | %     |   |  | 870   |        |  |  | 7.2  | %     |   |  | 31.9  | %     |   |  | 89.7  | %   
|Depreciation and amortization |       |                                        | 27,285 |            |  |      | 63.3 | %         |   |           | 6,324 |        |  |  | 34.0 | %     |   |  | 2,337 |        |  |  | 19.5 | %     |   |  | 331.5 | %     |   |  | 170.6 | %   
|Other operating expenses      |       |                                        | 6,951  |            |  |      | 16.1 | %         |   |           | 5,463 |        |  |  | 29.3 | %     |   |  | 3,765 |        |  |  | 31.4 | %     |   |  | 27.2  | %     |   |  | 45.1  | %   
|                              |       |                                        |        |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |       |        |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |        |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |       |   |  |       |     
|                              | Total |                                        |        | 43,085     |  |      |      | 100.0     | % |           |       | 18,610 |  |  |      | 100.0 | % |  |       | 12,002 |  |  |      | 100.0 | % |  |       | 131.5 | % |  |       | 55.1 | %
|                              |       |                                        |        |            |  |      |      |           |   |           |       |        |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |        |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |       |   |  |       |     

Goods and services purchased include the
purchases of goods such as mobile handsets and SIM cards, as
well as the costs of services purchased, such as line rental and
interconnection charges, international roaming charges, data
processing charges, maintenance and other support services and
information technology services. Goods and services purchased
increased by EUR 1,500 million, or 29.0%, to
EUR 6,673 million in 2002 from
EUR 5,173 million in 2001. The increase was mainly
attributable to the consolidation of T-Mobile USA/ Powertel for
a full twelve months in 2002 compared to seven months in 2001,
the consolidation of RadioMobil for a full twelve months in 2002
compared to nine months in 2001, and the consolidation of
T-Mobile Netherlands for the period from September 30, 2002
through December 31, 2002. Subscriber growth and the
related increase in traffic also contributed to the increase in
goods and services purchased.

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Goods and services purchased increased by
EUR 143 million, or 2.8%, to
EUR 5,173 million in 2001 from
EUR 5,030 million in 2000. The consolidation of
T-Mobile USA/ Powertel for seven months in 2001 and the
consolidation of RadioMobil for nine months in 2001 led to an
increase in goods and services purchased. Subscriber growth and
the related increase in traffic also contributed to the increase
in goods and services purchased. These increases were offset by
declines in volumes of handsets as a result of the decline in
additional new subscribers, and in the per unit cost of
handsets. In addition, beginning in mid-2001, T-Mobile
Deutschland changed its policy for compensating retailers for
prepay subscribers, reducing handset subsidies and increasing
commissions paid. As a result of the reduction of handset
subsidies, the amount of inventory writedowns, recognized as
goods and services purchased, declined and commissions, included
in other operating expenses, increased.

Personnel costs in our T-Mobile segment primarily
consist of wages and salaries, but also include social security,
pension costs and other employee benefits. Personnel costs
increased by EUR 526 million, or 31.9%, to
EUR 2,176 million in 2002 from
EUR 1,650 million in 2001. The increase is in part the
result of the first full-year consolidation of T-Mobile USA/
Powertel and RadioMobil, as well as the three months
consolidation of T-Mobile Netherlands. T-Mobile USA/ Powertel
accounted for an aggregate of EUR 424 million to the
increase in personnel costs in 2002. The increase in personnel
costs was also attributable to an increase in the annual average
number of employees, primarily at T-Mobile USA/ Powertel. The
number of full-time employees increased 9.2% from 38,025 to
41,511 from December 31, 2001 to December 31, 2002.
T-Mobile USA/ Powertel added 2,168 employees to its workforce
during 2002, and the first time inclusion of T-Mobile
Netherlands increased the total number of employees by 1,467.

Of the increase of EUR 780 million in
personnel costs in 2001, as compared with 2000,
EUR 573 million was attributable to the first time
inclusion of T-Mobile USA/ Powertel during 2001. The
consolidation of RadioMobil contributed EUR 25 million
to 2001 personnel costs. Excluding amounts attributable to
T-Mobile USA/ Powertel and RadioMobil, personnel costs increased
by EUR 182 million, or 20.9%, in 2001 compared with
2000, primarily as a result of an increase in the average
workforce. The workforces of T-Mobile USA/ Powertel and
RadioMobil also increased during the periods for which they were
consolidated in 2001.

The following table provides information
regarding depreciation and amortization for the T-Mobile segment.

|                                               |       |                                 |        |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |       |  
|---------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- |  | ---- | ----- | --------- |  | --------- | ----- | ----- |  |  | ---- | ----- | - |  | ----- | ----- | -
|                                               |       |                                
|                                               |       | For the year ended December 31,
|                                               |       |                                
|                                               |       | 2002                            |        | 2001       |  | 2000 |       | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|                                               |       |                                 |        |            |  |      |       |           |  |          
|                                               |       |                                 |        |           
|                                               |       | (millions of euro)              |        | (% change)
|Nonscheduled amortization of intangible assets |       |                                 | 20,810 |            |  |      | 1,040 |           |  |           |      |       |  |  | n.m  |       |   |  | n.m   |      
|Scheduled amortization of intangible assets    |       |                                 | 4,339  |            |  |      | 3,409 |           |  |           | 1,381 |       |  |  | 27.3 | %     |   |  | 146.9 | %    
|Depreciation of property, plant and equipment  |       |                                 | 2,136  |            |  |      | 1,875 |           |  |           | 956   |       |  |  | 13.9 | %     |   |  | 96.1  | %    
|                                               |       |                                 |        |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |      
|                                               | Total |                                 |        | 27,285     |  |      |       | 6,324     |  |           |       | 2,337 |  |  |      | 331.5 | % |  |       | 170.6 | %
|                                               |       |                                 |        |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |       |       |  |  |      |       |   |  |       |      

Depreciation and amortization increased to
EUR 27,285 million in 2002, primarily as a result of
nonscheduled amortization of EUR 8,288 million
relating to goodwill at T-Mobile USA/ Powertel,
EUR 958 million relating to goodwill at T-Mobile
Netherlands, EUR 9,384 million relating to FCC
licenses at T-Mobile USA/ Powertel, and
EUR 2,165 million relating to our UMTS license at
T-Mobile UK. The nonscheduled amortization recognized in 2002
was a result of the group-wide strategic review. In the
strategic review, a cash flow-based analysis of these licenses
and goodwill was performed. The assumptions regarding middle and
long-term business development prospects were reassessed in
light of changes in current competitive conditions, future
expectations of growth in the wireless communications industry,
increased costs of capital and changes in the future
availability of financing. For more information on the results
of the strategic review, see  Effects of
Acquisitions, Dispositions and Nonscheduled Depreciation and
Amortization on Our Statements of Operations for the Three Years
Ended December 31, 2002. In 2001, we recognized
nonscheduled amortization of EUR 1,040 million
relating to the goodwill associated with the brand names
acquired with T-Mobile UK and T-Mobile Austria.

Scheduled amortization of intangible assets
increased by 27.3% in 2002 compared to 2001, due primarily to
the inclusion of a full year of amortization relating to
T-Mobile USA/ Powertel in 2002 compared to seven months in 2001.
The increase in scheduled amortization of intangible assets in
2001 compared to 2000 resulted primarily from the inclusion of
seven months of amortization relating to T-Mobile USA/ Powertel
in 2001 and from the full year amortization of UMTS licenses in
2001. The UMTS licenses in Germany, the

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United Kingdom and Austria, acquired during 2000,
were subject to only a partial year of amortization in 2000.


Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
increased by 13.9% during 2002 compared to 2001, due primarily
to the inclusion of a full year of depreciation for T-Mobile
USA/ Powertel compared to seven months in 2001 and increases in
the asset base as a result of continuing capital expenditures.
The increase in depreciation in 2001 compared to 2000 resulted
primarily from the inclusion of seven months of depreciation for
T-Mobile USA/ Powertel in 2001. In addition, during 2001,
following a review of asset lives and work-in-progress, we
recognized EUR 104 million of nonscheduled
depreciation.

Other operating expenses consist of commissions
paid to resellers and third-party distributors, marketing
(including advertising) expenses, rent and associated expenses,
administrative expenses such as costs of IT services, allowances
and writedowns for doubtful accounts and other miscellaneous
items, such as overhead expenses, general maintenance and repair
expenses, legal and consulting fees, expenses for outsourcing
and temporary staff. Costs relating to commissions, marketing
and advertising are the most significant of these costs,
representing 46.4% of total other operating expenses in 2002.

The following table provides information
regarding other operating expenses:

|                                                                      |       |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |       |       |  |  |      |      |   |  |       |      |  
|--------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- |  | ---- | ----- | --------- |  | --------- | ----- | ----- |  |  | ---- | ---- | - |  | ----- | ---- | -
|                                                                      |       |                                
|                                                                      |       | For the year ended December 31,
|                                                                      |       |                                
|                                                                      |       | 2002                            |       | 2001       |  | 2000 |       | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|                                                                      |       |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |          
|                                                                      |       |                                 |       |           
|                                                                      |       | (millions of euro)              |       | (% change)
|Commissions, marketing and advertising expenses                       |       |                                 | 3,222 |            |  |      | 2,503 |           |  |           | 2,202 |       |  |  | 28.7 | %    |   |  | 13.7  | %   
|Rental and leasing expenses                                           |       |                                 | 1,097 |            |  |      | 715   |           |  |           | 434   |       |  |  | 53.4 | %    |   |  | 64.7  | %   
|Administrative expenses                                               |       |                                 | 410   |            |  |      | 424   |           |  |           | 320   |       |  |  | (3.3 | )%   |   |  | 32.5  | %   
|Losses on accounts receivable and provision for
    doubtful accounts |       |                                 | 387   |            |  |      | 403   |           |  |           | 164   |       |  |  | (4.0 | )%   |   |  | 145.7 | %   
|Maintenance, repairs and damage reparation                            |       |                                 | 265   |            |  |      | 221   |           |  |           | 166   |       |  |  | 19.9 | %    |   |  | 33.1  | %   
|Legal and consulting fees                                             |       |                                 | 183   |            |  |      | 136   |           |  |           | 86    |       |  |  | 34.6 | %    |   |  | 58.1  | %   
|Power, electricity and water expenses                                 |       |                                 | 172   |            |  |      | 142   |           |  |           | 105   |       |  |  | 21.1 | %    |   |  | 35.2  | %   
|Other employee-related costs                                          |       |                                 | 163   |            |  |      | 174   |           |  |           | 109   |       |  |  | (6.3 | )%   |   |  | 59.6  | %   
|Other expenses                                                        |       |                                 | 1,052 |            |  |      | 745   |           |  |           | 179   |       |  |  | 41.2 | %    |   |  | 316.2 | %   
|                                                                      |       |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |       |       |  |  |      |      |   |  |       |     
|                                                                      | Total |                                 |       | 6,951      |  |      |       | 5,463     |  |           |       | 3,765 |  |  |      | 27.2 | % |  |       | 45.1 | %
|                                                                      |       |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |       |       |  |  |      |      |   |  |       |     

The increase in total other operating expenses
from 2001 to 2002 is primarily attributable to the full-year
inclusion of T-Mobile USA/ Powertel which contributed almost
EUR 3 billion, or 42.5%, of other operating expenses
in 2002 as compared to EUR 1.6 billion, or 30.1%, in
2001. The increase in commissions, marketing and advertising
expenses is mainly due to increases in subscribers and the
full-year consolidation of T-Mobile USA/ Powertel. Rental and
leasing expenses, which mainly relate to cellular and other
telecommunication site rentals, increased by 53.4% from 2001 to
2002, and by 64.7% from 2000 to 2001. These increases are also
attributable to the expansion of the T-Mobile group in 2001.

Of the increase in other operating expenses from
2000 to 2001, the inclusion of T-Mobile USA/ Powertel for the
seven-month period ended December 31, 2001 accounted for
96.8% of such increase, and the first time consolidation of
RadioMobil from April 2001 accounted for 7.2%. Excluding
T-Mobile USA/ Powertel and RadioMobil, other operating expenses
decreased by 1.8%, or EUR 68 million, in 2001.

Not including T-Mobile/ Powertel, the decrease in
subscriber growth rates in 2001 as compared with 2000 resulted
in a decrease of EUR 175 million, or 16.4%, of
T-Mobile Deutschlands commissions, marketing and
advertising expenses. This decrease was partially offset by
higher commissions for prepaid tariff packages in 2001 instead
of subsidizing the sale of mobile handsets included in such
packages. T-Mobile Austria experienced a decrease in commissions
and advertising expenses of EUR 237 million and
T-Mobile UK experienced a decrease of EUR 69 million
in commissions and advertising expenses also primarily due to
the decrease in subscriber growth rates in 2001. These decreases
were partly offset by increases in miscellaneous other operating
expenses.

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The following table presents information
concerning the financial income (expense), net of our T-Mobile
segment:

|                                                                       |       |                                 |        |            |   |      |        |           |   |           |        |        |   |  |       |       |    |  |       |       |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | - | ---- | ------ | --------- | - | --------- | ------ | ------ | - |  | ----- | ----- | -- |  | ----- | ----- | -
|                                                                       |       |                                
|                                                                       |       | For the year ended December 31,
|                                                                       |       |                                
|                                                                       |       | 2002                            |        | 2001       |   | 2000 |        | 2002/2001 |   | 2001/2000
|                                                                       |       |                                 |        |            |   |      |        |           |   |          
|                                                                       |       |                                 |        |           
|                                                                       |       | (millions of euro)              |        | (% change)
|Income (loss) from companies accounted for
    under the equity method |       |                                 | (355   | )          |   |      | (204   | )         |   |           | (69    | )      |   |  | 74.0  | %     |    |  | 195.7 | %    
|Writedowns on financial assets and marketable
    securities           |       |                                 | (72    | )          |   |      |       |           |   |           | (58    | )      |   |  | n.m.  |       |    |  | 100   | %    
|                                                                       |       |                                 |        |            |   |      |        |           |   |           |        |        |   |  |       |       |    |  |       |      
|Income (loss) from financial
    activities                            |       |                                 | (427   | )          |   |      | (204   | )         |   |           | (127   | )      |   |  | 109.3 | %     |    |  | 60.6  | %    
|Net interest expense                                                   |       |                                 | (1,005 | )          |   |      | (3,008 | )         |   |           | (1,370 | )      |   |  | (66.6 | )%    |    |  | 119.6 | %    
|                                                                       |       |                                 |        |            |   |      |        |           |   |           |        |        |   |  |       |       |    |  |       |      
|                                                                       | Total |                                 |        | (1,432     | ) |      |        | (3,212    | ) |           |        | (1,497 | ) |  |       | (55.4 | )% |  |       | 114.6 | %
|                                                                       |       |                                 |        |            |   |      |        |           |   |           |        |        |   |  |       |       |    |  |       |      

Financial income (expense), net consists of:



| |   |                                                                                                                                                                     
| | - | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | income (loss) from affiliates accounted for
    under the equity method and investments, plus interest and other
    income from securities and loans to affiliates;
|
| |  | less interest expense (including interest payable
    to affiliates) and other expenses incurred in connection with
    borrowings; and                             
|
| |  | less writedowns on investments accounted for
    under the equity method and other financial assets.                                                                

Loss from companies accounted for under the
equity method increased to EUR 355 million in 2002,
primarily due to losses of EUR 292 million relating to
T-Mobile Netherlands, reflecting the nine-month period during
which T-Mobile Netherlands was accounted for as an equity
investment. This loss for 2002 also included
EUR 171 million relating to the nonscheduled
amortization of the T-Mobile Netherlands UMTS license,
EUR 40 million of goodwill amortization and
EUR 81 million relating to T-Mobiles portion of
the losses of T-Mobile Netherlands. In addition, losses from
equity investments of T-Mobile USA, Inc. amounted to
EUR 173 million during 2002. These losses were
partially offset by income related to MTS in the amount of
EUR 99 million.

Loss from companies accounted for under the
equity method increased to EUR 204 million in 2001 as
compared to 2000, primarily due to EUR 111 million
relating to losses of T-Mobile Netherlands and
EUR 54 million in amortization of the goodwill
recorded for the acquisition of the interest in T-Mobile
Netherlands as compared to 2000 combined losses related to
T-Mobile Netherlands of EUR 34 million for the
three-month period from October through December 2000.Losses from equity investments held by T-Mobile USA, Inc.
added losses aggregating EUR 53 million in 2001.

Net interest expense decreased significantly from
2001 to 2002, primarily due to the conversion of Deutsche
Telekom AG loans in the amount of EUR 38 billion and
related accrued interest to shareholders equity effective
December 31, 2001. A redemption premium of
EUR 569 million was paid to Deutsche Telekom AG in
2001 relating to this conversion. Net interest expense increased
significantly from 2000 to 2001, principally due to loans
received from Deutsche Telekom AG and Deutsche Telekom group
companies. In addition, EUR 307 million of net
interest expense is attributable to the consolidation of
T-Mobile USA/ Powertel in 2001 and EUR 18 million of
net interest expense is attributable to the consolidation of
RadioMobil in 2001.

Income
(Loss) before Taxes

The loss before taxes at the T-Mobile segment of
EUR 23,679 million represented a
EUR 17,280 million increase from 2001. This increase
was primarily a result of nonscheduled amortization on licenses
and goodwill of EUR 20,810 million, primarily relating
to T-Mobile USA/ Powertel and T-Mobile UK. The increase of
EUR 5,098 million in total revenue, the increase in
operating expenses, excluding the effects of the nonscheduled
amortization on licenses and goodwill, of
EUR 4,705 million, and the decrease in financial
expense of EUR 1,780 million, primarily due to the
decline in net interest expense of EUR 2,003 million,
also affected the change in the net loss.

Loss before taxes amounted to EUR
6,399 million in 2001, representing an increase of EUR
4,049 million, or 172%, compared to 2000. Of this increase,
the first-time consolidation of T-Mobile USA/ Powertel starting
in June 2001 accounted for EUR 2,765 million.
Depreciation and amortization of the T-Mobile segment increased
substantially due to several important factors: goodwill
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T-Mobile USA/ Powertel
(EUR 882 million); nonscheduled amortization of
trademarks acquired with T-Mobile UK and T-Mobile Austria which
accompanied T-Mobiles rebranding campaign
(EUR 1,040 million) and the first time inclusion of
amortization of UMTS licenses in results for a full year in 2001
(EUR 724 million). These effects were partially
offset, however, by substantially increased revenues and by a
reduction in subsidies on mobile handsets, advertising costs and
commissions for vendors of T-Mobiles services compared to
2000.


T-Online

Our T-Online division includes the Internet
services activities of our majority-owned subsidiary, T-Online
International AG, and the online and print telephone directory
advertising activities of our wholly owned subsidiary,
DeTeMedien. On January 1, 2003, DeTeMediens
activities were transferred to our T-Com division. As a
consequence, the results of those activities will no longer be
reflected in the T-Online division.

The following table presents selected financial
information concerning T-Online.

|                            |  |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |       |   |  |  |       |    |  |  |        |   
|--------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- |  | ---- | ----- | --------- |  | --------- | ----- | - |  |  | ----- | -- |  |  | ------ | --
|                            |  |                                
|                            |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                            |  |                                
|                            |  | 2002                            |       | 2001       |  | 2000 |       | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|                            |  |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |          
|                            |  |                                 |       |           
|                            |  | (millions of euro)              |       | (% change)
|Internet Services           |  |                                 | 1,584 |            |  |      | 1,140 |           |  |           | 797   |   |  |  | 38.9  | %  |  |  | 43.0   | % 
|Directory advertising       |  |                                 | 319   |            |  |      | 348   |           |  |           | 367   |   |  |  | (8.3  | )% |  |  | (5.2   | )%
|Less intra-segment revenues |  |                                 | (73   | )          |  |      | (39   | )         |  |           | (36   | ) |  |  | 87.2  | %  |  |  | 8.3    | % 
|                            |  |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |       |   |  |  |       |    |  |  |        |   
|Total revenues              |  |                                 | 1,830 |            |  |      | 1,449 |           |  |           | 1,128 |   |  |  | 26.3  | %  |  |  | 28.5   | % 
|Less inter-segment revenues |  |                                 | (158  | )          |  |      | (111  | )         |  |           | (90   | ) |  |  | 42.3  | %  |  |  | 23.3   | % 
|                            |  |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |       |   |  |  |       |    |  |  |        |   
|Net revenues                |  |                                 | 1,672 |            |  |      | 1,338 |           |  |           | 1,038 |   |  |  | 25.0  | %  |  |  | 28.9   | % 
|Income (loss) before taxes  |  |                                 | 9     |            |  |      | (233  | )         |  |           | 2,628 |   |  |  | 103.4 | %  |  |  | (108.9 | )%



| |         
| | --------
| | Revenues

The net revenues of the T-Online division (total
revenues excluding inter-segment revenues) increased to
EUR 1.7 billion in 2002 from EUR 1.3 billion
in 2001 and EUR 1.0 billion in 2000. The increase in
both net and total revenues in the T-Online division over this
period related mainly to growth in the number of Internet access
subscribers and, to a smaller degree, an increase in non-access
revenues at T-Online International AG.



| |                                    
| | -----------------------------------
| | Components of T-Online
    Revenues

The revenues of the T-Online division have been
derived principally from Internet services, including access and
non-access services, and directory advertising.

Internet
Services Revenues

|                                          |  |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |     |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |  
|----------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- |  | ---- | ----- | --------- |  | --------- | --- | - |  |  | ---- | - |  |  | ---- | -
|                                          |  |                                
|                                          |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                                          |  |                                
|                                          |  | 2002                            |       | 2001       |  | 2000 |       | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|                                          |  |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |          
|                                          |  |                                 |       |           
|                                          |  | (millions of euro)              |       | (% change)
|Access                                    |  |                                 | 1,245 |            |  |      | 947   |           |  |           | 666 |   |  |  | 31.5 | % |  |  | 42.2 | %
|Non-access                                |  |                                 | 339   |            |  |      | 193   |           |  |           | 131 |   |  |  | 75.6 | % |  |  | 47.3 | %
|                                          |  |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |     |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |  
|Total revenues from Internet
    services |  |                                 | 1,584 |            |  |      | 1,140 |           |  |           | 797 |   |  |  | 38.9 | % |  |  | 43.0 | %
|Less intra- and inter-segment revenues    |  |                                 | (193  | )          |  |      | (113  | )         |  |           | (84 | ) |  |  | 70.7 | % |  |  | 34.5 | %
|                                          |  |                                 |       |            |  |      |       |           |  |           |     |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |  
|Net revenues                              |  |                                 | 1,391 |            |  |      | 1,027 |           |  |           | 713 |   |  |  | 35.4 | % |  |  | 44.0 | %

The T-Onlines divisions access
revenues are generated by Internet access fees, such as monthly
charges, time-based usage charges and other charges to Internet
access subscribers. Access revenues increased in each of 2002
and 2001 as compared to the preceding year. These increases were
attributable principally to growth in the number of subscribers,
to 12.2 million in 2002 from 10.7 million in 2001 and
7.9 million in 2000, and, to a lesser degree, to changes in
service offerings and pricing, which resulted in higher average
revenues per user. During 2002, T-Online International AG
replaced its narrowband flat rate, offering different service
and pricing alternatives based on a combination of fixed
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volume-based) rates. By the end of 2002 the
number of subscribers using broadband access (T-DSL) was
2.8 million, compared to 1.3 million at the end of
2001.


Total revenues from non-access activities, such
as advertising, increased by approximately
EUR 146 million in 2002 and EUR 62 million
in 2001, as compared with the previous years. The non-access
revenues represented approximately 21.4% of total Internet
services revenues for 2002. A substantial portion of total
revenues from non-access activities is generated pursuant to a
portal advertising agreement between T-Online International AG
and Deutsche Telekom AG. Under that agreement, T-Online
International AG provides Internet-based links to the Deutsche
Telekom AG website. These inter-segment non-access revenues
increased to EUR 103 million in 2002 from
EUR 66 million in 2001 and EUR 31 million in
2000.

Revenues generated outside of Germany, mainly by
our subsidiaries T-Online France and Ya.com, increased by
EUR 44 million, or 46%, in 2002 as compared with 2001,
and contributed to 8.8% of the total revenues generated by
Internet services in 2002.

Directory
Advertising



| |                               
| | ------------------------------
| | Directory Advertising Revenues

|                                              |  |                                 |     |            |  |      |     |         |  |         |     |   |  |  |      |    |  |  |       |   
|--------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | --- | ---------- |  | ---- | --- | ------- |  | ------- | --- | - |  |  | ---- | -- |  |  | ----- | --
|                                              |  |                                
|                                              |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                                              |  |                                
|                                              |  | 2002                            |     | 2001       |  | 2000 |     | 2002/01 |  | 2001/00
|                                              |  |                                 |     |            |  |      |     |         |  |        
|                                              |  |                                 |     |           
|                                              |  | (millions of euro)              |     | (% change)
|Directory advertising                         |  |                                 | 295 |            |  |      | 322 |         |  |         | 332 |   |  |  | (8.4 | )% |  |  | (3.0  | )%
|Other                                         |  |                                 | 24  |            |  |      | 26  |         |  |         | 35  |   |  |  | (7.7 | )% |  |  | (25.7 | )%
|                                              |  |                                 |     |            |  |      |     |         |  |         |     |   |  |  |      |    |  |  |       |   
|Total revenues from directory
    advertising |  |                                 | 319 |            |  |      | 348 |         |  |         | 367 |   |  |  | (8.3 | )% |  |  | (5.2  | )%
|                                              |  |                                 |     |            |  |      |     |         |  |         |     |   |  |  |      |    |  |  |       |   
|Less intra- and inter-segment revenues        |  |                                 | (38 | )          |  |      | (36 | )       |  |         | (42 | ) |  |  | (5.6 | )% |  |  | 14.3  | % 
|                                              |  |                                 |     |            |  |      |     |         |  |         |     |   |  |  |      |    |  |  |       |   
|Net revenues                                  |  |                                 | 281 |            |  |      | 312 |         |  |         | 325 |   |  |  | (9.9 | )% |  |  | (4.0  | )%
|                                              |  |                                 |     |            |  |      |     |         |  |         |     |   |  |  |      |    |  |  |       |   

The T-Online divisions directory
advertising revenues come principally from the sale of
advertising space in telephone and online directories. Revenues
from marketing in other media is not currently material,
although it is growing. The portion of the revenues that was
generated by directory publication has decreased since October
2001.

The decrease in total revenues of
EUR 28 million in 2002 compared with 2001 was in the
amount of EUR 36 million a result of the sale of the
DeTeMedien publishing house to TVG Verlag on October 1,
2001. This negative influence was partially offset by an
increase in revenues of EUR 9 million from directory
advertising primarily relating to the online directory.

Revenues decreased by EUR 19 million in
2001 compared with 2000. This development is attributable in
particular to the sale of the DeTeMedien publishing house
(EUR 9 million) and to the non-recurrence of income
from marketing revenues relating to the equity offerings of
Deutsche Telekom AG and T-Online (EUR 5 million) and
revenue effects from transfer of the telephone card business to
DeTeCard on October 1, 2001 (EUR 6 million).



| |                           
| | --------------------------
| | Income (Loss) before Taxes

The T-Online division recorded income before
taxes of approximately EUR 9 million in 2002, which
was attributable primarily to increased revenues resulting from
customer growth and improved product pricing. In addition, the
division recorded a gain of EUR 27 million from the
transfer of its 40% stake in T-Motion plc to T-Mobile
International AG. Goods and services purchased as a percentage
of revenue decreased in 2002, which contributed to positive
income before taxes for 2002. This decrease in costs related
mainly to the telecommunications services provided by Deutsche
Telekom AG to T-Online International AG, and was caused mainly
by the introduction of a new peak load pricing model in April
2002 and the complete abolition of T-Onlines narrowband
flat rate. However, losses relating to companies accounted for
under the equity method of EUR 119 million, including
a writedown of EUR 88 million against the carrying
value of an investment in comdirect bank, adversely affected the
2002 results of the T-Online division.

The T-Online division recorded a loss before
taxes of approximately EUR 233 million in 2001,
reflecting losses relating to companies accounted for under the
equity method of EUR 155 million, including a
writedown of EUR 80 million against the carrying value
of the investment in comdirect bank.

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The T-Online segment recorded income before taxes
of EUR 2.6 billion in 2000, which included dilution
gains of EUR 2.7 billion recognized by Deutsche
Telekom AG relating to the issuance of T-Online International AG
shares during the initial public offering of T-Online
International AG, in addition to interest income on the invested
cash proceeds received from the initial public offering. The
operating results in 2000 were reduced by losses (including
depreciation and amortization expenses) incurred in acquired
companies (T-Online France and Ya.com), and increased personnel
costs.

Income before taxes for the T-Online division
reflects income from our directory advertising business of
EUR 106 million in 2002, EUR 114 million in
2001 and EUR 114 million in 2000.

Other Activities

The following table presents selected financial
information concerning our segment Other Activities.

|                           |  |                                 |        |            |  |         |       |           |  |           |       |  |  |  |       |    |  |  |       |   
|-------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- |  | ------- | ----- | --------- |  | --------- | ----- |  |  |  | ----- | -- |  |  | ----- | --
|                           |  |                                
|                           |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                           |  |                                
|                           |  | 2002                            |        | 2001(1)    |  | 2000(1) |       | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|                           |  |                                 |        |            |  |         |       |           |  |          
|                           |  |                                 |        |           
|                           |  | (millions of euro)              |        | (% change)
|Net revenues               |  |                                 | 573    |            |  |         | 633   |           |  |           | 431   |  |  |  | (9.5  | )% |  |  | 46.9  | % 
|Inter-segment revenues     |  |                                 | 3,838  |            |  |         | 4,481 |           |  |           | 4,770 |  |  |  | (14.3 | )% |  |  | (6.1  | )%
|                           |  |                                 |        |            |  |         |       |           |  |           |       |  |  |  |       |    |  |  |       |   
|Total revenues             |  |                                 | 4,411  |            |  |         | 5,114 |           |  |           | 5,201 |  |  |  | (13.7 | )% |  |  | (1.7  | )%
|Income (loss) before taxes |  |                                 | (4,454 | )          |  |         | 352   |           |  |           | 701   |  |  |  | n.m.  |    |  |  | (49.8 | )%



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|n.m. | Not meaningful

|    |                                                                                                                              
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Segment information for 2001 and 2000 has been
    reclassified to conform to 2002 organizational changes among
    segments.

Net
Revenues

Net revenues for the segment in 2002 were
EUR 573 million, which represented a decrease of
approximately EUR 60 million, as compared to 2001.
This decrease is primarily attributable to the deconsolidation
of revenues previously generated by Deutsche Telekom
Gesellschaft fuer Satellitenkommunikation mbH (DeTeSat).

Net revenues from Other Activities
amounted to EUR 633 million in 2001, representing an
increase of EUR 202 million as compared to 2000. This
increase was, among other reasons, a result of increased
revenues from our real estate activities.

Total
Revenues

Total revenues generated by the Other
Activities segment as of December 31, 2002 totaled
EUR 4,411 million compared to EUR 5,114 million at the
close of 2001. This drop in total revenue of EUR 703
million is attributable in part to the spin-off of DeTeSat which
accounted for approximately EUR 100 million. Also
contributing to lower total revenues were cost efficiencies in
Billing Services that were passed on to the
divisions, resulting in a drop in revenues of approximately
EUR 300 million for other activities. The remaining
decrease in revenues stems from real estate services. There was
a drop in demand for these services among the divisions. In
addition, this segment handled fewer projects in 2002 than in
the previous year.

Total revenues in 2001 amounted to EUR 5,114
million, representing a decrease of EUR 87 million, as
compared to 2000. This decrease is primarily due to reduced
revenues in Billing Services as cost efficiencies
were passed on to other divisions.

Income
(Loss) before Taxes

Income before taxes of Other
Activities was significantly influenced in 2002, 2001 and
2000 by unusual or unscheduled factors. The segment generated a
loss before taxes of EUR 4,454 million in 2002, as
compared with income before taxes of 352 million in 2001.
The significant factors contributing to this loss were a
EUR 1,408 million increase in interest expense,
largely attributable to loans for T-Mobile International AG
(EUR 38 billion) that were converted from intergroup
loans to equity.

Other factors contributing to the loss before
taxes included losses relating to associated and related
companies of EUR 718 million. These losses include a
EUR 613 million writedown of the book value of the shares
in France Telecom. The total revenues decline in the amount of
EUR 703 million, of which EUR 643 million were
related to inter-segment revenues, also contributed to the
increase in the loss before taxes. In

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addition, 2002 expenses included approximately
EUR 100 million of additional rent expense for real estate
leases and approximately EUR 200 million of rebranding
costs of the T-Mobile name. Further, EUR 200 million
were recorded for provisions for doubtful accounts that relate
mainly to the discount for credit risks from the sale of
receivables in the T-COM asset backed securitization program.
Offsetting these losses were EUR 500 million of gains
mainly from the sale of Satelindo and a portion of the shares in
T-Online.


The higher level of pre-tax earnings in 2001
compared with 2002 was attributable in part to gains from the
sale of Sprint-FON and Sprint-PCS (EUR 1.9 billion).
This amount includes expenses in the amount of
EUR 0.1 billion related to this sale.

Other Activities income before taxes in 2000 was
EUR 701 million, as compared with income before taxes
of 352 million in 2001. The higher level of pre-tax
earnings in 2000 compared with 2001 was attributable primarily
to the higher gains on the sale of WIND
(EUR 2.3 billion) compared to the sale of Sprint-FON
and Sprint-PCS (EUR 1.9 billion) in 2001.

The establishment of the PSA as a central
instrument for the socially responsible placement of staff
within our group began in the fourth quarter of 2002. By
December 31, 2002, approximately 1,700 employees had been
placed in the PSA. Of these, approximately 150 are involved in
the administration of the PSA. However, this has not yet
affected the results of the Other Activities segment
as it was established late in the year. The increase in
employment compared to the previous year is also based on the
creation of the PSA.

The PSA is expected to play a crucial role in the
future. If it is possible to place surplus personnel who have
been transferred to the PSA, this will have a positive effect on
the further development of the group. Otherwise, this will have
considerable negative effects on the segment Other
Activities, which will partially offset the improvements
in the divisions productivity in the groups results.

At December 31, 2002, Deutsche Telekom AG
and the most relevant German real estate related subsidiaries
(GMG Generalmietgesellschaft GmbH, DFMG Deutsche Funkturm GmbH
and 1. Funkturm KG) had established reserves of
EUR 685 million mainly for environmental issues,
vacancy of properties, external leases, maintenance and
construction and remediation obligations.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

The following table provides information
regarding our cash flows.

|                                                                         |                                                              |                                 |         |        |   |      |        |       |  |  |         |     | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------- | ------- | ------ | - | ---- | ------ | ----- |  |  | ------- | --- | 
|                                                                         |                                                              |                                
|                                                                         |                                                              | For the year ended December 31,
|                                                                         |                                                              |                                
|                                                                         |                                                              | 2002                            |         | 2001   |   | 2000
|                                                                         |                                                              |                                 |         |        |   |     
|                                                                         |                                                              |                                
|                                                                         |                                                              | (millions of euro)             
|Net cash provided by operating activities                                |                                                              |                                 | 12,463  |        |   |      | 11,934 |       |  |  | 10,000  |    
|Net cash used for investing activities                                   |                                                              |                                 | (10,040 | )      |   |      | (5,365 | )     |  |  | (27,706 | )  
|Net cash provided by (used for) financing
    activities                 |                                                              |                                 | (3,435  | )      |   |      | (4,811 | )     |  |  | 17,863  |    
|Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash
    and cash equivalents |                                                              |                                 | (14     | )      |   |      | (26    | )     |  |  | (29     | )  
|                                                                         | Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash
    equivalents (1) |                                 |         | (1,026 | ) |      |        | 1,732 |  |  |         | 128 | 
|Cash and cash equivalents, at beginning of year                          |                                                              |                                 | 2,738   |        |   |      | 1,006  |       |  |  | 878     |    
|Cash and cash equivalents, at end of year                                |                                                              |                                 | 1,712   |        |   |      | 2,738  |       |  |  | 1,006   |    



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|    |                                                                                                                            
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Cash and cash equivalents include cash and
    short-term investments with original maturities of three months
    or less.

Liquidity

Generally, we manage the liquidity and capital
resources for our consolidated group centrally. The tables
included in this section present a summary of the significant
financing and investing events and transactions that have
affected our liquidity over the past three years.



| |                                              
| | ---------------------------------------------
| | Net Cash Provided by Operating
    Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities in 2002
amounted to EUR 12.5 billion. This represents an
increase of EUR 0.5 billion, or 4.4%, as compared with
2001. This increase is attributable to an increase in cash
received from certain derivatives used to hedge our interest
rate exposures on debt and improvements in working capital,
partially offset by increases in interest paid.

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Although our net loss increased by
EUR 21.1 billion, from a net loss of
EUR 3.5 billion in 2001 to a net loss of
EUR 24.6 billion in 2002, our current year operating
results were adversely affected by non-cash depreciation and
amortization charges of EUR 36.9 billion, which were
EUR 21.7 billion higher than in 2001. In addition, net
results for 2002 include gains of EUR 0.5 billion from
the sale of our investment in Satelindo and the sale of a
portion of our interest in T-Online, as compared with the 2001
gains of EUR 1.9 billion from the sale of our interest
in Sprint.

Net cash provided by operating activities in 2001
amounted to EUR 11.9 billion, representing an increase
of EUR 1.9 billion, or 19.3%, as compared with 2000.
Contributing to this increase was the receipt of a tax refund in
2001 and improvements in working capital, offset in part by
increases in net interest paid.

Our net results declined to a net loss of
EUR 3.5 billion in 2001 from net income of
EUR 5.9 billion in 2000. The 2001 operating results
were adversely affected by non-cash depreciation and
amortization charges of EUR 15.2 billion, which were
EUR 2.2 billion higher than in 2000. In addition, net
results for 2001 include gains of EUR 1.9 billion from
the sale of our interest in Sprint, as compared with gains in
2000 from the sale of our interest in Global One
(EUR 2.9 billion) and from the sale of a majority of
our ownership interest in our cable companies operating in North
Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse (EUR 3.0 billion).



| |                                           
| | ------------------------------------------
| | Net Cash Used for Investing
    Activities

Our net cash used for investing activities in
2002 amounted to EUR 10.0 billion, representing an
increase of EUR 4.6 billion, or 87%, when compared
with 2001. The increase in our cash usage was due in part to
further cash investments in property, plant and equipment and
consolidated companies. Specifically, our T-Systems division
invested EUR 4.7 billion to acquire the minority
interest in debis Systemhaus, and our T-Mobile division invested
EUR 1.7 billion to acquire the remaining interest in
Ben. In addition, our 2002 investing activities included lower
proceeds from the disposals of short-term investments and
marketable securities, offset in part by the proceeds received
from sales of a portion of our real estate and sales of our
trade receivables as part of the securitization program in our
T-Systems division.

Our net cash used for investing activities in
2001 amounted to EUR 5.4 billion, representing a
decrease of EUR 22.3 billion, or 80.6%, as compared
with 2000. A substantial amount of this decrease results from
the EUR 15.3 billion used in 2000 for the acquisition
of intangible assets, primarily UMTS licenses, which was not
repeated in 2001. In 2001 our T-Mobile division made cash
outlays to acquire T-Mobile USA and Powertel. Also contributing
to the reduction in our net cash used for investing activities
were the cash proceeds received from the disposals of Sprint,
FON and PCS (EUR 3.4 billion) and WIND
(EUR2.1 billion, net of withholding tax), and the proceeds
received from sales of T-Com trade receivables in connection
with its securitization program.



| |                             
| | ----------------------------
| | Significant Investing Events

|           |      |         |  |           |  |                                                                                      |  |  |      |  
|---------- | ---- | ------- |  | --------- |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  |  | ---- | -
|Year Ended |      | Segment |  | Event     |  | Amount                                                                              
|           |      |         |  |           |  |                                                                                     
|           |      |         |  |           |  | (billions of                                                                        
|           |      |         |  |           |  | euro)                                                                               
|           | 2002 |         |  | Other     |  | Sales of real estate                                                                 |  |  | 1.3  |  
|           | 2002 |         |  | Other     |  | Sale of shares in T-Online International AG to
    institutional investors           |  |  | 0.7  |  
|           | 2002 |         |  | T-Systems |  | Asset-backed securitization transaction                                              |  |  | 0.3  |  
|           | 2002 |         |  | Other     |  | Sale of interest in Satelindo                                                        |  |  | 0.3  |  
|           | 2002 |         |  | Other     |  | Sale of interest in France Telecom                                                   |  |  | 0.3  |  
|           | 2002 |         |  | T-Mobile  |  | Exercise of call option to acquire 51% of Ben
    Nederland Holdings B.V.            |  |  | (1.7 | )
|           | 2002 |         |  | T-Systems |  | Acquisition of remaining 49.9% of T-Systems ITS
    GmbH (formerly debis Systemhaus) |  |  | (4.7 | )

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|           |      |         |  |          |  |                                                                                  |  |  |      |  
|---------- | ---- | ------- |  | -------- |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  |  | ---- | -
|Year Ended |      | Segment |  | Event    |  | Amount                                                                          
|           |      |         |  |          |  |                                                                                 
|           |      |         |  |          |  | (billions                                                                       
|           |      |         |  |          |  | of euro)                                                                        
|           | 2001 |         |  | Other    |  | Sale of interests in Sprint, FON and PCS                                         |  |  | 3.4  |  
|           | 2001 |         |  | Other    |  | Sale of interest in WIND (net of withholding tax)                                |  |  | 2.1  |  
|           | 2001 |         |  | T-Com    |  | Sale of receivables in an asset-backed
    securitization transaction            |  |  | 1.4  |  
|           | 2001 |         |  | T-Com    |  | Sale of interest in regional cable television
    company for Baden-Wuerttemberg |  |  | 0.9  |  
|           | 2001 |         |  | Other    |  | Sale of real estate                                                              |  |  | 0.7  |  
|           | 2001 |         |  | T-Com    |  | Acquisition of interest in Macedonia Telecom
    (MakTel)                        |  |  | (0.3 | )
|           | 2001 |         |  | T-Com    |  | Acquisition of interest in Hrvatski Telecom
    (Croatia)(1)                     |  |  | (0.5 | )
|           | 2001 |         |  | T-Mobile |  | Acquisition of interest in RadioMobil                                            |  |  | (0.6 | )
|           | 2001 |         |  | T-Mobile |  | Acquisition of T-Mobile USA and
    Powertel(1)                                  |  |  | (5.1 | )

|           |      |         |  |          |  |                                                                                                      |  |  |       |  
|---------- | ---- | ------- |  | -------- |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  |  | ----- | -
|Year Ended |      | Segment |  | Event    |  | Amount                                                                                              
|           |      |         |  |          |  |                                                                                                     
|           |      |         |  |          |  | (billions                                                                                           
|           |      |         |  |          |  | of euro)                                                                                            
|           | 2000 |         |  | T-Com    |  | Sale of interest in the regional cable television
    companies for North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse |  |  | 3.0   |  
|           | 2000 |         |  | Other    |  | Sale of interest in Global One                                                                       |  |  | 2.9   |  
|           | 2000 |         |  | Other    |  | Sale of logistics center                                                                             |  |  | 0.4   |  
|           | 2000 |         |  | T-Com    |  | Acquisition of interest in Slovak
    Telecom(1)                                                     |  |  | (1.0  | )
|           | 2000 |         |  | T-Com    |  | Acquisition of interest in Westel 900 (Media One)                                                    |  |  | (1.0  | )
|           | 2000 |         |  | T-Mobile |  | Acquisition of interest in Ben Nederland Holdings
    BV                                             |  |  | (1.1  | )
|           | 2000 |         |  | T-Mobile |  | Acquisition of interest in PTC                                                                       |  |  | (1.1  | )
|           | 2000 |         |  | T-Com    |  | Acquisition of interest in MATAV                                                                     |  |  | (2.3  | )
|           | 2000 |         |  | T-Mobile |  | Initial investment in T-Mobile USA                                                                   |  |  | (5.6  | )
|           | 2000 |         |  | T-Mobile |  | Acquisition of UMTS licenses in Germany, UK and
    Austria                                          |  |  | (15.3 | )






|    |                                                                                                                                                                        
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Represents gross amounts paid or received for
    entities acquired or sold excluding the effects of cash and cash
    equivalents held by the entity acquired or sold.



| |                                                         
| | --------------------------------------------------------
| | Net Cash Provided by (Used for) Financing
    Activities

Net cash used for financing activities amounted
to EUR 3.4 billion in 2002. There were net cash
inflows of EUR 11.7 billion from the increase in debt
compared with EUR 13.9 billion in 2001. In May 2002,
we issued EUR 2.5 billion principal 5-year bonds,
EUR 2.0 billion principal 10-year bonds, and
USD 0.5 billion (EUR 476 million) principal
30-year bonds. The issuances of this medium and long-term debt
were used to refinance bank debt. The payment of dividends in
respect of 2001 resulted in an outflow of cash and cash
equivalents of EUR 1.6 billion as compared to
EUR 1.9 billion in 2000.

Net cash used for financing activities in 2001
amounted to EUR 4.8 billion, as compared to net cash
provided by financing activities of EUR 17.9 billion
in 2000. This development resulted primarily from a net increase
in medium and long-term liabilities in 2001. In 2000, cash flow
provided by financing activities was significantly influenced by
the proceeds from the issuance of multi-currency global bonds in
an aggregate amount equivalent to approximately EUR
15.4 billion at that point in time, the proceeds of which
were applied primarily to refinance short term indebtedness
incurred to finance the acquisition of UMTS licenses. In 2001,
we issued EUR 4.5 billion principal 5-year bonds, EUR
3.5 billion principal 10-year bonds, and
JPY 160 billion (EUR 1.4 billion) principal 3 to
7-year bonds. New indebtedness incurred during 2001 was used
primarily to refinance maturing bonds. Net cash provided by
financing activities in 2000 included the proceeds of the
initial public offering of T-Online (EUR 3.1 billion) with
no equivalent proceeds from similar transactions in 2001.
Dividends paid in 2001 remained unchanged from the amounts paid
in 2000.

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| |                             
| | ----------------------------
| | Significant Financing Events

|           |      |         |  |       |       |           |  |                                                              |  |  |       |  
|---------- | ---- | ------- |  | ----- | ----- | --------- |  | ------------------------------------------------------------ |  |  | ----- | -
|Year Ended |      | Segment |  | Event |       | Amount   
|           |      |         |  |       |       |          
|           |      |         |  |       |       | (billions
|           |      |         |  |       |       | of euro) 
|           | 2002 |         |  |       | Other |           |  | Net repayments of short-term debt                            |  |  | (10.0 | )
|           | 2002 |         |  |       | Other |           |  | Issuances of medium and long-term debt                       |  |  | 11.7  |  
|           | 2002 |         |  |       | Other |           |  | Repayments of medium and long-term debt                      |  |  | (3.5  | )
|           | 2002 |         |  |       | Other |           |  | Payment of dividends to Deutsche Telekom AG
    Shareholders |  |  | (1.6  | )

|           |      |         |  |       |       |           |  |                                                              |  |  |       |  
|---------- | ---- | ------- |  | ----- | ----- | --------- |  | ------------------------------------------------------------ |  |  | ----- | -
|Year Ended |      | Segment |  | Event |       | Amount   
|           |      |         |  |       |       |          
|           |      |         |  |       |       | (billions
|           |      |         |  |       |       | of euro) 
|           | 2001 |         |  |       | Other |           |  | Net repayments of short-term debt                            |  |  | (10.3 | )
|           | 2001 |         |  |       | Other |           |  | Issuances of medium and long-term debt                       |  |  | 13.9  |  
|           | 2001 |         |  |       | Other |           |  | Repayments of medium and long-term debt                      |  |  | (6.6  | )
|           | 2001 |         |  |       | Other |           |  | Payment of dividends to Deutsche Telekom AG
    Shareholders |  |  | (1.9  | )

|           |      |         |  |       |          |           |  |                                                                    |  |  |      |  
|---------- | ---- | ------- |  | ----- | -------- | --------- |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |  |  | ---- | -
|Year Ended |      | Segment |  | Event |          | Amount   
|           |      |         |  |       |          |          
|           |      |         |  |       |          | (billions
|           |      |         |  |       |          | of euro) 
|           | 2000 |         |  |       | Other    |           |  | Net repayments of short-term debt                                  |  |  | (0.8 | )
|           | 2000 |         |  |       | Other    |           |  | Issuances of medium and long-term debt                             |  |  | 19.7 |  
|           | 2000 |         |  |       | Other    |           |  | Repayments of medium and long-term debt                            |  |  | (2.4 | )
|           | 2000 |         |  |       | Other    |           |  | Payment of dividends to Deutsche Telekom AG
    Shareholders       |  |  | (1.9 | )
|           | 2000 |         |  |       | T-Online |           |  | Initial Public Offering of shares in T-Online
    International AG |  |  | 3.1  |  

Capital Resources

The following table summarizes our financial
indebtedness at December 31, 2002:

|                     |  |                        |        |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |        |      |  |            |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        | 
|-------------------- |  | ---------------------- | ------ | ---- |  | ---- | ----- | ---- |  | ---- | ------ | ---- |  | ---------- | ------ |  |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | ------ | 
|                     |  |                       
|                     |  | Payments Due by Period
|                     |  |                       
|                     |  | Total                  |        | 2003 |  | 2004 |       | 2005 |  | 2006 |        | 2007 |  | thereafter
|                     |  |                        |        |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |        |      |  |           
|                     |  |                       
|                     |  | (millions of euro)    
|Bonds and debentures |  |                        | 56,752 |      |  |      | 8,535 |      |  |      | 12,320 |      |  |            | 8,392  |  |  |  | 4,921 |  |  |  | 3,610 |  |  |  | 18,974 | 
|Liabilities to banks |  |                        | 6,292  |      |  |      | 1,341 |      |  |      | 557    |      |  |            | 2,582  |  |  |  | 161   |  |  |  | 234   |  |  |  | 1,417  | 
|                     |  |                        |        |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |        |      |  |            |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        | 
|Total                |  |                        | 63,044 |      |  |      | 9,876 |      |  |      | 12,877 |      |  |            | 10,974 |  |  |  | 5,082 |  |  |  | 3,844 |  |  |  | 20,391 | 
|                     |  |                        |        |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |        |      |  |            |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        | 

At December 31, 2002, the Federal Republic
guaranteed EUR 14.5 billion of our liabilities. For further
details see Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related
Party Transactions. For a discussion of funding and
treasury policies, see note (29) to our consolidated
financial statements and Item 11. Quantitative and
Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Our debt position at December 31, 2002,
decreased from the 2001 year-end level of EUR
67.0 billion to EUR 63.0 billion. For 2003, we have
set as a key objective the continued reduction of our debt
position to support our credit standing, address investor
concerns about our debt burden and enhance our long-range
flexibility and growth.

In 2002, we decreased our debt position through a
combination of factors. Among the major contributors were cash
generated from operations (EUR 12.5 billion), real estate
disposals (EUR 1.3 billion), the sale of minority
shareholdings (EUR 0.6 billion), the sale of shares in
T-Online International AG (EUR 0.7 billion) and the
sale of receivables under the T-Systems International
asset-backed-securitization program (EUR 0.3 billion).
These cash flows were partially offset by cash used to purchase
the remaining interests in debis Systemhaus (EUR
4.7 billion) and the Dutch mobile telecommunications
carrier Ben (EUR 1.7 billion purchase price and EUR 0.3
consolidation of debt) and for the payment of dividends (EUR
1.6 billion). Our debt position was also affected by
changes in balance sheet working capital values, in addition to
a positive effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates
(EUR 2.4 billion) principally related to the weakening of
the U.S. dollar against the euro.

We employ a variety of financing sources to fund
our operations and liquidity needs. The principal financial
instruments we use are bonds, medium-term notes and commercial
paper issued in various jurisdictions and in various currencies.
Further sources of liquidity are committed credit facilities,
consisting

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of bilateral credit agreements and syndicated
loans. Please refer to note (29) to our consolidated
financial statements for a discussion of our most significant
debt offerings during 2002.




| |                                                   
| | --------------------------------------------------
| | Interest Step-Up Provisions and Credit
    Ratings

In March 2002, Moodys lowered its rating of
our senior unsecured debt from A3 to Baal, and further
downgraded its rating to Baa3 in January 2003. In April 2002,
Standard & Poors lowered its rating of our senior
unsecured debt from A- to BBB+. The changes in 2002 triggered a
step-up of 50 basis points with effect from the first interest
payment dates after April 2002 for future interest payments on
approximately EUR 23.6 billion of outstanding Deutsche
Telekom bonds denominated in various currencies. We estimate
that this step-up will result in an increase in our interest
expense on these bonds of approximately EUR 118 million per
annum.

In May 2002, we issued bonds with aggregate
principal amounts EUR 4.5 billion and USD 0.5 billion.
These bonds were issued in three tranches: two euro-denominated
tranches  a EUR 2.5 billion principal tranche
with a 5-year maturity and a EUR 2.0 billion principal
tranche with a 10-year maturityand a
US$ 0.5 billion principal tranche with a 30-year
maturity. These bonds also contain step-up provisions that would
result in a 50 basis point increase in interest rates in the
event of a lowering of our senior unsecured debt ratings below
Baa1 by Moodys and BBB+ by Standard & Poors.
Further, an event causing an interest step-up for these bonds
also would trigger a 50 basis point step-up for the interest on
EUR 2.2 billion in medium-term notes we issued in 2002 in
different currencies and EUR 2.4 billion we issued from
January 2003 to April 7, 2003 in different currencies. With
regard to Moodys downgrade of our senior unsecured debt
rating to Baa3 in January 2003, we will be subject to these
interest rate step-ups if Standard & Poors
reduces our debt rating below BBB+. We estimate that such a
step-up would result in an increase in our interest expense on
these bonds and notes of approximately EUR 47.6 million per
annum.

Lines
of Credit

At December 31, 2002, we and our
subsidiaries had committed credit facilities with banks totaling
approximately EUR 22.2 billion, as well as credit
facilities on demand of EUR 0.4 billion. The credit
facilities include two syndicated loan facilities: one having
Deutsche Telekom AG and its Dutch finance subsidiary, Deutsche
Telekom International Finance B.V. as borrowers (the DT
loan facility), in the aggregate amount of EUR
12.0 billion, and one having T-Mobile UK as borrower (the
T-Mobile UK loan facility) in the aggregate amount
of GBP 2.8 billion (EUR 4.2 billion). At
December 31, 2002, there were no outstanding borrowings
under the DT loan facility but we had EUR 1.5 billion of
outstanding commercial paper which reduces our capability to
draw borrowings under Tranche A of the DT loan facility.
Tranche A of DT loan facility serves as a back-up for our
commercial paper program. Under the T-Mobile UK loan facility
were GBP 1.3 billion (EUR 2.0 billion) outstanding at
December 31, 2002.

The tranches available under the DT loan facility
expire at the following dates and in the following principal
amounts:

|             |  |                 |  |                   
|------------ |  | --------------- |  | ------------------
|Tranche name |  | Maximum amount  |  | Maturity date     
|             |  |                 |  |                   
|Tranche A    |  | EUR 5.0 billion |  | September 29, 2003
|Tranche B    |  | EUR 3.0 billion |  | October 1, 2003   
|Tranche C    |  | EUR 2.0 billion |  | October 1, 2005   
|Tranche D    |  | EUR 2.0 billion |  | October 1, 2007   

Tranches available under the T-Mobile UK loan
facility expire at the following dates and in the following
principal amounts:

|             |  |                 |  |                
|------------ |  | --------------- |  | ---------------
|Tranche name |  | Maximum amount  |  | Maturity date  
|             |  |                 |  |                
|Tranche B    |  | GBP 1.8 billion |  | October 1, 2005
|Tranche C    |  | GBP 1.0 billion |  | October 1, 2007

Due to the downgrade of our credit ratings in
March 2002 and April 2002, the commitment fee payable under the
syndicated loan facilities increased by approximately
2.5 basis points on undrawn amounts per annum, and the
interest rate expense on outstanding borrowings increased by
7.5 basis points. Further downgrades will not effect these
conditions.

Also included in our groups credit
facilities are committed lines of credit through multiple
bilateral unsecured credit agreements with various banks which
are usually on a revolving basis. At December 31,

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2002, we had committed lines of credit through
these agreements totaling EUR 6.0 billion. The interest and
commitment fees payable on these facilities are based upon the
terms of each specific contract. Approximately EUR
1.5 billion in aggregate principal amount was outstanding
under these agreements at December 31, 2002.


Our bank loan agreements contain customary
provisions relating to defaults and material adverse changes
affecting Deutsche Telekom AG and/or the relevant borrower. As a
result of these provisions, the non-payment of a significant
amount of debt when due or the acceleration of due dates can
result in all or part of our bank debt becoming due or make our
committed lines of credit unavailable. Our syndicated loan
facilities and, at December 31, 2002, EUR 1.0 billion
of our bilateral credit agreements each contain a financial
covenant that requires us to maintain a ratio of EBITDA to net
interest payable, each as defined therein, of 3:1, tested for
each twelve month period ending in June and December of each
year. EBITDA as defined for purposes of these covenants does not
make reference to special effects and is calculated with
reference to net interest payable, rather than to net financial
income (expense). At December 31, 2002, we were in full
compliance with these covenants. The covenants in our bank loan
agreements also set conditions for permitted security interests,
disposals and certain types of additional borrowings and
guarantees. We do not expect that these negative covenants will
materially affect our debt reduction plans or our ability to
raise capital as needed.



| |                     
| | --------------------
| | Capital Requirements

Our funding sources for 2003 consists primarily
of cash flows from operations, proceeds from the sale of
interests in certain subsidiaries and affiliates, proceeds from
the sale or other monetization of other assets (including real
estate) and through external financing in the debt market. We
cannot, however, offer assurances that we will be able to meet
all our cash flow and deleveraging objectives. For further
information concerning risks associated with our liquidity
management, see Item 3. Key Information 
Risk Factors.

Capital Expenditures and Investments

The following table provides information
concerning capital expenditures and investments in subsidiaries,
associated companies and related companies as well as proceeds
from the sales of non-current assets and investments.

|                                                              |  |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |   |  |  |       |    |  |  |       |   
|------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- |  | ---- | ------ | --------- |  | --------- | ------ | - |  |  | ----- | -- |  |  | ----- | --
|                                                              |  |                                
|                                                              |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                                                              |  |                                
|                                                              |  | 2002                            |        | 2001       |  | 2000 |        | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|                                                              |  |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |          
|                                                              |  |                                 |        |           
|                                                              |  | (millions of euro)              |        | (% change)
|Capital expenditures                                          |  |                                 | 7,625  |            |  |      | 10,868 |           |  |           | 23,536 |   |  |  | (29.8 | )% |  |  | (53.8 | )%
|Investments                                                   |  |                                 | 6,973  |            |  |      | 6,193  |           |  |           | 12,830 |   |  |  | 12.6  | %  |  |  | (51.7 | )%
|Proceeds from sales of non-current assets and
    investments |  |                                 | (3,145 | )          |  |      | (5,872 | )         |  |           | (8,253 | ) |  |  | 46.4  | %  |  |  | 28.9  | % 
|Other                                                         |  |                                 | (1,413 | )          |  |      | (5,824 | )         |  |           | 407    |   |  |  | 14.2  | %  |  |  | n.m   |   
|                                                              |  |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |   |  |  |       |    |  |  |       |   
|Net cash used for investing
    activities                    |  |                                 | 10,040 |            |  |      | 5,365  |           |  |           | 27,706 |   |  |  | 4.7   | %  |  |  | (65.1 | )%
|                                                              |  |                                 |        |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |   |  |  |       |    |  |  |       |   




n.m.  not meaningful




| |                     
| | --------------------
| | Capital Expenditures

The following table provides information about
our capital expenditures for the years presented. Other capital
expenditures include advanced payments and construction in
progress, as well as plant and office equipment.

|                                       |  |                                 |       |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |  |  |  |       |    |  |  |       |   
|-------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- |  | ---- | ------ | --------- |  | --------- | ------ |  |  |  | ----- | -- |  |  | ----- | --
|                                       |  |                                
|                                       |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                                       |  |                                
|                                       |  | 2002                            |       | 2001       |  | 2000 |        | 2002/2001 |  | 2001/2000
|                                       |  |                                 |       |            |  |      |        |           |  |          
|                                       |  |                                 |       |           
|                                       |  | (millions of euro)              |       | (% change)
|Intangible assets (excluding goodwill) |  |                                 | 873   |            |  |      | 1,376  |           |  |           | 15,980 |  |  |  | (36.6 | )% |  |  | (91.4 | )%
|Fixed networks                         |  |                                 | 2,609 |            |  |      | 3,831  |           |  |           | 2,985  |  |  |  | (31.9 | )% |  |  | 28.3  | % 
|Mobile networks                        |  |                                 | 826   |            |  |      | 1,692  |           |  |           | 873    |  |  |  | (51.2 | )% |  |  | 93.8  | % 
|Buildings                              |  |                                 | 177   |            |  |      | 159    |           |  |           | 263    |  |  |  | 11.3  | %  |  |  | (39.5 | )%
|Other capital expenditures             |  |                                 | 3,150 |            |  |      | 3,810  |           |  |           | 3,435  |  |  |  | (17.3 | )% |  |  | 10.9  | % 
|                                       |  |                                 |       |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |  |  |  |       |    |  |  |       |   
|Total capital expenditures             |  |                                 | 7,625 |            |  |      | 10,868 |           |  |           | 23,536 |  |  |  | (29.8 | )% |  |  | (53.8 | )%
|                                       |  |                                 |       |            |  |      |        |           |  |           |        |  |  |  |       |    |  |  |       |   

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The reduction in total capital expenditures in
2002 compared to 2001 reflects the reduction in our capital
spending as networks have been completed and reductions made to
reduce cash outflows.

Other capital expenditures included advanced
payments and construction in progress that are mainly related to
T-Mobile. Capital expenditures in 2001 decreased compared to
2000, mainly attributable to the payment for the acquisition of
UMTS licenses in Germany, the United Kingdom and Austria
(EUR 15.3 billion) and to the investments in work in
progress for mobile networks (EUR 1.2 billion).

For 2003, we expect to invest between EUR 6.7 and
7.7 billion in intangible assets (excluding goodwill) and
property, plant and equipment. The precise amount for our
capital expenditures will depend in part on the development of
our cash flows in 2003. We are focusing our investments on
business activities that we believe have the greatest capital
expenditure needs and the best potential for rewarding growth.
Accordingly, we expect to make the largest portion of our
planned investments in our T-Com and T-Mobile divisions. We are
emphasizing the extension of transmission capacity and the T-DSL
business, as well as the build-out of our UMTS services in
Europe and our networks in the United States. We plan to invest
approximately one half of the capital expenditures budget in
Germany and the other half outside Germany. We plan to finance
this investment through a variety of sources, including cash
flows from operations, proceeds from the sale of assets
(including real estate) and through external financing in the
debt markets.



| |            
| | -----------
| | Investments

Investments in subsidiaries, associated companies
and other financial assets amounted to EUR 7.0 billion in
2002. Investments in fully consolidated companies, which
accounted for EUR 6.4 billion, related to the full
acquisition of debis Systemhaus (EUR 4.7 billion) and the
purchase of Ben Nederland Holding B.V. (EUR 1.7 billion).
Investments in associated and related companies and other
financial assets amounted to EUR 0.6 billion and related
primarily to the joint venture Bild.t-online.de and GSM
Facilities.

Investments in subsidiaries, associated companies
and other financial assets amounted to EUR 6.2 billion
in 2001. Investments in fully consolidated companies, which
accounted for EUR 5.7 billion, related primarily to
T-Mobile USA and Powertel, RadioMobil, Hrvatski Telecom and
MATAV. Investments in associated and related companies and other
financial assets, amounted to EUR 0.5 billion.

Investments in subsidiaries, associated companies
and other financial assets amounted to
EUR 12.8 billion in 2000. Investments in fully
consolidated companies, which account for
EUR 4.3 billion, related primarily to MATAV,
Westel 900 and Slovak Telecom. Investments in associated
and related companies and other financial assets, which
accounted for EUR 8.5 billion, related primarily to
the initial investments in T-Mobile USA, PTC and Ben.

Contractual Obligations and Other
Commitments

At December 31, 2002, we had contractual
cash obligations for accruals totaling
EUR 16.1 billion and liabilities totaling
EUR 73.6 billion. In addition, we have other financial
obligations for payments to special pension funds, purchase
commitments, commitments arising from transactions not yet
settled and operating leases.



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| | Financial Indebtedness

The following table summarizes financial
indebtedness recorded in our balance sheet under liabilities as
of December 31, 2002:

|                          |                      |                    |        |                        |  |           |       |         |  |  |        |        |  |  |        |        | 
|------------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------ | ------ | ---------------------- |  | --------- | ----- | ------- |  |  | ------ | ------ |  |  | ------ | ------ | 
|                          |                      |                    |        |                       
|                          |                      |                    |        | Payments Due by Period
|                          |                      |                    |        |                       
|                          |                      |                    |        | Less than              |  |           |       | After  
|                          |                      | Total              |        | 1 Year                 |  | 1-5 Years |       | 5 Years
|                          |                      |                    |        |                        |  |           |       |        
|                          |                      |                   
|                          |                      | (millions of euro)
|Financial Indebtedness    |                      |                    |        |                        |  |           |       |         |  |  |        |        |  |  |        |       
|                          | Bonds and debentures |                    |        | 56,752                 |  |           |       | 8,535   |  |  |        | 29,243 |  |  |        | 18,974 | 
|                          | Liabilities to banks |                    |        | 6,292                  |  |           |       | 1,341   |  |  |        | 3,534  |  |  |        | 1,417  | 
|                          |                      |                    |        |                        |  |           |       |         |  |  |        |        |  |  |        |       
|Debt                      |                      |                    | 63,044 |                        |  |           | 9,876 |         |  |  | 32,777 |        |  |  | 20,391 |       
|                          |                      |                    |        |                        |  |           |       |         |  |  |        |        |  |  |        |       
|Capital lease obligations |                      |                    | 543    |                        |  |           | 50    |         |  |  | 215    |        |  |  | 278    |       
|                          |                      |                    |        |                        |  |           |       |         |  |  |        |        |  |  |        |       

For more information regarding our indebtedness
refer to  Liquidity and Capital
Resources  Capital Resources and note (29)
to the consolidated financial statements.

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At December 31, 2002, the present value of
capital lease obligations amounted to EUR 543 million,
primarily for office buildings with varying terms of up to
25 years. The undiscounted value of the obligation was
EUR 965 million.



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| | Other Financial Obligations

Other financial obligations at December 31,
2002, consisted of the following:

|                                                                                                                  |                                   |                        |        |           |  |        |       |       |  |  |       |        | 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ---------------------- | ------ | --------- |  | ------ | ----- | ----- |  |  | ----- | ------ | 
|                                                                                                                  |                                   |                       
|                                                                                                                  |                                   | Payments Due by Period
|                                                                                                                  |                                   |                       
|                                                                                                                  |                                   |                        |        | Less than |  | After 
|                                                                                                                  |                                   | Total                  |        | 1 Year    |  | 1 Year
|                                                                                                                  |                                   |                        |        |           |  |       
|                                                                                                                  |                                   |                       
|                                                                                                                  |                                   | (millions of euro)    
|Present value of payments to special pension fund                                                                 |                                   |                        | 9,001  |           |  |        | 831   |       |  |  | 8,170 |       
|Purchase commitments for interest in other
    companies                                                          |                                   |                        | 826    |           |  |        | 218   |       |  |  | 608   |       
|Purchase commitments for capital projects in
    progress, including obligations arising from future expenditures |                                   |                        | 1,213  |           |  |        | 1,141 |       |  |  | 72    |       
|Commitments arising from transactions not yet
    settled                                                         |                                   |                        | 475    |           |  |        | 364   |       |  |  | 111   |       
|Operating leases                                                                                                  |                                   |                        | 10,050 |           |  |        | 1,813 |       |  |  | 8,237 |       
|                                                                                                                  |                                   |                        |        |           |  |        |       |       |  |  |       |       
|                                                                                                                  | Total other financial obligations |                        |        | 21,565    |  |        |       | 4,367 |  |  |       | 17,198 | 
|                                                                                                                  |                                   |                        |        |           |  |        |       |       |  |  |       |       

In accordance with Postreform II, we are
required to make payments to our special pension fund for civil
servants or its successor. The amounts currently due in each
period are recognized as an expense in that period. The present
value of such payments calculated using certain life expectancy
tables as a basis amounted to EUR 9.0 billion at
December 31, 2002, of which EUR 3.8 billion
relates to future years of service of the active civil servant
staff.

Purchase commitments for interests in other
companies are mainly those of purchase commitments of Deutsche
Telekom AG (EUR 490 million). Furthermore, T-Mobile
has served notice to exercise its right to acquire additional
shares in PTC (EUR 128 million). This exercise is
currently the subject of an arbitration proceeding. For more
information, refer to Item 8. Financial
Information  Litigation  Securities and
Corporate Law-related Proceedings. In addition, T-Online
and T-Mobile have obligations to invest an additional
EUR 90 million and EUR 70 million,
respectively, in various venture funds.

Purchase commitments for capital projects in
progress including obligations arising from future expenditures,
include commitments by each of Deutsche Telekom AG
(EUR 567 million), T-Mobile
(EUR 413 million) and T-Systems
(EUR 139 million) for capital projects.

During 2002, we sold real estate to a newly
established real estate fund for EUR 525 million. In
connection with the sale, we have committed to lease back the
real estate sold for a period of 15 years. We have a
call right to acquire all the shares of the real
estate fund after 10 years and the shareholders of the fund
have a put right to compel us to acquire all the
shares of the real estate fund after 16 years. The call and
put prices are based on formulas, determined on the then cash
flow multiples generated by the transferred real estate, and
adjusted for outstanding mortgage loans at the time of exercise.
Based on current market conditions, the undiscounted future put
price would be approximately EUR 420 million, net of
mortgage loans assumed of approximately
EUR 210 million.

Commitments arising from transactions not yet
settled concern pending transactions that are open at the
balance sheet date. Primarily, T-Mobile Deutschland has
commitments from pending transactions
(EUR 354 million). These commitments include
stipulated purchase quantities that are not exercised at the
balance sheet date, for example the obligation to accept UMTS
and 3G equipment or network equipment from Siemens, Nokia and
Nortel.

At December 31, 2002, we had a total of
EUR 10.0 billion in total future payment obligations
under non-cancelable operating leases over varying terms of up
to 25 years.

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| | Guarantees and commitments

The following table summarizes liabilities
arising from warranty agreements and guarantees as of
December 31, 2002:

|                                             |  |                      |     |           |  |           |   |  |  |  |     | 
|-------------------------------------------- |  | -------------------- | --- | --------- |  | --------- | - |  |  |  | --- | 
|                                             |  |                     
|                                             |  | Amount of Commitment
|                                             |  | expiration by Period
|                                             |  |                     
|                                             |  |                      |     | Less than |  | After one
|                                             |  | Total                |     | 1 Year    |  | year     
|                                             |  |                      |     |           |  |          
|                                             |  |                     
|                                             |  | (millions of euro ) 
|Liabilities arising from warranty agreements |  |                      | 927 |           |  |           |  |  |  |  | 927 | 
|Guarantees                                   |  |                      | 47  |           |  |           |  |  |  |  | 47  | 
|                                             |  |                      |     |           |  |           |   |  |  |  |     | 
|Total                                        |  |                      | 974 |           |  |           |  |  |  |  | 974 | 
|                                             |  |                      |     |           |  |           |   |  |  |  |     | 

Liabilities arising from warranty agreements
represent an implicit guarantee in case of the breach of certain
provisions of contractual obligations. In March 2002, T-Mobile
Deutschland entered into lease financing arrangements whereby
certain equipment, mainly GSM infrastructure and software, was
leased to several U.S.-based trusts and leased back to T-Mobile
Deutschland. Concurrent with entering into these lease
arrangements, T-Mobile Deutschland entered into payment
undertaking agreements with two counter-parties, whereby the
counter-parties agreed to make certain payments to the
U.S. trusts on behalf of T-Mobile Deutschland in exchange
for an irrevocable payment of EUR 909 million equal to
the scheduled rent payable by T-Mobile Deutschland and, if fixed
price purchase options in the lease backs are exercised, the
exercise prices of these options.

Guarantees principally represent the commitment
to pay unconditionally and irrevocably with primary
responsibility any outstanding amount owed by another party.
Generally, we issue guarantees in respect of leasing and loan
agreements. Further information about these guarantees is
included in note (29) to the consolidated financial statements.

We are a partner in a consortium that has
contracted with the Federal Republic of Germany to develop and
operate, through a separate operating joint venture company (the
project company), a toll collection system for the
use by certain commercial vehicles of roadways in Germany.
Pursuant to this arrangement, we have, along with our partners,
Daimler Chrysler Services AG and Cofiroute S.A., guaranteed, on
a joint and several basis through the first year of approved
operation of the toll collection system, the successful
completion and operation of the toll collection system. In the
event that the toll collection system is not completed on
schedule, or does not operate effectively upon completion, the
amount of revenues to be received by the project company
pursuant to this arrangement may be significantly reduced, and
in the first year, the project company or the consortium, and
thereafter only the project company, may be subject to
significant penalties as well (not to exceed an aggregate of
EUR 150 million during the first year of operation and
EUR 100 million per year thereafter). Further, there
are no restrictions on the ability of the Federal Republic to
recover damages, and we are also obligated, on a joint and
several basis, to continue to fund the losses of the project
company, including losses as a result of penalties and damages,
through the term of this arrangement.

Other
Contingent Obligations

In July 2000, we acquired a 51% equity interest
in the state-owned Slovak Telecom, the leading full-service
telecommunications service provider in Slovakia, for a purchase
price of EUR 1 billion. Slovak Telecom offers local,
long-distance and international telephone services, data
communications services, telex and telegraph services,
distribution and broadcast radio and television signals and
mobile communications services via its majority-owned
subsidiary, Eurotel. Pursuant to a Shareholders Agreement
with the Slovak Republic, we are obligated to make certain
additional capital investments in Slovak Telecom (currently up
to EUR 1 billion by December 31, 2003, of which
EUR 572 million has already been invested in Slovak
Telecom and Eurotel). We will continue to make investments in
accordance with telecommunications development requirements and
taking into account economic growth patterns in the Slovak
Republic. The nature and amount of additional investments in
2003 and our overall investment commitment is currently under
discussion with representatives from the Slovak Government
pursuant to the terms of the Shareholders Agreement.

On May 3, 1999, Western Wireless Corporation
(referred to herein as Western Wireless), distributed its entire
80.1% interest in T-Mobile USAs (formerly VoiceStream)
common shares to its stockholders. Prior to this
spin-off, Western Wireless obtained a favorable
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not result in the recognition of a gain or
taxable income to Western Wireless or its stockholders. However,
Western Wireless could still recognize a gain upon the spin-off,
notwithstanding the favorable IRS ruling, if it is determined
that the spin-off was part of a prohibited plan,
that is, a plan or series of related transactions in which one
or more persons acquire, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of
T-Mobile USAs stock. Acquisitions of 50% or more of
T-Mobile USAs stock occurring during the four-year period
beginning two years before the spin-off could give rise to a
rebuttable presumption that the spin-off was part of a
prohibited plan. Although it is not assured, T-Mobile USA
believes that the spin-off, subsequent mergers, including the
T-Mobile merger in 2001, and certain investments by Hutchison
Telecommunications PCS (USA) Limited and Sonera Corporation
in 2000 were not pursuant to a prohibited plan.
T-Mobile USA has agreed to indemnify Western Wireless on an
after-tax basis for any taxes, penalties, interest and various
other expenses incurred by Western Wireless if it is required to
recognize such a gain. The amount of such gain that Western
Wireless would recognize would be equal to the difference
between the fair market value of T-Mobile USA common shares at
the time of the spin-off and Western Wireless adjusted tax
basis in such shares at the time. The estimated range of
possible liability, not including interest and penalties, if
any, is from zero to $400 million.


CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES UNDER
U.S. GAAP

The reconciliation of our consolidated financial
statements from German GAAP to U.S. GAAP is dependent upon
accounting methods, assumptions and estimates that we use as a
basis for the preparation of our financial statement amounts
under U.S. GAAP. We have identified the following critical
accounting policies and related assumptions, estimates and
uncertainties, which we believe are essential to understanding
the underlying financial reporting risks and the impact that
these accounting methods, assumptions, estimates and
uncertainties have on our reconciled U.S. GAAP financial
statement amounts.

Recovery of Long-Lived Assets

Goodwill
and Intangible Assets with Indefinite Lives

At December 31, 2002, our long-lived
intangible assets amounted to EUR 61,567 million. We
adopted the provisions of SFAS 142, Goodwill and
Other Intangible Assets, as of January 1, 2002, which
did not result in any impairment as of that date. SFAS 142
requires that goodwill and other indefinite lived intangible
assets be tested for impairment at least annually using a
two-step approach at the reporting unit level. In the first
step, the fair value of the reporting unit is compared to its
book value, including goodwill and intangible assets. The
determination of fair value of each reporting unit, which
requires significant judgment, is generally based on the present
value of future cash flows. In the case that the fair value of
the reporting unit is less than its book value, a second step is
performed, which compares the fair values to the book values of
the reporting units goodwill and intangible assets. The
fair value of goodwill is determined based upon the differences
between the fair value of the reporting unit and the net of the
fair values of the identifiable assets and liabilities of the
reporting unit. The fair value of indefinite lived intangible
assets is determined based on expected discounted future cash
flows. If the fair value of goodwill and other indefinite lived
intangible assets are less than their book values, the
differences are recorded as impairment charges. We performed our
annual impairment review in respect of the quarter ended
September 30, 2002, and we recorded impairment charges of
EUR 14,567 million and EUR 9,923 million relating to
goodwill and other indefinite lived intangible assets as a
result of these impairment tests.

Property,
Plant and Equipment, and Amortizable Intangible
Assets

We review long-lived assets, including property,
plant and equipment and amortizing intangible assets, for
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate
that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable.
Recoverability of assets that are held and used is measured by
comparing the sum of the future undiscounted cash flows derived
from an asset (or a group of assets) to their carrying value. If
the carrying value of the asset (or the group of assets) exceeds
the sum of the future undiscounted cash flows, impairment is
considered to exist. If an impairment is considered to exist on
the basis of undiscounted cash flows, the impairment charge is
measured using an estimation of the assets fair value,
typically using a discounted cash flow method. The
identification of impairment indicators, the estimation of
future cash flows and the determination of fair values for
assets (or groups of assets) requires management to make
significant judgments concerning the identification and
validation of impairment indicators, expected cash flows and
applicable discount rates. Specifically, the estimation of cash
flows underlying the fair values of our mobile businesses
consider the continued investment in network infrastructure
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growth through the offering of new data products
and services, for which we have limited historical information
on customer demand. If the demand for these products and
services does not materialize as we expect, we will generate
less revenue and cash flows and potential impairment charges to
writedown these investments to net realizable value, which could
adversely affect our future operating results.


A continuation of the currently depressed
economic conditions in the telecommunications industry within
Europe and the United States could result in an increasingly
competitive pricing environment due to significant industry
over-capacity. Furthermore, weakness in the T-Mobile and
T-Systems segments could result in diminished values of recently
acquired technologies and licenses or goodwill. Such events
could result in reductions of the future estimates of net cash
flows to be generated to the extent that both long-lived
tangible and intangible assets could be considered impaired,
adversely affecting our future operating results.



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| | Recovery of Long-Term
    Investments

We have made investments in foreign
telecommunications service providers that are principally
engaged in the mobile, fixed line, Internet and data
communications businesses. We also have equity and debt
investments that we received as sales consideration in disposals
of certain cable and other businesses. At December 31,
2002, the carrying value of our long-term investments was
EUR 4,169 million. The most significant investments are PTC
in which we own a 49% interest, MTS in which we own a 36.2%
interest, and GSM Facilities in which we own a 25.6% interest.

Of the total carrying value of our financial
assets at December 31, 2002, EUR 752 million represent
shares in publicly traded companies that are classified as
available-for-sale and reflected in the balance sheet at fair
value. Changes in the fair value are reported in a separate
component of shareholders equity. For the remaining
investments in financial assets, our accounting policy is to
record an impairment of such investments to net realizable value
when the decline in fair value below carrying value is deemed to
be other than temporary. To the extent that these investments
are not publicly traded, fair value is determined based on
judgments and estimates of expected future cash flows. In
determining if a decline in value is other than temporary, we
consider factors such as the length of time and magnitude of the
excess of carrying value over market value, the forecasted
results of the investee, the regional geographic economic
environment and state of the industry, and our ability and
intent to hold the investment.

A prolonged downturn in the telecommunications
industry could negatively affect the operations of these
investments and their ability to generate future cash flows.
This could result in changes to the forecasted cash flows and
potential impairment charges, which could adversely affect our
future operating results.

Revenue Recognition

Customer
Activation Fees

Our T-Com and T-Mobile divisions receive certain
installation and activation revenues from new customers. We
defer the recognition of these revenues (and related costs) and
amortize them over the expected duration of the customer
relationship. The estimation of the expected average duration of
the relationship is based on historical customer turn-over. If
managements estimates are revised, material differences
may result in the amount and timing of Deutsche Telekoms
revenue for any period.

Long-Term
Service Contracts

Our T-Systems division conducts a significant
portion of its business under long-term contracts with
customers. We account for certain long-term service contracts
using the percentage-of-completion method, recognizing revenue
as performance on a contract progresses. This method places
considerable importance on accurate estimates of the extent of
progress towards completion. Depending on the methodology used
to determine contract progress, the significant estimates may
include total contract costs, remaining costs to completion,
total contract revenues, contract risks and other judgments. We
regularly review all estimates involved in such long-term
contracts and adjust them as necessary.

Deferred Taxes

At December 31, 2002, total net deferred tax
assets were EUR 336 million. Included in this total are the
tax benefits of net operating losses of approximately
EUR 8,354 million. These tax loss carryforwards generally
do not expire under current German law, except certain amounts
attributable to non-German operations, which expire between 2008
and 2022.

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We have recorded a valuation allowance to reduce
the deferred tax assets to an amount that we believe is more
likely than not to be realized. In assessing the need for the
valuation allowance, we considered future taxable income and
ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies. In the
event that our estimates of projected future taxable income and
benefits from available tax strategies are lowered, or changes
in current tax regulations are enacted that would impose
restrictions on the timing or extent of our ability to utilize
the tax benefits of net operating loss carryforwards in the
future, an adjustment to the recorded amount of net deferred tax
assets would be made, with a related charge to income.

Pension Accounting

Our pension obligations for benefits to non-civil
servants are generally satisfied by defined benefit plans. Our
pension benefit costs for non-civil servants are determined in
accordance with actuarial assumptions, which rely on assumptions
including discount rates, life expectancies, and to a limited
extent, expected return on plan assets. Estimations of the
expected return on plan assets have a limited impact on our
pension cost since the amount of funded plan assets are small in
relation to our outstanding pension obligation. Other key
assumptions for our pension costs are based in part on actuarial
valuations, which rely on assumptions, including discount rates
used to calculate the amount of our pension obligation. Due to
the underfunded status of certain pension plans at their
respective measurement dates, a charge, representing the
additional minimum liability is recorded net of a related
deferred tax benefit in other comprehensive income. During 2002,
we recorded an increase of approximately EUR 220 million to
our additional minimum pension liability. This increase was
mainly attributable to a decrease of the discount rate used in
the calculation of our pension liability from 6.00% in 2001 to
5.75% in 2002. In addition, plan assets increased slightly from
EUR 405 million at December 31, 2001 to approximately
EUR 410 million at December 31, 2002. Our assumptions
concerning the expected return on plan assets are determined on
a uniform basis, considering long-term historical returns, asset
allocation, and future estimates of long-term investment
returns. In the event that further changes in assumptions are
required with respect to discount rates and expected returns on
invested assets, the future amounts of our pension benefit costs
may be affected materially.

Our pension plan obligations with respect to
civil servant employees and retirees are subject to a special
regime that effectively fixes our annual costs at 33% of the
pensionable gross remuneration of active civil servants and the
notional pensionable gross remuneration of civil servants on
leave of absence. The funding of this annual contribution is
recognized as a period expense. In accordance with both U.S. and
German GAAP, no liability or accrual has been recorded in
respect of future payments.

For further information concerning our pension
plan arrangements for civil servants and non-civil servants,
please refer to note (27) to our consolidated financial
statements and Item 6. Directors, Senior Management
and Employees  Employees and Labor Relations.



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| | Civil Service Health Insurance Fund

We are obligated, under Postreform II, to pay for
any operating cost shortfalls between the sources of regular
income of the Civil Service Health Insurance Fund
(Postbeamtenkrankenkasse, PBeaKK) and benefits paid. The
PBeaKK provides healthcare and medical benefits for its members
and their relatives, who are civil servants employed by or
retired from Deutsche Telekom AG, Deutsche Post AG and Deutsche
Postbank AG. When Postreform II came into effect, the PBeaKK was
closed to new members. The insurance premium collected by the
PBeaKK may only be increased by the amount by which healthcare
costs in Germany rise on average and therefore does not reflect
the changing age structure of the PBeaKK. We have accrued the
actuarially determined present value of the funds future
deficit which we have to cover using a discount rate,
assumptions about life expectancy and projections for
contributions and future increases in general health care costs.
Because the calculation of this accrual involves long-term
projections over periods of more than 50 years, the present
value of the liability is sensitive to small variations in the
assumptions used for the calculation.

Other Accruals

We record an accrual for liabilities when a loss
contingency is considered to exist and when a loss is considered
probable and can be reasonably estimated. Significant estimates
are involved in the determination of provisions related to
taxes, environmental liabilities and litigation claims. These
estimates are subject to change as new information becomes
available to us, primarily with the support of internal
specialists, if available, or with the support of outside
consultants, such as actuaries or legal counsel. Revisions to
our estimates of these loss contingencies may significantly
affect future operating results.

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RECONCILING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GERMAN GAAP
AND U.S. GAAP

Our results are reported under German GAAP and
differ from our results when reconciled to U.S. GAAP, as
summarized below. A more detailed discussion and quantification
of significant differences between German GAAP and
U.S. GAAP applicable to our consolidated financial
statements may be found in notes (40) through (43) to our
consolidated financial statements contained in this Annual
Report. The differences between German GAAP and U.S. GAAP
that have a significant impact on net income (loss) and
shareholders equity are summarized below. Other
differences may arise in future years, resulting from new
transactions and/or the adoption of new accounting standards.

Differences in Bases of Long-Lived
Assets

Adjustments
to Valuation of Fixed Assets

Under German GAAP, we previously recorded
nonscheduled depreciation of fixed assets primarily relating to
our real estate holdings. This nonscheduled depreciation was not
required under U.S. GAAP for real estate classified as held
and used. This results in a difference in the carrying basis of
land and buildings between U.S. GAAP and German GAAP. This
basis difference results in higher depreciation expense to be
recorded under U.S. GAAP than under German GAAP. In
addition, these basis differences will affect the gains or
losses to be recognized upon sale of real estate, to the extent
these differences in carrying values relate to assets sold.

Real
Estate Sale and Leaseback

We entered into a series of sale and leaseback
transactions with respect to certain of our real estate
holdings. These leasebacks generally qualify as off-balance
sheet operating leases under German GAAP. However, these
transactions have been accounted for as financings under
U.S. GAAP due to our continuing involvement. This results
in interest expense and the continuation of depreciation expense
for U.S. GAAP, as compared with gains/losses on sales of
real estate and rent expense for German GAAP.

Differences
in Valuations of Goodwill and Other Assets

The differences between German GAAP and
U.S. GAAP in the determination of total purchase
consideration in purchase business combinations has resulted in
differences in the initial valuation of goodwill and other
intangible and tangible assets. Purchase price differences
between German and U.S. GAAP have been generated from
business combinations due to net assets acquired, valuation of
shares and stock options issued (including subsidiary shares
issued in a business combination), valuation of underlying
assets and liabilities (including deferred taxes), dates used to
calculate consideration paid as well as the date at which an
acquisition is considered consummated. These differences have
resulted in differences in amounts for depreciation and
amortization expenses. In 2002, the U.S. GAAP accounting
for goodwill and indefinite lived intangible assets changed,
resulting in these intangibles no longer being amortized, but
rather subject to an annual impairment test. During the third
quarter of 2002, we completed the annual impairment test,
resulting in writedowns of goodwill and indefinite lived
intangible assets under U.S. GAAP in amounts different than
those determined under German GAAP.

Valuation
of Trade Names

Under German GAAP, we previously recorded a
nonscheduled amortization of intangible assets relating to the
rebranding of the trade names of acquired subsidiaries to a
T-Mobile brand name. This write-off was not recorded for
U.S. GAAP purposes, as it did not meet the U.S. GAAP
impairment criteria. However, the remaining useful lives were
shortened, and the remaining carrying amount was completely
amortized during the current year.

Capitalization
and Amortization of Mobile Communication Licenses

Under German GAAP, we begin to amortize our
communication licenses, primarily European UMTS licenses and
U.S. mobile communications licenses, upon acquisition and
continue to amortize these licenses through their expected
period of use. Under U.S. GAAP, amortization begins at the
time the network is placed into service. In addition, interest
on mobile network construction related to debt is expensed under
German GAAP, whereas under U.S. GAAP this interest is
capitalized during the period the mobile network is being
constructed, and is subsequently amortized over the expected
period of use. This results in deferrals of interest and
amortization expenses for U.S. GAAP, and a higher carrying
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assets. Once the networks are in place,
capitalization of these costs will cease and related costs
capitalized will be amortized into income over the remaining
expected period of use. The completion of our annual impairment
test with respect to the third quarter resulted in nonscheduled
amortization of mobile communication licenses under
U.S. GAAP in amounts different than those determined under
German GAAP.


Differences in Equity Transactions by Our
Subsidiaries

Effects
of Dilution Gains

Transactions conducted by our consolidated
subsidiaries or associated companies, using their common equity
as currency, directly result in a reduction of our ownership
percentage. Under German GAAP, we recognize dilution
gains from share issuances by subsidiary or associated
companies for cash, but do not recognize gains for shares issued
in non-cash transactions (for example, as consideration for a
business acquisition). Under U.S. GAAP, we recognize
dilution gains both for cash and non-cash transactions.

Differences in Revenue Recognition

Deferred
Income

Under German GAAP, we recognize revenues in the
period when earned by the delivery of goods or the rendering of
services. Under U.S. GAAP, we defer certain activation and
one-time fees and related direct costs (to the extent of
revenues deferred), and amortize these revenues and expenses
over the expected duration of our customer relationship. We
expense any excess costs as customer acquisition expense.
Additionally, we defer revenues on certain other contracts under
U.S. GAAP, and amortize these revenues over their contract
lives.

Differences in Income Taxes

Deferred
Taxes

Under German GAAP, deferred taxes have not been
recognized for temporary differences that arose during tax-free
periods, and temporary differences that are not expected to
reverse in the foreseeable future. Under U.S. GAAP,
deferred taxes generally are recognized for all temporary
differences, including temporary differences during tax-free
periods. In addition, in contrast to German GAAP, U.S. GAAP
requires the recognition of deferred taxes attributable to net
operating losses.

As a result of the implementation of
SFAS No. 142 in 2002, a number of major wireless
carriers in the United States have concluded that the
U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
wireless spectrum licenses should be considered to be intangible
assets with indefinite lives. The classification of our FCC
licenses to intangible assets with indefinite lives resulted in
the cessation of scheduled amortization of these licenses,
effective January 1, 2002. This cessation of amortization
affected our assessment as to future realization of deferred tax
assets for tax loss carryforwards, resulting in the
establishment of a valuation allowance of approximately
EUR 4.3 billion during the first quarter of 2002. This
negative impact was offset during the third quarter of 2002 by a
reduction in the deferred tax liabilities related to the
nonscheduled amortization of our mobile communication licenses.
Further, we recorded additional deferred tax benefits relating
to the recognition of tax deductible goodwill during the fourth
quarter of 2002.

Other Differences

In addition to the tax effects of the adjustments
for differences between German GAAP and U.S. GAAP described
in this section, other differences in our financial results
between German GAAP and U.S. GAAP consist primarily of the
accounting for capitalization of internally developed software,
unrealized gains on marketable securities, deferral of gains on
divestitures, asset-backed securitizations, derivatives and
investments in equity investees, which historically are
recurring differences.

NEW U.S. GAAP ACCOUNTING
PRONOUNCEMENTS

In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards
Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 143 (SFAS
No. 143), Accounting for Asset Retirement
Obligations, which addresses the financial accounting
and reporting for obligations associated with the retirement of
tangible long-lived assets and the associated asset retirement
costs. This standard applies to legal obligations associated
with the retirement of long-lived assets that result from the
acquisition, construction, development or normal use of the
asset. SFAS No. 143 requires that the fair value of a
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obligation be recognized in the period in which
it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be
made. The fair value of the liability is added to the carrying
amount of the associated long-lived asset and is depreciated
over the assets useful life. The liability is accreted to
its present value each period through charges to operating
expense. If the obligation is settled for other than the
carrying amount of the liability, a gain or loss on settlement
is recognized. We are required and plan to adopt the provisions
of SFAS No. 143, effective January 1, 2003. To
accomplish this, we must identify all legal obligations for
asset retirement obligations, if any, and determine the fair
value of these obligations on the date of adoption. The
determination of fair value is complex and will require us to
gather market information and develop cash flow models.
Additionally, we will be required to develop processes to track
and monitor these obligations. We are assessing the impact that
the implementation of this standard will have on our results of
operations, financial position and cash flows.


In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146,
Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal
Activities (SFAS No. 146), which
replaces Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue 94-3,
Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination
Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain
Costs Incurred in a Restructuring). The types of costs
affected by this Standard include certain employee severance
costs, contract termination costs and costs to consolidate or
close facilities or relocate employees. SFAS No. 146
requires that a liability for costs associated with exit or
disposal activities be recognized only when the liability is
irrevocably incurred (rather than at the date of
managements commitment to an exit or disposal plan). The
recognized liability is to be initially measured at fair value
and subsequently adjusted for changes in estimated cash flows.
The provisions of SFAS No. 146 are effective for exit or
disposal activities that are initiated after December 31,
2002. We do not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 146 to have
a material impact on our results of operations, financial
position and cash flows.

In November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation
No. 45 (FIN 45), Guarantors
Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including
Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others.
FIN 45 clarifies and expands the disclosure requirements
related to guarantees and product warranties, and requires a
guarantor to recognize a liability for the fair value of the
obligation it assumes under that guarantee. We have adopted the
disclosure requirements applicable to financial statements for
periods ending after December 15, 2002. The initial
recognition and measurement provisions are applicable
prospectively to guarantees issued or modified after
December 31, 2002. We do not expect the adoption of FIN 45
to have a material impact on our results of operations,
financial position and cash flows.

In December 2002, the Emerging Issues Task Force
reached a consensus in EITF Issue 00-21
(EITF 00-21), Accounting for Revenue
Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables. The Issue
addresses a vendors accounting for transactions involving
the delivery of more than one product or service, and when it is
necessary to separate the transaction into individual component
deliverables, each with its own separate earnings process. If
the conditions requiring separate revenue recognition exist,
revenue is allocated among the different deliverables based on
their relative fair values (the relative fair value of each of
the component deliverables to the aggregated relative fair value
of the bundled deliverables), with revenue for each component
deliverable recognized when the revenue is realized and earned.
We are required and plan to adopt the provisions of
EITF 00-21, effective July 1, 2003. To accomplish
this, we must identify and determine the fair value of the
component deliverables. The determination of fair values in our
mobile and systems business is complex, as some of the
components are price sensitive and volatile in a competitive
marketplace. Additionally, we will be required to develop
processes to update the relative fair values based upon
competitive market conditions. We are assessing the impact that
the implementation of this standard will have on our results of
operations, financial position and cash flows.

In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation
No. (FIN 46), Consolidation of Variable
Interest Entities (VIEs). This interpretation
changes the accounting and requirements for consolidation and
disclosure of certain entities, including special purpose
entities (SPEs). Under FIN 46, an entity is
considered a VIE (and subject to consolidation) if its total
equity at risk is determined insufficient to finance its
activities without additional subordinated financial support, or
if its equity investors lack certain characteristics that
represent a controlling financial interest. An entity that is
considered a VIE would be required to be consolidated by the
enterprise that holds a majority of its variable
interests (that is, the enterprise that has the most
exposure to the economic risks and the potential rewards from
changes in the values of the VIEs assets and liabilities).
We have adopted Interpretations disclosure provisions,
effective for all financial statements issued after
January 31, 2003, which require all holders of variable
interests in VIEs to disclose the nature, purpose, size and
activities of the VIEs, including the maximum exposure to
losses. The consolidation requirements apply to all new VIEs
created on and after February 1, 2003, with transitional
provisions for VIEs that existed prior to that date. We plan to
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provisions of FIN 46 on February 1 and
July 1, 2003, respectively. To accomplish this, we must
identify all VIEs, if any, and determine the expected loss and
expected residual returns associated with our variable
interests. The determination of expected losses and expected
residual returns is complex and will require us to develop cash
flow models. We do not expect the adoption of FIN 46 to
have a material impact on our results of operations, financial
position and cash flows.


In December 2002, the FASB issued
SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation  Transition and Disclosure
(SFAS No. 148), which amends
SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation (SFAS No. 123).
SFAS No. 148 provides alternative methods of
transition for a voluntary change to the fair value based method
of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. In
addition, this statement amends the disclosure requirements of
SFAS No. 123 to require prominent disclosures in the
financial statements about the method of accounting for
stock-based employee compensation and the effect of the method
used on reported results. The transition provisions are
effective for financial statements for fiscal years ending after
December 15, 2002. The enhanced disclosure requirements are
effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2002.
Pursuant to SFAS No. 123, we have elected to apply
Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related
Interpretations in accounting for our stock-based compensation
plans. Refer to notes (26) and (41) to the consolidated
financial statements for discussion of the effect on net income
(loss) and other related disclosures had we accounted for these
plans under SFAS No. 123, Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation.

New Rules Adopted in 2002:

During the first quarter of 2002, we adopted the
provisions of SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (SFAS
No. 144). The new standard superseded SFAS
No. 121, Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived
Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of
(SFAS No. 121). SFAS No. 144 retained the
requirement of SFAS No. 121 to recognize an impairment loss
only if the carrying amounts of long-lived assets to be held and
used are not recoverable from their expected undiscounted future
cash flows. However, goodwill no longer is required to be
allocated to these long-lived assets when determining their
carrying amounts. SFAS No. 144 requires that a long-lived
asset to be disposed of other than by sale be considered held
and used until it is disposed of, requiring the depreciable life
to be adjusted as an accounting change. For all long-lived
assets to be disposed of by sale, SFAS No. 144 requires
that the assets be recorded at the lower of their carrying
amount or fair value less cost to sell, and that any remaining
depreciation and amortization of these assets cease. Therefore,
discontinued operations are no longer measured on a net
realizable value basis, and future operating losses are no
longer recognized before they occur. The statement also broadens
the definition of a discontinued operation to include a
component of an entity. Upon the adoption of SFAS No. 144,
we recorded an asset impairment charge of approximately
EUR 50 million for U.S. GAAP purposes during the
first quarter of 2002.

NEW GERMAN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
(GAS)

The following new German accounting standards
became effective in 2003:

|       |  |                                                        
|------ |  | -------------------------------------------------------
|GAS 10 |  | Deferred Taxes in Consolidated Financial
    Statements
|GAS 11 |  | Related Party Disclosures                              
|GAS 12 |  | Non-current Intangible Assets                          
|GAS 13 |  | Consistency Principle and Correction of Errors         

GAS 10 Deferred Taxes in consolidated
financial statements sets out the procedures for
accounting for deferred taxes in consolidated financial
statements. Deferred taxes should be recognized on timing
differences relating to items dealt with through the profit and
loss account and which, on reversal in future periods, are
expected to result in tax expenses and tax reductions.
Quasi-permanent differences should also be treated as timing
differences. A deferred tax asset should be recognized on tax
loss carryforwards and tax credits to the extent that it is
sufficiently probable that the tax benefits from the tax loss
carryforwards can be recovered. We have not yet decided if we
will adopt GAS 10 during 2003. However, the adoption of
GAS 10 during 2003 would result in a substantial increase
in our deferred tax assets and stockholders equity.

GAS 11 Related Party Disclosures
requires capital market oriented parent enterprises
(kapitalmarktorientiere Gesellschaften) to report on
relationships with related parties. Related parties are
individuals or legal entities which have the ability to control
the reporting enterprise (or one of its subsidiaries) or which
can exercise, either directly or indirectly, significant
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enterprise (or one of its subsidiaries).
Significant transactions with related parties should be
disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements
either as an absolute amount or as a proportion of net sales.
Receivables and payables (as well as contingent receivables and
payables) and pricing policies should also be disclosed. This
standard is effective for financial years beginning after
June 30, 2002. Since the adoption of GAS 11 affects
disclosure only, the adoption of GAS 11 will not have a
material effect on our consolidated financial statements.


GAS 12 Non-current Intangible
Assets sets out the rules for the recognition and
measurement of non-current intangible assets. An intangible
asset purchased for consideration should be measured at cost. If
the useful live of an intangible asset is limited in time, the
acquisition cost should be amortized systematically over its
estimated useful life. A review should be performed at each
reporting date to determine whether the intangible asset has
suffered an impairment in value. Irrespective of whether the
useful life of an intangible asset is limited or not limited in
time, an intangible asset should be written down to its fair
value if this is lower than the carrying amount. The impairment
loss should be reversed if the reasons for the impairment loss
no longer exist. This standard is effective for financial years
beginning after December 31, 2002. We do not expect that
the implementation of GAS 12 will have a material impact on
our consolidated financial statements.

GAS 13 Consistency Principle and
Correction of Errors stipulates that accounting policies
be applied consistently from one period to the next. Departure
from the consistency principle is only permissible in justified
exceptional circumstances. The effect of a change in accounting
policies and in consolidation method should be computed
retrospectively. Pro forma disclosures should be presented for
the previous years figures. This standard is effective for
financial years beginning after December 31, 2002. We do
not expect that this will have a material effect on our
consolidated financial statements.

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ITEM
6.     Directors, Senior Management and
Employees

GENERAL

In accordance with the German Stock Corporation
Act (Aktiengesetz), we have a Supervisory Board
(Aufsichtsrat) and a Management Board (Vorstand).
The two Boards are separate, and according to the German Stock
Corporation Act, no individual may simultaneously be a member of
both Boards. The Management Board is responsible for managing
our company and representing us in our dealings with third
parties, while the Supervisory Board appoints and removes the
members of the Management Board and generally oversees the
management of our company but is not permitted to make
management decisions. The official auditor is appointed by the
shareholders of the company and is engaged by the Supervisory
Board.

Both the members of the Management Board and the
members of the Supervisory Board owe a duty of loyalty and care
to us. In carrying out their duties, members of both the
Management Board and the Supervisory Board must exercise the
standard of care of a prudent and diligent businessman. Our
interests are deemed to include the interests of the
shareholders, the interests of the work force and, to some
extent, the common interest, and both the Management Board and
the Supervisory Board must take all these interests into account
when taking actions or decisions. Although there is no explicit
obligation to act solely in the interests of shareholders, the
Management Board is required to respect their rights to equal
treatment and equal information.

The Supervisory Board has comprehensive
monitoring functions. To ensure that these functions are carried
out properly, the Management Board must, among other things,
regularly report to the Supervisory Board with regard to current
business operations and future business planning including any
deviation of actual development from formerly reported goals.
The Supervisory Board is also entitled to request special
reports at any time. Under German law, the Management Board is
required to ensure appropriate risk management within our
company and to establish an internal monitoring system.

Pursuant to our Articles of Association, the
rules of procedure for the Supervisory Board have to contain a
provision that the Management Board must obtain the consent of
the Supervisory Board for certain actions, including decisions
or measures which fundamentally change the assets, financial,
earnings or risk situation of the enterprise and measures
concerning the corporate structure, acquisitions or dispositions
of equity investments above a limit to be determined by the
Supervisory Board. In addition, under the German Stock
Corporation Act, the Supervisory Board is authorized to subject
other actions of the Management Board to its consent.

Under German law, shareholders, like other
persons, are prohibited from using their influence on Deutsche
Telekom to cause a member of the Management Board or the
Supervisory Board to act in a way that is harmful to Deutsche
Telekom. A controlling enterprise may not cause us to take
measures disadvantageous to us unless any resulting disadvantage
is compensated. An individual shareholder or any other person
exerting influence on us to cause a member of the Management
Board or of the Supervisory Board or holders of special proxies
(Prokuristen or Handlungsbevollmaechtigte) to act
in a way that is unfavorable to us or our shareholders is liable
for damages to Deutsche Telekom and its shareholders. Board
members who have neglected their duties in taking the actions
are likewise jointly and severally liable for damages.

As a general rule, under German law, a
shareholder has no direct recourse against the members of the
Management Board or the Supervisory Board in the event that they
are believed to have breached a duty to us. As a general rule
under German law, only we have the right to claim damages from
the members of the two boards. We may only waive such damages or
settle such claims if at least three years have passed and if
the shareholders so approve at a shareholders meeting with
a simple majority of the votes, provided that the opposing
shareholders do not hold, in the aggregate, one tenth or more of
our nominal share capital and do not formally express their
opposition at the shareholders meeting by having their
opposition noted in the minutes of the meeting maintained by a
German notary (Notar).

SUPERVISORY BOARD

In accordance with the German Stock Corporation
Act (Aktiengesetz) and the Co-Determination Act of 1976
(Mitbestimmungsgesetz), our Supervisory Board consists of
twenty members, ten of whom represent the shareholders and ten
of whom represent the employees. Members of the Supervisory
Board may be elected for a term of up to five years. Re-election
is permitted.

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The Supervisory Board members representing the
shareholders are elected at the General Meeting of the
shareholders. The first election of shareholder representatives
to the Supervisory Board took place at the shareholders
meeting in July 1996. The present shareholder representatives
were elected at the shareholders meeting in May 2001,
except that two members resigned prior to the end of their terms
and two new shareholder representatives have been appointed by a
local court to replace them pursuant to section 104 of the
German Stock Corporation Act. In general, the terms of office of
the shareholder representatives expire at the end of the
shareholders meeting at which the shareholders discharge
the Supervisory Board members in respect of the fourth financial
year following the members commencement of tenure of
office. The financial year in which tenure of office commences
is not counted for this purpose. The next general election of
all of the shareholders representatives on the Supervisory
Board will take place at the shareholders meeting in 2006.

Supervisory Board members representing employees
were last elected on November 6, 2002, by the employees in
accordance with the provisions of the Co-Determination Act of
1976. In this election procedure, employees elect ten
representatives made up of workers, regular employees, senior
management employees and three union representatives. The terms
of office of the employee representatives on the Supervisory
Board expire at the end of the shareholders meeting in
2007. Under the law that governed our conversion to a stock
corporation, civil servants, who are not covered by the
Co-Determination Act, are included in these groups of employee
representatives according to their occupations for purposes of
these elections.

A member of the Supervisory Board elected by the
shareholders may be removed by a shareholders resolution
by simple majority of the votes cast. A member of the
Supervisory Board elected by the employees may be removed by a
majority of at least three quarters of the votes cast by the
relevant class of employees.

The Supervisory Board must meet at least twice
every six months. To achieve a quorum, at least ten of the
members of the Supervisory Board must be present or cast their
votes in writing. Except in situations in which a different
majority is required by law, such as the appointment of
Management Board members and the election of the Chairman and
Co-Chairman of the Supervisory Board, the Supervisory Board
takes decisions by simple majority of the votes cast. If, in the
event of a deadlock, a second vote again results in a tie, the
chairman of the Supervisory Board can cast a deciding vote.

Members of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche
Telekom

The members of our Supervisory Board during 2002,
the years in which they were appointed, the months in which
their current terms expire and their principle occupations were
as follows:

|                                                               |  |                                                                         |  |                                                                                                                                                                                             
|-------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Dr. Hans-Dietrich Winkhaus
    Chairman (until March 14, 2003) |  | Member since:
    Expiration of Current Term:
    Principal Occupation: |  | 1999
    May 2006
    Member of the Shareholders Committee of Henkel KGaA,
    Duesseldorf                                                                                                 
|                                                               |  | Supervisory Board                                                       |  |                                                                                                                                                                                             
|                                                               |  | Memberships/ Directorships:                                             |  | ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG, Duesseldorf
    Degussa AG, Duesseldorf
    Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Cologne
    Schwarz Pharma AG, Monheim,
    Chairman of the Supervisory Board BMW AG, Munich
|                                                              
|Ruediger Schulze                                               |  | Member since:                                                           |  | 1999                                                                                                                                                                                        
|Vice Chairman                                                  |  | Expiration of Current Term:                                             |  | May 2007                                                                                                                                                                                    
|                                                               |  | Principal Occupation:                                                   |  | Chairman of Division 9
    Telecommunication, Information Technology and Data
    Processing of the Union ver.di, Berlin                                                                  
|                                                               |  | Supervisory Board                                                       |  |                                                                                                                                                                                             
|                                                               |  | Memberships/ Directorships:                                             |  | T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH, Bonn (previously
    DeTeMobil Deutsche Telekom MobilNet GmbH, Bonn), Vice Chairman
    of Supervisory Board                                                     

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|                            |  |                             |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|--------------------------- |  | --------------------------- |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Gert Becker                 |  | Member since:               |  | 1995                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|                            |  | Expiration of Current Term: |  | May 2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|                            |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | Former Chairman of the Management Board of
    Degussa AG, Duesseldorf                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|                            |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|                            |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | ALCAN Deutschland GmbH, Eschborn (until 2002)
    Bankhaus Metzler KGaA, Frankfurt/Main, Chairman of the
    Supervisory Board
    Bilfinger + Berger Bau AG, Mannheim, Chairman of the Supervisory
    Board                                                                                                            
|                           
|Josef Falbisoner            |  | Member since:               |  | 1997                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|                            |  | Expiration of Current Term: |  | May 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|                            |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | Chairman of the Bavarian District of the Union
    ver.di                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|                            |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|                            |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | PSD-Bank, Munich, Augsburg office                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|                           
|Dr. Hubertus von Gruenberg  |  | Member since:               |  | 2000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|                            |  | Expiration of Current Term: |  | May 2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|                            |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | Serves as member on several Supervisory Boards                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|                            |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|                            |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | Allianz-Versicherungs AG, Munich Continental AG,
    Hannover
    MAN AG, Munich
    SAI Automotive, Frankfurt/Main Schindler Holding AG, Hergiswil/
    Switzerland, Administrative Board                                                                                                                               
|                           
|Dr. sc. techn. Dieter Hundt |  | Member since:               |  | 1995                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|                            |  | Expiration of Current Term: |  | May 2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|                            |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | Managing Shareholder of Allgaier Werke GmbH,
    Uhingen and President of the National Union of German Employers
    Associations, Berlin                                                                                                                                                                                
|                            |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|                            |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | EvoBus GmbH, Stuttgart
    Stauferkreis Beteiligungs-AG, Goeppingen, Chairman of the
    Supervisory Board
    Stuttgarter Hofbraeu AG, Stuttgart
    Stuttgarter Hofbraeu Immobilien Verwaltungs-AG, Stuttgart,
    Chairman of the Supervisory Board Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg,
    Stuttgart, Administrative Board
|                           
|Waltraud Litzenberger       |  | Member since:               |  | 1999                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|                            |  | Expiration of Current Term: |  | May 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|                            |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | Member of the Works Council of Deutsche Telekom
    AG, Eschborn branch office                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|                            |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|                            |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | PSD-Bank e.G., Koblenz                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|                           
|Michael Loeffler            |  | Member since:               |  | 1995                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|                            |  | Expiration of Current Term: |  | May 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|                            |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | Member of the Works Council of Deutsche Telekom
    AG, Dresden branch office                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|                            |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|                            |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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|                        |  |                             |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|----------------------- |  | --------------------------- |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Hans W. Reich           |  | Member since:               |  | 1999                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                        |  | Expiration of Current Term: |  | May 2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|                        |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | Speaker of the Management Board, Kreditanstalt
    fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW), Frankfurt/Main                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|                        |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|                        |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | Aareal Bank AG, Wiesbaden
    ALSTOM GmbH, Frankfurt/Main
    HUK-COBURG
    Haftpflicht-Unterstuetzungs-Kasse kraftfahrender Beamter
    Deutschlands a.G., Coburg
    HUK-COBURG Holding AG, Coburg
    IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, Duesseldorf
    RAG AG, Essen Thyssen Krupp Steel AG, Duisburg
    DePfa Bank plc., Dublin
|                       
|Wolfgang Schmitt        |  | Member since:               |  | 1997                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                        |  | Expiration of Current Term: |  | May 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|                        |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | Head of Deutsche Telekom AGs Regional
    Directorate, South-Western District, Stuttgart                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|                        |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|                        |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | PSD-Bank, RheinNeckarSaar e.G.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|                       
|Prof. Dr. Helmut Sihler |  | Member since:               |  | 1996                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                        |  | Expiration of Current Term: |  | May 2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|                        |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | Vice Chairman of the Administrative Board,
    Novartis AG, Basel Chairman of the Management Board of Deutsche
    Telekom AG (from July 2002 until November 2002)                                                                                                                                                                 
|                        |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|                        |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart,
    Chairman of the Supervisory Board max.mobil Telekommunikations
    Service GmbH, Vienna (until 2002)                                                                                                                                                                                   
|                        |  |                             |  | Novartis AG, Basel, Vice Chairman of the
    Administrative Board                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|                       
|Michael Sommer          |  | Member since                |  | 2000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                        |  | Expiration of Current Term: |  | May 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|                        |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | President of the Trade Union Council 
    Germany, Berlin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|                        |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|                        |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | BHW Bausparkasse, Hameln
    Postbank, Bonn, Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board
    T-Systems International GmbH, Bonn, Vice Chairman of the
    Supervisory Board                                                                                                                                                             
|                       
|Ursula Steinke          |  | Member since:               |  | 1995                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                        |  | Expiration of Current Term: |  | May 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|                        |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | Chairwoman of the Works Council at DeTeCSM
    Northern District Service and Computer Center, Kiel                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|                        |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|                        |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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|                             |  |                                               |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|---------------------------- |  | --------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Prof. Dr. h.c. Dieter Stolte |  | Member since:                                 |  | 1995                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|                             |  | Expiration of Current Term:                   |  | May 2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|                             |  | Principal Occupation:                         |  | Editor in Chief of WELT and
    Berliner Morgenpost, Berlin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|                             |  | Supervisory Board Memberships/ Directorships: |  | Bavaria Film- und Fernsehstudios GmbH, Munich/
    Geiselgasteig, Chairman of the Supervisory Board (until 2002)
    Out of home Media AG, Cologne
    ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz, Chairman of the Supervisory
    Board
    Sportrechte- und Marketing-Agentur GmbH, Munich, Chairman of the
    Supervisory Board (until 2002)                                                       
|                            
|Bernhard Walter              |  | Member since:                                 |  | 1999                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|                             |  | Expiration of Current Term:                   |  | May 2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|                             |  | Principal Occupation:                         |  | Dresdner Bank AG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|                             |  | Supervisory Board                             |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|                             |  | Memberships/ Directorships:                   |  | Bilfinger + Berger Bau AG, Mannheim
    DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart
    Henkel KGaA, Duesseldorf
    mg technologies ag, Frankfurt/Main
    Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen GmbH, Meissen Thyssen
    Krupp AG, Duesseldorf Wintershall AG, Kassel
    Joint Stock Company Sibirsko-Uralskaya
    Neftegazohimicheskaya Companiya
    (AK Sibur), Moscow, until March 2003
|                            
|Wilhelm Wegner               |  | Member since:                                 |  | 1996                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|                             |  | Expiration of Current Term:                   |  | May 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|                             |  | Principal Occupation:                         |  | Chairman of the Central Works Council at Deutsche
    Telekom AG, Bonn                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|                             |  | Supervisory Board                             |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|                             |  | Memberships/ Directorships:                   |  | VPV Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG, Cologne VPV
    Holding AG, Stuttgart Vereinigte Postversicherung VVaG,
    Stuttgart PSD Bank Duesseldorf e.G.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

The following persons were appointed to our
Supervisory Board in 2002 and 2003:

|                 |  |                             |  |                                                                                                 
|---------------- |  | --------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Monika Brandl    |  | Member since:               |  | November 2002                                                                                   
|                 |  | Expiration of Current Term: |  | May 2007                                                                                        
|                 |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | Member of the Central Works Council at Deutsche
    Telekom AG, Bonn                            
|                 |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                                                                                 
|                 |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | None                                                                                            
|                
|Lothar Holzwarth |  | Member since:               |  | November 2002                                                                                   
|                 |  | Expiration of Current Term: |  | May 2007                                                                                        
|                 |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | Chairman of the Works Council of Deutsche Telekom
    AG, branch office South-Western, Stuttgart
|                 |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                                                                                 
|                 |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | PSD Bank RheinNeckarSaar e.G., Chairman of the
    Supervisory Board                            

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|                          |  |                             |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|------------------------- |  | --------------------------- |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Dr. Manfred Overhaus      |  | Member since:               |  | November 2002                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|                          |  | Expiration of Current Term: |  | May 2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|                          |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of
    Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen), Berlin                                                                                                                                  
|                          |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|                          |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | Deutsche Bahn AG, Berlin (until 2002) Deutsche
    Post AG, Bonn                                                                                                                                                                 
|                         
|Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel       |  | Member since:               |  | March 2003                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|Chairman (since March 14, |  | Expiration of Current Term: |  | May 2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|2003)                     |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | Chairman of the Board of Management of Deutsche
    Post AG, Bonn                                                                                                                                                                
|                          |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|                          |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Cologne
    Tchibo Holding AG, Hamburg
    Allianz Versicherungs-AG, Munich
    C.V. International Post Corp. U.A. Amsterdam, Board of IPC,
    stellv. Vorsitzender Konzernmandate der Deutschen Post AG:

The following individuals resigned from our
Supervisory Board in 2002 and 2003:

|                      |  |                             |  |                                         
|--------------------- |  | --------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------------
|Rainer Koch           |  | Member since:               |  | 2000                                    
|                      |  | Resigned:                   |  | May 2002                                
|                      |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | Chairman of the Central Works Council of
|                      |  |                             |  | DeTeImmobilien, Deutsche Telekom        
|                      |  |                             |  | Immobilien und Service GmbH, Muenster   
|                      |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                         
|                      |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | GMG Generalmietgesellschaft mbH,        
|                      |  |                             |  | Muenster (until 2002)                   
|                      |  |                             |  | DeTeImmobilien und Service GmbH,        
|                      |  |                             |  | Muenster                                
|                     
|Dr. h.c. Andre Leysen |  | Member since:               |  | 1995                                    
|                      |  | Resigned:                   |  | February 2003                           
|                      |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | Honorary Chairman of the Administrative 
|                      |  |                             |  | Board of GEVAERT N.V., Mortsel/         
|                      |  |                             |  | Antwerp, Belgium                        
|                      |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                         
|                      |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | Agfa-Gevaert AG, Leverkusen, Chairman of
|                      |  |                             |  | the Supervisory Board (until 2002)      
|                      |  |                             |  | Bayer AG, Leverkusen (until 2002)       
|                      |  |                             |  | E.ON AG, Duesseldorf                    
|                      |  |                             |  | Schenker AG, Essen                      
|                      |  |                             |  | Agfa-Gevaert N.V. Mortsel/ Antwerp,     
|                      |  |                             |  | Chairman of the Administrative Board    
|                      |  |                             |  | (until 2002)                            
|                     
|Rainer Roell          |  | Member since:               |  | 1998                                    
|                      |  | Resigned                    |  | May 2002                                
|                      |  | Principal Occupation:       |  | Vice Chairman of the Central Works      
|                      |  |                             |  | Council at Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn    
|                      |  | Supervisory Board           |  |                                         
|                      |  | Memberships/ Directorships: |  | None                                    

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|                                 |  |                                               |  |                                                       
|-------------------------------- |  | --------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------------------------
|Prof. Dr. Heribert Zitzelsberger |  | Member since:                                 |  | 1999                                                  
|                                 |  | Resigned                                      |  | November 2002                                         
|                                 |  | Principal Occupation:                         |  | State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of
    Finance
|                                 |  |                                               |  | Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen)              
|                                 |  | Supervisory Board Memberships/ Directorships: |  | None                                                  

Each of Mr. Gert Becker, Prof. Helmut Sihler
and Dr. Hans-Dietrich Winkhaus, has informed us that they
plan to resign from the Supervisory Board with effect from the
end of our shareholders meeting on May 20, 2003. The
Supervisory Board therefore will recommend that the following
nominees be elected to the Supervisory Board at the
shareholders meeting on May 20, 2003 as shareholder
representatives for terms ending in May 2008:

Dr. Hans-Juergen Schinzler, Ottobrunn,
Chairman of the Board of Management of Münchener
Rüchversicherungs-Gesellschaft,

Dr. Wendelin Wiedeking,
Bietigheim-Bissingen, Chairman of the Board of Management of
Dr. Ing, h.c.F. Porsche AG, and

Dr. Klaus G. Schlede,
Carabietta/Switzerland, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of
Deutsche Lufthansa AG.



Deutsche Post AG and Kreditanstalt fuer
Wiederaufbau (KfW) are both majority-owned by our largest
shareholder, the Federal Republic of Germany. The Federal
Ministry of Finance is a ministry of the Federal Republic of
Germany. Among our current Supervisory Board members,
Ms. Brandl, Mr. Holzwarth, Ms. Litzenberger,
Mr. Loeffler, Mr. Schmitt, Ms. Steinke and
Mr. Wegner are all employees of Deutsche Telekom group
companies.

The shareholder representatives currently on our
Supervisory Board are Mr. Winkhaus, Mr. Becker,
Mr. von Gruenberg, Dr. Hundt, Dr. Overhaus,
Mr. Reich, Dr. Sihler, Dr. Stolte,
Mr. Walter and Dr. Zumwinkel.

The Supervisory Board maintains the following
committees:



| |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
| | - | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | The Executive Committee
    (Praesidialausschuss) is responsible for deciding the terms
    of the service contracts and other contractual arrangements
    between Deutsche Telekom AG and the Management Board. In
    particular, the committee determines salaries and incentive
    compensation awards for members of the Management Board and
    establishes goals for performance-based compensation plans.
    Members of the Executive Committee are Dr. Hans-Dietrich
    Winkhaus (Chairman, until March 14, 2003); Dr. Klaus
    Zumwinkel (Chairman, since March 14, 2003), Dr. Andre
    Leysen (until February 20, 2003), Dr. Manfred Overhaus
    (since February 21, 2003), Ruediger Schulze and Wilhelm
    Wegner.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|
| |  | The Finance and Audit Committee (Finanz- und
    Pruefungsausschuss / Audit Committee) is
    responsible for reviewing and consulting on complex finance and
    business matters concerning the company. Those matters are
    delegated by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board or the
    Supervisory Board itself to the Finance and Audit Committee. The
    Finance and Audit Committee is the former Committee for Special
    Matters, which was renamed in May 2002. The Finance and Audit
    Committee handles issues of accounting and risk management,
    auditor independence, questions regarding the issuing of the
    audit mandate to the auditor, the determination of auditing
    focal points and the fee agreement following the German
    Corporate Governance Code and, with effect from November 2002,
    matters that the audit committee of a New York Stock
    Exchange-listed foreign private issuer takes direction of under
    U.S. law. In addition, the Finance and Audit Committee also
    reviews our annual report during a meeting with our auditors in
    preparation for the Supervisory Boards annual meeting on
    the approval of the Companys financial statements in
    accordance with section 171 of the German Stock Corporation
    Act. The members of the Finance and Audit Committee at
    December 31, 2002, were Dr. Hans-Dietrich Winkhaus
    (Chairman), Wolfgang Schmitt, Ruediger Schulze, Bernhard Walter,
    Wilhelm Wegner and Dr. Manfred Overhaus. For information
    concerning the relationships that the members of the Finance and
    Audit Committee have with us, see Members of the
    Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom.

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In addition to the two committees mentioned
above, the Supervisory Board has formed a mediation committee
and a personnel committee.

Each of the committees of the Supervisory Board
has an equal number of shareholder representatives and employee
representatives. The chairman of the Supervisory Board also
serves as chairman of the Executive Committee. The chairman has
the deciding vote in case of tie in the Executive Committee. The
chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee is a representative
of the shareholders. The chairman of the personnel committee is
a representative of the employees.

MANAGEMENT BOARD

Pursuant to our Articles of Association, the
Supervisory Board determines the size of the Management Board,
subject to the requirement that the Management Board must have
at least two members. Since January 16, 2003, our
Management Board has seven members. The Supervisory Board may
appoint a chairman of the Management Board as well as a deputy
chairman. The Supervisory Board appoints the members of the
Management Board for a term of up to five years and they may be
re-appointed or have their term extended for one or more terms
of up to five years. Under certain circumstances, such as a
material breach of duty or a bona fide vote of no confidence by
the shareholders, the Supervisory Board may remove a member of
the Management Board prior to the expiration of the five-year
term. A member of the Management Board may not deal with, or
vote on, matters relating to proposals, arrangements or
contracts between himself and our company. The Management Board
takes action by simple majority unless otherwise provided by
law, as in the case of a vote on the adoption of Rules of
Procedure. In the event of a deadlock, the Management Board
member in whose area of responsibility the resolution falls has
a deciding vote. If the resolution falls in an area that is not
allocated to a Management Board member, the vote of the chairman
of the Management Board decides in case of a deadlock.

Members of the Management Board of Deutsche
Telekom

The name, age, term of office, current position
and business experience of the members of our Management Board
in 2002 are set forth below. The current members of the
Management Board may be reached at our registered address.

Kai-Uwe Ricke, born
in 1961, was appointed chairman of the Board of Management of
Deutsche Telekom AG with effect from November 15, 2002.
Following an apprenticeship at a bank and studies at the
European Business School in Schloss Reichartshausen, Germany,
Mr. Ricke started his career as assistant to the Management
Board chairman of Bertelsmann AG in Guetersloh. He then took up
the position as head of Sales and Marketing of its Swedish
subsidiary Scandinavian Music Club AG in Malmoe, Sweden. From
1990 to June 1995, Mr. Ricke was CEO of Talkline and
Talkline PS Phone Service in Elmshorn, Germany. From July 1995,
he acted as that companys chairman and CEO. In January
1998, Mr. Ricke left Talkline and took over as chairman of
the Board of Management of DeTeMobil Deutsche Telekom Mobilnet
(today T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH). In February 2000, Mr. Ricke
was appointed chairman of the newly founded T-Mobile
International AG, where Deutsche Telekom consolidated its
principal mobile communications activities. In May 2001, he was
appointed to the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom. As
Chief Operating Officer, he was responsible for Deutsche
Telekoms mobile and online businesses.

Expiration of current term: November 14, 2007

Other board memberships outside Deutsche Telekom:
none

Josef Brauner, born
in 1950, has been Chairman and CEO of T-Com since
February 1, 2003. From May 1, 2001, through January
2003 he was head of CS, which included the divisions T-Com and
T-Systems and the operational management of the Networks
Infrastructure group and its field organization. He joined
Deutsche Telekom in June 1997 as head of the Main Department for
Sales and became head of the Sales and Customer Care Division
and a member of the Management Board in October 1998. He started
his sales career with Avery as the U.S. companys
branch manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Mr. Brauner next joined Sony Deutschland, where he was
appointed head of sales in the investment goods division and
afterwards became head of that division. In 1988,
Mr. Brauner became a member of the Management Board of Sony
Deutschland, and in 1993 was appointed chairman of that board.
He left Sony in 1997 to join Deutsche Telekom.

Expiration of current term: September 30,
2003

Other board memberships outside Deutsche Telekom:
none

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Dr. Karl-Gerhard
Eick, born in 1954, has been head of
the Finance and Controlling Division and a member of the
Management Board since January 2000. In November 2002, he was
appointed Deputy Chairman of the Management Board. After
studying business administration and earning a doctorate,
Dr. Eick worked in various positions for BMW AG
between 1982 and 1988. From 1989 to 1991, he acted as head of
Controlling at WMF AG in Geislingen. In 1991, he became
head of the Controlling, Planning and IT Division for the Carl
Zeiss group. From 1993 to 1999, he held top management positions
with the Haniel group, where he was responsible for the
Controlling, Business Administration and IT Division of the
strategic management holding company of Franz Haniel &
Cie. GmbH.

Expiration of current term: November 30, 2007

Other board memberships outside Deutsche Telekom:
Dresdner Bank Luxembourg S.A., Supervisory Board

Thomas Holtropwas
born in 1954. After studying psychology in 1981, he embarked on
a career with Club Mediterranee Deutschland. After various
positions in the tourism and advertising world, he moved to
American Express in 1989, where he advanced to become Vice
President International Business Partners. In 1996, Mr. Holtrop
helped set up BANK 24 AG as General Representative and in
1997 he became a member of the Management Board of Deutsche
Bank 24 AG. Mr. Holtrop has been Chairman of the Management
Board of T-Online International AG since January 1, 2001.
He was appointed to the Management Board of Deutsche Telekom AG
on December 1, 2002.

Expiration of current term: November 30, 2007

Other board memberships outside Deutsche Telekom:
none

Dr. Heinz
Klinkhammer, born in 1946, was
appointed head of Deutsche Telekoms Personnel and Legal
Affairs Division and a member of the Management Board in April
1996. Since May 1, 2001, he has been head of Human
Resources and from May 1, 2001, until November 30,
2002, he was also head of the department Top Management Staff.
Since November 2002 he has been Head of Human Resources and the
newly added departments of Organization and Sustainability.
Dr. Klinkhammer received a doctorate in law and began his
career at the Institute for German and European Labor, Social
and Business Law before becoming a Labor Court judge. From 1979
to 1990, he worked at the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social
Affairs of the state of North-Rhine/ Westphalia. In 1991, he
became Labor Director at Huettenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH and,
in 1992, board member of Mannesmannroehren-Werke AG.

Expiration of current term: March 31, 2006

Other board memberships outside Deutsche Telekom:
Federal Posts and Telecommunications Agency, Administrative
Board, Bonn

The following member of our Management Board
joined the Management Board in 2002:

René Obermannwas born in March 1963. He set up the company ABC Telekom in
Muenster after completing a business traineeship with BMW AG in
Munich between 1984 and 1986. In 1991, he became Managing
Partner of Hutchison Mobilfunk, successor of ABC Telecom. From
1993 to 1998, he was chairman of the companys Management
Board. Mr. Obermann was also chairman of the former German
Association of Mobile Communication Service Providers in 1995
and 1996. Between April 1998 and March 2000, Mr. Obermann
was Managing Director of Sales at T-Mobile Deutschland. From
April 2000 until March 2002, Mr. Obermann was CEO of
T-Mobile Deutschland. Mr. Obermann became a Member of the
management board of T-Mobile International in June 2001,
responsible for European Operations. Since December 1 2002,
he has been responsible for mobile operations on the Management
Board and has served as CEO of T-Mobile International.

Expiration of current term: November 30, 2007

Other board memberships outside Deutsche Telekom:
none

The following member of our Management Board was
appointed in 2003:

Konrad F. Reiss,
born in 1957, was appointed to the Management Board of Deutsche
Telekom AG and became Chairman of the Management Board of
T-Systems International GmbH on January 20, 2003. He began
his professional career in 1983 at Vereinigte Papierwerke
Schickedanz (marketing and sales management), and in 1998 he was
a management consultant at Gruber, Titze und Partner. From 1986
until 1993 Mr. Reiss was founder and managing partner of
two Management Consultancies (GTP-IIT and TTP-IHRC). After
selling both companies to Cap Gemini, Mr. Reiss held
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within the Cap Gemini group. Mr. Reiss
joined the Management Board of DaimlerChrysler Services AG in
2000, where he was responsible for debis IT-Services (CEO debis
Systemhaus). He founded BlueChipBusiness Laboratories in 2001
and was management partner until the end of 2002.


Expiration of current term: January 19, 2008

Other board memberships outside Deutsche Telekom:
none

The following members of our Management Board
left the Management Board during 2002:

Jeffrey A. Hedberg,
born in 1961, was head of Deutsche Telekoms International
Division and a member of the Management Board from January 1999
until December 31, 2002. Mr. Hedberg, who is a
U.S. citizen, joined the TVM/Matuschka group in Munich in
1985, where he was primarily involved in analyzing venture
capital projects for companies with international operations.
From 1990 to 1992, he worked in the international division of
US West, and then as an associate at Coopers &
Lybrand in international projects of the globally active
telecommunications group. In 1994, Mr. Hedberg joined
Swisscom, where he was in charge of international investments as
Executive Vice President and member of the companys senior
management.

End of term of appointment: December 31, 2002

Other board memberships outside Deutsche Telekom:
none

Dr. Max
Hirschberger, born in 1956, was a
member of the Management Board from April 11, 2001, until
November 30, 2002. Dr. Hirschberger was responsible
for the Corporate Affairs Division from May 1, 2001, which
combined Legal Affairs, Strategy, Organization, Internal
Auditing and Information Management. After having studied law in
Regensburg and Lausanne and obtaining a Masters degree at the
University of Michigan, Dr. Hirschberger joined the Legal
Affairs Department at BMW AG in Munich in 1987. From 1994
he was the head of the Department for Corporate and
International Law. He joined Deutsche Telekom in 1997 when he
became head of the newly established Deutsche Telekom group
office. In this capacity, he was responsible for the support
office of the chairman of the Management Board.

End of term of appointment: November 30, 2002

Other board memberships outside Deutsche Telekom:
none

Prof. Dr. Helmut
Sihler, born in 1930, was chairman of
the Management Board from July 17, 2002, until
November 14, 2002. He studied in Graz and Vermont, USA,
receiving doctorates in philology and law. In 1957, he joined
Henkel KGaA in Duesseldorf. From 1980 to 1992, Prof. Sihler was
chairman of the Henkel Management Board. From July 1996 until
May 2000 he acted as chairman, and since May 2000 he has served
as an ordinary member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche
Telekom AG. During the period of his chairmanship of the
Management Board in 2002, his Supervisory Board mandate was
temporarily suspended. Prof. Sihler is also chairman of the
Supervisory Board of Porsche AG in Stuttgart.

End of term of appointment: November 14, 2002

Other board memberships outside Deutsche Telekom:
Novartis AG, Basel  Vice President of the
Administrative Board; Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG,
Stuttgart  Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Dr. Ron Sommer,
born in 1949, was chairman of the Management Board from May 1995
until July 16, 2002. He received a doctorate in mathematics
and began his career with the Nixdorf group, first in New York
and then in Paderborn and Paris. In 1980, he became managing
director of Sony Deutschland and in 1986 become chairman of the
Management Board of Sony Deutschland. In 1990, Dr. Sommer
became president and chief operating officer of Sony Corporation
of America, and in 1993, he took over the management of Sony
Europe in the same capacity.

End of term of appointment: July 16, 2002

Other board memberships outside Deutsche Telekom:
Muenchner Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG, Munich

Gerd Tenzer, born in
1943, was appointed head of the Networks Division in January
1990 and was a member of Deutsche Telekoms Management
Board since January 1995, responsible for Networks, Purchasing,
and Environmental Protection. Since May 1, 2001, he was
responsible for Production, Technology, Innovation Management,
Purchasing and Environmental Protection and in July 2002 he was
appointed Deputy Chairman of Deutsche Telekom AG. As a
communications engineer, he worked in the telecommunications
research department at AEG-Telefunken from 1968 to 1970. In
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then the Deutsche Bundespost. In 1975,
Mr. Tenzer moved to the Federal Ministry of Posts and
Telecommunications, where he became head of the
Telecommunications Policy Section in 1980. From 1990 to 1994, he
was a member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bundespost
Telekom.


End of term of appointment: November 28, 2002

Other board memberships outside Deutsche Telekom:
VDE GmbH, Supervisory Board, Frankfurt; Bonn-Innova
GmbH & Co. Venture-Beteiligungs KG, Chairman of the
Supervisory Board (from March 2002 until November 2002); SES
Global A.A., BoD, Betzdorf, Luxembourg; SES Astra S.A., BoD,
Betzdorf, Luxembourg (until December 2002)

COMPENSATION

Supervisory Board Compensation

The Articles of Association provide for annual
compensation of EUR 50,000 for the chairman,
EUR 37,500 for the deputy chairman and EUR 25,000 for
each remaining member of the Supervisory Board. In addition,
members of the Supervisory Board are entitled to reimbursement
of actual out-of-pocket expenses and to receive an attendance
fee amounting to EUR 200 for each meeting of the
Supervisory Board or its committees. The value-added tax payable
on this compensation is borne by us. These compensation rules
applied for the first time for the 1999 financial year. For
Supervisory Board members who served on the board for only part
of the year, we paid a fraction of their total compensation
based on the number of months they served, rounding up to whole
months. The remuneration for members of our Supervisory Board
for 2002 amounted to EUR 615,815, inclusive of meeting
expenses (and including value-added tax according to
article 13 paragraph 3 of the Articles of
Association). The remuneration for fiscal year 2002 has been
paid out in two steps: the first half in July 2002 and the
second half in December 2002.

None of the members of the Supervisory Board has
a service contract with us or any of our subsidiaries providing
for benefits upon termination of employment.

Management Board Compensation

The aggregate remuneration of our Management
Board for 2002 amounted to EUR 14,478,818.28. This amount
includes cash payments and reserves for variable compensation as
well as fringe benefits, imputed income, and set-asides for
costs associated with changes in our Management.

A portion of the total compensation of the
Management Board is paid pursuant to a bonus arrangement. The
bonus payment is determined by the Supervisory Board and is
based upon three performance targets, each of which is weighted
one third in determining the total bonus payment:



| |   |                                                                                                                                                       
| | - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | Company targets of Deutsche Telekom AG
    (consisting of financial and strategic targets)                                                            
|
| |  | Individual targets of each Management Board
    member (a Management Board members success in meeting
    particular goals set for his business area)
|
| |  | Overall performance of each Management Board
    member (designed to reward intangible aspects of performance
    such as leadership)                 

Company targets and individual performance
targets are set by the Supervisory Board at the beginning of
each fiscal year.

For the year ended December 31, 2002, about
40% of the total remuneration was paid pursuant to this bonus
arrangement.

In addition, a proposal to establish a stock
option program for the members of the Management Board and key
employees was approved at the shareholders meeting in May
2001. No options were granted to members of our Management Board
during 2002.

For further information on this program, see
 Share Ownership below and
notes (26) and (43) to the Consolidated Financial
Statements.

Pension accruals totaling EUR 47,207,841.00
have been established in our books for both, active and former
members of the Management Board as of December 31, 2002.

Obligations for such persons for which no reserve
has been established amounted to EUR 3,368,531.00 as of
December 31, 2002.

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Payments to and set-asides for former members of
our Management Board or their surviving family members in
respect of their service as members of the Management Board
amounted to EUR 26,437,713.11 in 2002. This amount includes
all reserves for anticipated payments to former members of our
Management Board, as required under German law disclosure
requirements.

None of the members of the Management Board has a
service contract with us or any of our subsidiaries providing
benefits upon termination of employment. The duration of
employment contracts with Management Board members corresponds
to the duration of their appointments to office. If a Management
Board member leaves his or her post before the end of term, we
will perform or otherwise discharges our remaining contractual
obligations, unless the Management Board member has terminated
the contract or we terminate the contract for material cause.

Stock Option Plans

At the shareholders meeting on May 25,
2000, an amendment to the Articles of Association was approved
that created conditional capital of up to
EUR 64 million for the issuance of up to
25 million shares upon exercise of options granted to
management and key employees in connection with a stock-based
compensation plan adopted in May 2000 (the Stock Option
Plan 2000). At the shareholders meeting on
May 29, 2001, an amendment to the Articles of Association
was approved that cancelled the conditional capital created in
May 2000, except for the nominal amount of
EUR 2,621,237.76, which serves to grant subscription rights
already issued to members of the Management Board and our
executives, as well as members of the management boards and
other executives of our second-tier and lower-tier subsidiaries
under our Stock Option Plan 2000. Further, the
shareholders meeting on May 29, 2001, approved the
cancellation of the authorized capital for our Stock Option Plan
2000 of up to EUR 12.8 million approved by the
shareholders meeting on May 25, 2000, for the purpose
of issuing up to 5 million new shares for our Stock Option
Plan 2000.

At the shareholders meeting on May 29,
2001, a further amendment to the Articles of Association was
approved that conditionally increased our registered share
capital by up to a nominal amount of EUR 307.2 million
by issuance of up to 120 million new shares. This
conditional share capital may only be used if and to the extent
that subscription rights granted pursuant to our Stock Option
Plan 2001 described in notes (26) and (40) to the
consolidated financial statements are exercised and new shares
are delivered upon such exercise. Subscription rights that have
not been or may not be exercised prior to the expiration of the
exercise period will expire. Shares issued from the conditional
share capital generally will be entitled to any dividends paid
in respect of the year in which they are issued. Shares that are
issued after the end of any fiscal year, but before the ordinary
general shareholders meeting at which the appropriation of
the net profit for the year will be decided upon, will be
entitled to any dividends paid in respect of that year. The
shareholders resolution authorized our Supervisory Board
to grant stock options to the members of its Management Board
and authorized the Management Board to grant stock options to
all other eligible participants.

The shareholders resolution authorized our
Supervisory Board to determine the detailed terms for the
issuance of shares from the conditional share capital and for
the grant of options as well as the other terms of the stock
option plan if the Management Board is the beneficiary of the
stock option plan. In all other cases, the Management Board is
authorized to make these determinations.

For further information regarding stock-based
compensation plans, including the numbers of options granted,
exercise prices and expiration dates, please refer to
notes (26) and (40) to the consolidated financial
statements. See Item 8. Financial
Information  Litigation for a description of
litigation with respect to the Stock Option Plan 2000.

SHARE OWNERSHIP

The members of our Management Board owned a total
of 18,967 Deutsche Telekom shares and options in respect of a
total of approximately 824,600 Deutsche Telekom shares as of
January 24, 2003. No individual member of the Management
Board beneficially owned 1% or more of our outstanding shares as
of January 24, 2003.

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On an individual basis, the members of our
Management Board beneficially owned the following number of
Deutsche Telekom shares as of January 24, 2003:

|                                                              |                         |                    |        |       | 
|------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------ | ------ | ----- | 
|                                                              |                         | No. of Shares     
|Name                                                          |                         | Beneficially Owned
|                                                              |                         |                   
|Current members                                               |                         |                    |        |      
|                                                              | Kai-Uwe Ricke           |                    |        | none  | 
|                                                              | Josef Brauner           |                    |        | 800   | 
|                                                              | Dr. Karl-Gerhard Eick   |                    |        | none  | 
|                                                              | Thomas Holtrop          |                    |        | none  | 
|                                                              | Dr. Heinz Klinkhammer   |                    |        | 4,000 | 
|                                                              | Rene Obermann           |                    |        | none  | 
|                                                              | Konrad F. Reiss         |                    |        | 1,000 | 
|Former members who served on Management Board
    during 2002 |                         |                    |        |      
|                                                              | Jeffrey A. Hedberg      |                    |        | 3,000 | 
|                                                              | Dr. Max Hirschberger    |                    |        | 446   | 
|                                                              | Dr. Ron Sommer          |                    |        | 4,726 | 
|                                                              | Prof. Dr. Helmut Sihler |                    |        | 1,852 | 
|                                                              | Gerd Tenzer             |                    |        | 3,143 | 
|                                                              |                         |                    |        |      
|Total                                                         |                         |                    | 18,967 |      
|                                                              |                         |                    |        |      

The members of the Supervisory Board owned a
total of 9,787 Deutsche Telekom shares as of January 24,
2003. No individual member of the Supervisory Board beneficially
owned 1% or more of our outstanding shares at January 24,
2003.

On an individual basis the members of our
Supervisory Board beneficially owned the following number of
Deutsche Telekom shares as of January 24, 2003:

|                                                               |                                  |                    |       |       | 
|-------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----- | ----- | 
|                                                               |                                  | No. of Shares     
|Name                                                           |                                  | Beneficially Owned
|                                                               |                                  |                   
|Current members                                                |                                  |                    |       |      
|                                                               | Dr. Hans-Dietrich Winkhaus       |                    |       | 2,498 | 
|                                                               | Ruediger Schulze                 |                    |       | none  | 
|                                                               | Gert Becker                      |                    |       | none  | 
|                                                               | Monika Brandl                    |                    |       | 372   | 
|                                                               | Josef Falbisoner                 |                    |       | 512   | 
|                                                               | Dr. Hubertus von Gruenberg       |                    |       | none  | 
|                                                               | Lothar Holzwarth                 |                    |       | 642   | 
|                                                               | Dr. sc. techn. Dieter Hundt      |                    |       | none  | 
|                                                               | Waltraud Litzenberger            |                    |       | 108   | 
|                                                               | Michael Loeffler                 |                    |       | 97    | 
|                                                               | Dr. Manfred Overhaus             |                    |       | none  | 
|                                                               | Hans-W. Reich                    |                    |       | none  | 
|                                                               | Wolfgang Schmitt                 |                    |       | 2,510 | 
|                                                               | Prof. Dr. Helmut Sihler          |                    |       | 1,852 | 
|                                                               | Michael Sommer                   |                    |       | none  | 
|                                                               | Ursula Steinke                   |                    |       | 400   | 
|                                                               | Prof. Dr. h.c. Dieter Stolte     |                    |       | none  | 
|                                                               | Bernhard Walter                  |                    |       | none  | 
|                                                               | Wilhelm Wegner                   |                    |       | 335   | 
|                                                               | Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel              |                    |       | none  | 
|Former members who served on Supervisory Board
    during 2002 |                                  |                    |       |      
|                                                               | Rainer Koch                      |                    |       | 111   | 
|                                                               | Dr. h.c. Andre Leysen            |                    |       | none  | 
|                                                               | Rainer Roell                     |                    |       | 350   | 
|                                                               | Prof. Dr. Heribert Zitzelsberger |                    |       | none  | 
|                                                               |                                  |                    |       |      
|Total                                                          |                                  |                    | 9,787 |      
|                                                               |                                  |                    |       |      

No stock options have been granted to members of
our Supervisory Board.

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EMPLOYEES AND LABOR RELATIONS

Employees

As of December 31, 2002, the companies
within the Deutsche Telekom consolidated group employed a
workforce of 255,969 people worldwide, excluding interns and
apprentices. This represents a decrease of 0.4% from year-end
2001.

The table below provides a geographic breakdown
of our workforce at the dates indicated.

|                                        |                                   |                                 |         |         |  |      |         |         |  |  |         |         | 
|--------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------- | ------- |  | ---- | ------- | ------- |  |  | ------- | ------- | 
|                                        |                                   |                                
|                                        |                                   | For the year ended December 31,
|                                        |                                   |                                
|                                        |                                   | 2002                            |         | 2001    |  | 2000
|                                        |                                   |                                 |         |         |  |     
|Deutsche Telekom group
    employees(1) |                                   |                                 | 255,969 |         |  |      | 257,058 |         |  |  | 227,015 |        
|Thereof:                                |                                   |                                 |         |         |  |      |         |         |  |  |         |        
|                                        | Germany                           |                                 |         | 177,823 |  |      |         | 178,336 |  |  |         | 179,197 | 
|                                        | European Union outside of Germany |                                 |         | 17,647  |  |      |         | 16,538  |  |  |         | 16,577  | 
|                                        | Other European countries          |                                 |         | 39,601  |  |      |         | 43,343  |  |  |         | 29,408  | 
|                                        | North America                     |                                 |         | 19,144  |  |      |         | 16,909  |  |  |         | 170     | 
|                                        | Rest of the world                 |                                 |         | 1,754   |  |      |         | 1,932   |  |  |         | 1,663   | 




|    |                             
|--- | ----------------------------
|(1) | Employees excluding interns.

The following table shows the number of employees
within the Deutsche Telekom consolidated group as well as within
Deutsche Telekom AG at the dates indicated. First presented is
the number of civil and non-civil servant employees and, second,
a breakdown showing our workforce by divisions.

Deutsche Telekom group
employees(1)

|                          |                                        |                                 |         |         |  |      |         |         |  |  |         |         | 
|------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------- | ------- |  | ---- | ------- | ------- |  |  | ------- | ------- | 
|                          |                                        |                                
|                          |                                        | For the year ended December 31,
|                          |                                        |                                
|                          |                                        | 2002                            |         | 2001    |  | 2000
|                          |                                        |                                 |         |         |  |     
|Deutsche Telekom AG       |                                        |                                 | 120,009 |         |  |      | 124,328 |         |  |  | 126,857 |        
|Thereof:                  |                                        |                                 |         |         |  |      |         |         |  |  |         |        
|                          | Civil servants                         |                                 |         | 50,776  |  |      |         | 54,615  |  |  |         | 59,901  | 
|                          | Salaried employees and wage earners(2) |                                 |         | 69,233  |  |      |         | 69,713  |  |  |         | 66,956  | 
|Deutsche Telekom group(4) |                                        |                                 | 255,969 |         |  |      | 257,058 |         |  |  | 227,015 |        
|Thereof:                  |                                        |                                 |         |         |  |      |         |         |  |  |         |        
|                          | Civil servants                         |                                 |         | 50,776  |  |      |         | 54,615  |  |  |         | 59,901  | 
|                          | Salaried employees and wage earners    |                                 |         | 205,193 |  |      |         | 202,443 |  |  |         | 167,114 | 
|Thereof:(3)               |                                        |                                 |         |         |  |      |         |         |  |  |         |        
|                          | T-Com                                  |                                 |         | 148,900 |  |      |         | 155,342 |  |  |         | 144,969 | 
|                          | T-Systems                              |                                 |         | 43,292  |  |      |         | 43,449  |  |  |         | 40,672  | 
|                          | T-Mobile                               |                                 |         | 41,597  |  |      |         | 38,025  |  |  |         | 19,186  | 
|                          | T-Online                               |                                 |         | 2,814   |  |      |         | 2,960   |  |  |         | 3,010   | 
|                          | Other activities                       |                                 |         | 19,366  |  |      |         | 17,282  |  |  |         | 19,178  | 

During fiscal year 2002, we did not employ a
significant number of temporary employees.




|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Employees excluding interns.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|(2) | Thereof 8,421 civil servants temporarily
    without civil servant status at December 31, 2002.
    Civil servants temporarily without civil servant status have
    voluntarily suspended their civil servant status in order to
    take positions or accept employment conditions within the group
    that are for legal or practical reasons incompatible with civil
    servant status. They have the right to reclaim civil servant
    status and the benefits associated with that status when they
    have concluded their non-civil servant assignments.
|(3) | The figures for 2000 and 2001 have been restated
    to correspond with the organizational structure of the Deutsche
    Telekom consolidated group for the year 2002.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|(4) | Thereof 28,596 employees and civil servants that
    have been transferred from Deutsche Telekom AG to subsidiaries
    with the right to return to Deutsche Telekom AG.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Employee
Relations

In Germany, works councils
(Betriebsraete), whose members are elected by the
employees, represent the interests of the employees
vis-à-vis the employer in accordance with the Works Council
Act of 1972 (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz), as amended.
Works councils are established locally, as well as at a company
level and at the group level. Works councils must be notified in
advance of, and have the right to comment on, proposed employee
terminations, relocations and other matters, and have
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of certain social matters, including work
schedules and rules of conduct. In 2001, the German Federal
Government enacted amendments to the Works Council Act that
increase the influence of works councils in some matters, such
as the obligation to exempt an additional number of members of
the Works Councils from their regular work within companies with
more than 200 employees (previously 300). Furthermore,
based on the requirements of the Act on European Works Councils
(Gesetz ueber europaeische Betriebsraete) we will
establish in 2003 a European works council, which will only have
the right to information and consultation and not the right to
participate in the decision making process.


Traditionally we had a good relationship with our
works councils and the unions, and their cooperation is very
important to us, including with regard to our work force
reduction plans. Constructive relations with our employees and
their representatives are of central importance to us.

Civil
Servants

As of December 31, 2002, approximately 19.8%
of our groups employees were German civil servants. No
employees hired after January 1, 1995, have been granted
civil servant status. Pursuant to the laws that applied to our
conversion to a stock corporation, our civil servant employees
retained their civil servant status when that conversion
occurred. As such, the terms and conditions of their employment
and the benefits owed to them continue to be governed by German
regulations regarding civil servants. In particular, civil
servant salaries are set by statute and not by us or by
collective bargaining agreements. In addition, civil servants
are tenured employees and may not be unilaterally terminated
except in extraordinary, statutorily defined circumstances.
Civil servants are not permitted to participate in work-related
actions such as strikes, but are permitted to join labor unions.
Although we are authorized pursuant to the law governing our
privatization to exercise generally the rights and duties of the
Federal Republic as the employer of civil servants, the Federal
Postal and Telecommunications Agency (Bundesanstalt fuer Post
und Telekommunikation or Federal Agency) has a right of
consultation in the implementation of certain aspects of the
terms under which we employ civil servants.

Civil servants employed by us are entitled to
pension benefits provided by the Federal Government pursuant to
the German Civil Servant Pension Act
(Beamtenversorgungsgesetz). Pursuant to the law governing
our privatization, we are required to make annual contributions
to a special pension fund established to fund such pension
obligations. The special pension fund was merged in 2000 with
the special pension funds of Deutsche Post AG and Deutsche
Postbank AG to form the joint pension fund
Bundes-Pensions-Service fuer Post und Telekommunikation
e.V. (BPS-PT). The BPS-PT works for the funds of all
three companies and also handles the financial administration
for the Federal Republic on a trust basis. All transactions for
pension and allowance payments are made for the companies
Deutsche Post AG, Deutsche Postbank AG and Deutsche Telekom AG.

In accordance with the provisions of the Post and
Telecommunications Reorganization Act (Gesetz zur Neuordnung
des Postwesens und der Telekommunikation), this pension fund
makes pension and allowance payments to retired employees and
their surviving dependents who are entitled to pension payments
as a result of civil servant status. Since 2000, we have been
legally obligated to make an annual contribution to the special
pension fund of 33% of the gross remuneration of active civil
servants and the imputed gross remuneration of civil servants
temporarily without civil servant status entitled to pension
payments. These contributions amounted to approximately
EUR 838 million in 2002, EUR 845 million in 2001 and
EUR 895 million in 2000. A fixed annual contribution
of EUR 1.5 billion was payable for the years 1995 through
1999.

The Federal Republic compensates the special
pension fund for differences between the ongoing payment
obligations of the special pension fund, amounts received from
us and returns on assets, and guarantees that the special
pension fund is always in a position to fulfill the obligations
it has assumed. The Federal Republic cannot require
reimbursement from us for amounts paid by it to the special fund.

Other
Employees

As of December 31, 2002, approximately 80.2%
of our groups employees were non-civil servants. In
addition to being covered by collective bargaining agreements,
the non-civil servant employees in Germany are in general
covered by the German Termination Protection Act
(Kuendigungsschutzgesetz), which imposes various
restrictions on the involuntary termination of employment.

The majority of our employees in Germany are
organized in unions, principally the union ver.di (Vereinte
Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft). Further, the company has labor
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unions (DPVKOM/CGPT). Due to our acquisition of
debis Systemhaus GmbH, the union IG Metall
(Industriegewerkschaft Metall) also represents some
employees of T-Systems. The terms and conditions of employment
and salary increases for non-civil servant employees are
negotiated between the unions and us. Pursuant to the law
governing our privatization, the Federal Postal and
Telecommunications Agency is responsible for concluding
collective bargaining agreements relating to certain statutorily
defined non-wage benefits, rules of conduct and other general
terms of employment. Such agreements only become effective with
our consent. For further information regarding agreements
between us and the Federal Postal and Telecommunications Agency,
see Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party
Transactions  Related Party Transactions.


We and the union ver.di concluded a new
collective bargaining agreement in May 2001 that included the
introduction of a new evaluation and pay system as of
July 1, 2001. As a result, we completed the phase out of
our old pay system, which was based on civil-service
regulations. Now, employee pay is based on the position in which
an employee serves and no longer reflects criteria such as age,
marital status or seniority. The new pay system increased the
performance-based component of employee pay. Furthermore, a
single collective bargaining agreement now applies throughout
all of Germany, in the same manner and with the same terms. The
collective bargaining agreement signed in May 2000 had already
introduced a performance pay component for all employees. As of
July 2001, the existing performance-based component of 2.15% of
total pay was increased to 6% and in July 2002 to 7%. Our target
is to increase the performance-based share of compensation to up
to 10% during the coming collective bargaining rounds. The
implementation process of the new evaluation and pay system has
been almost finalized.

Collective bargaining agreements relating to
remuneration between the German unions and us typically have a
term of one year.

In June 2002, the ver.di union and we signed a
collective agreement concerning employee rationalization matters
within Germany. This agreement contains provisions providing
protection in the case of rationalization-related job cuts
affecting employees covered by collective agreements and our
apprentices who have successfully completed their training. In
accordance with these provisions, a Personnel Service Agency has
been established within Deutsche Telekom AG. This Agency has as
its primary task the absorption of covered employees affected by
rationalization measures and, after appropriate retraining if
necessary, the placement of those employees in vacant positions
in and outside the Deutsche Telekom group. If no appropriate
positions are vacant, the employees may, for limited periods, be
assigned to third-party companies in or outside the group for a
fee in accordance with the provisions of the German Law
Concerning Employee Secondment
(Arbeitnehmerueberlassungsgesetz). In this case, the
employees remain employees of Deutsche Telekom AG and their
contractual rights and obligations (under the terms of
collective agreements) are not affected by the assignment.
Apprentices who have successfully completed their training at
Deutsche Telekom AG are transferred to the Personnel Service
Agency for a limited period of one year immediately after the
completion of their training. In this case, too, the task and
objective of the Personnel Service Agency is to find long-term
positions for the apprentices in or outside the Deutsche Telekom
group.

Our intention in establishing the Personnel
Service Agency is to facilitate our reduction of excess staffing
and to achieve long-term, efficient management of our workforce,
while avoiding compulsory redundancies. The transfer of
employees to the Personnel Service Agency commenced in January
2003. The costs associated with employees transferred to the
Personnel Service Agency will be reflected in the results of our
Other Activities segment, but the operating
divisions from which the employees come from have to pay a
reimbursement to the Personnel Service Agency.

For further information on the effects of these
collective bargaining agreements on our personnel expenses, see
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects  Consolidated Results of
Operations  Personnel Costs.

For information concerning our pension plan
arrangements for non-civil servant employees, refer to
note (27) to our consolidated financial statements and to
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects  Critical Accounting Policies under German
GAAP.

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ITEM 7.     Major
Shareholders and Related Party Transactions

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS

Historically, we formed an integral and
undifferentiated part of Deutsche Bundespost, a state-owned
special asset (Sondervermoegen des Bundes). In 1989,
Deutsche Bundespost was divided into three distinct
entities   Deutsche Bundespost TELEKOM, Deutsche
Bundespost POSTBANK and Deutsche Bundespost POSTDIENST. Deutsche
Bundespost TELEKOM was transformed, with effect from
January 1, 1995, into Deutsche Telekom AG, a private law
stock corporation, which initially remained wholly owned by the
Federal Republic.

At December 31, 2002, the Federal
Republics direct ownership interest in our company was
approximately 30.75%. Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW), a
development bank that is 80% owned by the Federal Republic and
20% owned by the German federal states, owned 12.02% of our
shares as at December 31, 2002. KfW acquired its
shareholdings in our company from the Federal Republic in
several tranches between 1997 and 1999. These acquisitions were
made on the basis of agreements pursuant to which KfW acquired
shares from the Federal Republic at a discount from the relevant
market price. These agreements provide that, in case of a
subsequent sale of the shares by KfW, the Federal Republic will
receive from KfW the difference between (i) the sale price
and (ii) the sum of the purchase price paid, certain costs
and a portion of any capital gain realized by KfW on the sale.

The Federal Republic administers its shareholding
and exercises its rights as a shareholder of Deutsche Telekom
through the Federal Agency, which is subject to the supervision
of the Finance Ministry. In its capacity as shareholder, the
Federal Republic or KfW may exercise only those rights that it
has under the German Stock Corporation Act and our Articles of
Association (Satzung). For further information regarding
the Articles of Association, please refer to Item 10.
Additional Information  Articles of Association.

At present, the Finance Ministry and KfW each
have one representative on our Supervisory Board. Furthermore,
the Finance Ministry has one representative on the Supervisory
Boards of our subsidiaries T-Systems International GmbH,
T-Online International AG and T-Mobile International AG. See
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and
Employees  General  Supervisory
Board for a description of rights and responsibilities of
the members of the Supervisory Board.

The table below sets forth the number of our
ordinary shares held by holders of more than 5% of our ordinary
shares and their percentage ownership, based on information
available to us, as of the dates indicated.

|                                |  |                                 |               |      |  |              |       |   |  |              |               |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |               |  |  |  |       |  
|------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------------- | ---- |  | ------------ | ----- | - |  | ------------ | ------------- | - |  |  | ----- | - |  |  | ------------- |  |  |  | ----- | -
|                                |  |                                
|                                |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                                |  |                                
|                                |  |                                 |               |      |  |             
|                                |  | 2002                            |               | 2001 |  | 2000        
|                                |  |                                 |               |      |  |             
|Identity of Person or group     |  | Shares owned                    |               | %    |  | Shares owned |       | % |  | Shares owned |               | %
|                                |  |                                 |               |      |  |              |       |   |  |              |               |  
|Federal Republic of Germany     |  |                                 | 1,290,835,401 |      |  |              | 30.75 | % |  |              | 1,297,896,644 |   |  |  | 30.92 | % |  |  | 1,297,485,401 |  |  |  | 42.83 | %
|Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau |  |                                 | 504,590,664   |      |  |              | 12.02 | % |  |              | 509,164,599   |   |  |  | 12.13 | % |  |  | 509,164,599   |  |  |  | 16.81 | %
|                                |  |                                 |               |      |  |              |       |   |  |              |               |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |               |  |  |  |       |  
|                                |  |                                 |               |      |  |              | 42.77 | % |  |              |               |   |  |  | 43.05 | % |  |  |               |  |  |  | 59.64 | %

As noted above, KfW is 80% owned by the Federal
Republic. The Federal Republic has publicly stated its intention
to reduce substantially its ownership of Deutsche Telekom
shares. According to press reports the Federal Republic intends
to sell a further stake to KfW on the basis of above-mentioned
arrangement during 2003. We can offer no assurance as to the
timing or manner of any such reduction.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Relationship with the Federal
Republic

As is generally the case with other German
corporations with a controlling shareholder, for as long as the
Federal Republic is a shareholder with controlling influence
(beherrschender Einfluss), our Management Board is
required to produce a report (Abhaengigkeitsbericht)
setting forth the relationships and the transactions entered
into between us, on the one hand, and the Federal Republic or
its affiliated enterprises, on the other hand. This
related-party report, which is intended to protect minority
shareholders and creditors, must include a declaration by the
Management Board as to the fairness of transactions and dealings
with the Federal Republic. Our independent auditors are required
to confirm the accuracy of this report. The Supervisory Board is
then required to review the related-party report and the
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inform the shareholders as to the conclusion of
both. In the 2002 related-party report, our Management Board
declared that under the circumstances known to the Management
Board, at the time of performing the business transactions
between us and the Federal Republic and its affiliated
enterprises, including the Federal Agency, we received
appropriate remuneration for these transactions, and that we did
not perform or omit any actions on behalf of or on the
instructions of the controlling shareholder, in its capacity as
such, or any other affiliated companies. Our independent
auditors have confirmed the accuracy of the 2002 related-party
report regarding relationships between our controlling
shareholder and us.


Coordination and Administrative
Responsibilities of the Federal Agency

Pursuant to German law, the Federal Agency
provides certain services to Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Postbank
and Deutsche Post and has certain rights and responsibilities
with respect to the administration of the common affairs of
these companies. For example, the Federal Agency is responsible
for concluding general collective bargaining agreements
(Manteltarifvertraege) on behalf of these entities with
employees relating only to certain non-wage benefits, rules of
conduct and other general terms of employment. These agreements
only become effective with the consent of the affected entity.
The Federal Agencys right to conclude these agreements
does not affect our right to negotiate particular terms of
employment, including wages, salaries and conditions of
employment, independently on our own behalf. The Federal Agency
also administers the health insurance fund for civil servants
(Postbeamtenkrankenkasse) and the pension fund for
non-civil servants (VAP) employed by Deutsche Postbank, Deutsche
Post, others and us. The Federal Agency has certain additional
responsibilities and rights with respect to civil servants
employed by us, Deutsche Post and Deutsche Postbank. The Federal
Agency has the right to provide advice concerning the
coordination of the activities of us, Deutsche Postbank and
Deutsche Post, particularly, with respect to their public image,
issues that may arise if the business plans of these entities
conflict and, upon request, with respect to certain personnel
issues.

Services provided by the Federal Agency pursuant
to applicable law are rendered on the basis of service
agreements between us, Deutsche Postbank or Deutsche Post, on
the one hand, and the Federal Agency, on the other. Since German
law currently requires that each of Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche
Postbank and Deutsche Post enter into a service agreement with
the Federal Agency covering the services described above, we
have not considered entering into arrangements with third
parties for the provision of these services. Costs of the
Federal Agency incurred in connection with providing these
services are financed out of fees agreed upon with us, Deutsche
Post and Deutsche Postbank. We paid costs of
EUR 64.5 million for these services in 2002 (as
compared to EUR 70.1 million in 2001).

The total costs of the Federal Agency, consisting
mainly of personnel costs for its employees, are allocated
pursuant to the cost attribution system of the Federal Agency in
accordance with actual expenses.

Federal Republic as Regulator

The Federal Republics role as regulator is
independent and distinct from its role as shareholder. This
regulatory function is exercised by the Regulatory Authority.
The telecommunications licenses held in Germany by us were
acquired from the Federal Republic or its agencies. See
Item 4. Information on the Company 
Regulation.

Federal Republic and Affiliated Entities as
Customers

The Federal Republic is our largest customer and
purchases services on an arms-length basis. We deal with
the various departments and agencies of the Federal Republic as
separate customers, and the provision of services to any one
department or agency does not constitute a material part of our
revenues. We have also entered into contracts to provide
telecommunications services to entities affiliated with the
Federal Republic on an arms-length basis in the ordinary
course of business.

We are a partner in a consortium that has
contracted with the Federal Republic to develop and operate a
toll collection system for use with certain commercial vehicles
traveling on roadways in Germany. Pursuant to this arrangement,
we have, along with our partners, guaranteed, on a joint and
several basis, the successful completion and operation of the
toll collection system. In the event that the toll collection
system is not completed on schedule, or does not operate
effectively upon completion, the amount of revenues to be
received by the operating joint venture company pursuant to this
arrangement may be significantly reduced, and the operating
joint venture company may be subject to significant penalties as
well. Further, there are no restrictions on the ability of the
Federal Republic to recover damages. For more information, see
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects  Contractual Obligations and Other
Commitments.

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Partnerships with Certain Federal
States

We have formed strategic partnerships with
certain German federal states for the purpose of collaborating
on opening up new fields of application for modern information
and communications technology.

The strategic cooperation arrangements that
currently exist with 10 federal states and which are set forth
in agreements having terms of four or five years involves
projects that are worked out together and financed on a basis of
parity. The greater part of our financial contribution is in the
form of physical resources and services.

Arrangements with Deutsche Post

We entered into an agreement with Deutsche Post
in 2000 that calls for us to provide, among other things,
information technology and corporate network services to
Deutsche Post. In return, Deutsche Post provides distribution
and transportation, printing, warehousing and other services.
The objective of the arrangement is to allow each company to
focus on its core competencies and dispose of peripheral
activities. This arrangement resulted in a net transfer of
around 1,500 of our employees to Deutsche Post in 2001 and 2000.
The new Chairman of our Supervisory Boad is also the Chairman of
the Management Board of Deutsche Post AG and Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post AG.

Arrangements with Deutsche Postbank

We have a credit facility with Deutsche Postbank
providing us with a line of credit of up to
EUR 200 million. At December 31, 2002, that
credit facility had been drawn upon in the amount of GBP 43
million (EUR 66 million) with an interest rate of 4.3%
per year.

We have agreements with a number of banks,
including Deutsche Postbank, pursuant to which we can draw on
credit facilities up to EUR 12 billion according to a
consortium credit facility agreement. The level of the interest
rates depends on our rating, the amount of the consortium credit
and the LIBOR rate plus margin ranking to be applied, from
0.275% to 0.500%. The loan commitment fee is between
0.050% and 0.200% and also depends on our rating. There
were no outstanding debts relating to the consortium credit
facility at the end of 2002.

We engage in a variety of other routine
commercial banking relationships with Deutsche Postbank.

Arrangements with KfW

In 2000, our Dutch finance subsidiary, Deutsche
Telekom International Finance B.V., entered into three loan
agreements with KfW in the amount GBP 150 million each,
which are guaranteed by Deutsche Telekom AG. The level of the
interest rates depends on our rating. The loans have a maturity
of five, seven and ten years, respectively.

Federal Republic Guarantees

Under German law, all of our liabilities
outstanding as of January 2, 1995, the date of Deutsche
Telekoms registration in the Commercial Register
(Handelsregister), became guaranteed by the Federal
Republic. This guarantee replaced the Federal Republics
obligations with respect to our liabilities when it was a
state-owned special asset. The Federal Republic does not
guarantee liabilities we incurred after January 2, 1995.

Pension Contributions for Civil
Servants

Civil servants (Beamte) employed by us are
entitled to pension benefits provided by the Federal Republic.
Under German law, we are required to make annual contributions
to a special pension fund (Unterstuetzungskasse)
established to fund these pension obligations. For further
information, see Item 6. Directors, Senior Management
and Employees  Employees and Labor Relations
and Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects  Consolidated Results of
Operations  Personnel Costs.

Investigation of Bonn Public
Prosecutor

We are advancing funds to cover the legal
expenses being incurred by current and former board members in
connection with the Bonn public prosecutors investigation of
certain real estate valuation-related questions and other
matters. See Item 8. Litigation 
Investigation for a description of this investigation.

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These funds will be required to be repaid to us
if there is a final determination that these individuals
violated the law.


DT 3 Offering

In connection with the global offering by KfW of
equity securities of Deutsche Telekom in June 2000, we agreed to
bear certain offering-related expenses in view of the benefits
accruing to us from the offering. We, the Federal Republic and
KfW agreed to indemnify the underwriters for the offering
against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933, in the manner provided for in
the underwriting agreement. The underwriting agreement allocated
among us, the Federal Republic and KfW indemnification
responsibility for different sections of the disclosure
materials, with us taking responsibility vis-a-vis the
underwriters for, among other things, the parts of the
disclosure materials concerning its business and financial
statements. Additionally, we agreed with KfW to assume
responsibility for errors, if any, in the translation of some of
the prospectuses and for certain supplementary disclosure items
that were required under local law in some offering
jurisdictions. As issuer of the shares that were offered, we
became subject to the prospectus liabilities, if any, associated
with its registering or listing the securities offered in
various jurisdictions. The underwriting agreement provides that
its underwriter indemnification provisions are in addition to,
and do not affect, any liability that we, KfW, the Federal
Republic or the underwriters may otherwise have. For a
description of pending litigation and an investigation relating
to the global offering, see Item 8. Financial
Information  Litigation.

Other Transactions

We provide telecommunications services to
numerous companies, mainly throughout Europe, in the ordinary
course of business, including firms in which we hold an
ownership interest and firms with which certain members of the
Supervisory Board are affiliated. We also provide
telecommunications services in the ordinary course of business
to the members of our boards and to the Federal Republic and its
agencies and instrumentalities (including corporations owned or
controlled by or affiliated with the Federal Republic).

In May 2002, T-Systems CSM GmbH and
matrix42 AG entered into an agreement for the provision of
consulting services, under which T-Systems paid matrix42 AG
approximately EUR 100,000 in 2002. This agreement was
renewed in March 2003 for one year. Konrad F. Reiss, CEO of
T-Systems and member of our Management Board, owns approximately
10% of the shares of matrix42 AG and was a member of
matrix42 AGs supervisory board until 2002.

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ITEM 8.     Financial
Information

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

See Item 18. Financial
Statements.

EXPORT SALES

See the notes to the financial statements for a
discussion of the revenues of the group by geographic area.

LITIGATION

We and our subsidiaries are involved in a number
of legal proceedings in the ordinary course of our business. In
addition, proceedings involving alleged abuse of a
market-dominant position by us and alleged antitrust violations
are pending before competition and regulatory authorities. With
respect to the pending proceedings before competition
authorities see Item 4. Information on the
Company  Regulation.

Securities and Corporate Law-Related
Proceedings

A number of purported class action lawsuits have
been filed and consolidated in the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York by or on behalf of
purported purchasers of our ADSs issued pursuant to a
registration statement on Form F-3 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2000, and
pursuant to a prospectus dated June 17, 2000, and purported
purchasers of our ADSs during the period from June 19,
2000, to and including February 21, 2001. The operative
complaint in these consolidated actions asserts claims against
us and the former Chairman of our Management Board, and others,
under U.S. federal securities statutes based on allegations
that statements made in the registration statement and
prospectus were materially false and misleading because we
allegedly failed adequately to disclose detailed information
relating to merger negotiations between us and VoiceStream
Wireless Corporation, and allegedly overstated the value of our
real estate portfolio. The Court has certified the action as a
class action and defined the class to include all purchasers of
our ADSs during the period from June 19, 2000, to and
including February 21, 2001. The Court has ordered that all
fact discovery in the U.S. class action suits is to be
completed by October 31, 2003. The selling shareholder in
the offering, Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, has been
dismissed from the action.

Purported purchasers of our shares sold pursuant
to prospectuses dated May 28, 1999 and May 26, 2000
have filed approximately 260 lawsuits in Germany. These lawsuits
allege that the book values we recorded for our real property
portfolio were improperly established and maintained under
German accounting principles. In many of these lawsuits, claims
have also been made with respect to the VoiceStream transaction
analogous to those made in the purported U.S. class action
lawsuits described above. These lawsuits are pending before the
District Court in Frankfurt am Main. It is too early for us to
express a view of the possible outcome of the lawsuits. The
presiding judge has issued a statement describing his
preliminary view that it will be necessary to take evidence by
obtaining an expert opinion. The presiding judge also stated
that he is inclined to order a stay of the civil litigation
until the prosecutorial investigation into the real estate
matter has been resolved. The court will probably decide on the
stay in the course of the next months. The aggregate euro amount
of all shareholders claims filed in Germany in these
lawsuits is EUR 9,239,396.85.

We are contesting each of the aforementioned
lawsuits vigorously. Because the lawsuits, which in the
aggregate involve substantial damage claims, are in their
preliminary stages, and the plaintiffs in the U.S. class
action suits have not quantified the amount of damages they will
seek, we are not in a position to predict their outcome or
impact. However, we believe that the allegations in the lawsuits
do not provide a basis for the recovery of damages because all
required disclosures were made on a timely basis.

On June 26, 2000, two of our shareholders
filed a suit with the District Court in Bonn (Landgericht
Bonn) seeking to have declared void the shareholders
resolutions authorizing both the stock option plan and a related
conditional capital increase. The case was dismissed by the
District Court in Bonn (Landgericht Bonn) on
February 20, 2001. The Higher Regional Court in Cologne
(Oberlandesgericht Koeln) dismissed the appeal against
this decision. On February 4, 2002, plaintiffs lodged an
appeal on points of law with the Federal Court of Justice
(Bundesgerichtshof).

On October 21, 1999, T-Mobile commenced
arbitration proceedings in Vienna, Austria, against Elektrim
S.A. and certain small shareholders of PTC. T-Mobiles
claim alleges that these companies wrongfully failed to
recognize our rights of first refusal over approximately 3% of
PTC, and that this failure was a material

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breach of the PTC shareholders agreement.
These companies have denied T-Mobiles claim, and Elektrim
has filed a counterclaim against T-Mobile alleging that T-Mobile
materially breached the shareholders agreement by, among
other things, attempting to purchase PTC shares from several
small shareholders and obstructing Elektrims purchase of
PTC shares. T-Mobile has denied the allegations made in the
counterclaim. A finding by the arbitration panel that a party
has materially breached the PTC shareholders agreement
would give the non-defaulting party the right to acquire the
defaulting partys PTC shares at book value, which would be
substantially below their current fair market value. In December
2000, T-Mobile filed a second suit against Elektrim claiming
that Elektrim breached the terms of the Deed of Foundation of
PTC by transferring all but one share in PTC to Telco, a limited
company under Polish law in which Elektrim has a shareholding of
49% and Vivendi S.A. a shareholding of 51%. In particular,
T-Mobile claims that (i) the transfer of shares required
approval by the Supervisory Board of PTC, (ii) the
shareholder agreement permitted only the transfer of a
partys entire interest and (iii) the consent of the
Polish Ministry of Telecommunications to the transfer was
required but not obtained.


On October 3, 2002, T-Mobile UK Ltd.
(T-Mobile UK) commenced proceedings in London, United Kingdom,
against its joint venture partners, Bluebottle UK Ltd. and
Bluebottle Investments S.A. (which are both companies affiliated
with the Virgin Group of companies) and also against the joint
venture company itself, Virgin Mobile Telecoms Ltd. (Virgin
Mobile). As part of the joint venture, T-Mobile UK is required
to pay Virgin Mobile a lump sum per month for each Virgin Mobile
customer. Virgin Mobile is required to pay T-Mobile UK a fee per
minute used by its customers on the T-Mobile UK network. The
complaint contained a number of allegations, including the right
of T-Mobile UK to terminate the Joint Venture through a no-fault
termination process. Virgin Mobile counter-claimed for payment
of sums that Virgin Mobile claimed had been improperly withheld
by T-Mobile UK in relation to Virgin Mobile customers who had
not made an outbound call for a certain period of time. Virgin
Group has filed a separate proceeding against T-Mobile UK
seeking certain declarations that alleged breaches by T-Mobile
UK of the Shareholders Agreements governing the joint venture
arrangement have occurred and that the Virgin Group is
consequently entitled to serve on T-Mobile UK a compulsory sale
notice requiring it to sell its shares in Virgin Mobile to
Virgin Group for a nominal sum. The Virgin Group statement of
claim also asks for further or other relief and
costs but no quantification of these has been made.
On March 6, 2003, the High Court in London rendered a
decision in the action filed by T-Mobile UK and the counter
claim filed by Virgin Mobile and held, in relevant part, that
T-Mobile UK did not have the right to terminate the joint
venture arrangement, and that it was unreasonable to expect
T-Mobile UK to continue to pay Virgin Mobile with respect to
customers that have been inactive for a significant period.
Accordingly, under the judgment, the joint venture arrangement
continues, but T-Mobile UKs payment obligations with
respect to Virgin Mobile inactive customers have been resolved
in T-Mobile UKs favor. T-Mobile UK has not paid the
payments claimed by Virgin Mobile in respect of inactive
customers but appropriate financial provisions have been and
continue to be made. Oral applications for leave to appeal were
made on March 14, 2003 by both T-Mobile UK and Virgin
Mobile but were declined. Those applications for leave to appeal
are likely to be renewed before the Court of Appeal but T-Mobile
UK is still assessing the full impact of both decisions and is
in the process of determining whether or not to pursue the
appeal of certain aspects of the ruling. The court will not hear
the declarations action for alleged breach filed by the Virgin
Group until late 2003.

Press reports from Germany indicate that private
parties are considering or planning litigation against us, our
management, Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau and/or the Federal
Republic of Germany on the basis of allegations that, among
other things, the prospectuses used in connection with the
secondary offering of our shares conducted in May/June 2000
should have disclosed that we paid too high a price for our 1999
acquisition of One 2 One (today T-Mobile UK) and that
the market price of our shares at the time of the offering was
too high, based on our business plans and prospects. We believe
our disclosure was appropriate and, if litigation is commenced,
intend to contest it vigorously.

Investigations

As previously disclosed, the Bonn public
prosecutor is conducting an investigation
(Ermittlungsverfahren) into allegations in the press and
elsewhere asserting that the book values we recorded for our
real property portfolio and fixed assets in general, including
technical equipment and machinery, have been improperly
established and maintained under applicable accounting
principles and so were substantially overvalued in our 1995
opening balance sheet and in later balance sheets. The Bonn
public prosecutor has notified us that his investigation also
goes into whether we underpaid our German corporate income and
trade taxes because amortization and depreciation were higher
than they should have been as a result of the alleged
overstatement. We believe that the book values of our fixed
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accordance with applicable accounting principles,
and dispute allegations to the contrary. We have nonetheless
been cooperating fully in the investigation and are interested
in seeing it expeditiously resolved. According to press reports,
the public prosecutor indicated in early 2003 that his
investigation would also cover the allegations described in the
preceding paragraph. We cannot offer assurances as to the timing
or outcome of the prosecutors investigation. We believe
that the investigation is being conducted with regard to certain
individuals and is not directed against our company. Adverse
consequences for our company could follow if any of the
individuals who are or who become the subject of the
investigation were found to have violated the law.


The Bonn public prosecutor is also conducting
other investigations. One investigation concerns alleged
breaches of duty by members of the Supervisory Board and past
and present members of the Management Board with regard to our
2001 stock option program, the issuance of stock options and
other management compensation arrangements with the Management
Board, benefits paid or to be paid to our former Management
Board chairman in connection with his withdrawal from the
company and other circumstances of his withdrawal. Another
investigation concerns allegations that members and former
members of our Management Board breached their duties by causing
us to pay excessive consideration for VoiceStream and Powertel.
We understand both of these investigations are being conducted
with respect to individuals and are not directed against us as a
corporate entity. In each case, we believe that our board
members and we acted appropriately. Adverse consequences for us
could follow from these investigations, however, if the
individuals who are the subjects of the investigations, are
found to have violated the law. We are cooperating in the
investigations.

The Bonn public prosecutor is further
investigating allegations in the press and elsewhere asserting
that we are involved in systematic wrongful billing. We have
denied these allegations, but have been cooperating fully in the
investigation and are interested in seeing it expeditiously
resolved. We cannot offer assurances as to the timing or outcome
of the prosecutors investigations.

We understand that the Bonn public
prosecutors investigation into whether we impermissibly
bore certain costs associated with the June 2000 global offering
by KfW of our shares has been concluded without action.

Proceedings against Decisions of the German
Telecommunications Regulator

Wholesale
Markets

Interconnection

The German telecommunications regulator issued
decisions in 1997 and 1999 establishing the rates applicable to
voice telephony interconnection services which we provided from
January 1, 1998, through December 31, 1999, and from
January 1, 2000, through January 31, 2001,
respectively. We filed complaints against these decisions with
the Cologne Administrative Court claiming higher rates. The
proceedings are still pending.

In 2000, the German telecommunications regulator
issued an order establishing a new tariff structure for
interconnection, replacing the primarily distance-based tariff
structure with an element-based tariff structure. We filed a
complaint against this order and asked the courts for an
injunction. In December 2000, the Cologne Administrative Court
granted the requested injunction. The German telecommunications
regulator applied for permission to appeal. The Appellate
Administrative Court in Muenster rejected the appeal in May
2001. In the main action, the Cologne Administrative Court
decided in our favor. One of our competitors, Arcor, has
appealed the decision. The proceedings in the main action are
still pending.

In 2001, the German telecommunications regulator
issued a decision on the charges for interconnection, replacing
the distance-based tariff-structure with an element-based
tariff-structure. Certain of our competitors and we filed
complaints and requests for injunction with the Cologne
Administrative Court. The motions for injunctions were rejected.
The proceedings in the main action are still pending.

In 2000, the German telecommunications regulator
imposed upon us the obligation to offer Internet service
providers and other enterprises demanding Internet access at a
flat-rate to our fixed-line network by February 1, 2001.

Additionally, the German telecommunications
regulator barred us from charging different rates for peak or
off-peak connections outside the scope of the required flat
rate. We filed a complaint against this decision and asked the
court for an injunction. The Appellate Administrative Court in
Muenster granted the injunction. The proceedings in the main
action are still pending.

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In June 2002, the German telecommunications
regulator imposed upon us the obligation to offer a wholesale
flat rate for connections to Internet platforms. We asked the
Cologne Administrative Court for an injunction against this
decision and filed a complaint in the main action. The court
granted the injunction. The German telecommunications regulator
and a competing platform provider have appealed this decision.
The Appellate Administrative Court in Muenster rejected the
appeal. The proceedings in the main action are still pending.

Local
Loop

In 1997, the German telecommunications regulator
required us to offer certain competitors unbundled access to end
customer lines (local loop). We asked the courts for
an injunction and filed a complaint in the main action. In 1997
we agreed to comply with the subject requirement to the final
decisions in the main proceedings. In 2001, the Federal
Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) decided
that we are obliged to offer unbundled access to certain
competitors.

In 1998, the German telecommunications regulator
issued a decision establishing the rates for access to the local
loop (the monthly rate for the main option was DM 20.65
plus VAT), thereby rejecting our application and cost
calculations. We filed a complaint against this order with the
Cologne Administrative Court claiming higher rates. The
proceedings are still pending.

In 1999, the German telecommunications regulator
issued a decision adjusting the rates for access to the local
loop provided from April 1, 1999, through March 31,
2001 (the monthly rate for the main option was DM 25.40
plus VAT). Certain of our competitors and we filed complaints
against this decision with the Cologne Administrative Court.
Dispute arose as to whether and to what extent our business
secrets disclosed to the German telecommunications regulator may
also be disclosed to the competitors taking part in the
proceedings. The final decision on the question of disclosure is
pending with the Federal Administrative Court. The proceedings
in the main action are still pending.

In 2001, the German telecommunications regulator
issued a decision adjusting the rates for access to the local
loop from April 1, 2001, through March 31, 2003 (the
monthly rate for the main option was DM 24.40 plus VAT).
Certain of our competitors and we filed complaints against this
decision with the Cologne Administrative Court in April 2001.
The proceedings in the main action are still pending.

In July 2002, the German telecommunications
regulator imposed upon us the obligation to modify our
contractual conditions for the provision of access to the local
loop. We are required, among other things, to include in our
contracts clauses requiring us to pay penalties in cases of
delays. We asked the courts for an injunction and filed a
complaint. The Cologne Administrative Court granted an
injunction. The German telecommunications regulator has appealed
the decision. The appeal and the proceedings in the main action
are still pending.

Leased
Lines

In March and May 2002, the German
telecommunications regulator imposed upon us the obligation to
modify the contractual conditions for the provision of leased
lines. We are required among other things, to include in our
contracts clauses requiring us to pay penalties in case of
delays, to expand our wholesale supply, and to warrant certain
delivery periods. We asked the courts for an injunction and
filed a complaint. The Cologne Administrative Court granted an
injunction. The German telecommunications regulator has appealed
the decision. The Appellate Administrative Court in Muenster
rejected the appeal in essence. The proceedings in the main
action are still pending.

Resale

In 1999, the German telecommunications regulator
decided that rates for resale services (local calls, regional
calls and long-distance calls) we offered to other
telecommunications service providers are subject to regulatory
approval. We asked the courts for an injunction and filed a
complaint. The Appellate Administrative Court in Muenster
granted the injunction. The proceedings in the main action are
still pending.

In 2001, the German telecommunications regulator
imposed upon us the obligation to offer certain resale services,
including subscriber lines, local calls and city calls, to
certain competitors. We asked the courts for an injunction and
filed a complaint. The request for an injunction was rejected in
result, but the Appellate Administrative Court in Muenster
specified some important limitations on the imposed obligation.
The proceedings in the main action are still pending.

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Billing
and Collection

In 2000, the German telecommunications regulator
imposed upon us the obligation to continue providing billing and
collection services to certain competitors providing their
services to our fixed-line customers. The affected services
included call-by-call services, preselection services, certain
value-added services, Internet-by-call services and directory
assistance services. We asked the courts for an injunction and
filed a complaint. The request for an injunction was rejected.
In the main action, the Cologne Administrative Court decided
partly in our favor by excluding value-added services,
Internet-by-call services and directory services from the
obligation. The German telecommunications regulator and one
competitor have appealed the decision before the Appellate
Administrative Court in Muenster. The proceedings in the main
action are still pending. In addition, one of our competitors
filed a complaint in the main action claiming that we were also
obliged to manage customer complaints, to send late payment
warnings and to enforce late payments. The Cologne
Administrative Court rejected this complaint. The competitor has
appealed the decision. The proceedings are still pending.

Obligation
to Service Provision Without Approved Rates

In 2001, the German telecommunications regulator
imposed upon us the obligation to provide certain wholesale
services (access to the local loop) even without the regulatory
approval of the respective rates. We asked the courts for an
injunction and filed a complaint. The Appellate Administrative
Court in Muenster granted the requested injunction. The
proceedings in the main action are still pending.

Retail
Markets

In 2001, the German telecommunications regulator
decided that rates for external telecommunications of closed
user group members are subject to regulatory approval. We asked
the courts for an injunction and filed a complaint in the main
action. The Cologne Administrative Court granted the requested
injunction, which was affirmed by the Appellate Administrative
Court in Muenster. The proceedings in the main action are still
pending.

In December 2002, the German telecommunications
regulator imposed upon us the obligation to raise our rates
contractually agreed with two closed user groups. We asked the
courts for an injunction and filed a complaint in the main
action. The Cologne Administrative Court granted the requested
injunction. The German telecommunications regulator can appeal
this decision. The proceedings in the main action are still
pending.

Other Proceedings

In the first quarter of 2000, AOL Bertelsmann
brought preliminary injunction proceedings and filed a complaint
against T-Online and us before the Hamburg District Court
(Landgericht Hamburg) claiming that T-Online had engaged
in an anti-competitive practice by bundling its
By-Call Internet access charge with our ISDN
telephone access. The Hamburg District Court decided in our
favor in both proceedings. AOL Bertelsmanns appeal to the
Hamburg Court of Appeals was rejected. AOL Bertelsmann lodged an
appeal with the German Federal Court of Justice
(Bundesgerichtshof) that is still pending.

In September 1998, Deutsche Post AG commenced an
arbitration proceeding seeking contributions from us relating to
the cost of employee housing for former Deutsche Bundespost
employees, including a number of our employees. In 1995,
responsibility for the housing of former employees of Deutsche
Bundespost was assigned to Deutsche Post AG. The parties have
different views as to the amount we are obliged to pay as cost
reimbursement for the use of such employee housing for our
employees. Deutsche Post AG currently is seeking payment in the
amount of EUR 114 million from us, although we expect
that Deutsche Post AG may claim further amounts in the event
that its initial claim is successful. In March 2000, we raised
counterclaims in the amount of EUR 62.6 million
reclaiming down payments from 1995 and 1996. The outcome of the
arbitration proceeding is uncertain.

The complaint filed by World Access, Inc. in the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
asserting claims for alleged damages was dismissed for failure
to effect timely service of the complaint.

Media reports have suggested that radio frequency
emissions from wireless handsets and cell sites may raise
various health concerns, including cancer, and may interfere
with various electronic medical devices, including hearing aids
and pacemakers. Research and studies are ongoing. Whether or not
such research or studies conclude there is a link between radio
frequency emissions and health, these concerns over radio
frequency emissions may discourage the use of wireless handsets
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the location and operation of cell sites, either
or both of which could have a material adverse effect on our or
on T-Mobile USAs results of operations. T-Mobile USA is
subject to current, and potentially future, litigation relating
to these health concerns. Several amended class action lawsuits
have been filed against T-Mobile USA and several other wireless
service operators and wireless phone manufacturers, asserting
products liability, breach of warranty and other claims relating
to radio frequency transmissions to and from wireless handsets.
The complaints seek substantial money damages as well as
injunctive relief. The defense of these lawsuits may divert
managements attention, and T-Mobile USA may be required to
pay significant awards or settlement and may incur significant
expenses in defending these lawsuits. In addition, T-Mobile USA
could be subject to potential litigation, legislation or adverse
publicity relating to damage caused by persons who use mobile
telephones while driving.


In April 2001, QPSX Europe GmbH filed suit for a
permanent injunction with the District Court in Munich
(Landgericht Munich) against us and Siemens AG, alleging
that we are both infringing on plaintiffs patent by
providing services using Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
technology. Since ATM technology is used in a number of products
and services that we offer, e.g. T-DSL and T-ATM, an adverse
outcome in this proceeding could have a substantial adverse
effect on our business.

T-Mobile USA and a joint venture in which
T-Mobile USA holds an interest were both high bidders for
certain U.S. mobile telecommunications licenses in FCC
Auction No. 35. Most of those licenses had been repossessed
and reauctioned by the FCC after the original purchaser of the
licenses declared bankruptcy. The original purchaser of those
licenses challenged the FCCs repossession of the licenses
in court and ultimately prevailed. Consequently, the FCC
released all bidders including T-Mobile USA as well as the
aforementioned joint venture from the obligation to purchase
these spectrum licenses and granted a full refund of the
deposits. The FCCs decision eliminated significant
contingent liabilities to which T-Mobile USA was then subject,
and resulted in the return of significant funds that had been
held by the U.S. Government without interest for over one
year.

In January 2002, the telecommunications carrier
Global Crossing filed for bankruptcy protection. Previously, we
had purchased from Global Crossing indefeasible rights to use
certain network infrastructure in Western Europe that had a
carrying value as of December 31, 2001, of less than
EUR 300 million. The United States Bankruptcy Court
has since approved Global Crossings plan of reorganization
as well as a joint stipulation filed by Global Crossing and us
in which Global Crossing assumes the contracts pursuant to which
we have acquired the indefeasible rights of use. Subject to
Global Crossings receipt of certain U.S. government
approvals for aspects of its plan of reorganization, we expect
the plan to become effective, thereby ending the uncertainty
regarding the indefeasible rights of use. If for any reason the
plan does not become effective and we become unable to avail
ourselves of our indefeasible rights of use, we likely would
need to incur costs to secure alternative capacity in the market.

DIVIDEND POLICY

The following table sets forth the annual
dividends paid per share in respect of each of the financial
years indicated. The dividends are paid during the year
following the year with respect to which they relate.

|                                |  |                   |      |     |  |        |      |  |  |  |      | 
|------------------------------- |  | ----------------- | ---- | --- |  | ------ | ---- |  |  |  | ---- | 
|                                |  |                  
|                                |  | Dividend Paid per
|                                |  | Ordinary Share   
|                                |  |                  
|For the year ended December 31, |  | DM                |      | EUR |  | USD(1)
|                                |  |                   |      |     |  |       
|1998                            |  |                   | 1.20 |     |  |        |     |  |  |  | 0.64 | 
|1999                            |  |                   |     |     |  |        | 0.62 |  |  |  | 0.58 | 
|2000                            |  |                   |     |     |  |        | 0.62 |  |  |  | 0.53 | 
|2001                            |  |                   |     |     |  |        | 0.37 |  |  |  | 0.34 | 




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|(1) | Dividend amounts have been converted into dollars
    at the Noon Buying Rate for the relevant dividend payment date,
    which occurred during the second quarter of the following year.

To support our debt reduction efforts, the
Supervisory Board and the Management Board have recommended to
our shareholders that a dividend in respect of the 2002 fiscal
year be omitted. Our shareholders will make a final decision on
this recommendation at the annual general shareholders
meeting scheduled for May 2003.

Shareholders determine the declaration, amount
and timing of dividends based on our year-end unconsolidated
stand-alone financial statements of Deutsche Telekom AG in
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annual general meeting in the following year,
upon the joint recommendation of the Management Board and the
Supervisory Board.


Due to the completion of the Deutsche Telekom/
VoiceStream merger and the Deutsche Telekom/ Powertel merger in
2001, the Federal Republic and KfW no longer own a majority of
our voting share capital. However, because approval of dividend
distributions requires only a majority of votes present at a
shareholders meeting, the Federal Republic and KfW may be
able to determine the level of dividends even though their
combined interests in our shares have fallen below 50%. We may
declare and pay dividends only from the distributable balance
sheet profits (Bilanzgewinn) of Deutsche Telekom AG, as
determined under German GAAP and as adjusted to reflect losses
or gains carried over from prior years as well as transfers to
or from retained earnings. Deutsche Telekom AGs retained
earnings in its unconsolidated, stand-alone financial statements
as of December 31, 2002 were EUR 7.0 billion, as
compared to EUR 8.1 billion at the end of 2001.
Certain reserves (Ruecklagen) are required by law to be
made and deducted in calculating distributable balance sheet
profits available for distribution as dividends.

The payment of future dividends depends on our
earnings, our financial condition and other factors, including
cash requirements, our future prospects and tax, regulatory and
other legal considerations. We currently expect that substantial
progress will need to be made on our debt reduction program
before our Supervisory Board and Management Board will recommend
the recommencement of dividend payments.

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES

Except as discussed elsewhere in this Annual
Report, no significant change has occurred since the date of the
annual financial statements included in this Annual Report.

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ITEM 9.     The
Offer and Listing

TRADING MARKETS

The principal trading market for our shares is
the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The shares also trade on the other
German stock exchanges in Berlin, Bremen, Duesseldorf, Hamburg,
Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart and on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Options on the shares trade on the German options exchange
(Eurex Deutschland) and other exchanges. Originally, we
issued all our shares in bearer form. With effect from
January 24, 2001, the shares were converted from bearer
form to registered form.

American Depositary Shares (ADSs),
each representing one share, are listed on the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE) and trade under the symbol DT.
Deutsche Telekom ADSs are also traded on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange under the title DT Telekom ADR. The
depositary for the ADSs is Citibank N.A. For information on our
ADR holders in the United States, see  Trading
on the New York Stock Exchange below.

Trading on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange

Deutsche Boerse AG operates the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange, which is the most significant of the eight German
stock exchanges. It accounts for the vast majority of the
turnover in exchange-traded shares in Germany. As of
December 31, 2002, the shares of 5,768 companies traded on
the official, regulated and unregulated markets and the Neuer
Markt Segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Of these, 867
were German companies and 4,901 were non-German companies.

Trading on the floor of the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange begins every business day at 9:00 a.m. and ends at
8:00 p.m., Central European Time. Securities listed on the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange generally trade in the auction market,
but also change hands in interbank dealer markets both on and
off the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Publicly commissioned
stockbrokers who are members of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange,
but who do not as a rule deal with the public, note prices,
which are determined by out-cry. The prices of actively traded
securities, including the shares of large corporations, are
continuously quoted during trading hours.

Our shares are traded on Xetra (Exchange
Electronic Trading) in addition to being traded on the auction
market. Xetra is an electronic exchange trading platform. Xetra
is available daily between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. to
brokers and banks that have been admitted to Xetra by the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Private investors can trade on Xetra
through their banks or brokers.

Deutsche Boerse publishes a daily list of
quotations containing the Xetra prices for all traded
securities. The list is available on the Internet at
http://www.exchange.de under the heading Market
Data  Price Overview.

Transactions on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
(including transactions through the Xetra system) settle on the
second business day following the trade. Transactions off the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange (such as, for example, large trades or
transactions in which one of the parties is foreign) generally
also settle on the second business day following the trade,
although the parties may agree to a different period. Under
standard terms and conditions for securities transactions
employed by German banks, customers orders for listed
securities must be executed on a stock exchange unless the
customer gives specific instructions to the contrary.

The Frankfurt Stock Exchange can suspend a
quotation if orderly trading is temporarily endangered or if a
suspension is deemed to be necessary to protect the public.

The trading supervisory offices
(Handelsueberwachungsstellen) at the stock exchanges and
the exchange supervisory authorities
(Boersenaufsichtsbehoerden) of the German federal states
monitor trading activities on the German stock exchanges. The
Federal Agency for Financial Services Supervision
(Bundesanstalt fuer Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht))
monitors compliance with the insider trading rules.

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The table below sets forth, for the periods
indicated, the high and low closing sales prices for our shares
on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, as reported by the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange Xetra trading system, together with the highs and
lows of the DAX (Deutscher Aktienindex).

|                         |      |                                |  |        |        |      |  |     |        |  |  |  |          |  |  |  |          | 
|------------------------ | ---- | ------------------------------ |  | ------ | ------ | ---- |  | --- | ------ |  |  |  | -------- |  |  |  | -------- | 
|                         |      |                                |  |        |        |     
|                         |      | Price Per                      |  |       
|                         |      | Ordinary Share                 |  | DAX(1)
|                         |      |                                |  |       
|                         |      | High                           |  | Low    |        | High |  | Low
|                         |      |                                |  |        |        |      |  |    
|                         |      |                                |  |        |        |     
|                         |      | (euro)(2)                      |  |        |        |     
|Yearly highs and lows    |      |                                |  |        |        |      |  |     |        |  |  |  |          |  |  | 
|                         |      | 1998                           |  |        | 28.617 |      |  |     | 15.947 |  |  |  | 6,171.43 |  |  |  | 3,896.08 | 
|                         |      | 1999                           |  |        | 71.00  |      |  |     | 31.35  |  |  |  | 6,958.14 |  |  |  | 4,678.72 | 
|                         |      | 2000                           |  |        | 103.50 |      |  |     | 31.48  |  |  |  | 8,064.97 |  |  |  | 6,200.71 | 
|                         |      | 2001                           |  |        | 38.75  |      |  |     | 14.50  |  |  |  | 6,795.14 |  |  |  | 3,787.23 | 
|                         |      | 2002                           |  |        | 20.16  |      |  |     | 8.42   |  |  |  | 5,462.55 |  |  |  | 2,597.88 | 
|Quarterly highs and lows |      |                                |  |        |        |      |  |     |        |  |  |  |          |  |  | 
|                         | 2001 |                                |  |        |        |      |  |     |        |  |  |  |          |  |  |  |         
|                         |      | First Quarter                  |  |        | 38.75  |      |  |     | 24.15  |  |  |  | 6,795.14 |  |  |  | 5,388.02 | 
|                         |      | Second Quarter                 |  |        | 30.30  |      |  |     | 23.30  |  |  |  | 6,278.90 |  |  |  | 5,553.46 | 
|                         |      | Third Quarter                  |  |        | 27.56  |      |  |     | 14.50  |  |  |  | 6,109.50 |  |  |  | 3,787.23 | 
|                         |      | Fourth Quarter                 |  |        | 20.50  |      |  |     | 16.50  |  |  |  | 5,271.29 |  |  |  | 4,239.97 | 
|                         | 2002 |                                |  |        |        |      |  |     |        |  |  |  |          |  |  |  |         
|                         |      | First Quarter                  |  |        | 20.16  |      |  |     | 15.00  |  |  |  | 5,462.55 |  |  |  | 4,745.58 | 
|                         |      | Second Quarter                 |  |        | 17.12  |      |  |     | 8.59   |  |  |  | 5,343.88 |  |  |  | 4,099.05 | 
|                         |      | Third Quarter                  |  |        | 12.60  |      |  |     | 8.42   |  |  |  | 4,883.03 |  |  |  | 2,769.03 | 
|                         |      | Fourth Quarter                 |  |        | 13.26  |      |  |     | 8.74   |  |  |  | 3,380.20 |  |  |  | 2,597.88 | 
|Monthly highs and lows   |      |                                |  |        |        |      |  |     |        |  |  |  |          |  |  | 
|                         | 2002 |                                |  |        |        |      |  |     |        |  |  |  |          |  |  |  |         
|                         |      | October                        |  |        | 11.64  |      |  |     | 8.74   |  |  |  | 3,282.67 |  |  |  | 2,597.88 | 
|                         |      | November                       |  |        | 12.40  |      |  |     | 10.72  |  |  |  | 3,360.76 |  |  |  | 3,042.06 | 
|                         |      | December                       |  |        | 13.26  |      |  |     | 12.01  |  |  |  | 3,380.20 |  |  |  | 2,840.00 | 
|                         | 2003 |                                |  |        |        |      |  |     |        |  |  |  |          |  |  |  |         
|                         |      | January                        |  |        | 14.49  |      |  |     | 11.91  |  |  |  | 3,476.83 |  |  |  | 2,836.01 | 
|                         |      | February                       |  |        | 13.24  |      |  |     | 10.00  |  |  |  | 2,802.93 |  |  |  | 2,433.15 | 
|                         |      | March                          |  |        | 11.20  |      |  |     | 9.04   |  |  |  | 2,731.57 |  |  |  | 2,188.75 | 
|                         |      | April (through April 11, 2003) |  |        | 12.09  |      |  |     | 10.33  |  |  |  | 2,809.94 |  |  |  | 2,450.19 | 






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|(1) | The DAX is a weighted performance index of the
    shares of thirty large German corporations. The calculation of
    the DAX did not change upon the introduction of the euro. The
    composition of the DAX and the weighting of different
    corporations in the DAX has changed in the period covered by
    this table and may change in the future. Because a significant
    number of institutional investors adjust their stock portfolios
    to correspond to the composition of important stock indices,
    changes in the weighting of Deutsche Telekom shares in these
    indices have led to fluctuations in our share price in the past
    and could cause similar fluctuations in the future.                                                                                                            
|   
|(2) | Effective January 1, 1999, Germany and ten
    other member states of the European Union adopted the euro as
    their common currency. From January 4, 1999, all shares on
    German stock exchanges have traded in euros. For consistency of
    presentation, we have converted amounts in Deutsche Marks for
    prior periods into euros at the official fixed conversion rate
    of EUR 1.00 = DM 1.95583. The conversion of all Deutsche
    mark amounts into euros at the official fixed conversion rate
    does not affect the trends discussed above. However, the amounts
    appearing above for dates or periods prior to January 4,
    1999, will not be comparable to share prices for other companies
    to the extent that those prices were denominated in a currency
    other than the Deutsche mark.

On March 31, 2003, the closing sales price
per ordinary share on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange was
EUR 10.11, which was equivalent to USD 11.02 per share,
converted into U.S. dollars using the noon buying rate in
New York City for cable transfers in euros as certified for
customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for
March 31, 2003. On March 31, 2003, the noon buying
rate was 1.0900 U.S. dollar per euro.

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Trading on the New York Stock
Exchange

American Depositary Shares (ADSs), each
representing one of our ordinary shares, are listed on the New
York Stock Exchange and trade under the symbol DT.
The depositary for the ADSs is Citibank N.A.

The table below sets forth, for the periods
indicated, the high and low closing sales prices for our ADSs on
the NYSE:

|                         |      |                                |  |     |        |  |  |  |         | 
|------------------------ | ---- | ------------------------------ |  | --- | ------ |  |  |  | ------- | 
|                         |      |                               
|                         |      | Price per ADS                 
|                         |      |                               
|                         |      | High                           |  | Low
|                         |      |                                |  |    
|                         |      |                               
|                         |      | USD                           
|Yearly highs and lows    |      |                                |  |     |        |  |  | 
|                         |      | 1998                           |  |     | 33 1/2 |  |  |  | 17 1/16 | 
|                         |      | 1999                           |  |     | 71     |  |  |  | 36 1/16 | 
|                         |      | 2000                           |  |     | 98 5/8 |  |  |  | 29 1/4  | 
|                         |      | 2001                           |  |     | 36.56  |  |  |  | 13.39   | 
|                         |      | 2002                           |  |     | 18.01  |  |  |  | 8.27    | 
|Quarterly highs and lows |      |                                |  |     |        |  |  | 
|                         | 2001 |                                |  |     |        |  |  |  |        
|                         |      | First Quarter                  |  |     | 36.56  |  |  |  | 22.11   | 
|                         |      | Second Quarter                 |  |     | 26.76  |  |  |  | 19.50   | 
|                         |      | Third Quarter                  |  |     | 23.12  |  |  |  | 13.39   | 
|                         |      | Fourth Quarter                 |  |     | 18.14  |  |  |  | 15.08   | 
|                         | 2002 |                                |  |     |        |  |  |  |        
|                         |      | First Quarter                  |  |     | 18.01  |  |  |  | 13.15   | 
|                         |      | Second Quarter                 |  |     | 15.15  |  |  |  | 8.58    | 
|                         |      | Third Quarter                  |  |     | 12.49  |  |  |  | 8.27    | 
|                         |      | Fourth Quarter                 |  |     | 13.52  |  |  |  | 8.35    | 
|Monthly highs and lows   |      |                                |  |     |        |  |  | 
|                         | 2002 |                                |  |     |        |  |  |  |        
|                         |      | October                        |  |     | 11.55  |  |  |  | 8.35    | 
|                         |      | November                       |  |     | 12.47  |  |  |  | 10.77   | 
|                         |      | December                       |  |     | 13.52  |  |  |  | 12.06   | 
|                         | 2003 |                                |  |     |        |  |  |  |        
|                         |      | January                        |  |     | 15.19  |  |  |  | 12.13   | 
|                         |      | February                       |  |     | 14.13  |  |  |  | 10.85   | 
|                         |      | March                          |  |     | 11.87  |  |  |  | 9.95    | 
|                         |      | April (through April 11, 2003) |  |     | 12.68  |  |  |  | 11.30   | 

On March 31, 2003, the closing sales price
per ADS on the NYSE was US$11.02.

Based on the share register, as of March 31,
2003, we had approximately 2,773,889 registered holders of our
ordinary shares, including holders of record of our shares with
addresses in the U.S.

As of March 31, 2003, there were 159,553,284
of our ADSs outstanding, with 1,533 holders of record of our
ADSs with addresses in the United States and 60 holders of
record of ADSs with addresses outside the United States.

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ITEM 10.     Additional
Information

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

This Item provides is a summary of certain
information relating to our share capital and of certain
provisions of our Articles of Association and German law. This
summary is not complete and is qualified by reference to our
Articles of Association and German law as in effect at the date
of this filing. Copies of the Articles of Association are
publicly available at the Commercial Register in Bonn, and an
English translation has been filed as an exhibit to this Annual
Report on Form 20-F.

Organization and Register

We are a stock corporation organized in the
Federal Republic of Germany under the German Stock Corporation
Act (Aktiengesetz). We are registered in the Commercial
Register (Handelsregister) maintained by the local court
in Bonn, Germany, under the entry number
HRB 6794.

Purpose and Object of Deutsche Telekom
AG

According to our Articles of Association, our
object is activity in all areas of telecommunications,
information technology, multimedia, information and
entertainment, as well as security services and any service
connected to these areas and also in related areas in Germany
and abroad. We are entitled to enter into all other transactions
and take all other measures deemed appropriate to serve the
object of the enterprise. We may also set up, acquire and
participate in other undertakings of the same or similar kind in
Germany and abroad, as well as run such undertakings or confine
itself to the administration of its participations. We may spin
off our operations wholly or partly to affiliated undertakings,
provided, that applicable legal requirements, such as requisite
shareholder resolutions, are satisfied.

Information relating to Supervisory Board and
Management Board Members

Pursuant to the German Stock Corporation Act, a
Supervisory Board member may not receive a loan from us unless
approved by the Supervisory Board. A Management Board member may
only receive a loan from us upon prior approval by the
Supervisory Board. We do not make loans to our Supervisory Board
or Management Board members. For further information with
respect to the Supervisory Board and the Management Board, see
also Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and
Employees.

Class of Stock

Our capital stock consists of ordinary shares in
registered form with no par value (Stueckaktien). The
individual shares do not have a par value as such, but they do
have a notional par value that can be determined by dividing the
share capital amount by the number of shares.

Prior to January 24, 2000, these shares were
issued only in bearer form. At their annual meeting held on
May 27, 1999, the shareholders of Deutsche Telekom approved
the conversion of all the shares of Deutsche Telekom from bearer
form to registered form. This resolution was filed for
registration with the commercial register, and all ordinary
shares of Deutsche Telekom were issued in registered form upon
registration of the resolution in January 2000.

Authorized Capital

At the shareholders general meeting on
May 25, 2000, an amendment to the Articles of Association
was approved that created authorized capital of up to
EUR 3,865,093,163.52 for the issuance of up to
1,509,802,017 shares. That authorization was used to the extent
of EUR 2,990,459,880.96 for the issuance of new shares to
effect the acquisition of T-Mobile USA (formerly VoiceStream)
and Powertel in 2001.

Conditional Capital

The shareholders general meeting on May
2001 resolved upon a conditional capital authorizing our Board
of Management to increase the capital stock by up to
EUR 500,000,000, divided into up to 195,312,500 shares
(Contingent Capital I) to the extent that:



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    warrants attached to the convertible bonds or bonds with
    warrants issued by May 28, 2006 by Deutsche Telekom AG
    or a company in which it has a direct or indirect majority
    holding on the basis of the authorization granted by resolution
    of the Shareholders Meeting of May 29, 2001, exercise
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| |  | holders or creditors obligated to convert the
    convertible bonds issued by May 28, 2006, by Deutsche
    Telekom AG or companies in which it has a direct or
    indirect majority holding pursuant to the authorization granted
    by resolution of the Shareholders Meeting of May 29,
    2001, fulfill their conversion obligation.

The new shares participate in profits starting at
the beginning of the financial year in which they are issued as
the result of the exercise of any conversion or option rights
being exercised or the fulfillment of any conversion obligations.

In March 2003, approximately
EUR 2.3 billion of convertible bonds were issued out
of this conditional capital. The bonds are mandatorily
convertible into common shares of Deutsche Telekom AG at the
latest at maturity on June 1, 2006. The bonds were issued
by our Dutch finance subsidiary, Deutsche Telekom International
Finance B.V., and guaranteed by Deutsche Telekom AG. The
bonds were priced at par with a 6.5% coupon and a conversion
ratio that, depending on the share price performance, may vary
from a ratio of 3,417.1679 shares to 4,237.2881 shares for each
bond (EUR 50,000 notional amount). Except as is otherwise
described in their terms and conditions, the bonds allow for
voluntary conversion into common shares of Deutsche Telekom
during the period from July 1, 2003 until April 30,
2006 at a conversion ratio that is equal to 3,417.1679 shares of
the bonds. The bonds that remain outstanding on June 1,
2006 are then subject to the mandatory conversion.

The share capital also may be increased by up to
EUR 307,200,000, divided into up to 120,000,000 new no par
value registered shares (Contingent Capital II) for the
purpose of granting subscription rights to members of the Board
of Management of the Corporation, executives at levels below the
Board of Management of the Corporation and other executives,
managers and specialists of the Corporation and to Board of
Management members, managing board members and other executives
of second- and lower-tier domestic and foreign Group companies
on the basis of a 2001 Stock Option Plan as provided for in the
resolution of the Shareholders Meeting of May 29,
2001. It will be implemented only to such extent as subscription
right holders make use of their subscription rights. The new
shares participate in profits starting at the beginning of the
financial year in which they are issued. If new shares are
issued after the end of a financial year but before the
Corporations Shareholders Meeting that resolves
regarding the appropriation of net income for the financial year
ended, the new shares participate in the profits starting at the
beginning of the financial year ended. For further information
regarding stock-based compensation plans, including the numbers
of options granted and exercised, exercise prices and expiration
dates, refer to notes (26) and (40) to the consolidated
financial statements.

In addition, the share capital may be increased
by up to EUR 2,621,237.76, divided into up to 1,023,921
shares (Contingent Capital III) exclusively to grant
subscription rights to members of the Board of Management and
executives of the Corporation, as well as Board of Management
members, managing board members and other executives of second-
and lower-tier affiliated companies on the basis of a Stock
Option Plan as provided for in the resolution of the
Shareholders Meeting of May 25, 2000. It will be
implemented only to such extent as use is made of those
subscription rights. The new shares participate in profits
starting at the beginning of the financial year in which they
are issued. If new shares are issued after the end of a
financial year but before the Corporations regular
Shareholders Meeting that resolves regarding the
appropriation of net income for the financial year ended, the
new shares participate in the profits starting at the beginning
of the financial year ended. For further information regarding
stock-based compensation plans, including the numbers of options
granted and exercised, exercise prices and expiration dates,
please refer to notes (26) and (40) to the consolidated
financial statements.

Voting Rights and Shareholders
Meetings

Each share entitles its holder to one vote at our
general meeting of the shareholders. Shareholders may pass
resolutions at a general meeting by a majority of the votes
cast, unless a higher vote is required by law or by our Articles
of Association. Neither the German Stock Corporation Act nor the
Articles of Association provide for minimum quorum requirements
for shareholders meetings. The German Stock Corporation
Act requires that significant resolutions be passed by a
majority of the votes cast and with at least three-quarters of
the share capital represented at a meeting.

These significant resolutions include:



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    (genehmigtes Kapital) or conditional capital
    (bedingtes Kapital);                                                                                
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| |  | our dissolution;                                                                                                                                                                            
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| |  | our merger into or consolidation with another
    corporation;                                                                                                                              
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| |  | split-off or spin-off pursuant to the German
    Transformation Act (Umwandlungsgesetz); transfer of all
    our assets;                                                                    
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| |  | conclusion of intercompany agreements
    (Unternehmensvertraege), including, in particular,
    control and profit transfer agreements (Beherrschungs- und
    Gewinnabfuehrungsvertraege);
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| |  | amendments to the statement of corporate purpose
    in our Articles of Association; and                                                                                                    
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A general meeting of our shareholders may be
called by the Management Board or by shareholders holding in the
aggregate at least 5% of our issued share capital. If required
in our interest, the Supervisory Board must call a
shareholders meeting. The annual general meeting must take
place within the first eight months of the fiscal year and is
called by the Management Board upon the receipt of the
Supervisory Boards report on the annual financial
statements. Under the Articles of Association, the right to
participate in and to vote at a shareholders meeting will
only be given to those shareholders who have timely registered
for the participation at the shareholders meeting (either
in person or represented by an agent) with the company and who
are included in the share register when their registration for
the shareholders meeting is received. There must be at
least six days between receipt of the registration and the date
of the shareholders meeting, unless the Management Board
shortens the time period. Following receipt of a
shareholders registration, we will not enter a transfer of
the related shares in the share register until after the
conclusion of the general shareholders meeting. We must
publish notice of shareholders meetings in the Federal
Gazette (Bundesanzeiger) at least one month prior to the
date by which shareholders have to register for the
shareholders meeting. The day of publication and the last
date by which shareholders have to register for the
shareholders meeting are not counted for this purpose. In
addition, we must publish a notice in a national authorized
stock exchange journal.

Holders of shares (but not holders of ADSs) are
required to provide to us their names, addresses and birth dates
(or, in the case of business entities, their names, business
addresses and registered seats) as well as the number of shares
held, so that they can be entered into the share register
maintained by us. ADEUS Aktienregister-Service-GmbH (a company
not related to us) is the transfer agent and registrar of the
registered shares in Germany.

Dividends and Other Distributions

We may pay dividends immediately following the
resolution by the general meeting of shareholders on the
distribution of profits. Shareholders participate in profit
distributions in proportion to their shareholdings.

Under German law, we may declare and pay
dividends only from balance sheet profits as shown in the
unconsolidated annual financial statements of Deutsche Telekom
AG. In determining the distributable balance sheet profits, our
Management Board and Supervisory Board may allocate to profit
reserves (andere Gewinnruecklagen), either in whole or in
part, the annual surplus (Jahresueberschuss) that remains
after allocation to statutory reserves and losses carried
forward. Under the our Articles of Association, transferring
more than one-half of the annual surplus to profit reserves is
not permissible if, following the transfer, the accumulated
reserves out of surplus would exceed one-half of our share
capital. The shareholders, in determining the distribution of
profits, may allocate additional amounts to profit reserves and
may carry forward profits in part or in full. Our shareholders
may also decide by resolution to pay dividends in kind if the
assets to be distributed are such as can be traded on a market
as defined by Article 3(2) German Stock Corporation
Act.

Dividends approved at a shareholders
meeting are payable on the first stock exchange trading day
after that meeting, unless otherwise decided at the
shareholders meeting. Details regarding paying agents are
published in the Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger).
Shareholders holding ordinary shares through Clearstream Banking
AG receive dividends by credit to their respective accounts.

Record Dates

In accordance with the German Stock Corporation
Act, the record date for determining which holders of our
ordinary shares are entitled to the payment of dividends, if
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stock or property, will be the date of the
general meeting of shareholders at which such dividends or other
distributions are declared. The record date for determining
which holders of our ordinary shares are entitled to vote at a
general meeting will be the date of such general meeting,
provided that holders of our ordinary shares who are registered
in the share register (Aktienbuch) on the date of the
meeting will be entitled to attend and vote at the meeting only
if such holders have given us notice of their desire to attend
early enough that there are at least six days between the day
the notice is given and the day of the shareholders
meeting, unless the Management Board shortens the time period.


German Requirements to Disclose
Shareholdings

The German Securities Trading Act
(Wertpapierhandelsgesetz) requires each person whose
shareholding reaches, exceeds or, after exceeding, falls below
the 5%, 10%, 25%, 50% or 75% voting rights thresholds of a
listed company to notify the company and the Federal Agency for
Financial Services Supervision (Bundesanstalt fuer
Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) in writing within seven
calendar days after they have reached, exceeded or fallen below
such a threshold. In their notification, they must, among other
things, state the number of votes they have and the relative
voting power that the number of shares they hold represent. Such
holders cannot exercise any rights, including voting rights and
the rights to receive dividends from those shares, until they
have satisfied this disclosure requirement. Failure to notify
may also trigger a penalty provided for by law. In addition, the
German Securities Trading Act contains various rules designed to
ensure the attribution of shares to the person who has effective
control over the exercise of the voting rights attached to those
shares.

Furthermore, the German Securities Trading Act
now stipulates that any dealings by members of our Management
Board or Supervisory Board or their close relatives in
securities or derivatives of Deutsche Telekom AG must be
disclosed to us and to the Federal Agency for Financial Services
Supervision, if the dealings within a period of 30 days
exceed a value of EUR 25,000, Deutsche Telekom AG is
obligated to publish such dealings either on the Internet or in
a national newspaper designated for stock exchange notices and
then send proof of this publication to the Financial Services
Supervisory Authority.

Repurchase of Shares

Under the German Stock Corporation Act, we may
not purchase our own shares, subject to certain limited
exceptions.

Our general shareholders meeting on
May 28, 2002, approved a resolution that authorizes us to
purchase our own shares in an amount representing up to 10% of
our registered share capital through November 18, 2003. The
purchase price for the shares (excluding purchasing costs) must
not exceed or fall below the market price by more than 5%, in
the case of a purchase on the stock exchange, or 20%, in the
case of an offer to purchase made to all shareholders. The
relevant market price for this purpose would be the opening
auction price in the Xetra system of the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange on the day of the purchase, in the case of a purchase
on the stock exchange, or the closing price in the Xetra system
on the day prior to the publication of the offer, in the case of
an offer to purchase made to all shareholders.

Pursuant to the resolution, our Management Board
is authorized, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to:

(1)   list the acquired shares on
foreign stock exchanges on which they are not listed;

(2)   offer the acquired shares to
third parties in the context of mergers with and acquisitions of
other companies and acquisitions of interests in other
companies; and

(3)   cancel the acquired shares
without further shareholder approval. This cancellation option
can be exercised in whole or in part.

Shareholders preemptive rights are excluded
for the purposes listed in clauses (1) and (2) above.
The price for any sale on a stock exchange or use in a merger or
acquisition transaction would not be permitted to be more than
5% below the opening auction price of our shares in the Xetra
system of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on the day of the sale on
the stock exchange or the definitive agreement with a third
party, as applicable.

Preemptive Rights

Under the German Stock Corporation Act, every
shareholder generally has preemptive rights with respect to an
issuance of new shares (including securities convertible into
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shares, profit-sharing certificates and
securities with a profit participation). Preemptive rights are
freely transferable and may be traded on the German stock
exchanges for a limited number of days prior to the final date
for the exercise of the rights. Shareholders may exclude
preemptive rights through a resolution passed by a majority of
votes cast and a majority of at least three quarters of the
share capital represented in the shareholders meeting. In
addition, an exclusion of preemptive rights requires a report by
the Management Board, which must justify the exclusion by
establishing that our interest in the exclusion outweighs the
shareholders interest in exercising their preemptive
rights. Preemptive rights related to the issuance of new shares
may be excluded without justification if:




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    lower than the current quoted share price.

Rights upon Liquidation

In accordance with the German Stock Corporation
Act, upon a liquidation of Deutsche Telekom AG,
shareholders will receive, in proportion to the ordinary shares
held, any liquidation proceeds remaining after paying off all of
our liabilities.

Corporate Governance

We are obligated under German law to declare
compliance and non-compliance with the new German Corporate
Governance Codex at least once per year. The relevant
declaration and the text of the German Corporate Governance
Codex are published in the English language on our Internet
homepage accompanied by a short description of the German
Corporate Governance concept.

MATERIAL CONTRACTS

VoiceStream Acquisition

On July 24, 2000 Deutsche Telekom entered
into a contract with VoiceStream Wireless Corporation (now
T-Mobile USA) that provided for VoiceStream to merge with and
into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG. In
connection with this merger, which closed in May 31, 2001
former VoiceStream shareholders received
EUR 4.9 billion in cash and newly issued Deutsche
Telekom shares having a market value on that date of
approximately EUR 28.7 billion.

EXCHANGE CONTROLS

At present, German law does not restrict the
movement of capital between Germany and other countries or
individuals, except with respect to investments in Iraq and with
certain persons and entities associated with Osama bin Laden,
the Al Qaida network and the Taliban and certain other
countries and individuals subject to embargos in accordance with
German law and applicable resolutions adopted by the United
Nations and the European Union.

For statistical purposes, with certain
exceptions, every corporation or individual residing in Germany
must report to the German Central Bank (Deutsche
Bundesbank) any payment received from, or made to or for the
account of, a non-resident corporation or individual that
exceeds EUR 12,500 (or the equivalent in a foreign
currency).

At the end of every calendar month, corporations
or individuals residing in Germany, must report to the German
Central Bank any claims of a resident against, or liabilities
payable to, a non-resident corporation or individual that in the
aggregate exceed EUR 5 million (or the equivalent in
foreign currency). Resident corporations and individuals are
also required to report annually to the German Central Bank any
stakes of 10% or more they hold in the equity of nonresident
corporations with total assets of more than EUR 3 million.
Corporations residing in Germany with assets in excess of
EUR 3 million must report annually to the German
Central Bank any stake of 10% or more in the company held by an
individual or a corporation located outside Germany.

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TAXATION

The following is a summary of the material
U.S. federal income tax and German tax considerations
relating to the ownership and disposition of our ADSs or shares
by a U.S. Holder. In general, a U.S. Holder, as
referred to here, is any beneficial owner of ADSs or shares
(1) who is a resident of the United States for purposes of
the income tax treaty between the United States and Germany,
referred to here as the Treaty, (2) who is not also a
resident of the Federal Republic of Germany for purposes of the
Treaty, (3) who owns the ADSs or shares as capital assets,
(4) who does not hold shares or ADSs as part of the
business property of a permanent establishment or a fixed base
in Germany, and (5) who is entitled to benefits under the
Treaty with respect to income and gain derived in connection
with the ADSs or shares.

Each investor is strongly urged to consult his
or her own tax advisers regarding the United States federal
income and German tax consequences of the purchase, ownership
and disposition of our ADS or shares in light of his or her
particular circumstances, including the effect of any state,
local, or other national laws.

German
Taxation

This summary is based on German tax laws as in
effect on the date hereof and is subject to changes in German
tax laws or treaties. This summary reflects the changes made by
the German Tax Reduction Act (Steuersenkungsgesetz)
applicable to us for fiscal years beginning January 1,
2001, and the changes introduced through the Act for the Further
Development of Business Tax Law (Gesetz zur Fortentwicklung
des Unternehmenssteuerrechts), effective as of
January 1, 2002. Moreover, the Flood Victim Solidarity Act
(Flutopfersolidaritaetsgesetz), which was enacted in
September 2002, will be applicable to us for the fiscal year
beginning January 1, 2003.

Taxation
of the Company in Germany

In general, German corporations are subject to
German corporate income tax at a flat rate of 25%, regardless of
whether such income is distributed or not. A solidarity
surcharge of 5.5% is imposed on the net assessed corporate
income tax liability, resulting in an aggregate effective German
corporate income tax charge of 26.375%, which does not include
German local trade tax. The corporate income tax rate was
increased by the Flood Victim Solidarity Act enacted in
September 2002. As a result of the new law, the German corporate
income tax rate will increase from 25% to 26.5% for fiscal year
2003 only.

In addition, a German resident company is subject
to profit-related trade tax, which is levied on our trade
income. The effective rate of the trade tax depends on the rate
set by each municipality where the company is resident. It
generally ranges from 15 to 21%. In computing the income tax of
a corporation, the trade tax on income is deductible as a
business expense.

Under current legislation, losses generally can
be accumulated for corporate income tax as well as for trade tax
purposes. To the extent losses cannot be offset against taxable
income, the remaining portion can be carried forward
indefinitely. For corporate income tax purposes there is an
optional carryback to the previous year of up to
EUR 511,500.

German
Withholding Tax on Dividends

The full amount of a dividend distributed by the
company is generally subject to German withholding tax at the
domestic rate of 20%, plus a solidarity surcharge of 5.5%
(effectively 1.1% of the dividend before taxes) resulting in an
aggregate rate of withholding of 21.1%.

From January 1, 2001, as a result of the
German Tax Reduction Act, the abolition of the corporate income
tax credit system eliminated certain benefits previously
available to U.S. Holders under the Treaty.

Other
German Taxes

No German transfer, stamp or other similar taxes
apply to the purchase, sale or other disposition of shares or
ADSs by a U.S. Holder. Currently, net worth tax is not
levied in Germany.

German
Taxation of Bonus Shares

The German tax authorities recently issued a
release dated Dec. 13, 2002 stating that the receipt of
bonus shares in January 2002 with respect to shares purchased in
our third public offering in 2000 should constitute other
taxable income within the meaning of Section 22 No. 3
German Income Tax Act

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(Einkommensteuergesetz). U.S. holders
are therefore not subject to German income tax with respect to
bonus shares received in connection with our third public
offering. The German tax authorities will therefore treat the
receipt of bonus shares in connection with the third public
offering differently than the receipt of bonus shares in
connection with the second public offering.


According to a release of the Federal Ministry of
Finance dated December 10, 1999, bonus shares received in
2000 with respect to shares purchased in the second public
offering in 1999 should be taxed as taxable dividend income to
the shareholders although no withholding tax was to be retained.

However, the local tax court in Duesseldorf held
in a recent ruling that the receipt of bonus shares should be
treated as a purchase price adjustment for German tax purposes.
This decision has been appealed and is now pending before the
German federal tax court. Shareholders may consider appealing
any German income tax assessment that treats the receipt of
bonus shares as a taxable dividend.

Special Tax Rules for
U.S. Holders

This section applies only if you hold your shares
or ADSs as capital assets for tax purposes. It does not address
all material tax consequences of owning shares or ADSs. This
section does not address special classes of holders that are
subject to special rules, including:



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    method of accounting for securities holdings;    
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    or more of our voting stock;                     
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    straddle or a hedging or conversion transaction; or
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    U.S. dollar.                                        

Imposition
and Refund of German Withholding Tax

Under the Treaty, a U.S. Holder will be
entitled to claim a refund to the extent the amount withheld
exceeds the 15% rate provided under the Treaty, but will not be
entitled to the additional payment associated with 2001
dividends.

Accordingly, for a declared dividend of 100, a
U.S. Holder initially will receive 78.9 (100 minus the
21.1% withholding tax). The U.S. Holder is then entitled to
a partial refund from the German tax authorities in the amount
of 6.1% of the gross dividend, which is equal to the difference
between the amount withheld at the German domestic dividend
withholding rate (plus solidarity surcharge) and the amount
computed under the applicable treaty rate (21.1% aggregate
German withholding tax minus 15% Treaty withholding tax rate).
As a result, the U.S. Holder will effectively receive a
total of 85 (i.e., 85% of the declared dividend). The
U.S. Holder will be deemed to have received a dividend of
100, subject to German withholding tax of 15.

The gross amount of dividends that a
U.S. Holder receives (prior to the deduction of German
withholding tax), generally will be subject to U.S. federal
income taxation as foreign source dividend income, and will not
be eligible for the dividends received deduction generally
allowed to U.S. corporations. German withholding tax at the
15% rate provided under the Treaty will be treated as a foreign
income tax that, subject to generally applicable limitations
under U.S. tax law, is eligible for credit against a
U.S. Holders U.S. federal income tax liability
or, at the holders election, may be deducted in computing
taxable income. A U.S. Holder will not be able to claim
credits for German taxes that would have been refunded if the
holder had filed a claim for a refund. For foreign tax credit
purposes, dividends we pay will be foreign source passive
income or, in the case of certain U.S. Holders,
financial services income. Foreign tax credits will
not be allowed for withholding taxes imposed in respect of
certain short-term or hedged positions in securities or in
respect of arrangements in which a U.S. Holders
expected economic profit is insubstantial. U.S. Holders
should consult their own advisers concerning the implications of
these rules in light of their particular circumstances.

Dividends will be paid in euro and will be
included in the income of a U.S. Holder in a
U.S. dollar amount calculated by reference to the exchange
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case of ADSs, by the depositary, regardless of
whether the payment is in fact converted into U.S. dollars.
If such a dividend is converted into U.S. dollars on the
date of receipt, a U.S. Holder generally should not be
required to recognize foreign currency gain or loss in respect
of the dividend income. A U.S. Holder may be required to
recognize foreign currency gain or loss on the receipt of a
refund in respect of German withholding tax to the extent the
U.S. dollar value of the refund differs from the
U.S. dollar equivalent of that amount on the date of
receipt of the underlying dividend.


Taxation
of Capital Gains

Under the Treaty, a U.S. Holder will not be
liable for German tax on capital gains realized or accrued on
the sale or other disposition of shares or ADSs provided that
the shares or ADSs subject to such transfer are not held as part
of a permanent establishment or a fixed base in Germany.

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, gain
or loss realized by a U.S. Holder on the sale or
disposition of shares or ADSs will be capital gain or loss, and
will be long-term capital gain or loss if the shares or ADSs
were held for more than one year. The net amount of long-term
capital gain recognized by an individual holder generally is
subject to taxation at a maximum rate of 20%. A
U.S. Holders ability to offset capital losses against
income is subject to limitations. Deposits and withdrawals of
shares in exchange for ADSs will not result in the recognition
of gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

German
Inheritance and Gift Tax

Under the estate tax treaty between the United
States and Germany a transfer of shares or ADSs by gift or at
death is generally not subject to German inheritance or gift
tax, if the donor or the transferor is domiciled in the United
States. However, this does not apply if the heir, donee or other
beneficiary is domiciled in Germany. In this case, the
transferred shares or ADSs are subject to German inheritance or
gift tax. However, the amount of federal estate tax paid in the
United States with respect to the transferred shares or ADSs
will be credited against the German inheritance or gift tax
liability pursuant to the estate tax treaty.

Bonus
Shares

Certain holders who acquired shares or ADSs at
the time they were offered in our third public offering in 2000
were entitled to receive bonus shares if they continued to hold
their shares or ADSs up to a specified date. The receipt of
bonus shares will be treated differently for U.S. and
German tax purposes. From a U.S. tax perspective, the
receipt of bonus shares should be treated as a purchase price
adjustment. Accordingly, U.S. Holders would not include any
amount in income upon the receipt of bonus shares, and instead
would reallocate their tax basis between the prior shareholding
and the bonus shares.

Because the German tax authorities now take the
view that the receipt of the bonus shares with respect to our
third public offering constitutes other taxable income within
the meaning of Section 22 No. 3 German Income Tax Act,
U.S. Holders are not subject to German income tax with
respect to these particular bonus shares. For further
information, see German Taxation of Bonus Shares
above.

The German tax authorities currently treat the
receipt of bonus shares with respect to our second public
offering as a taxable dividend. Although the delivery of bonus
shares was not subject to German withholding tax, a recipient
who is a U.S. Holder would in principle still be liable for
German tax at the 15% rate applicable to dividend income under
the Treaty. A U.S. Holder must therefore file a tax return
and report this income to the German tax authorities. For
further information, see German Taxation of Bonus
Shares above. For purposes of the U.S. foreign tax
credit limitation, it is possible that any German taxes paid
with respect to bonus shares may be allocated to general
limitation income. In that event, a U.S. Holder who does
not receive sufficient foreign-source general limitation income
from other sources may not be able to derive effective foreign
tax credit benefits in respect of those German taxes.

In the case of a U.S. Holders sale or
other disposition of the bonus shares or ADSs representing such
bonus shares, the rules described above under Taxation of
Capital Gains apply.

Refund
Procedures for U.S. Holders

Pursuant to administrative procedures introduced
on a trial basis (and which therefore could be amended or
revoked at any time), a simplified collective refund procedure
currently is available to certain U.S. Holders of ADSs that
are held through brokers participating in the Depository Trust
Company (DTC). Under these procedures, DTC provides
the German tax authorities with electronic certification of the
U.S. taxpayer status of such U.S. Holders based on
information it receives from its broker participants, and
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refund on behalf of those U.S. Holders. This
combined claim need not include evidence of a
U.S. Holders entitlement to Treaty benefits. The
German tax authorities will issue refunds on a preliminary basis
to DTC, which in turn will issue corresponding refund checks to
the participating brokers. Under audit procedures that apply for
up to four years, the German tax authorities may require brokers
to provide evidence regarding the entitlement of their clients
to Treaty benefits. In the event of such an audit, brokers must
submit to the German tax authorities a list containing names and
addresses of the relevant holders of ADSs, and official
certifications on IRS Form 6166 of the last filed United
States federal income tax returns of such holders (discussed
below). Brokers participating in the DTC arrangements may
require that holders provide documentation establishing their
eligibility for Treaty benefits.


Claims for Treaty refunds by U.S. Holders of
ADSs who do not participate in the DTC procedures discussed
above may be submitted to the German tax authorities by the
depositary on behalf of those holders. Holders who are entitled
to refunds in excess of EUR 153.39 for the calendar year
normally must file their refund claim on an individual basis;
however, the depositary may be in a position to make a refund
claim on behalf of such holders. Details of the refund
procedures for holders of ADSs can be obtained from the
depositary.

If a U.S. Holder does not submit a claim for
a Treaty refund pursuant to the collective refund procedures
described above, then it must submit a claim for refund on an
individual basis on a special German form which must be filed
with the German tax authorities at the following address:
Bundesamt fuer Finanzen, Friedhofstrasse 1, 53221 Bonn,
Germany. Copies of the required form may be obtained from the
German tax authorities at that address or from the Embassy of
the Federal Republic of Germany, 4645 Reservoir Road, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20007-1998.

As part of the individual refund claim, a
U.S. Holder must submit to the German tax authorities the
original bank voucher (or certified copy thereof) issued by the
paying entity documenting the tax withheld, and an official
certification on IRS Form 6166 of its last filed
U.S. federal income tax return. IRS Form 6166 may
be obtained by filing a request with the Internal Revenue
Service Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Foreign
Certificate Request, P.O. Box 16347, Philadelphia, PA
19114-0447. (Additional information, including IRS Publication
686, can be obtained from the Internal Revenue Service website
at www.irs.gov). Requests for certification must be in writing
and must include the U.S. Holders name, Social
Security number or employer identification number and tax return
form number, and the tax period for which the certification is
requested. Requests for certification can include a request to
the Internal Revenue Service to send the certification directly
to the German tax authorities. If no such request is made, the
Internal Revenue Service will send a certificate on IRS
Form 6166 to the U.S. Holder, who then must submit the
certification with its claim for refund. A certification is
valid for three years and need only be resubmitted in a fourth
year in the event of a subsequent application for refund.

All claims for refund must be filed within four
years of the end of the calendar year in which the dividend was
received.

Refunds under the Treaty are not available in
respect of shares or ADSs held in connection with a permanent
establishment or fixed base in Germany.

Information
Reporting and Backup Withholding

Dividends on shares or ADSs, and payments of the
proceeds of a sale of shares or ADSs, paid within the United
States or through certain U.S.-related financial intermediaries
are subject to information reporting and may be subject to
backup withholding at a 30% rate (for calendar years 2002 and
2003) unless the U.S. Holder (1) is a corporation or
other exempt recipient or (2) provides a taxpayer
identification number and certifies that no loss of exemption
from backup withholding has occurred.

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DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY

We are subject to the reporting requirements of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In accordance
with these requirements, we file Annual Reports on
Form 20-F and furnish periodic reports on Form 6-K
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These materials,
including this Annual Report and the exhibits thereto, may be
inspected and copied at the Commissions Public Reference
Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549
and at the Commissions regional offices at 500 West
Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661-2511,
and 233 Broadway, New York, New York 10274. Copies of
the materials may be obtained from the Public Reference Room of
the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates. The public may
obtain information on the operation of these Commissions
Public Reference Room by calling the Commission in the United
States at 1-800-SEC-0330. The Commission also maintains a
website at http://www.sec.gov that contains reports and proxy
information regarding registrants that file electronically with
the Commission. In addition, material filed by us can be
inspected at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange at
20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.

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ITEM 11.     Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The following discussion should be read in
conjunction with Summary of Accounting Principles in
the notes to the consolidated financial statements, with
note (34) to the consolidated financial statements which
provides a summary of the nominal amounts of and terms for
derivative financial instruments and note (39) to the
consolidated financial statements which provides a summarized
comparison of carrying values and fair values of derivative and
non-derivative financial instruments and other information
relating to those instruments.

RISK IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS

We are exposed to market risks primarily from
changes in foreign exchange rates, interest rates and share
prices associated with assets, liabilities or anticipated
transactions that may affect our operating results and financial
condition. We seek to minimize market risk through our regular
operating and financing activities and, following the evaluation
of the exposures, selectively enter into derivative or
non-derivative hedging instruments. Hedging instruments are
entered into as a rule with major financial institutions with at
least a single A credit rating, thereby minimizing the risk of
credit loss. We do not enter into derivative financial
instruments for trading purposes or other speculative purposes.

The activities of our Central Treasury are
subject to policies approved by the Management Board and are
monitored by the Supervisory Board. The Central Treasurys
policies address the use of derivative financial instruments,
including the approval of counterparties, and the investment of
excess liquidity. These policies are intended to minimize
financial risks and to generate financial advantages for the
entire group such as central management of cash resources and
needs, cost reduction and the improvement of results from
financial transactions. Central Treasury regularly informs the
Management Board of the level and value of current market risk
exposures. Certain transactions require prior approval by the
Management Board. We regard effective market risk management as
an important element of our treasury function. Simulations are
carried out using market and worst-case scenarios in order to
evaluate the effects of different market situations on our
financial position. Our Central Treasury, operating as a service
center, supplies financial services to individual Deutsche
Telekom group entities appropriate to their requirements and
local circumstances.

There is no guarantee that this system will
consistently identify all of the important risks or provide an
adequate assessment of their impact.

The following discussion and tables, which
include forward-looking statements that involve risk and
uncertainties, summarize our market-sensitive financial
instruments and include fair values, maturity and contract terms.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE RISK

Currency risks arise from our investing,
financing and operating activities. Since our corporate
objective is pursued through our commercial
operations  meaning the sale of telecommunications
services  unwanted foreign currency exposures are
normally hedged, provided the risks would affect our cash flows
(transaction risk). Foreign currency risks that do not affect
our cash flows (these are risks resulting from the translation
of our foreign entities assets and liabilities into our
reporting currency) generally remain unhedged. However, in
specific circumstances, we may hedge the foreign currency
conversion risk inherent in certain foreign assets, liabilities
and results.

For purposes of managing foreign currency risks,
a distinction is made in principle between investing, financing
and operating activities.

Foreign currency transaction risks in the
investment area arise from the acquisition and sale of
investments in foreign entities. The Central Treasury hedges
these exposures to the extent approved by the Management Board.
In August 2002, we changed the hedging instruments related to
our investment in shares of redeemable preferred stock of
T-Mobile USA. Before the change, we hedged the foreign currency
exposure inherent in the shares with short-term foreign currency
forward contracts. After the change, the hedging instruments
employed are short-term foreign currency forward contracts,
five-year cross-currency interest rate swaps (we pay
U.S. dollar at fixed rates and receive euro at fixed rates)
and U.S. dollar-denominated long-term debt. At the end of
December 2002, there were no hedges for forecasted acquisitions
or sales of entities outside the euro zone in the investment
area. The translation risk inherent in our net investments in
foreign entities was unhedged at December 31, 2002. Effects
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fluctuations on the translation of the net
investments are reflected in our consolidated equity position.
We were not subject to material foreign currency transaction
risk in the investment area at December 31, 2002.


Central Treasury hedges foreign currency risks in
the financing area to the maximum extent possible. We use
cross-currency interest rate swaps and foreign currency forward
contracts in order to effectively convert foreign currency
denominated financial liabilities into the group companies
functional currencies (primarily euro, U.S. dollars and
British pounds sterling). At December 31, 2002, foreign
currency denominated liabilities for which foreign currency is
hedged consist primarily of bonds and medium-term notes in
Japanese yen, British pounds, Czech koruna and Polish zloty, as
well as bank loans in U.S. dollars. A variety of short-term
foreign currency inter-company loans are typically hedged with
forward contracts. Forward currency contracts to sell Czech
koruna and receive euro are used to hedge a euro-denominated
bank loan at a foreign subsidiary. As a result of these hedging
activities, we believe that we were not subject to material
foreign exchange risk in the financing area at December 31,
2002.

In the operating area, individual group entities
conduct most of their activities in their respective functional
currencies. Therefore, foreign currency transaction risk from
our ongoing operations is considered low. Some group entities
are, however, exposed to foreign currency transaction risk
related to certain anticipated foreign exchange payments. These
anticipated foreign exchange payments relate primarily to
capital expenditures and expense payments to international
telecommunications carriers for completing international calls
made by our domestic customers. We occasionally enter into
foreign currency forward contracts or foreign currency options
to hedge these anticipated payments up to a maximum of one year.
These payments are small compared to the groups
consolidated cash flows and did not expose the group to material
foreign currency transaction risk at December 31, 2002.

The table below provides information about
foreign currency derivative instruments. The non-derivative
foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities are
indicated in the interest rate tables below.

December 31, 2002

Derivative instruments subject to foreign
exchange risk


|                                            |  |                    |        |      |  |      |        |      |  |      |        |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |     |  
|------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------ | ------ | ---- |  | ---- | ------ | ---- |  | ---- | ------ | ---------- |  | ----- | ---- | ----- |  |  | ---- |  |  |  | ---- |  |  |  | ------ |  |  |  | --- | -
|                                            |  |                    |        |      |  |     
|                                            |  | Maturities         |        |      |  |     
|                                            |  |                    |        |      |  | Fair
|                                            |  | 2003               |        | 2004 |  | 2005 |        | 2006 |  | 2007 |        | Thereafter |  | Total |      | Value
|                                            |  |                    |        |      |  |      |        |      |  |      |        |            |  |       |      |      
|                                            |  |                   
|                                            |  | (millions of euro)
|Foreign currency forward contracts          |  |                    |        |      |  |      |        |      |  |      |        |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |     |  
|Buy USD/sell EUR(2)                         |  |                    | 687    |      |  |      | 17     |      |  |      | 15     |            |  |       | 11   |       |  |  | 11   |  |  |  | 11   |  |  |  | 752    |  |  |  | (25 | )
|Average contractual exchange rate (EUR/USD) |  |                    | 1.01   |      |  |      | 0.93   |      |  |      | 0.93   |            |  |       | 0.93 |       |  |  | 0.93 |  |  |  | 0.94 |  |  |  | 1.00   |  |  |  |     |  
|Buy GBP/sell EUR(2)                         |  |                    | 1,185  |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 1,185  |  |  |  | (28 | )
|Average contractual exchange rate (EUR/GBP) |  |                    | 0.64   |      |  |      |        |      |  |      |        |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 0.64   |  |  |  |     |  
|Buy JPY/sell EUR(2)                         |  |                    | 5      |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 5      |  |  |  | 0   |  
|Average contractual exchange rate (EUR/JPY) |  |                    | 120.07 |      |  |      |        |      |  |      |        |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 120.07 |  |  |  |     |  
|Buy HUF/sell EUR(2)                         |  |                    | 13     |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 13     |  |  |  | 1   |  
|Average contractual exchange rate (EUR/HUF) |  |                    | 253.06 |      |  |      |        |      |  |      |        |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 253.06 |  |  |  |     |  
|Buy USD/sell GBP(2)                         |  |                    | 0      |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 0      |  |  |  | 0   |  
|Average contractual exchange rate (USD/GBP) |  |                    | 1.40   |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |        |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 1.40   |  |  |  |     |  
|Sell USD/buy EUR(2)                         |  |                    | 2,126  |      |  |      | 35     |      |  |      | 1      |            |  |       | 1    |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 2,163  |  |  |  | 96  |  
|Average contractual exchange rate (EUR/USD) |  |                    | 1.00   |      |  |      | 0.92   |      |  |      | 0.89   |            |  |       | 0.90 |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 1.00   |  |  |  |     |  
|Sell GBP/buy EUR(2)                         |  |                    | 576    |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 576    |  |  |  | 26  |  
|Average contractual exchange rate (EUR/GBP) |  |                    | 0.63   |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |        |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 0.63   |  |  |  |     |  
|Sell JPY/buy EUR(2)                         |  |                    | 8      |      |  |      | 1      |      |  |      | 0      |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 9      |  |  |  | 0   |  
|Average contractual exchange rate (EUR/JPY) |  |                    | 119.93 |      |  |      | 119.59 |      |  |      | 116.87 |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 119.77 |  |  |  |     |  
|Sell CHF/buy EUR(2)                         |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      | 7      |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 7      |  |  |  | 0   |  
|Average contractual exchange rate (EUR/CHF) |  |                    |       |      |  |      |        |      |  |      | 1.44   |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 1.44   |  |  |  |     |  
|Sell HUF/buy EUR(2)                         |  |                    | 6      |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 6      |  |  |  | 0   |  
|Average contractual exchange rate (EUR/HUF) |  |                    | 249.17 |      |  |      |        |      |  |      |        |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 249.17 |  |  |  |     |  
|Sell CZK/buy EUR(2)                         |  |                    | 156    |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 156    |  |  |  | (58 | )
|Average contractual exchange rate (EUR/CZK) |  |                    | 43.39  |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |        |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 43.39  |  |  |  |     |  
|Foreign Currency Options                    |  |                    |        |      |  |      |        |      |  |      |        |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |     |  
|Buy USD-Put /EUR-Call(2)                    |  |                    | 4      |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 4      |  |  |  | 0   |  
|Average strike rate (EUR/USD)               |  |                    | 0.98   |      |  |      |        |      |  |      |        |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 0.98   |  |  |  |     |  

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|                                           |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |           |  |  |  |      |  
|------------------------------------------ |  | ------------------ | ----- | ---- |  | ---- | ---- | ---- |  | ---- | ----- | ---------- |  | ----- | --------- | ----- |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | ---- |  |  |  | --------- |  |  |  | ---- | -
|                                           |  |                    |       |      |  |     
|                                           |  | Maturities         |       |      |  |     
|                                           |  |                    |       |      |  | Fair
|                                           |  | 2003               |       | 2004 |  | 2005 |      | 2006 |  | 2007 |       | Thereafter |  | Total |           | Value
|                                           |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |      
|                                           |  |                   
|                                           |  | (millions of euro)
|Cross-currency interest rate swaps         |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |           |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive fixed USD, pay fixed
    EUR(2)    |  |                    |      |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |      |            |  |       |          |       |  |  |      |  |  |  | 18   |  |  |  | 18        |  |  |  | 2    |  
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  | 5.17 |  |  |  | 5.17      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  | 6.56 |  |  |  | 6.56      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive fixed EUR, pay fixed
    USD(2)    |  |                    |      |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |      |            |  |       |          |       |  |  | 1,604 |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 1,604     |  |  |  | 80   |  
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  | 4.16  |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 4.16      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  | 4.45  |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 4.45      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive fixed USD, pay variable
    EUR(2) |  |                    |      |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |      |            |  |       |          |       |  |  |      |  |  |  | 16   |  |  |  | 16        |  |  |  | 4    |  
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  | 3.56 |  |  |  | 3.56      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  | 7.05 |  |  |  | 7.05      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive variable USD, pay variable EUR(2)  |  |                    |      |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |      |            |  |       |          |       |  |  |      |  |  |  | 42   |  |  |  | 42        |  |  |  | (1   | )
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  | 3.57 |  |  |  | 3.57      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  | 1.84 |  |  |  | 1.84      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive fixed GBP, pay variable
    EUR(2) |  |                    | 237   |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |      |            |  |       |          |       |  |  |      |  |  |  | 396  |  |  |  | 633       |  |  |  | (18  | )
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    | 3.35  |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  | 5.28 |  |  |  | 4.56      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    | 5.75  |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  | 7.13 |  |  |  | 6.61      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive variable EUR, pay variable GBP(2)  |  |                    | 37    |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |      |            |  |       |          |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 37        |  |  |  | 2    |  
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    | 4.53  |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 4.53      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    | 3.67  |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 3.67      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive fixed JPY, pay variable
    EUR(2) |  |                    |      |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |      |            |  |       |          |       |  |  |      |  |  |  | 246  |  |  |  | 246       |  |  |  | (14  | )
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  | 6.13 |  |  |  | 6.13      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  | 3.65 |  |  |  | 3.65      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive fixed JPY, pay fixed
    EUR(2)    |  |                    |      |      |  |      | 326  |      |  |      |      |            |  |       | 233       |       |  |  |      |  |  |  | 93   |  |  |  | 652       |  |  |  | (121 | )
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    |       |      |  |      | 5.92 |      |  |      |       |            |  |       | 6.36      |       |  |  |       |  |  |  | 6.81 |  |  |  | 6.20      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    |       |      |  |      | 1.50 |      |  |      |       |            |  |       | 1.95      |       |  |  |       |  |  |  | 2.40 |  |  |  | 1.79      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive variable JPY, pay variable EUR(2)  |  |                    | 360   |      |  |      |     |      |  |      | 893   |            |  |       |          |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 1,253     |  |  |  | (220 | )
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    | 3.49  |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | 2.90  |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 3.07      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    | 0.42  |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | (0.06 | )          |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 0.08      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive variable JPY, pay fixed
    EUR(2) |  |                    |      |      |  |      | 831  |      |  |      |      |            |  |       |          |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 831       |  |  |  | (138 | )
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    |       |      |  |      | 5.88 |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 5.88      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    |       |      |  |      | 1.17 |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 1.17      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive fixed EUR, pay variable
    CHF(2) |  |                    |      |      |  |      |     |      |  |      | 20    |            |  |       |          |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 20        |  |  |  | 0    |  
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | 1.87  |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 1.87      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | 4.31  |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 4.31      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive variable EUR, pay variable CHF(2)  |  |                    | 38    |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |      |            |  |       |          |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 38        |  |  |  | 0    |  
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    | 1.33  |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 1.33      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    | 3.72  |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 3.72      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive fixed EUR, pay fixed
    CZK(2)    |  |                    |      |      |  |      |     |      |  |      | 10    |            |  |       |          |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 10        |  |  |  | 0    |  
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | 4.19  |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 4.19      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | 4.31  |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 4.31      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive variable CZK, pay variable EUR(2)  |  |                    |      |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |      |            |  |       |          |       |  |  |      |  |  |  | 55   |  |  |  | 55        |  |  |  | (3   | )
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  | 3.78 |  |  |  | 3.78      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  | 4.03 |  |  |  | 4.03      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive variable CZK, pay variable EUR(2)  |  |                    |      |      |  |      |     |      |  |      | 50    |            |  |       |          |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 50        |  |  |  | (2   | )
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | 5.10  |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 5.10      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | 4.56  |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 4.56      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive variable EUR, pay fixed
    HUF(2) |  |                    |      |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |      |            |  |       | 50        |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 50        |  |  |  | (9   | )
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       | 9.92      |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 9.92      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       | 3.81      |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 3.81      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive variable EUR, pay variable HUF(2)  |  |                    | 793   |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |      |            |  |       |          |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 793       |  |  |  | (45  | )
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    | 10.18 |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 10.18     |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    | 3.71  |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 3.71      |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive variable EUR, pay variable HUF(2)  |  |                    |      |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |      |            |  |       | 252       |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 252       |  |  |  | (2   | )
|Average pay rate (%)(3)                    |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       | BUBOR6M   |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | BUBOR6M   |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(3)                |  |                    |       |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       | EURIBOR6M |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | EURIBOR6M |  |  |  |      |  
|Receive variable EUR, pay fixed
    SKK(2) |  |                    | 20    |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |      |            |  |       |          |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 20        |  |  |  | (9   | )
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    | 9.15  |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 9.15      |  |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    | 3.43  |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |           |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 3.43      |  |  |  |      |  

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|                                           |  |                    |   |      |  |     
|                                           |  | Maturities         |   |      |  |     
|                                           |  |                    |   |      |  | Fair
|                                           |  | 2003               |   | 2004 |  | 2005 |   | 2006 |  | 2007 |   | Thereafter |  | Total |   | Value
|                                           |  |                    |   |      |  |      |   |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |      
|                                           |  |                   
|                                           |  | (millions of euro)
|Receive fixed PLN, pay variable
    EUR(2) |  |                    |  |      |  |      |  |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  | 72    |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 72    |  |  |  | 6 | 
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                    |  |                    |   |      |  |      |   |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  | 5.66  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 5.66  |  |  |  |   | 
|Average receive rate (%)(1)                |  |                    |   |      |  |      |   |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  | 11.57 |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 11.57 |  |  |  |   | 




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|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Weighted average settlement rates applicable to
    the current settlement period.
|(2) | Represents notional amounts.                                                      
|(3) | Settlement rates applicable to a forward starting
    period.                     

The fair value of cross-currency interest rate
swaps is affected by changes foreign exchange rates and also by
changes in interest rates as described below under
Interest Rate Risk.

INTEREST RATE RISK

We are exposed to market risk arising from
changing interest rates, primarily in the euro-zone, in the
United Kingdom and in the United States. In order to mitigate
the impact of interest rate fluctuations in these areas we
separately manage the interest rate risk for euro,
U.S. dollar and British pound-denominated liquid financial
assets and liabilities. Once per year, our Management Board
specifies a desired mixture of fixed- and floating-rate liquid
financial assets and liabilities for a future term of three
years. Under consideration of our existing and forecasted debt
structure, Central Treasury enters into interest rate
derivatives to modify the interest payments on the debt to the
mixture defined by our Management Board. As a result of the
mentioned derivative hedging activities, 70% of our
euro-denominated liquid financial assets and liabilities, 99% of
the British pound-denominated liquid financial assets and
liabilities, and 83% of the U.S. dollar-denominated liquid
financial assets and liabilities, had interest rates that were
effectively fixed at December 31, 2002.

The following tables summarize the principal
amounts and fair values, maturity and other material contract
terms of the interest rate sensitive derivative and
non-derivative financial instruments that we held at
December 31, 2002.

December 31, 2002

Assets and related derivative instruments
subject to interest rate risk


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|                                          |  |                    |      |      |  |     
|                                          |  | Maturities         |      |      |  |     
|                                          |  |                    |      |      |  | Fair
|                                          |  | 2003               |      | 2004 |  | 2005 |      | 2006 |  | 2007 |     | Thereafter |  | Total |     | Value
|                                          |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |     |            |  |       |     |      
|                                          |  |                   
|                                          |  | (millions of euro)
|ASSETS                                    |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |     |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |     | 
|Long-term loans                           |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |     |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |     | 
|Fixed rate, EUR(3)                        |  |                    | 2    |      |  |      | 2    |      |  |      | 6   |            |  |       | 2   |       |  |  | 2   |  |  |  | 9   |  |  |  | 23   |  |  |  | 23  | 
|Average interest rate (%)(1)              |  |                    | 3.5  |      |  |      | 3.5  |      |  |      | 4.8 |            |  |       | 3.5 |       |  |  | 3.5 |  |  |  | 3.5 |  |  |  | 3.8  |  |  |  |     | 
|Variable rate, EUR(3)                     |  |                    | 42   |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |    |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |    |  |  |  |    |  |  |  | 42   |  |  |  | 44  | 
|Average interest rate (%)(1)              |  |                    | 3.2  |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |     |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 3.2  |  |  |  |     | 
|Fixed rate, HRK(3)                        |  |                    |     |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |    |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |    |  |  |  | 5   |  |  |  | 5    |  |  |  | 5   | 
|Average interest rate (%)(1)              |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |     |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  | 1.0 |  |  |  | 1.0  |  |  |  |     | 
|Fixed rate, HUF(3)                        |  |                    |     |      |  |      | 9    |      |  |      |    |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |    |  |  |  |    |  |  |  | 9    |  |  |  | 9   | 
|Average interest rate (%)(1)              |  |                    |     |      |  |      | 10.0 |      |  |      |    |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |    |  |  |  |    |  |  |  | 10.0 |  |  |  |     | 
|Fixed rate, USD(3)                        |  |                    |      |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |    |            |  |       | 11  |       |  |  |    |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 11   |  |  |  | 11  | 
|Average interest rate (%)(1)              |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |     |            |  |       | 7.5 |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 7.5  |  |  |  |     | 
|Variable rate, USD(3)                     |  |                    | 17   |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |    |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |    |  |  |  |    |  |  |  | 17   |  |  |  | 17  | 
|Average interest rate (%)(1)              |  |                    | 6.4  |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |     |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 6.4  |  |  |  |     | 
|Investments in non-current
    securities |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |     |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |     | 
|Fixed rate, EUR(3)                        |  |                    | 101  |      |  |      | 2    |      |  |      | 1   |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |    |  |  |  |    |  |  |  | 104  |  |  |  | 104 | 
|Average interest rate (%)(1)              |  |                    | 4.5  |      |  |      | 3.4  |      |  |      | 4.5 |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 4.5  |  |  |  |     | 
|Variable rate, EUR(3)                     |  |                    |     |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |    |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |    |  |  |  | 2   |  |  |  | 2    |  |  |  | 2   | 
|Average interest rate (%)(1)              |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |     |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |    |  |  |  |     |  |  |  |     | 
|Fixed rate, GBP(3)                        |  |                    | 72   |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |    |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |    |  |  |  |    |  |  |  | 72   |  |  |  | 72  | 
|Average interest rate (%)(1)              |  |                    | 5.0  |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |     |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 5.0  |  |  |  |     | 
|Fixed rate, HRK(3)                        |  |                    | 5    |      |  |      | 27   |      |  |      | 14  |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |    |  |  |  | 7   |  |  |  | 53   |  |  |  | 53  | 
|Average interest rate (%)(1)              |  |                    | 8.0  |      |  |      | 8.5  |      |  |      | 8.4 |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  | 6.9 |  |  |  | 8.2  |  |  |  |     | 
|Fixed rate, SKK(3)                        |  |                    | 2    |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |    |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |    |  |  |  |    |  |  |  | 2    |  |  |  | 2   | 
|Average interest rate (%)(1)              |  |                    | 11.5 |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |     |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 11.5 |  |  |  |     | 
|Fixed rate, USD(3)                        |  |                    | 5    |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |    |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |    |  |  |  |    |  |  |  | 5    |  |  |  | 5   | 
|Average interest rate (%)(1)              |  |                    | 9.5  |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |     |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 9.5  |  |  |  |     | 

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|                                     |  |                    |      |      |  |     
|                                     |  | Maturities         |      |      |  |     
|                                     |  |                    |      |      |  | Fair
|                                     |  | 2003               |      | 2004 |  | 2005 |     | 2006 |  | 2007 |   | Thereafter |  | Total |   | Value
|                                     |  |                    |      |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |      
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|Investments in marketable securities |  |                    |      |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |  
|Fixed rate EUR(3)                    |  |                    | 27   |      |  |      | 343 |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 370  |   |  |  | 370 |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 6.3  |      |  |      | 5.1 |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 5.2  |   |  |  |     |  
|Variable rate HRK(3)                 |  |                    | 34   |      |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 34   |   |  |  | 34  |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 5.3  |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 5.3  |   |  |  |     |  
|Fixed rate HUF(3)                    |  |                    | 2    |      |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2    |   |  |  | 2   |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 9.5  |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 9.5  |   |  |  |     |  
|Liquid Assets                        |  |                    |      |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |  
|Fixed rate EUR(3)                    |  |                    | 343  |      |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 343  |   |  |  | 343 |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 3.4  |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 3.4  |   |  |  |     |  
|Variable rate, EUR(3)                |  |                    | 364  |      |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 364  |   |  |  | 364 |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 2.9  |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 2.9  |   |  |  |     |  
|Variable rate BRL(3)                 |  |                    | 9    |      |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9    |   |  |  | 9   |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 24.9 |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 24.9 |   |  |  |     |  
|Variable rate CHF(3)                 |  |                    | 125  |      |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 125  |   |  |  | 125 |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 0.6  |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 0.6  |   |  |  |     |  
|Variable rate, CZK(3)                |  |                    | 44   |      |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 44   |   |  |  | 44  |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 2.5  |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 2.5  |   |  |  |     |  
|Variable rate, GBP(3)                |  |                    | 195  |      |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 195  |   |  |  | 195 |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 4.0  |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 4.0  |   |  |  |     |  
|Variable rate, HRK(3)                |  |                    | 385  |      |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 385  |   |  |  | 385 |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 3.9  |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 3.9  |   |  |  |     |  
|Variable rate, HUF(3)                |  |                    | 41   |      |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 41   |   |  |  | 41  |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 8.4  |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 8.4  |   |  |  |     |  
|Variable rate, JPY(3)                |  |                    | (2   | )    |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (2   | ) |  |  | (2  | )
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 0.1  |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 0.1  |   |  |  |     |  
|Variable rate, PLN(3)                |  |                    | 2    |      |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2    |   |  |  | 2   |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 6.7  |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 6.7  |   |  |  |     |  
|Variable rate, SGD(3)                |  |                    | 8    |      |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8    |   |  |  | 8   |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 0.8  |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 0.8  |   |  |  |     |  
|Variable rate, SKK(3)                |  |                    | 307  |      |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 307  |   |  |  | 307 |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 5.1  |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 5.1  |   |  |  |     |  
|Fixed rate USD(3)                    |  |                    | 1    |      |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1    |   |  |  | 1   |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 0.8  |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 0.8  |   |  |  |     |  
|Variable rate, USD(3)                |  |                    | 74   |      |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 74   |   |  |  | 74  |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 1.4  |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 1.4  |   |  |  |     |  
|Variable rate, ZAR(3)                |  |                    | 9    |      |  |      |    |      |  |      |  |            |  |       |  |       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9    |   |  |  | 9   |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 13.5 |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |   |            |  |       |   |       |  |  |   |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | 13.5 |   |  |  |     |  






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|(1) | Weighted average settlement rates applicable to
    the current settlement period.
|(2) | Represents notional amounts.                                                      
|(3) | Maturity amounts presented in book value.                                         

December 31, 2002

Liabilities and related derivative instruments
subject to interest rate risk


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|                             |  | Maturities         |       |      |  |     
|                             |  |                    |       |      |  | Fair
|                             |  | 2003               |       | 2004 |  | 2005 |       | 2006 |  | 2007 |       | Thereafter |  | Total |       | Value
|                             |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |       |      
|                             |  |                   
|                             |  | (millions of euro)
|LIABILITIES                  |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |       |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |        | 
|Bonds and debentures, EUR    |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |       |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |        | 
|Fixed rate(4)                |  |                    | 5,754 |      |  |      | 9,830 |      |  |      | 3,246 |            |  |       | 4,560 |       |  |  | 3,500 |  |  |  | 9,540 |  |  |  | 36,430 |  |  |  | 37,933 | 
|Average interest rate (%)(1) |  |                    | 4.9   |      |  |      | 7.2   |      |  |      | 5.7   |            |  |       | 5.8   |       |  |  | 7.0   |  |  |  | 6.7   |  |  |  | 6.4    |  |  |  |        | 
|Variable rate(4)             |  |                    | 1,916 |      |  |      | 1,050 |      |  |      | 350   |            |  |       | 128   |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 3,444  |  |  |  | 3,469  | 
|Average interest rate (%)(1) |  |                    | 3.6   |      |  |      | 3.9   |      |  |      | 5.0   |            |  |       | 4.4   |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  | 3.9    |  |  |  |        | 
|Bonds and debentures, GBP    |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |       |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |        | 
|Fixed rate(4)                |  |                    | 231   |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | 960   |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |      |  |  |  | 1,620 |  |  |  | 2,811  |  |  |  | 2,871  | 
|Average interest rate (%)(1) |  |                    | 5.8   |      |  |      |       |      |  |      | 7.1   |            |  |       |       |       |  |  |       |  |  |  | 7.2   |  |  |  | 7.1    |  |  |  |        | 
|Bonds and debentures, USD    |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |            |  |       |       |       |  |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |        | 
|Fixed rate(4)                |  |                    | 182   |      |  |      | 124   |      |  |      | 3,059 |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |      |  |  |  | 7,720 |  |  |  | 11,085 |  |  |  | 12,813 | 
|Average interest rate (%)(1) |  |                    | 1.8   |      |  |      | 6.2   |      |  |      | 7.6   |            |  |       |       |       |  |  |       |  |  |  | 8.5   |  |  |  | 8.1    |  |  |  |        | 

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|                                |  |                    |       |      |  | Fair
|                                |  | 2003               |       | 2004 |  | 2005 |       | 2006 |  | 2007 |           | Thereafter |  | Total |     | Value
|                                |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |      
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|                                |  | (millions of euro)
|Bonds and debentures, CZK       |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |           |  |  |  |       |  
|Fixed rate(4)                   |  |                    |      |      |  |      | 159   |      |  |      |          |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 159       |  |  |  | 173   |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    |       |      |  |      | 8.2   |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  | 8.2       |  |  |  |       |  
|Variable rate(1)                |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | 50        |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 50        |  |  |  | 52    |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      | 4.3       |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  | 4.3       |  |  |  |       |  
|Bonds and debentures, JPY       |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |           |  |  |  |       |  
|Fixed rate(4)                   |  |                    | 5     |      |  |      | 326   |      |  |      | 727       |            |  |       | 233 |       |  |  |     |  |  |  | 93    |  |  |  | 1,384     |  |  |  | 1,405 |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    | 0.4   |      |  |      | 1.5   |      |  |      | 1.5       |            |  |       | 2.0 |       |  |  |      |  |  |  | 2.4   |  |  |  | 1.6       |  |  |  |       |  
|Variable rate(4)                |  |                    | 350   |      |  |      | 831   |      |  |      |          |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 1,181     |  |  |  | 1,205 |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    | 0.4   |      |  |      | 1.7   |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  | 1.3       |  |  |  |       |  
|Bonds and debentures, HUF       |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |           |  |  |  |       |  
|Fixed rate(4)                   |  |                    | 55    |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |          |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |     |  |  |  | 1     |  |  |  | 56        |  |  |  | 56    |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    | 9.2   |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  | 0.0   |  |  |  | 9.1       |  |  |  |       |  
|Variable rate(4)                |  |                    | 42    |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |          |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 42        |  |  |  | 43    |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    | 10.3  |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  | 10.3      |  |  |  |       |  
|Bonds and debentures, PLN       |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |           |  |  |  |       |  
|Fixed rate(4)                   |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |          |            |  |       |    |       |  |  | 110  |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 110       |  |  |  | 124   |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  | 9.7  |  |  |  |       |  |  |  | 9.7       |  |  |  |       |  
|Liabilities to banks, EUR       |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |           |  |  |  |       |  
|Fixed rate(4)                   |  |                    | 804   |      |  |      | 335   |      |  |      | 157       |            |  |       | 21  |       |  |  | 102  |  |  |  | 571   |  |  |  | 1,990     |  |  |  | 2,037 |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    | 6.1   |      |  |      | 6.7   |      |  |      | 6.5       |            |  |       | 5.8 |       |  |  | 6.9  |  |  |  | 7.1   |  |  |  | 6.6       |  |  |  |       |  
|Variable rate(4)                |  |                    | 133   |      |  |      | 1     |      |  |      | 2         |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |     |  |  |  | 270   |  |  |  | 406       |  |  |  | 411   |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    | 3.3   |      |  |      | 4.7   |      |  |      | 3.9       |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  | 3.2   |  |  |  | 3.2       |  |  |  |       |  
|Liabilities to banks, AUD       |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |           |  |  |  |       |  
|Variable rate(4)                |  |                    | 3     |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |          |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 3         |  |  |  | 3     |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    | 8.8   |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  | 8.8       |  |  |  |       |  
|Liabilities to banks, GBP       |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |           |  |  |  |       |  
|Fixed rate(4)                   |  |                    | 108   |      |  |      | 69    |      |  |      | 2,329     |            |  |       | 110 |       |  |  | 111  |  |  |  | 519   |  |  |  | 3,246     |  |  |  | 3,258 |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    | 4.6   |      |  |      | 6.3   |      |  |      | 4.8       |            |  |       | 6.3 |       |  |  | 6.3  |  |  |  | 6.7   |  |  |  | 5.2       |  |  |  |       |  
|Variable rate(4)                |  |                    | 36    |      |  |      | 38    |      |  |      | 38        |            |  |       | 19  |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 131       |  |  |  | 131   |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    | 4.2   |      |  |      | 4.2   |      |  |      | 4.2       |            |  |       | 4.2 |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  | 4.2       |  |  |  |       |  
|Liabilities to banks, USD       |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |           |  |  |  |       |  
|Fixed rate(4)                   |  |                    | 4     |      |  |      | 4     |      |  |      | 4         |            |  |       | 4   |       |  |  | 4    |  |  |  | 14    |  |  |  | 34        |  |  |  | 36    |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    | 6.8   |      |  |      | 6.8   |      |  |      | 6.8       |            |  |       | 6.8 |       |  |  | 6.8  |  |  |  | 6.8   |  |  |  | 6.8       |  |  |  |       |  
|Variable rate(4)                |  |                    | 2     |      |  |      | 3     |      |  |      | 3         |            |  |       | 3   |       |  |  | 3    |  |  |  | 20    |  |  |  | 34        |  |  |  | 34    |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    | 1.5   |      |  |      | 1.6   |      |  |      | 1.6       |            |  |       | 1.6 |       |  |  | 1.6  |  |  |  | 1.6   |  |  |  | 1.6       |  |  |  |       |  
|Liabilities to banks, HUF       |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |           |  |  |  |       |  
|Fixed rate(4)                   |  |                    | 128   |      |  |      | 56    |      |  |      | 1         |            |  |       | 1   |       |  |  | 1    |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 187       |  |  |  | 197   |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    | 8.8   |      |  |      | 11.5  |      |  |      | 0.0       |            |  |       | 0.0 |       |  |  | 0.0  |  |  |  |       |  |  |  | 9.4       |  |  |  |       |  
|Variable rate(4)                |  |                    | 122   |      |  |      | 39    |      |  |      | 48        |            |  |       | 3   |       |  |  | 13   |  |  |  | 23    |  |  |  | 248       |  |  |  | 248   |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    | 8.6   |      |  |      | 8.6   |      |  |      | 8.7       |            |  |       | 9.1 |       |  |  | 8.8  |  |  |  | 9.3   |  |  |  | 8.7       |  |  |  |       |  
|Liabilities to banks, JPY       |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |           |  |  |  |       |  
|Fixed rate(4)                   |  |                    | 1     |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |          |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 1         |  |  |  | 1     |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    | 0.7   |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  | 0.7       |  |  |  |       |  
|Liabilities to banks, CZK       |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |           |  |  |  |       |  
|Fixed rate(4)                   |  |                    |      |      |  |      | 1     |      |  |      |          |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 1         |  |  |  | 1     |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    |       |      |  |      | 9.5   |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  | 9.5       |  |  |  |       |  
|Variable rate(4)                |  |                    |      |      |  |      | 11    |      |  |      |          |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 11        |  |  |  | 11    |  
|Average interest rate (%)(1)    |  |                    |       |      |  |      | 3.1   |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  | 3.1       |  |  |  |       |  
|EUR interest rate swaps         |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |           |  |  |  |       |  
|Receive variable, pay fixed (2) |  |                    | 2,097 |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | 892       |            |  |       |    |       |  |  | 307  |  |  |  | 1,356 |  |  |  | 4,652     |  |  |  | (336  | )
|Average pay rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 4.54  |      |  |      |       |      |  |      | 5.65      |            |  |       |     |       |  |  | 5.82 |  |  |  | 5.90  |  |  |  | 5.23      |  |  |  |       |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)     |  |                    | 3.23  |      |  |      |       |      |  |      | 2.90      |            |  |       |     |       |  |  | 3.01 |  |  |  | 2.94  |  |  |  | 3.07      |  |  |  |       |  
|EUR interest rate swaps         |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |           |  |  |  |       |  
|Receive fixed pay variable (2)  |  |                    | 3,175 |      |  |      | 7,156 |      |  |      |          |            |  |       |    |       |  |  | 332  |  |  |  | 1,356 |  |  |  | 12,019    |  |  |  | 364   |  
|Average pay rate (%)(1)         |  |                    | 3.31  |      |  |      | 3.29  |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  | 3.22 |  |  |  | 2.94  |  |  |  | 3.26      |  |  |  |       |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)     |  |                    | 4.57  |      |  |      | 4.21  |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  | 5.12 |  |  |  | 5.22  |  |  |  | 4.44      |  |  |  |       |  
|Forward EUR interest rate swaps |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      |           |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |           |  |  |  |       |  
|Receive fixed pay variable (2)  |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | 820       |            |  |       |    |       |  |  |     |  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 820       |  |  |  | 22    |  
|Average pay rate (%)(3)         |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      | EURIBOR6M |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  | EURIBOR6M |  |  |  |       |  
|Average receive rate (%)(3)     |  |                    |       |      |  |      |       |      |  |      | 4.21      |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  | 4.21      |  |  |  |       |  

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|--------------------------------------- |  | ------------------ | ---- | ---- |  | ---- | ---- | ---- |  | ---- | ------------ | ---------- |  | ----- | ---- | ----- |  |  | ------------ | - |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | ------------ | - |  |  | ---- | -
|                                        |  |                    |      |      |  |     
|                                        |  | Maturities         |      |      |  |     
|                                        |  |                    |      |      |  | Fair
|                                        |  | 2003               |      | 2004 |  | 2005 |      | 2006 |  | 2007 |              | Thereafter |  | Total |      | Value
|                                        |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |      
|                                        |  |                   
|                                        |  | (millions of euro)
|GBP interest rate swaps                 |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |              |   |  |  |       |  |  |  |              |   |  |  |      |  
|Receive variable, pay fixed (2)         |  |                    | 115  |      |  |      |     |      |  |      | 1,075        |            |  |       | 385  |       |  |  |             |   |  |  |      |  |  |  | 1,575        |   |  |  | (71  | )
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                 |  |                    | 6.64 |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | 5.97         |            |  |       | 5.53 |       |  |  |              |   |  |  |       |  |  |  | 5.91         |   |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)             |  |                    | 3.94 |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | 3.93         |            |  |       | 3.94 |       |  |  |              |   |  |  |       |  |  |  | 3.94         |   |  |  |      |  
|Forward GBP interest rate swaps         |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |              |   |  |  |       |  |  |  |              |   |  |  |      |  
|Receive variable, pay fixed (2)         |  |                    |     |      |  |      |     |      |  |      | 307          |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |             |   |  |  |      |  |  |  | 307          |   |  |  | (12  | )
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                 |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | 6.04         |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |              |   |  |  |       |  |  |  | 6.04         |   |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)             |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | GBP (LIBOR6M | )          |  |       |      |       |  |  |              |   |  |  |       |  |  |  | GBP (LIBOR6M | ) |  |  |      |  
|JPY interest rate swaps                 |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |              |   |  |  |       |  |  |  |              |   |  |  |      |  
|Receive fixed, pay variable (2)         |  |                    |     |      |  |      |     |      |  |      | 723          |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |             |   |  |  |      |  |  |  | 723          |   |  |  | 20   |  
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                 |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | 0.32         |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |              |   |  |  |       |  |  |  | 0.32         |   |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)             |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      | 1.50         |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |              |   |  |  |       |  |  |  | 1.50         |   |  |  |      |  
|USD interest rate swaps                 |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |              |   |  |  |       |  |  |  |              |   |  |  |      |  
|Receive fixed, pay variable (2)         |  |                    |     |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |             |   |  |  | 1,144 |  |  |  | 1,144        |   |  |  | 265  |  
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                 |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |              |   |  |  | 2.11  |  |  |  | 2.11         |   |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)             |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |              |   |  |  | 8.00  |  |  |  | 8.00         |   |  |  |      |  
|Forward USD interest rate swaps         |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |              |   |  |  |       |  |  |  |              |   |  |  |      |  
|Receive variable, pay fixed (2)         |  |                    |     |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |             |            |  |       |     |       |  |  | 2,859        |   |  |  |      |  |  |  | 2,859        |   |  |  | (175 | )
|Average pay rate (%)(3)                 |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |       |  |  | 5.07         |   |  |  |       |  |  |  | 5.07         |   |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(3)             |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |       |  |  | USD (LIBOR6M | ) |  |  |       |  |  |  | USD (LIBOR6M | ) |  |  |      |  
|Forward HUF interest rate swaps         |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |              |   |  |  |       |  |  |  |              |   |  |  |      |  
|Receive variable, pay fix(2)            |  |                    |     |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |             |            |  |       |     |       |  |  | 269          |   |  |  |      |  |  |  | 269          |   |  |  | (11  | )
|Average pay rate (%)(3)                 |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |       |  |  | 9.25         |   |  |  |       |  |  |  | 9.25         |   |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(3)             |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |       |  |  | BUBOR6M      |   |  |  |       |  |  |  | BUBOR6M      |   |  |  |      |  
|CZK interest rate swaps                 |  |                    |      |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |              |   |  |  |       |  |  |  |              |   |  |  |      |  
|Receive fixed, pay variable (2)         |  |                    |     |      |  |      | 13   |      |  |      |             |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |             |   |  |  |      |  |  |  | 13           |   |  |  | 1    |  
|Average pay rate (%)(1)                 |  |                    |      |      |  |      | 3.18 |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |              |   |  |  |       |  |  |  | 3.18         |   |  |  |      |  
|Average receive rate (%)(1)             |  |                    |      |      |  |      | 8.14 |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |              |   |  |  |       |  |  |  | 8.14         |   |  |  |      |  
|GBP interest rate caps
    purchased(2) |  |                    | 38   |      |  |      |     |      |  |      |             |            |  |       |     |       |  |  |             |   |  |  |      |  |  |  | 38           |   |  |  | 0    |  
|Average cap strike rate                 |  |                    | 7.5  |      |  |      |      |      |  |      |              |            |  |       |      |       |  |  |              |   |  |  |       |  |  |  | 7.5          |   |  |  |      |  




|    |                                                                                   
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Weighted average settlement rates applicable to
    the current settlement period.
|(2) | Represents notional amounts.                                                      
|(3) | Settlement rates applicable to a forward starting
    period.                     
|(4) | Maturity amounts presented in book value.                                         

EQUITY PRICE RISK

We continuously evaluate investment opportunities
in order to meet our business and strategic goals. With limited
exceptions, it is our intention not to hedge fair value changes
of our equity investments arising from fluctuations in quoted
share prices. The table below presents the cost and fair value
of those marketable equity securities comprising investments in
start-up companies as well as other participations we held at
December 31, 2002 which are sensitive to changes in share
prices.

|                                            |  |                    |     |            |  |  |     | 
|------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------ | --- | ---------- |  |  | --- | 
|                                            |  |                   
|                                            |  | December 31, 2002 
|                                            |  | Assets subject to 
|                                            |  | equity price risk 
|                                            |  |                   
|                                            |  | Carrying value     |     | Fair Value
|                                            |  |                    |     |           
|                                            |  |                   
|                                            |  | (millions of euro)
|Investments in marketable equity securities |  |                    | 752 |            |  |  | 907 | 

CHANGES IN MARKET RISK EXPOSURE IN 2002
COMPARED TO 2001

The issuance of medium-term notes denominated in
British pounds, Japanese yen, Polish zloty and Czech koruna and
borrowers note loans in Japanese yen in 2002 did not lead
to any material increase in foreign currency transaction
exposure, as these debt instruments were converted into euro
using cross-currency interest rate swaps.

In accordance with the transfer of an
intercompany British pound-denominated loan asset into an equity
interest at the end of 2001, cross-currency swaps (we paid
British pounds at variable rates and received U.S. dollars
at variable rates) and British pound interest rate swaps (we
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received British pounds at variable rates) used
to hedge the foreign currency and interest rate risks inherent
in the intercompany loan asset were terminated early at the
beginning of 2002.


To achieve the defined mixture of fixed and
floating rate debt in our functional currencies, Central
Treasury entered into forward U.S. dollar-denominated
interest rate swaps (we will pay U.S. dollars at fixed
rates and will receive U.S. dollars at variable rates) and
cross-currency interest rate swaps (we pay U.S. dollars at
fixed rates and receive euro at fixed rates) in 2002. In
addition, we early terminated U.S. dollar-denominated
interest rate swaps (we paid U.S. dollars at variable rates
and received U.S. dollars at fixed rates), euro-denominated
interest rate swaps (we paid euro at fixed rates and received
euro at variables rates) and cross-currency interest rate swaps
(we paid euro at variable rates and received U.S. dollars
at variable rates). The result of these adjustments is that the
level of U.S. dollar liquid financial assets and
liabilities at fixed rates increased whereas the level of euro
liquid financial assets and liabilities at fixed rates declined.
The termination of cross-currency swaps reduced the
euro-denominated debt and increased the
U.S. dollar-denominated debt position. Further, we
terminated British pound-denominated interest swaps (we paid
British pounds at fixed rates and received British pounds at
variable rates) in 2002 to reduce the level of British
pound-denominated liquid financial assets and liabilities at
fixed rates. At December 31, 2002 interest rates for 70% of
the euro liquid financial assets and liabilities and 99% of the
British pound liquid financial assets and liabilities were
effectively fixed compared to 75% and 85% at December 31,
2001. The effective U.S. dollar fixed rate debt level,
which was 83% at December 31, 2002, was measured and
managed for the first time in 2002.




ITEM
12.     Description of Securities Other
than Equity Securities

Not applicable.

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PART II




ITEM
13.     Defaults, Dividend Arrearages
and Delinquencies

Not applicable.




ITEM 14.     Material
Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of
Proceeds

Not applicable.




ITEM 15.     Controls
and Procedures

Within 90 days prior to the date of this
report (the Evaluation Date), our Chairman of the
Management Board and Deputy Chairman of the Management Board
carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of our
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rules 13(a)-14(c) and 15(d)-14(c) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Based on that evaluation,
these officers have concluded that as of the Evaluation Date,
our disclosure controls and procedures were effective and
designed to ensure that material information relating to us and
our consolidated subsidiaries would be made known to them by
others within these entities.

There were no significant changes in our internal
controls, or in other factors that could significantly affect
these controls subsequent to the Evaluation Date, and no
corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses were undertaken.




ITEM
16.     [Reserved]

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PART III




ITEM
17.     Financial Statements

Not applicable.




ITEM
18.     Financial Statements

See pages F-1 through F-90.



| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | Separate financial statements required by
    Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X will be filed as an
    amendment to this Form 20-F. We expect to file these
    separate financial statements when available on or before
    June 30, 2003. Each amendment will be available through the
    Securities and Exchange Commissions website at www.sec.gov
    shortly after its filing with the Commission. Summarized
    financial information for these companies for 2001 and 2000 as
    applicable is set forth in the notes to the consolidated
    financial statements.




ITEM
19.     Exhibits

Documents filed as exhibits to this Annual Report.



| |      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
| | ---- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | 1.1  | Memorandum and Articles of Association
    (Satzung) of Deutsche Telekom AG as amended to date
    (English translation included).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|
| | 2.1  | Indenture dated as of July 6, 2000, relating
    to debt securities of Deutsche Telekom International Finance
    B.V. (incorporated by reference to Deutsche Telekoms
    Registration Statement on Form F-3, File
    No. 333-12096).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|
| | 2.2  | Except as noted above, the total amount of
    long-term debt securities of Deutsche Telekom AG authorized
    under any instrument does not exceed 10% of the total assets of
    the group on a consolidated basis. Deutsche Telekom AG hereby
    agrees to furnish to the Commission, upon its request, a copy of
    any instrument defining the rights of holders of long-term debt
    of Deutsche Telekom AG or of its subsidiaries for which
    consolidated or unconsolidated financial statements are required
    to be filed.
|
| | 4.1  | Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of
    July 23, 2000, as amended and restated on February 8,
    2001, and as amended on April 13, 2001, between Deutsche
    Telekom AG and VoiceStream Wireless Corporation and Bega, Inc.
    (incorporated by reference to Deutsche Telekoms
    registration statement on Form F-4, File
    No. 333-47306, as amended through February 9, 2001).                                                                                                                                              
|
| | 4.2  | Amendment No. 1 dated as of April 13,
    2001, to the Merger Agreement among Deutsche Telekom AG,
    VoiceStream and a Delaware corporation formed by Deutsche
    Telekom AG (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 29
    to Deutsche Telekom AGs Amendment No. 4 to
    Schedule 13D in respect to VoiceStream filed on May 1,
    2001).                                                                                                                                                                                      
|
| | 8.1  | List of subsidiaries as of the end of the year
    covered by this Annual Report.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|
| | 10.1 | Consent of Ernst & Young Deutsche
    Allgemeine Treuhand AG Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft AG and
    PwC Deutsche Revision Aktiengesellschaft
    Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|
| | 10.2 | Consent of PwC Deutsche Revision
    Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|
| | 99.1 | Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
    Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the
    Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

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SIGNATURES

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and has duly
caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Annual Report
or amendment thereto on its behalf.

|                     |  |        |  |                                                                    
|-------------------- |  | ------ |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------
|                     |  |        |  | DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG                                                
|                    
|                     |  | By:    |  | /s/ KAI-UWE RICKE                                                  
|                     |  |        |  |                                                                    
|                     |  | Name:  |  | Kai-Uwe Ricke                                                      
|                     |  | Title: |  | Chairman of the Management Board                                   
|                    
|                     |  | By:    |  | /s/ KARL-GERHARD EICK                                              
|                     |  |        |  |                                                                    
|                     |  | Name:  |  | Karl-Gerhard Eick                                                  
|                     |  | Title: |  | Deputy Chairman of the Management Board Finance
    and Controlling
|Date: April 17, 2003 |  |        |  |                                                                    



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Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Kai-Uwe Ricke, certify that:



|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|-- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|1. | I have reviewed this annual report on
    Form 20-F of Deutsche Telekom;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|  
|2. | Based on my knowledge, this annual report does
    not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
    state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
    light of the circumstances under which such statements were
    made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
    annual report;
|  
|3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
    and other financial information included in this annual report,
    fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
    results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of,
    and for, the periods presented in this annual report;                       
|  
|4. | The registrants other certifying officers
    and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
    disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
    Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and have:                                                                                                          



| |    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| | -- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | a. | designed such disclosure controls and procedures
    to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,
    including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
    others within those entities, particularly during the period in
    which this annual report is being prepared;
|
| | b. | evaluated the effectiveness of the
    registrants disclosure controls and procedures as of a
    date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this annual
    report (the Evaluation Date); and                                                                                                      
|
| | c. | presented in this annual report our conclusions
    about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
    procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;                                                                                                                                



|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|-- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|5. | The registrants other certifying officers
    and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to
    the registrants auditors and the audit committee of
    registrants board of directors (or persons performing the
    equivalent function:



| |    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
| | -- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | a. | all significant deficiencies in the design or
    operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the
    registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
    report financial data and have identified for the
    registrants auditors any material weaknesses in internal
    controls; and
|
| | b. | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
    management or other employees who have a significant role in the
    registrants internal controls; and                                                                                                                                                    



|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|-- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|6. | The registrants other certifying officers
    and I have indicated in this annual report whether or not there
    were significant changes in internal controls or in other
    factors that could significantly affect internal controls
    subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including
    any corrective action with regard to significant
    deficiencies and material weaknesses.



| |                                 
| | --------------------------------
| | /s/ KAI-UWE RICKE               
| |                                 
| | Kai-Uwe Ricke                   
| | Chairman of the Management Board

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Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Karl-Gerhard Eick, certify that:



|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|-- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|1. | I have reviewed this annual report on
    Form 20-F of Deutsche Telekom;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|  
|2. | Based on my knowledge, this annual report does
    not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
    state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
    light of the circumstances under which such statements were
    made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
    annual report;
|  
|3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
    and other financial information included in this annual report,
    fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
    results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of,
    and for, the periods presented in this annual report;                       
|  
|4. | The registrants other certifying officers
    and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
    disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
    Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and have:                                                                                                          



| |    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| | -- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | a. | designed such disclosure controls and procedures
    to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,
    including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
    others within those entities, particularly during the period in
    which this annual report is being prepared;
|
| | b. | evaluated the effectiveness of the
    registrants disclosure controls and procedures as of a
    date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this annual
    report (the Evaluation Date); and                                                                                                      
|
| | c. | presented in this annual report our conclusions
    about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
    procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;                                                                                                                                



|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|-- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|5. | The registrants other certifying officers
    and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to
    the registrants auditors and the audit committee of
    registrants board of directors (or persons performing the
    equivalent function:



| |    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
| | -- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | a. | all significant deficiencies in the design or
    operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the
    registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
    report financial data and have identified for the
    registrants auditors any material weaknesses in internal
    controls; and
|
| | b. | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
    management or other employees who have a significant role in the
    registrants internal controls; and                                                                                                                                                    



|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|-- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|6. | The registrants other certifying officers
    and I have indicated in this annual report whether or not there
    were significant changes in internal controls or in other
    factors that could significantly affect internal controls
    subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including
    any corrective action with regard to significant
    deficiencies and material weaknesses.



| |                                        
| | ---------------------------------------
| | /s/ KARL-GERHARD EICK                  
| |                                        
| | Karl-Gerhard Eick                      
| | Deputy Chairman of the Management Board
| | Finance and Controlling                

Date: April 17, 2003



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DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS

|                                                                                                         |  |      |     | 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | --- | 
|                                                                                                         |  | Page
|                                                                                                         |  |     
|Report of Independent Accountants as of and for
    the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001           |  |      | F-2 | 
|Report of Independent Accountants for the year
    ended December 31, 2000                               |  |      | F-3 | 
|Consolidated Statements of Operations for the
    years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000           |  |      | F-4 | 
|Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31,
    2002 and 2001                                            |  |      | F-5 | 
|Consolidated Noncurrent Assets at
    December 31, 2002                                                  |  |      | F-6 | 
|Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the
    years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000           |  |      | F-7 | 
|Consolidated Statements of Shareholders
    Equity for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 |  |      | F-8 | 
|Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements                                                           |  |      | F-9 | 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

To the Board of Management and Shareholders of
Deutsche Telekom AG

We have audited the accompanying consolidated
balance sheets of Deutsche Telekom AG as of
December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, shareholders equity, and cash
flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are
the responsibility of the Companys management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with
auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the
audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits
provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred
to above present fairly, in all material respects, the
consolidated financial position of Deutsche Telekom AG at
December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the consolidated results of
its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in
Germany.

Accounting principles generally accepted in
Germany vary in certain important respects from accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The application of the latter would have affected the
determination of consolidated results of operations for the
years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the
determination of consolidated shareholders equity and
consolidated financial position at December 31, 2002 and
2001 to the extent summarized in Notes 40, 41, 42 and 43 to
the consolidated financial statements.

March 17, 2003

Ernst & Young

Deutsche Allgemeine Treuhand AG


Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft


Stuttgart


|                    |  |                   
|------------------- |  | ------------------
|(Prof. Dr. Pfitzer) |  | (Hollweg)         
|Wirtschaftspruefer  |  | Wirtschaftspruefer

PwC Deutsche Revision

Aktiengesellschaft


Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft


Frankfurt am Main


|                   |  |                   
|------------------ |  | ------------------
|(Frings)           |  | (Laue)            
|Wirtschaftspruefer |  | Wirtschaftspruefer

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

To the Board of Management and Shareholders of
Deutsche Telekom AG

We have audited the accompanying consolidated
statements of operations, shareholders equity, and cash
flows for the year ended December 31, 2000. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Companys
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with
auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the
audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit
provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred
to above present fairly, in all material respects the
consolidated results of operations and cash flows of Deutsche
Telekom AG for the year ended December 31, 2000 in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in
Germany.

Accounting principles generally accepted in
Germany vary in certain important respects from accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The application of the latter would have affected the
determination of consolidated net income for the year ended
December 31, 2000 to the extent summarized in
Notes 40, 41, 42 and 43 to the consolidated financial
statements.

Frankfurt am Main 
 March 26, 2001, 
 except for Notes 40, 41, 42 and 43 as to which the date is
February 13, 2002

PwC Deutsche Revision

Aktiengesellschaft


Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft


|                   |  |                   
|------------------ |  | ------------------
|(Frings)           |  | (Laue)            
|Wirtschaftspruefer |  | Wirtschaftspruefer

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
OPERATIONS

|                                                          |  |       |     |                                 |  |      |         |      |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|--------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----- | --- | ------------------------------- |  | ---- | ------- | ---- |  |  | ------- | - |  |  | ------- | -
|                                                          |  |       |     |                                
|                                                          |  |       |     | For the year ended December 31,
|                                                          |  |       |     |                                
|                                                          |  | Notes |     | 2002                            |  | 2001 |         | 2000
|                                                          |  |       |     |                                 |  |      |         |     
|                                                          |  |       |     |                                
|                                                          |  |       |     | (millions of )                
|Net revenue                                               |  |       | (1  | )                               |  |      | 53,689  |      |  |  | 48,309  |   |  |  | 40,939  |  
|Change in inventories and other own capitalized
    costs |  |       | (2  | )                               |  |      | 534     |      |  |  | 879     |   |  |  | 864     |  
|                                                          |  |       |     |                                 |  |      |         |      |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Total operating performance                               |  |       |     |                                 |  |      | 54,223  |      |  |  | 49,188  |   |  |  | 41,803  |  
|                                                          |  |       |     |                                 |  |      |         |      |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Other operating income                                    |  |       | (3  | )                               |  |      | 3,901   |      |  |  | 6,619   |   |  |  | 11,002  |  
|Goods and services purchased                              |  |       | (4  | )                               |  |      | (14,418 | )    |  |  | (13,477 | ) |  |  | (11,950 | )
|Personnel costs                                           |  |       | (5  | )                               |  |      | (13,480 | )    |  |  | (12,114 | ) |  |  | (9,718  | )
|Depreciation and amortization                             |  |       | (6  | )                               |  |      | (36,880 | )    |  |  | (15,221 | ) |  |  | (12,991 | )
|Other operating expenses                                  |  |       | (7  | )                               |  |      | (14,110 | )    |  |  | (12,151 | ) |  |  | (10,424 | )
|Financial income (expense), net                           |  |       | (8  | )                               |  |      | (6,022  | )    |  |  | (5,348  | ) |  |  | (1,230  | )
|                                                          |  |       |     |                                 |  |      |         |      |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Results from ordinary business
    activities             |  |       |     |                                 |  |      | (26,786 | )    |  |  | (2,504  | ) |  |  | 6,492   |  
|                                                          |  |       |     |                                 |  |      |         |      |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Extraordinary losses                                      |  |       | (9  | )                               |  |      |        |      |  |  |        |   |  |  | (159    | )
|Income tax expense (benefit)                              |  |       | (10 | )                               |  |      | 2,483   |      |  |  | (808    | ) |  |  | (318    | )
|                                                          |  |       |     |                                 |  |      |         |      |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Income (loss) after taxes                                 |  |       |     |                                 |  |      | (24,303 | )    |  |  | (3,312  | ) |  |  | 6,015   |  
|Losses applicable to minority shareholders                |  |       | (11 | )                               |  |      | (284    | )    |  |  | (142    | ) |  |  | (89     | )
|                                                          |  |       |     |                                 |  |      |         |      |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Net income (loss)                                         |  |       |     |                                 |  |      | (24,587 | )    |  |  | (3,454  | ) |  |  | 5,926   |  
|                                                          |  |       |     |                                 |  |      |         |      |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Earnings (loss) per share in
                            |  |       |     |                                 |  |      | (5.86   | )    |  |  | (0.93   | ) |  |  | 1.96    |  
|                                                          |  |       |     |                                 |  |      |         |      |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of
the consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----- | --- | ------------------ |  | ---- | ------- | - |  |  | ------- | -
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                   
|                                                                 |  |       |     | As of December 31,
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                   
|                                                                 |  | Notes |     | 2002               |  | 2001
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |     
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                   
|                                                                 |  |       |     | (millions of )   
|Assets                                                           |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Noncurrent assets                                                |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Intangible assets                                                |  |       | (12 | )                  |  |      | 53,402  |   |  |  | 80,051  |  
|Property, plant and equipment                                    |  |       | (13 | )                  |  |      | 53,955  |   |  |  | 58,708  |  
|Financial assets                                                 |  |       | (14 | )                  |  |      | 4,169   |   |  |  | 7,957   |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      | 111,526 |   |  |  | 146,716 |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Current assets                                                   |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Inventories, materials and supplies                              |  |       | (15 | )                  |  |      | 1,556   |   |  |  | 1,671   |  
|Receivables                                                      |  |       | (16 | )                  |  |      | 6,258   |   |  |  | 6,826   |  
|Other assets                                                     |  |       | (17 | )                  |  |      | 3,392   |   |  |  | 4,966   |  
|Marketable securities                                            |  |       | (18 | )                  |  |      | 413     |   |  |  | 702     |  
|Liquid assets                                                    |  |       | (19 | )                  |  |      | 1,905   |   |  |  | 2,868   |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      | 13,524  |   |  |  | 17,033  |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Prepaid expenses, deferred charges and
    deferred taxation     |  |       | (20 | )                  |  |      | 771     |   |  |  | 813     |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      | 125,821 |   |  |  | 164,562 |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Shareholders equity and
    liabilities                         |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Shareholders equity                                             |  |       | (21 | )                  |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Capital stock                                                    |  |       | (22 | )                  |  |      | 10,746  |   |  |  | 10,746  |  
|Additional paid-in capital                                       |  |       | (23 | )                  |  |      | 50,077  |   |  |  | 49,994  |  
|Retained earnings                                                |  |       | (24 | )                  |  |      | 248     |   |  |  | 5,179   |  
|Unappropriated net income carried forward from
    previous year |  |       |     |                    |  |      | 23      |   |  |  | 101     |  
|Net loss                                                         |  |       |     |                    |  |      | (24,587 | ) |  |  | (3,454  | )
|Cumulative translation adjustment account                        |  |       |     |                    |  |      | (5,079  | ) |  |  | (1,572  | )
|Minority interest                                                |  |       | (25 | )                  |  |      | 3,988   |   |  |  | 5,307   |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      | 35,416  |   |  |  | 66,301  |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Accruals                                                         |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Pensions and similar obligations                                 |  |       | (27 | )                  |  |      | 3,942   |   |  |  | 3,661   |  
|Other accruals                                                   |  |       | (28 | )                  |  |      | 12,155  |   |  |  | 14,766  |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      | 16,097  |   |  |  | 18,427  |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Liabilities                                                      |  |       | (29 | )                  |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Debt                                                             |  |       |     |                    |  |      | 63,044  |   |  |  | 67,031  |  
|Other                                                            |  |       |     |                    |  |      | 10,541  |   |  |  | 12,020  |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      | 73,585  |   |  |  | 79,051  |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Deferred income                                                  |  |       |     |                    |  |      | 723     |   |  |  | 783     |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      | 125,821 |   |  |  | 164,562 |  
|                                                                 |  |       |     |                    |  |      |         |   |  |  |         |  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of
the consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED NONCURRENT ASSETS

|                                                                                                  |  |                                |         |                |  |               |         |           |  |           |       |           |  |      |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |         | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------ | ------- | -------------- |  | ------------- | ------- | --------- |  | --------- | ----- | --------- |  | ---- | ------ |  |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | ------ | - |  |  | ------- | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                               
|                                                                                                  |  | Acquisition or production cost
|                                                                                                  |  |                               
|                                                                                                  |  |                                |         | Changes in the |  |              
|                                                                                                  |  |                                |         | composition of |  |              
|                                                                                                  |  | Jan. 1,                        |         | Translation    |  | the Deutsche  |         |           |  | Reclassi- |       | Dec. 31, 
|(millions of )                                                                                   |  | 2002                           |         | adjustment     |  | Telekom Group |         | Additions |  | Disposals |       | fications |  | 2002
|                                                                                                  |  |                                |         |                |  |               |         |           |  |           |       |           |  |     
|Intangible assets                                                                                 |  |                                |         |                |  |               |         |           |  |           |       |           |  |      |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |         | 
|Concessions, industrial and similar rights and
    assets, and licences in such rights and assets |  |                                | 43,168  |                |  |               | (4,318  | )         |  |           | 1,008 |           |  |      | 776    |  |  |  | 756   |  |  |  | 896    |   |  |  | 40,774  | 
|Goodwill statements                                                                               |  |                                | 46,075  |                |  |               | (4,509  | )         |  |           | 215   |           |  |      | 4,482  |  |  |  | 23    |  |  |  | 635    |   |  |  | 46,875  | 
|Advance payments                                                                                  |  |                                | 200     |                |  |               | 1       |           |  |           | 1     |           |  |      | 97     |  |  |  | 5     |  |  |  | (160   | ) |  |  | 134     | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                |         |                |  |               |         |           |  |           |       |           |  |      |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |         | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                | 89,443  |                |  |               | (8,826  | )         |  |           | 1,224 |           |  |      | 5,355  |  |  |  | 784   |  |  |  | 1,371  |   |  |  | 87,783  | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                |         |                |  |               |         |           |  |           |       |           |  |      |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |         | 
|Property, plant and equipment                                                                     |  |                                |         |                |  |               |         |           |  |           |       |           |  |      |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |         | 
|Land and equivalent rights, and buildings
    including buildings on land owned by third parties  |  |                                | 19,901  |                |  |               | (19     | )         |  |           | 191   |           |  |      | 177    |  |  |  | 1,569 |  |  |  | 98     |   |  |  | 18,779  | 
|Technical equipment and machinery                                                                 |  |                                | 81,905  |                |  |               | (830    | )         |  |           | 412   |           |  |      | 3,435  |  |  |  | 1,413 |  |  |  | 2,951  |   |  |  | 86,460  | 
|Other equipment, plant and office equipment                                                       |  |                                | 6,955   |                |  |               | (116    | )         |  |           | 3     |           |  |      | 816    |  |  |  | 437   |  |  |  | (648   | ) |  |  | 6,573   | 
|Advance payments and construction in progress                                                     |  |                                | 2,955   |                |  |               | (149    | )         |  |           | 23    |           |  |      | 2,627  |  |  |  | 20    |  |  |  | (3,162 | ) |  |  | 2,274   | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                |         |                |  |               |         |           |  |           |       |           |  |      |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |         | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                | 111,716 |                |  |               | (1,114  | )         |  |           | 629   |           |  |      | 7,055  |  |  |  | 3,439 |  |  |  | (761   | ) |  |  | 114,086 | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                |         |                |  |               |         |           |  |           |       |           |  |      |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |         | 
|Financial assets                                                                                  |  |                                |         |                |  |               |         |           |  |           |       |           |  |      |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |         | 
|Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries                                                        |  |                                | 297     |                |  |               | 0       |           |  |           | 27    |           |  |      | 29     |  |  |  | 39    |  |  |  | (4     | ) |  |  | 310     | 
|Loans to unconsolidated subsidiaries                                                              |  |                                | 82      |                |  |               | 0       |           |  |           | 0     |           |  |      | 22     |  |  |  | 46    |  |  |  | 0      |   |  |  | 58      | 
|Investments in associated companies                                                               |  |                                | 4,776   |                |  |               | (425    | )         |  |           | (193  | )         |  |      | 551    |  |  |  | 566   |  |  |  | (992   | ) |  |  | 3,151   | 
|Other investments in related companies                                                            |  |                                | 2,303   |                |  |               | (8      | )         |  |           | 1     |           |  |      | 46     |  |  |  | 1,236 |  |  |  | 382    |   |  |  | 1,488   | 
|Long-term loans to associated and related
    companies                                           |  |                                | 870     |                |  |               | (4      | )         |  |           | (25   | )         |  |      | 5      |  |  |  | 29    |  |  |  | (17    | ) |  |  | 800     | 
|Other investments in noncurrent securities                                                        |  |                                | 903     |                |  |               | (1      | )         |  |           | 0     |           |  |      | 50     |  |  |  | 319   |  |  |  | (11    | ) |  |  | 622     | 
|Other long-term loans                                                                             |  |                                | 535     |                |  |               | (2      | )         |  |           | (236  | )         |  |      | 49     |  |  |  | 257   |  |  |  | 32     |   |  |  | 121     | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                |         |                |  |               |         |           |  |           |       |           |  |      |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |         | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                | 9,766   |                |  |               | (440    | )         |  |           | (426  | )         |  |      | 752    |  |  |  | 2,492 |  |  |  | (610   | ) |  |  | 6,550   | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                |         |                |  |               |         |           |  |           |       |           |  |      |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |         | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                | 210,925 |                |  |               | (10,380 | )         |  |           | 1,427 |           |  |      | 13,162 |  |  |  | 6,715 |  |  |  | 0      |   |  |  | 208,419 | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                |         |                |  |               |         |           |  |           |       |           |  |      |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |   |  |  |         | 

[Additional columns below]

[Continued from above table, first column(s) repeated]

|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |        |                |  |               |        |           |  |  |     |   |  |  |        | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------------ | ------ | -------------- |  | ------------- | ------ | --------- |  |  | --- | - |  |  | ------ | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                           
|                                                                                                  |  | Depreciation, amortization and write-downs
|                                                                                                  |  |                                           
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |        | Changes in the |  |              
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |        | composition of |  |              
|                                                                                                  |  | Jan. 1,                                    |        | Translation    |  | the Deutsche  |        |          
|(millions of )                                                                                   |  | 2002                                       |        | adjustment     |  | Telekom Group |        | Additions
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |        |                |  |               |        |          
|Intangible assets                                                                                 |  |                                            |        |                |  |               |        |           |  |  |     |   |  |  |        | 
|Concessions, industrial and similar rights and
    assets, and licences in such rights and assets |  |                                            | 3,914  |                |  |               | (1,321 | )         |  |  | 512 |   |  |  | 14,242 | 
|Goodwill statements                                                                               |  |                                            | 5,478  |                |  |               | (1,295 | )         |  |  | 74  |   |  |  | 13,108 | 
|Advance payments                                                                                  |  |                                            | 0      |                |  |               | 0      |           |  |  | 0   |   |  |  | 5      | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |        |                |  |               |        |           |  |  |     |   |  |  |        | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            | 9,392  |                |  |               | (2,616 | )         |  |  | 586 |   |  |  | 27,355 | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |        |                |  |               |        |           |  |  |     |   |  |  |        | 
|Property, plant and equipment                                                                     |  |                                            |        |                |  |               |        |           |  |  |     |   |  |  |        | 
|Land and equivalent rights, and buildings
    including buildings on land owned by third parties  |  |                                            | 6,838  |                |  |               | (7     | )         |  |  | 38  |   |  |  | 928    | 
|Technical equipment and machinery                                                                 |  |                                            | 41,958 |                |  |               | (172   | )         |  |  | 94  |   |  |  | 7,607  | 
|Other equipment, plant and office equipment                                                       |  |                                            | 4,212  |                |  |               | (46    | )         |  |  | (14 | ) |  |  | 989    | 
|Advance payments and construction in progress                                                     |  |                                            | 0      |                |  |               | 0      |           |  |  | 0   |   |  |  | 1      | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |        |                |  |               |        |           |  |  |     |   |  |  |        | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            | 53,008 |                |  |               | (225   | )         |  |  | 118 |   |  |  | 9,525  | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |        |                |  |               |        |           |  |  |     |   |  |  |        | 
|Financial assets                                                                                  |  |                                            |        |                |  |               |        |           |  |  |     |   |  |  |        | 
|Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries                                                        |  |                                            | 69     |                |  |               | 0      |           |  |  | 28  |   |  |  | 102    | 
|Loans to unconsolidated subsidiaries                                                              |  |                                            | 0      |                |  |               | 0      |           |  |  | 0   |   |  |  | 0      | 
|Investments in associated companies                                                               |  |                                            | 832    |                |  |               | (29    | )         |  |  | 1   |   |  |  | 316    | 
|Other investments in related companies                                                            |  |                                            | 408    |                |  |               | (1     | )         |  |  | 0   |   |  |  | 678    | 
|Long-term loans to associated and related
    companies                                           |  |                                            | 475    |                |  |               | 0      |           |  |  | 1   |   |  |  | 322    | 
|Other investments in noncurrent securities                                                        |  |                                            | 24     |                |  |               | 0      |           |  |  | 0   |   |  |  | 384    | 
|Other long-term loans                                                                             |  |                                            | 1      |                |  |               | 0      |           |  |  | 0   |   |  |  | 13     | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |        |                |  |               |        |           |  |  |     |   |  |  |        | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            | 1,809  |                |  |               | (30    | )         |  |  | 30  |   |  |  | 1,815  | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |        |                |  |               |        |           |  |  |     |   |  |  |        | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            | 64,209 |                |  |               | (2,871 | )         |  |  | 734 |   |  |  | 38,695 | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |        |                |  |               |        |           |  |  |     |   |  |  |        | 

[Additional columns below]

[Continued from above table, first column(s) repeated]

|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |       |              |  |              |      |          |  |          |    |          |  |  |        |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |         | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------------ | ----- | ------------ |  | ------------ | ---- | -------- |  | -------- | -- | -------- |  |  | ------ |  |  |  | ------- |  |  |  | ------- | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |       |              |  |              |      |          |  |         
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |       | Net carrying
|                                                                                                  |  | Depreciation, amortization and write-downs |       | amount      
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |       |             
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |       | Reclassi-    |  | Reinstated   |      | Dec. 31, |  | Dec. 31, |    | Dec. 31,
|(millions of )                                                                                   |  | Disposals                                  |       | fications    |  | depreciation |      | 2002     |  | 2002     |    | 2001    
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |       |              |  |              |      |          |  |          |    |         
|Intangible assets                                                                                 |  |                                            |       |              |  |              |      |          |  |          |    |          |  |  |        |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |         | 
|Concessions, industrial and similar rights and
    assets, and licences in such rights and assets |  |                                            | 732   |              |  |              | 329  |          |  |          | 7  |          |  |  | 16,937 |  |  |  | 23,837  |  |  |  | 39,254  | 
|Goodwill statements                                                                               |  |                                            | 23    |              |  |              | 97   |          |  |          | 0  |          |  |  | 17,439 |  |  |  | 29,436  |  |  |  | 40,597  | 
|Advance payments                                                                                  |  |                                            | 0     |              |  |              | 0    |          |  |          | 0  |          |  |  | 5      |  |  |  | 129     |  |  |  | 200     | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |       |              |  |              |      |          |  |          |    |          |  |  |        |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |         | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            | 755   |              |  |              | 426  |          |  |          | 7  |          |  |  | 34,381 |  |  |  | 53,402  |  |  |  | 80,051  | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |       |              |  |              |      |          |  |          |    |          |  |  |        |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |         | 
|Property, plant and equipment                                                                     |  |                                            |       |              |  |              |      |          |  |          |    |          |  |  |        |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |         | 
|Land and equivalent rights, and buildings
    including buildings on land owned by third parties  |  |                                            | 434   |              |  |              | 55   |          |  |          | 1  |          |  |  | 7,417  |  |  |  | 11,362  |  |  |  | 13,063  | 
|Technical equipment and machinery                                                                 |  |                                            | 1,171 |              |  |              | 110  |          |  |          | 0  |          |  |  | 48,426 |  |  |  | 38,034  |  |  |  | 39,947  | 
|Other equipment, plant and office equipment                                                       |  |                                            | 366   |              |  |              | (485 | )        |  |          | 3  |          |  |  | 4,287  |  |  |  | 2,286   |  |  |  | 2,743   | 
|Advance payments and construction in progress                                                     |  |                                            | 0     |              |  |              | 0    |          |  |          | 0  |          |  |  | 1      |  |  |  | 2,273   |  |  |  | 2,955   | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |       |              |  |              |      |          |  |          |    |          |  |  |        |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |         | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            | 1,971 |              |  |              | (320 | )        |  |          | 4  |          |  |  | 60,131 |  |  |  | 53,955  |  |  |  | 58,708  | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |       |              |  |              |      |          |  |          |    |          |  |  |        |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |         | 
|Financial assets                                                                                  |  |                                            |       |              |  |              |      |          |  |          |    |          |  |  |        |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |         | 
|Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries                                                        |  |                                            | 32    |              |  |              | 0    |          |  |          | 6  |          |  |  | 161    |  |  |  | 149     |  |  |  | 228     | 
|Loans to unconsolidated subsidiaries                                                              |  |                                            | 0     |              |  |              | 0    |          |  |          | 0  |          |  |  | 0      |  |  |  | 58      |  |  |  | 82      | 
|Investments in associated companies                                                               |  |                                            | 137   |              |  |              | (425 | )        |  |          | 0  |          |  |  | 558    |  |  |  | 2,593   |  |  |  | 3,944   | 
|Other investments in related companies                                                            |  |                                            | 937   |              |  |              | 319  |          |  |          | 0  |          |  |  | 467    |  |  |  | 1,021   |  |  |  | 1,895   | 
|Long-term loans to associated and related
    companies                                           |  |                                            | 1     |              |  |              | 0    |          |  |          | 0  |          |  |  | 797    |  |  |  | 3       |  |  |  | 395     | 
|Other investments in noncurrent securities                                                        |  |                                            | 24    |              |  |              | 0    |          |  |          | 0  |          |  |  | 384    |  |  |  | 238     |  |  |  | 879     | 
|Other long-term loans                                                                             |  |                                            | 0     |              |  |              | 0    |          |  |          | 0  |          |  |  | 14     |  |  |  | 107     |  |  |  | 534     | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |       |              |  |              |      |          |  |          |    |          |  |  |        |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |         | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            | 1,131 |              |  |              | (106 | )        |  |          | 6  |          |  |  | 2,381  |  |  |  | 4,169   |  |  |  | 7,957   | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |       |              |  |              |      |          |  |          |    |          |  |  |        |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |         | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            | 3,857 |              |  |              | 0    |          |  |          | 17 |          |  |  | 96,893 |  |  |  | 111,526 |  |  |  | 146,716 | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                                            |       |              |  |              |      |          |  |          |    |          |  |  |        |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |         | 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH
FLOWS

|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |      |         |        |   |  |         |         |  
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------- | ------ | - | ---- | ------- | ------ | - |  | ------- | ------- | -
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                
|                                                                                  |                                                                  | For the year ended December 31,
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                
|                                                                                  |                                                                  | 2002                            |         | 2001   |   | 2000
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |     
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                
|                                                                                  |                                                                  | (millions of )                
|Net income (loss)                                                                 |                                                                  |                                 | (24,587 | )      |   |      | (3,454  | )      |   |  | 5,926   |        
|Income applicable to minority shareholders                                        |                                                                  |                                 | 284     |        |   |      | 142     |        |   |  | 89      |        
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |      |         |        |   |  |         |        
|Income (loss) after taxes                                                         |                                                                  |                                 | (24,303 | )      |   |      | (3,312  | )      |   |  | 6,015   |        
|Depreciation and amortization                                                     |                                                                  |                                 | 36,880  |        |   |      | 15,221  |        |   |  | 12,991  |        
|Income tax (expense) benefit                                                      |                                                                  |                                 | (2,847  | )      |   |      | 751     |        |   |  | 194     |        
|Net interest expense                                                              |                                                                  |                                 | 4,048   |        |   |      | 4,138   |        |   |  | 3,097   |        
|Net gains from the disposition of noncurrent
    assets                           |                                                                  |                                 | (428    | )      |   |      | (1,106  | )      |   |  | (4,796  | )      
|Results from associated companies                                                 |                                                                  |                                 | 430     |        |   |      | 547     |        |   |  | (1,890  | )      
|Other noncash transactions                                                        |                                                                  |                                 | 1,144   |        |   |      | (1,146  | )      |   |  | (2,661  | )      
|(Increase) decrease in capitalized working
    capital*                           |                                                                  |                                 | 184     |        |   |      | 428     |        |   |  | (1,791  | )      
|(Increase) decrease in accruals                                                   |                                                                  |                                 | 1,410   |        |   |      | (136    | )      |   |  | 1,078   |        
|Decrease in other working capital carried as a
    liability**                    |                                                                  |                                 | 101     |        |   |      | 761     |        |   |  | 1,391   |        
|Income taxes (paid) received                                                      |                                                                  |                                 | (15     | )      |   |      | 10      |        |   |  | (871    | )      
|Dividends received                                                                |                                                                  |                                 | 63      |        |   |      | 115     |        |   |  | 189     |        
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |      |         |        |   |  |         |        
|Cash generated from operations                                                    |                                                                  |                                 | 16,667  |        |   |      | 16,271  |        |   |  | 12,946  |        
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |      |         |        |   |  |         |        
|Interest paid                                                                     |                                                                  |                                 | (6,112  | )      |   |      | (4,779  | )      |   |  | (3,873  | )      
|Interest received                                                                 |                                                                  |                                 | 1,908   |        |   |      | 442     |        |   |  | 927     |        
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |      |         |        |   |  |         |        
|Net cash provided by operating
    activities                                     |                                                                  |                                 | 12,463  |        |   |      | 11,934  |        |   |  | 10,000  |        
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |      |         |        |   |  |         |        
|Cash outflows from investments in                                                 |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |      |         |        |   |  |         |        
|                                                                                  |  intangible assets                                              |                                 |         | (841   | ) |      |         | (1,021 | ) |  |         | (15,980 | )
|                                                                                  |  property, plant and equipment                                  |                                 |         | (6,784 | ) |      |         | (9,847 | ) |  |         | (7,556  | )
|                                                                                  |  financial assets                                               |                                 |         | (568   | ) |      |         | (498   | ) |  |         | (8,487  | )
|                                                                                  |  consolidated companies                                         |                                 |         | (6,405 | ) |      |         | (5,695 | ) |  |         | (4,343  | )
|Cash inflows from disposition of                                                  |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |      |         |        |   |  |         |        
|                                                                                  |  intangible assets                                              |                                 |         | 14     |   |      |         | 208    |   |  |         | 10      |  
|                                                                                  |  property, plant and equipment                                  |                                 |         | 1,304  |   |      |         | 1,146  |   |  |         | 655     |  
|                                                                                  |  financial assets                                               |                                 |         | 1,130  |   |      |         | 3,514  |   |  |         | 4,474   |  
|                                                                                  |  shareholdings in consolidated
    companies and business units |                                 |         | 697    |   |      |         | 1,004  |   |  |         | 3,114   |  
|Net change in short-term investments and
    marketable securities                |                                                                  |                                 | 226     |        |   |      | 4,440   |        |   |  | 401     |        
|Other                                                                             |                                                                  |                                 | 1,187   |        |   |      | 1,384   |        |   |  | 6       |        
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |      |         |        |   |  |         |        
|Net cash used for investing
    activities                                        |                                                                  |                                 | (10,040 | )      |   |      | (5,365  | )      |   |  | (27,706 | )      
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |      |         |        |   |  |         |        
|Net repayment of short-term debt                                                  |                                                                  |                                 | (10,012 | )      |   |      | (10,266 | )      |   |  | (780    | )      
|Issuance of medium and long-term debt                                             |                                                                  |                                 | 11,677  |        |   |      | 13,949  |        |   |  | 19,708  |        
|Repayments of medium and long-term debt                                           |                                                                  |                                 | (3,472  | )      |   |      | (6,589  | )      |   |  | (2,408  | )      
|Dividends paid                                                                    |                                                                  |                                 | (1,582  | )      |   |      | (1,905  | )      |   |  | (1,914  | )      
|Proceeds from share offering                                                      |                                                                  |                                 | 1       |        |   |      |        |        |   |  | 3,255   |        
|Change in minority interests                                                      |                                                                  |                                 | (47     | )      |   |      |        |        |   |  | 2       |        
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |      |         |        |   |  |         |        
|Net cash provided by (used for) financing
    activities                          |                                                                  |                                 | (3,435  | )      |   |      | (4,811  | )      |   |  | 17,863  |        
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |      |         |        |   |  |         |        
|Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes
    on cash and cash equivalents |                                                                  |                                 | (14     | )      |   |      | (26     | )      |   |  | (29     | )      
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |      |         |        |   |  |         |        
|Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash
    equivalents                          |                                                                  |                                 | (1,026  | )      |   |      | 1,732   |        |   |  | 128     |        
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |      |         |        |   |  |         |        
|Cash and cash equivalents, at beginning of
    year                               |                                                                  |                                 | 2,738   |        |   |      | 1,006   |        |   |  | 878     |        
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |      |         |        |   |  |         |        
|Cash and cash equivalents, at end of
    year                                     |                                                                  |                                 | 1,712   |        |   |      | 2,738   |        |   |  | 1,006   |        
|                                                                                  |                                                                  |                                 |         |        |   |      |         |        |   |  |         |        




|   |                                                                                                                                         
|-- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|*  | Change in receivables, liabilities, other assets,
    inventories, materials and supplies and prepaid expenses and
    deferred charges.
|** | Change in other liabilities (which do not relate
    to financing activities) and deferred income.                                      

The accompanying notes are an integral part of
the consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS
EQUITY

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|                                                                            |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |            
|                                                                            |  |               |        |            |  | Consolidated shareholders |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |         
|                                                                            |  |               |        |            |  | equity generated           |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        | Minority interest |  |       |         |         
|                                                                            |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  | Shareholders |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |         
|                                                                            |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        | Unappr. net   |  |               |        | Cumulative  |  | equity in    |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  | Cumulative  |        |               |  |              
|                                                                            |  | Capital       |        | Additional |  |                            |        | income (loss) |  | Net           |        | translation |  | acc. with    |        |                   |  |       |         | Minority |  | translation |        | Total in acc. |  | Consol.      
|                                                                            |  | stock nominal |        | paid-in    |  | Retained                   |        | carried       |  | income        |        | adjustment  |  | consol. bal. |        | Treasury          |  |       |         | interest |  | adjustment  |        | with cons.    |  | shareholders
|millions of                                                                |  | value         |        | capital    |  | earnings                   |        | forward       |  | (loss)        |        | account     |  | sheet        |        | shares(1)         |  | Total |         | capital  |  | account     |        | bal. Sheet    |  | equity(1)    
|                                                                            |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |              
|Balance at Jan. 1, 2000                                                     |  |               | 7,756  |            |  |                            | 24,121 |               |  |               | 1,842  |             |  |              | 13     |                   |  |       | 1,253   |          |  |             | (284   | )             |  |               | 34,701  |   |  |  | (14 | ) |  |  | 34,687  |   |  |  | 1,545  |   |  |  | (557 | ) |  |  | 988    |   |  |  | 35,675  |  
|                                                                            |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               |         |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |         |  
|Changes in the composition of the Group                                     |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               | (31    | )           |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               | (31     | ) |  |  |     |   |  |  | (31     | ) |  |  | 3,058  |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 3,058  |   |  |  | 3,027   |  
|Dividends for 1999                                                          |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               | (621   | )           |  |              |        |                   |  |       | (1,253  | )        |  |             |        |               |  |               | (1,874  | ) |  |  |     |   |  |  | (1,874  | ) |  |  | (25    | ) |  |  |      |   |  |  | (25    | ) |  |  | (1,899  | )
|Unappropriated net income carried forward from
    previous year            |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               | (31    | )           |  |              | 31     |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               |        |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|Increase in nominal value of capital stock                                  |  |               |        |            |  |                            | 169    |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               | 169     |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | 169     |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |   |  |  | 169     |  
|Reduction of treasury stock                                                 |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               |        |   |  |  | 7   |   |  |  | 7       |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |   |  |  | 7       |  
|Income after taxes                                                          |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       | 5,926   |          |  |             |        |               |  |               | 5,926   |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | 5,926   |   |  |  | 89     |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 89     |   |  |  | 6,015   |  
|Difference from currency translation                                        |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             | (477   | )             |  |               | (477    | ) |  |  |     |   |  |  | (477    | ) |  |  |        |   |  |  | 192  |   |  |  | 192    |   |  |  | (285    | )
|                                                                            |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               |         |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |         |  
|Balance at Dec. 31, 2000                                                    |  |               | 7,756  |            |  |                            | 24,290 |               |  |               | 1,159  |             |  |              | 44     |                   |  |       | 5,926   |          |  |             | (761   | )             |  |               | 38,414  |   |  |  | (7  | ) |  |  | 38,407  |   |  |  | 4,667  |   |  |  | (365 | ) |  |  | 4,302  |   |  |  | 42,709  |  
|                                                                            |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               |         |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |         |  
|Changes in the composition of the Group                                     |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               |         |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |   |  |  | 808    |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 808    |   |  |  | 808     |  
|Dividends for 2000                                                          |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              | (1,877 | )                 |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               | (1,877  | ) |  |  |     |   |  |  | (1,877  | ) |  |  | (33    | ) |  |  |      |   |  |  | (33    | ) |  |  | (1,910  | )
|Unappropriated net income carried forward                                   |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               | 3,992  |             |  |              | 1,934  |                   |  |       | (5,926  | )        |  |             |        |               |  |               |        |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|Stock issued for the acquisition of
    VoiceStream/Powertel                |  |               | 2,990  |            |  |                            | 25,704 |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               | 28,694  |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | 28,694  |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |   |  |  | 28,694  |  
|Loss after taxes                                                            |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       | (3,454  | )        |  |             |        |               |  |               | (3,454  | ) |  |  |     |   |  |  | (3,454  | ) |  |  | 142    |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 142    |   |  |  | (3,312  | )
|Difference from currency translation                                        |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               | 28     |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             | (811   | )             |  |               | (783    | ) |  |  |     |   |  |  | (783    | ) |  |  |        |   |  |  | 88   |   |  |  | 88     |   |  |  | (695    | )
|                                                                            |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               |         |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |         |  
|Balance at Dec. 31, 2001                                                    |  |               | 10,746 |            |  |                            | 49,994 |               |  |               | 5,179  |             |  |              | 101    |                   |  |       | (3,454  | )        |  |             | (1,572 | )             |  |               | 60,994  |   |  |  | (7  | ) |  |  | 60,987  |   |  |  | 5,584  |   |  |  | (277 | ) |  |  | 5,307  |   |  |  | 66,294  |  
|                                                                            |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               |         |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |         |  
|Changes in the composition of the Group                                     |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               |         |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |   |  |  | (1,586 | ) |  |  |      |   |  |  | (1,586 | ) |  |  | (1,586  | )
|Dividends for 2001                                                          |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              | (1,539 | )                 |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               | (1,539  | ) |  |  |     |   |  |  | (1,539  | ) |  |  | (43    | ) |  |  |      |   |  |  | (43    | ) |  |  | (1,582  | )
|Unapproriated net income carried forward                                    |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               | (4,915 | )           |  |              | 1,461  |                   |  |       | 3,454   |          |  |             |        |               |  |               |        |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|Stock issued on exercise of stock options,
    warrants and exchange rights |  |               |        |            |  |                            | 83     |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               | 83      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | 83      |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |   |  |  | 83      |  
|Loss after taxes                                                            |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       | (24,587 | )        |  |             |        |               |  |               | (24,587 | ) |  |  |     |   |  |  | (24,587 | ) |  |  | 284    |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 284    |   |  |  | (24,303 | )
|Difference from currency translation                                        |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               | (16    | )           |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             | (3,507 | )             |  |               | (3,523  | ) |  |  |     |   |  |  | (3,523  | ) |  |  |        |   |  |  | 26   |   |  |  | 26     |   |  |  | (3,497  | )
|                                                                            |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               |         |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |         |  
|Balance at Dec. 31, 2002                                                    |  |               | 10,746 |            |  |                            | 50,077 |               |  |               | 248    |             |  |              | 23     |                   |  |       | (24,587 | )        |  |             | (5,079 | )             |  |               | 31,428  |   |  |  | (7  | ) |  |  | 31,421  |   |  |  | 4,239  |   |  |  | (251 | ) |  |  | 3,988  |   |  |  | 35,409  |  
|                                                                            |  |               |        |            |  |                            |        |               |  |               |        |             |  |              |        |                   |  |       |         |          |  |             |        |               |  |               |         |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |         |  






|    |                                                                                                  
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Treasury shares are included within marketable
    securities in the consolidated balance sheets.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of
the consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS

Summary of Accounting Policies

Description of Business and Relationship with
the Federal Republic of Germany

The business of the Deutsche Telekom Group
(hereafter referred to as Deutsche Telekom, the Company or the
Group) is structured in four divisions: T-Com, T-Systems,
T-Mobile and T-Online.

T-Com is one of the largest fixed-network
operators in Europe, operating approximately 57.5 million
lines  including ISDN channels. In Germany, T-Com
serves residential customers and small and medium-sized business
customers with over 51 million lines  including
ISDN channels  and a broad range of products and
services. As a full-service provider, T-Com offers integrated
solutions consisting of information technology and
telecommunications to approximately 440,000 small and
medium-sized companies in Germany. T-Com is present in the
markets within Central and Eastern Europe through its
shareholdings in MATAV (Hungary), Hrvatske telekommunikacije
(Croatia) and Slovenske Telekommunikacie (Slovakia).

T-Systems serves Deutsche Telekoms key
account customers both domestically (within Germany) and
internationally with comprehensive information technology and
telecommunications services and e-business solutions.

Deutsche Telekom bundles its main mobile
communications activities in the division T-Mobile. The mobile
communications holding company is focused on the growth markets
in Europe and the USA. In total, T-Mobile is represented in
eight countries around the world with subsidiaries and
affiliated companies. The network operators T-Mobile Deutschland
GmbH (Germany), T-Mobile Austria GmbH (Austria, hereafter
referred to as T-Mobile Austria), T-Mobile UK Ltd. (United
Kingdom, hereafter referred to as T-Mobile UK), T-Mobile
USA, Inc. (USA, formerly VoiceStream Wireless Corporation,
Bellevue, USA, hereafter referred to as T-Mobile USA), Powertel,
Inc. (USA, hereafter referred to as Powertel) and Ben Nederland
Holding B.V. (hereafter referred to as Ben) are
wholly-owned subsidiaries of T-Mobile International AG. The
holding company holds a majority investment in the mobile
communications provider RadioMobil a.s. (Czech Republic).
The company also has minority shareholdings in Russia (MTS) and
Poland (PTC).

T-Online is one of the largest European Internet
service providers, with more than 12.2 million customers.
In line with T-Onlines strategy, its foreign subsidiaries
T-Online.at (Austria), Ya.com (Spain), T-Online France (France),
and T-Online.ch (Switzerland) used the broadband market in 2002
to support their subscriber growth and to extend the reach of
their portals. Deutsche Telekom also includes the publishing
business of DeTeMedien in the T-Online division.

Other includes all Group units which
cannot be allocated to an individual segment. These include the
Deutsche Telekom Group headquarters as well as the subsidiaries
and shared services assigned to it, such as real estate, billing
services, fleet management and the newly established Personnel
Service Agency (PSA), as well as various competence centers and
other subsidiaries, associated and related companies of the
Group.

The Company, Deutsche Telekom AG, was registered
with the Commercial Registry of the Bonn District Court
(Amtsgericht  HRB 6794) on January 2, 1995.

The Federal Republic of Germanys direct and
indirect shareholding in Deutsche Telekom at December 31,
2002 amounted to 42.77%. The direct shareholding amounted to
30.75% (1,290,835,401 shares); a further 12.02% (504,590,664
shares) are held by a federal corporation, the Kreditanstalt
fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW). The Federal Republic administers its
shareholding and exercises its rights as a shareholder through a
public law entity, the Bundesanstalt fuer Post und
Telekommunikation Deutsche Bundespost (the Federal Agency),
which is subject to supervision by the Federal Ministry of
Finance (BMF).

The Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications
and Posts (the Regulatory Authority) commenced its activities on
January 1, 1998. The Regulatory Authority, which is under
the authority of the Federal Ministry of Economics, supervises
the telecommunications sector in Germany, and in this capacity
regulates the business activities of Deutsche Telekom.

The Federal Republic of Germany is one of
Deutsche Telekoms customers; it sources services from the
Company at market conditions. The Group provides services to
various departments and agencies of the Federal Republic at
market prices and terms based on Deutsche Telekoms
commercial pricing policies. Services provided to any one
department or agency of the Federal Republic do not represent a
significant component of Deutsche Telekoms net revenues.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS  (Continued)


Summary of Significant Accounting
Principles

The annual consolidated financial statements and
the management report of the Deutsche Telekom Group have been
prepared in accordance with the requirements of the German
Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch  HGB), referred to
as German GAAP below, and German Stock Corporation Law
(Aktiengesetz  AktG). In general, Deutsche Telekom
applies the relevant German Accounting Standards (DRS). However,
the Company did not apply the valuation method for capital
consolidation as required by DRS 4; Deutsche Telekom
decided not to apply this standard in order to avoid valuation
differences between German GAAP and U.S. GAAP.

In addition to having its shares traded on the
Frankfurt and other German stock exchanges, as well as the Tokyo
exchange, Deutsche Telekom shares are traded in the form of
American Depositary Shares (ADS) on the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) and the German stock exchanges. Differences between the
accounting principles in Deutsche Telekoms consolidated
financial statements and those of U.S. GAAP are, in most
cases, the result of binding rules of German GAAP which differ
from those of U.S. GAAP.

The consolidated financial statements differ from
financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Differences in accounting and valuation principles applied in
Deutsche Telekoms financial statements and those of
U.S. GAAP are shown in a reconciliation in note (40)
et. seq. to the consolidated financial statements.

German GAAP requires only one year of comparative
figures for the statement of operations, whereas the SEC
requires the two previous years. The SEC also requires three
years of cash flow statements and statements of
shareholders equity.

The consolidated balance sheets and the
consolidated statements of operations are prepared in accordance
with the classification requirements of § 298 HGB, in
combination with § 266 and § 275 HGB. The
statements of operations are prepared using the total cost
method. All amounts shown are in millions of euros
(/EUR). Certain
items have been combined in order to make the financial
statements more informative and understandable. These items are
shown separately in the notes. In the case of changes in
presentation, prior-year amounts are reclassified to conform
with the current-year presentation. In accordance with
§ 297 (1) sentence 2 HGB, the consolidated
accounts also include a consolidated statements of cash flows
and a segment report; in addition, the consolidated accounts
also include a consolidated statements of shareholders
equity. In conformity with international practice, reporting
begins with the income statement, and the statements of cash
flows and the statements of shareholders equity precede
the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

The consolidated financial statements are
prepared in accordance with uniform accounting policies. The
accounting policies used in the consolidated financial
statements differ from those used in the unconsolidated
financial statements of the parent company. Such differences,
mostly applied to conform with U.S. GAAP, include the
following:



| |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
| | - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | Property, plant and equipment leased under
    contracts for which, in accordance with U.S. GAAP and in
    contrast to the leasing provisions of tax law, the risks and
    rewards of ownership have been assumed (excluding sale and lease
    back transactions) are capitalized. Scheduled depreciation is
    recorded over the shorter of the estimated useful economic life
    of the asset or the term of the lease. The present value of
    payment obligations resulting from future lease payments is
    included as liabilities.
|
| |  | Interest incurred while items included in
    property, plant and equipment are under construction has been
    capitalized as part of the assets costs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|
| |  | Accruals for the internal costs of preparing the
    annual financial statements are not recorded.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|
| |  | Investment grants received are recorded as
    reductions of the acquisition costs of assets.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Consolidated Group

The consolidated financial statements are
comprised of the accounts of Deutsche Telekom AG and its
subsidiaries.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS  (Continued)


The subsidiaries, associated companies and other
related companies have been included in the consolidated
financial statements in accordance with the following criteria:



| |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | - | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | Subsidiaries are companies in which Deutsche
    Telekom directly or indirectly has majority voting rights or
    management control.                                                                                                                                                            
|
| |  | Associated companies are companies in which
    Deutsche Telekom directly or indirectly holds between 20% and
    50% of the voting rights and exercises a significant influence.
    Such companies are generally included in the consolidated
    financial statements using the equity method.
|
| |  | Companies in which Deutsche Telekom holds less
    than 20% of the voting rights are carried in the consolidated
    financial statements at the lower of acquisition cost or market
    value and classified as Other investments in related
    companies.                                   

The changes in the composition of the Deutsche
Telekom Group in 2002 are presented in the following table:

|                                                                                                       |  |          |     |               |  |       |     |   |  |  |     |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | -------- | --- | ------------- |  | ----- | --- | - |  |  | --- | -
|                                                                                                       |  | Domestic |     | International |  | Total
|                                                                                                       |  |          |     |               |  |      
|Consolidated subsidiaries                                                                              |  |          |     |               |  |       |     |   |  |  |     |  
|January 1, 2002                                                                                        |  |          | 104 |               |  |       | 253 |   |  |  | 357 |  
|Additions                                                                                              |  |          | 7   |               |  |       | 17  |   |  |  | 24  |  
|Disposals                                                                                              |  |          | (13 | )             |  |       | (14 | ) |  |  | (27 | )
|Reclassifications                                                                                      |  |          | 3   |               |  |       | 4   |   |  |  | 7   |  
|                                                                                                       |  |          |     |               |  |       |     |   |  |  |     |  
|December 31, 2002                                                                                      |  |          | 101 |               |  |       | 260 |   |  |  | 361 |  
|                                                                                                       |  |          |     |               |  |       |     |   |  |  |     |  
|Associated companies included at
    equity                                                            |  |          |     |               |  |       |     |   |  |  |     |  
|January 1, 2002                                                                                        |  |          | 21  |               |  |       | 29  |   |  |  | 50  |  
|Additions                                                                                              |  |          | 6   |               |  |       | 5   |   |  |  | 11  |  
|Disposals                                                                                              |  |          | (4  | )             |  |       | (2  | ) |  |  | (6  | )
|Reclassifications                                                                                      |  |          | (1  | )             |  |       | (5  | ) |  |  | (6  | )
|                                                                                                       |  |          |     |               |  |       |     |   |  |  |     |  
|December 31, 2002                                                                                      |  |          | 22  |               |  |       | 27  |   |  |  | 49  |  
|                                                                                                       |  |          |     |               |  |       |     |   |  |  |     |  
|Other unconsolidated subsidiaries and other
    investments in related companies (greater
    than 5%) |  |          |     |               |  |       |     |   |  |  |     |  
|January 1, 2002                                                                                        |  |          | 91  |               |  |       | 48  |   |  |  | 139 |  
|Additions                                                                                              |  |          | 9   |               |  |       | 15  |   |  |  | 24  |  
|Disposals                                                                                              |  |          | (9  | )             |  |       | (16 | ) |  |  | (25 | )
|Reclassifications                                                                                      |  |          | (2  | )             |  |       | 1   |   |  |  | (1  | )
|                                                                                                       |  |          |     |               |  |       |     |   |  |  |     |  
|December 31, 2002                                                                                      |  |          | 89  |               |  |       | 48  |   |  |  | 137 |  
|                                                                                                       |  |          |     |               |  |       |     |   |  |  |     |  
|Total                                                                                                  |  |          |     |               |  |       |     |   |  |  |     |  
|January 1, 2002                                                                                        |  |          | 216 |               |  |       | 330 |   |  |  | 546 |  
|Additions                                                                                              |  |          | 22  |               |  |       | 37  |   |  |  | 59  |  
|Disposals                                                                                              |  |          | (26 | )             |  |       | (32 | ) |  |  | (58 | )
|Reclassifications                                                                                      |  |          | 0   |               |  |       | 0   |   |  |  | 0   |  
|                                                                                                       |  |          |     |               |  |       |     |   |  |  |     |  
|December 31, 2002                                                                                      |  |          | 212 |               |  |       | 335 |   |  |  | 547 |  
|                                                                                                       |  |          |     |               |  |       |     |   |  |  |     |  

The consolidated financial statements include the
individual company financial statements of the parent company,
Deutsche Telekom AG, as well as 101 (Dec. 31,
2001: 104) domestic and 260 (Dec, 31, 2001: 253)
foreign subsidiaries in which Deutsche Telekom AG has a
direct or indirect controlling interest.

The most significant subsidiary consolidated for
the first time during 2002 is Ben.

The changes in the companys composition of
the Deutsche Telekom Group had the following effects on the
consolidated financial statements in 2002:

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STATEMENTS  (Continued)


Effects on the Companys consolidated
statement of operations due to acquisitions in 2001 and 2002
were as follows (millions of
):

|                              |  |  |        |  
|----------------------------- |  |  | ------ | -
|Revenue                       |  |  | 3,296  |  
|Goods and services purchased  |  |  | (902   | )
|Personnel costs               |  |  | (606   | )
|Depreciation and amortization |  |  | (2,695 | )
|Other income (expenses)       |  |  | (1,616 | )
|                              |  |  |        |  
|Net loss                      |  |  | (2,523 | )
|                              |  |  |        |  

Effects on the Companys consolidated
balance sheet due to acquisitions in 2002 were as follows
(millions of ):

|                                                                             |  |  |        |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  |  | ------ | -
|Assets                                                                       |  |  |        |  
|Noncurrent assets                                                            |  |  | 1,302  |  
|Current assets, prepaid expenses, deferred
    charges and deferred taxation |  |  | (97    | )
|                                                                             |  |  |        |  
|                                                                             |  |  | 1,205  |  
|                                                                             |  |  |        |  
|Shareholders equity and
    liabilities                                     |  |  |        |  
|Shareholders equity                                                         |  |  | (1,002 | )
|Accruals                                                                     |  |  | 158    |  
|Liabilities and deferred income                                              |  |  | 2,049  |  
|                                                                             |  |  |        |  
|                                                                             |  |  | 1,205  |  
|                                                                             |  |  |        |  

Main acquisitions:

2002:

Deutsche Telekom AG acquired the remaining shares
in T-Systems ITS GmbH (formerly debis Systemhaus) from
DaimlerChrysler Services AG on March 4, 2002 via the
Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems International GmbH. The
purchase price was EUR 4.7 billion. The goodwill of
EUR 2.7 billion generated by this acquisition is
amortized over a period of up to ten years on a straight-line
basis over the estimated useful life. T-Systems ITS GmbH has
been included in the consolidated financial statements of
Deutsche Telekom AG since October 2000 as a result of the
acquisition of the majority shareholding of 50.1%. In November
2002 T-Systems International GmbH underwent a downstream merger
with T-Systems ITS GmbH. At the same time T-Systems ITS GmbH was
renamed T-Systems International GmbH.

On September 25, 2002, T-Mobile
International AG acquired the remaining 50.0001% of the shares
in the mobile communications company Ben from its other
shareholders Belgacom, TDC and Gringots (Credit Suisse First
Boston) for a purchase price of EUR 1.7 billion and
assumption of outstanding shareholder loans of approximately
EUR 0.3 billion. Ben provides mobile communications
services in the Netherlands. Approximately
EUR 1.0 billion of the EUR 1.7 billion of
goodwill generated by this transaction was written down as a
result of the Companys strategic review. The remaining
amount will be amortized over a period of 12 years. The
company was fully consolidated as a subsidiary for the first
time on September 30, 2002. The effects on the
Companys consolidated balance sheet at that date were as
follows (in millions of
):

|                                                                             |  |  |       | 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  |  | ----- | 
|Assets                                                                       |  |  |       | 
|Noncurrent assets                                                            |  |  | 1,971 | 
|Current assets, prepaid expenses, deferred
    charges and deferred taxation |  |  | 99    | 
|                                                                             |  |  |       | 
|                                                                             |  |  | 2,070 | 
|                                                                             |  |  |       | 
|Shareholders equity and
    liabilities                                     |  |  |       | 
|Shareholders equity                                                         |  |  | 1,706 | 
|Accruals                                                                     |  |  | 16    | 
|Liabilities and deferred income                                              |  |  | 348   | 
|                                                                             |  |  |       | 
|                                                                             |  |  | 2,070 | 
|                                                                             |  |  |       | 

2001:

On January 15, 2001, Deutsche Telekom
acquired 51% of the shares in the Macedonian telecommunications
company Makedonski Telekommunikacii A.D., Skopje (referred to as
MakTel below) via a subsidiary of MATAV. The acquisition costs
amounted to EUR 301.5 million. Maktel was included in
the subgroup financial statements of MATAV for the first time in
the first quarter of 2001. The goodwill generated,
EUR 180.3 million, is being amortized over a period of
20 years.

In April 2001 Deutsche Telekom increased its
shareholding in the Czech mobile communications company
RadioMobil a.s., Prague (herein referred to as RadioMobil) via
Cmobil B.V., Amsterdam, a subsidiary of T-Mobile International
AG, Bonn (herein referred to as T-Mobile International). The
acquisition

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STATEMENTS  (Continued)


costs for this additional 11.77% stake amounted
to EUR 598 million. Cmobils shareholding thus
increased to 60.77%. The additional goodwill generated,
EUR 444 million, will be amortized over a period of
12 years. RadioMobil was consolidated in full for the first
time on April 1, 2001.

On May 31, 2001, Deutsche Telekom acquired
100% of the shares in T-Mobile USA and Powertel for a total
purchase price of EUR 39.4 billion including a cash
component of EUR 4.9 billion and an initial preferred
stock investment in T-Mobile USA amounting to
EUR 5.6 billion, which Deutsche Telekom had acquired
in September 2000. T-Mobile USA provides communications services
in urban areas of the United States on the basis of GSM (Global
System for Mobile Communications) technology. Powertel provides
communications services mainly in urban areas in the Southeast
of the United States on the basis of GSM technology. T-Mobile
USA shareholders received for each share of T-Mobile USA common
stock either 3.6693 Deutsche Telekom shares and US$ 15.7262
in cash, 3.6683 Deutsche Telekom shares and US$ 15.9062 in
cash or 3.7647 Deutsche Telekom shares. Each Powertel
shareholder received 2.6353 Deutsche Telekom shares for each
Powertel share. T-Mobile USA and Powertel were consolidated in
full for the first time on May 31, 2001. The consolidation
of T-Mobile USA and Powertel generated goodwill totaling
EUR 23.6 billion. This is being amortized over a
period of up to 20 years. However, the Group recorded a
nonscheduled goodwill amortization amounting to
EUR 8.3 billion as a result of the strategic review in
the second half of 2002. In connection with the acquisition of
T-Mobile USA and Powertel, Deutsche Telekom granted rights to
purchase a total of 43,619,261 individual no par value Deutsche
Telekom shares in exchange for outstanding options for shares in
T-Mobile USA and Powertel (exchange rights of Cook Inlet and
Eliska Wireless).

On October 25, 2001, Deutsche Telekom AG
acquired an additional 16% stake in the capital of the Croatian
telecommunications company HT-Hrvatske telekomunikacije d.d.,
Zagreb, increasing its ownership to 51%, for a purchase price of
EUR 507 million. After the acquisition, Deutsche
Telekom AG became the majority shareholder and consolidated the
company in full in its consolidated financial statements from
November 1, 2001. The goodwill generated,
EUR 240 million, is being amortized over a period of
up to 20 years.

The following pro forma information shows
Deutsche Telekoms most important financial data, including
the major subsidiaries acquired in 2002 and 2001, as if they had
been consolidated at January 1, 2001.

Pro Forma Information (Unaudited)

|                                               |  |      |       |      |  |  |       |  
|---------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | ----- | ---- |  |  | ----- | -
|                                               |  | 2002 |       | 2001
|                                               |  |      |       |     
|Net revenue (billions of
    )                |  |      |       |      |  |  |       |  
|Reported                                       |  |      | 53.7  |      |  |  | 48.3  |  
|Pro forma                                      |  |      | 54.1  |      |  |  | 51.6  |  
|Net loss under German GAAP (billions of
    ) |  |      |       |      |  |  |       |  
|Reported                                       |  |      | (24.6 | )    |  |  | (3.5  | )
|Pro forma                                      |  |      | (24.9 | )    |  |  | (6.9  | )
|Loss per share under German GAAP
    ()       |  |      |       |      |  |  |       |  
|Reported                                       |  |      | (5.86 | )    |  |  | (0.93 | )
|Pro forma                                      |  |      | (5.93 | )    |  |  | (1.85 | )

At December 31, 2002 and 2001, 77 and
83 subsidiaries, respectively, were not consolidated
because they were not material to the net worth, financial
position and results of the Deutsche Telekom Group. These
subsidiaries accounted for less than 1% of consolidated revenue,
results of operations and total assets of the Deutsche Telekom
Group.

At December 31, 2002, in accordance with
§ 311 (1) HGB, 49 (Dec. 31, 2001:
50) companies over which Deutsche Telekom exercises
significant influence have been classified as associated
companies and are accounted for using the equity method. The
remaining 35 (Dec. 31, 2001: 56) associated companies
which have little or no effect on the net worth, financial
position and results of the Deutsche Telekom Group were
classified as Other investments in related companies at
acquisition cost less applicable write-downs.

The full list of investment holdings is filed
with the Commercial Registry of the Bonn District Court
(HRB 6794). The list is available upon request from
Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn, Investor Relations. Furthermore, the
list of investment holdings includes a full list of all
subsidiaries which exercise disclosure simplification in
accordance with § 264 (3) HGB.

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Principal Subsidiaries and Associated
Companies

The principal subsidiaries and associated
companies whose revenues and results of operations, together
with Deutsche Telekom AG, account for more than 90% of the
results of operations and financial position of the Group are
shown in the table below:

|                           |                                                                                                      |               |  |               |  |                 |  |              |  |                |  |       |  |  |  |         |   |  |  |        | 
|-------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- |  | ------------- |  | --------------- |  | ------------ |  | -------------- |  | ----- |  |  |  | ------- | - |  |  | ------ | 
|                           |                                                                                                      | Deutsche      |  | Shareholders |  |                 |  |              |  | Employees     
|                           |                                                                                                      | Telekom share |  | equity        |  | Revenue         |  | Income after |  | 2002          
|Name and registered office |                                                                                                      | Dec. 31, 2002 |  | Dec. 31, 2002 |  | 2002            |  | taxes 2002   |  | annual average
|                           |                                                                                                      |               |  |               |  |                 |  |              |  |               
|                           |                                                                                                      | (%)           |  |               |  | (millions of ) |  |              |  |               
|Subsidiaries               |                                                                                                      |               |  |               |  |                 |  |              |  |                |  |       |  |  |  |         |   |  |  |       
|                           | T-Mobile DeutschlandGmbH, Bonn(5)                                                                    |               |  | 100.00        |  |                 |  | 1,447        |  |                |  | 7,801 |  |  |  | 3,564   |   |  |  | 9,226  | 
|                           | T-Mobile HoldingsLtd., Borehamwood, United Kingdom(1)(5)                                             |               |  | 100.00        |  |                 |  | 8,808        |  |                |  | 3,997 |  |  |  | (3,425  | ) |  |  | 6,283  | 
|                           | T-Mobile AustriaGmbH, Vienna, Austria(1)(5)                                                          |               |  | 100.00        |  |                 |  | 389          |  |                |  | 1,034 |  |  |  | 23      |   |  |  | 2,675  | 
|                           | T-Mobile USA, Inc.,
    Bellevue, Washington, USA/ PowertelInc., Bellevue,
    Washington, USA(1)(5) |               |  | 100.00        |  |                 |  | 11,697       |  |                |  | 6,137 |  |  |  | (18,122 | ) |  |  | 17,290 | 
|                           | RadioMobila.s.,
    Prague, Czech Republic(7)                                                        |               |  | 60.77         |  |                 |  | 389          |  |                |  | 705   |  |  |  | 88      |   |  |  | 2,542  | 
|                           | Ben NederlandHolding B.V., Amsterdam(1)(5)                                                           |               |  | 100.00        |  |                 |  | 15           |  |                |  | 552   |  |  |  | (594    | ) |  |  | 1,379  | 
|                           | T-Online InternationalAG, Darmstadt(1)                                                               |               |  | 71.90         |  |                 |  | 5,366        |  |                |  | 1,584 |  |  |  | (465    | ) |  |  | 1,620  | 
|                           | T-Systems InternationalGmbH, Frankfurt a.M                                                           |               |  | 100.00        |  |                 |  | 1,244        |  |                |  | 3,828 |  |  |  | (1,273  | ) |  |  | 10,938 | 
|                           | T-Systems CSMGmbH,
    Darmstadt(6)                                                                  |               |  | 100.00        |  |                 |  | 243          |  |                |  | 2,131 |  |  |  | 138     |   |  |  | 3,974  | 
|                           | Detecon InternationalGmbH, Bonn(6)                                                                   |               |  | 100.00        |  |                 |  | 76           |  |                |  | 121   |  |  |  | 19      |   |  |  | 261    | 
|                           | T-Systems SIRISS.A.S., Paris, France(6)                                                              |               |  | 100.00        |  |                 |  | 46           |  |                |  | 237   |  |  |  | (136    | ) |  |  | 333    | 
|                           | GMG GeneralmietgesellschaftmbH, Münster                                                              |               |  | 100.00        |  |                 |  | 151          |  |                |  | 2,862 |  |  |  | (132    | ) |  |  | 7,126  | 
|                           | DeTeImmobilien,
    Deutsche Telekom Immobilien und Service GmbH, Münster                            |               |  | 100.00        |  |                 |  | 17           |  |                |  | 771   |  |  |  | (70     | ) |  |  | 5,644  | 
|                           | T-DataGesellschaft
    für Datenkommunikation mbH, Bonn(1)                                           |               |  | 100.00        |  |                 |  | 502          |  |                |  | 565   |  |  |  | 39      |   |  |  | 1,110  | 
|                           | Kabel DeutschlandGmbH, Bonn(1)(10)                                                                   |               |  | 100.00        |  |                 |  | 4,601        |  |                |  | 919   |  |  |  | (334    | ) |  |  | 2,863  | 
|                           | MATÁV,Magyar,
    Távközlési Rt., Budapest, Hungary(1)(4)                                            |               |  | 59.50         |  |                 |  | 2,180        |  |                |  | 2,431 |  |  |  | 280     |   |  |  | 16,343 | 
|                           | Slovenské
    Telekomunikácie, a.s.,
    Bratislava, Slovakia(1)                                     |               |  | 51.00         |  |                 |  | 1,131        |  |                |  | 441   |  |  |  | 81      |   |  |  | 9,804  | 
|                           | HT-Hrvatske telekomunikacijed.d., Zagreb, Croatia(1)                                                 |               |  | 51.00         |  |                 |  | 1,765        |  |                |  | 1,001 |  |  |  | 249     |   |  |  | 10,773 | 
|Associated companies       |                                                                                                      |               |  |               |  |                 |  |              |  |                |  |       |  |  |  |         |   |  |  |       
|                           | MTS,OJSC Mobile
    TeleSystems, Moscow, Russia(1)(2)(3)(9)                                          |               |  | 36.20         |  |                 |  | 1,156        |  |                |  | 998   |  |  |  | 232     |   |  |  | 4,990  | 
|                           | PTC, Polska
    Telefonia Cyfrowa Sp.z o.o, Warsaw, Poland(1)(2)(8)                                  |               |  | 49.00         |  |                 |  | 285          |  |                |  | 1,183 |  |  |  | 116     |   |  |  | 3,399  | 




|     |                                                                                                                                                                                         
|---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1)  | Consolidated subgroup financial statements                                                                                                                                              
|(2)  | 2001 financial year                                                                                                                                                                     
|(3)  | Indirect shareholding via T-Mobile Deutschland
    GmbH, Bonn (Deutsche Telekom share: 100%)                                                                                            
|(4)  | Held via MagyarCom Holding GmbH, Bonn (Deutsche
    Telekom AG share: 100%)                                                                                                             
|(5)  | Indirect shareholding via T-Mobile International
    AG, Bonn (Deutsche Telekom share: 100%)                                                                                            
|(6)  | Indirect shareholding via T-Systems International
    GmbH, Frankfurt a.M. (Deutsche Telekom share: 100%)                                                                               
|(7)  | Indirect shareholding via Cmobil B.V., Amsterdam
    (Deutsche Telekom indirect share: 92.14%)                                                                                          
|(8)  | Indirect shareholding via T-Mobile Deutschland
    GmbH, Bonn; Mediaone International B.V., Eindhoven and Polpager
    Sp.z o.o., Warsaw (Deutsche Telekom AG indirect share: 100% each)
|(9)  | Employees at balance sheet date at end of 2001                                                                                                                                          
|(10) | Operating businesses sold during first quarter of
    2003                                                                                                                              

Consolidation Principles

Capital
consolidationis performed following
the book value method under German GAAP. Under this method, the
purchase consideration for an acquisition is allocated to the
assets and liabilities acquired based on their fair values. Any
resulting excess of the purchase consideration over the
parents interest in the fair

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value of net assets acquired is capitalized as
goodwill and amortized over its estimated useful life. Negative
goodwill from capital consolidation is included under other
accruals.

Profits or losses generated by subsidiaries
during their period of affiliation with the Group are included
in retained earnings; furthermore, they include the effects of
consolidation and the net income (loss) of subsidiaries.

If, in the course of capital increases of
subsidiaries and associated and related companies, shares are
issued to third-party shareholders, without the involvement of
Deutsche Telekom, the resulting added value for Deutsche Telekom
is shown, in cases of cash capital increases, as income in the
income statement; in cases of capital increases for noncash
contributions, it is only shown as such if the added value
exceeds a given level of goodwill acquired by the subsidiary or
associated or related company in the course of the capital
increase.

Revenue, income and expenses as well as
receivables and liabilities between the consolidated companies
are eliminated. Intercompany profits and losses and
income effects from the consolidation of intercompany
debt are eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.

The consolidated balance sheets include deferred
taxes resulting from the effects of consolidation, provided the
tax expense is expected to reverse in later years when taxes
will be paid, except where the effects of consolidation relate
to the parent company during the periods prior to the end of
1995, when it was essentially exempt from taxation.

The investments in associated companies included
at equity are accounted for using the book value method;
equity is calculated by applying local principles of valuation,
as permitted by § 312 (5),
sentence 2 HGB. The principles used for full
consolidation are also applied in treating the differences
resulting from the initial consolidation.

Joint venturesare
included using the equity method.

Foreign Currency Translation

In the individual company financial statements,
foreign currency receivables, cash in banks and liabilities are
translated at the exchange rate applicable on the transaction
date. Unrealized foreign currency losses due to exchange rate
fluctuations through the balance sheet date are recognized in
the income statement while unrealized foreign currency gains are
not recognized. Where foreign currency items have been hedged by
forward exchange contracts, they are valued at the corresponding
hedge rate.

Currency translation of foreign subsidiaries is
made in accordance with the functional currency method. Thus,
the functional currency is the currency in which the foreign
subsidiary performs its principal operations. The activities and
financial structure as reported in this currency should be
reflected in the Group accounts. Generally, the functional
currency of dependent subsidiaries is identical with that of the
parent company. The currencies of dependent subsidiaries are
translated according to the temporal method. However, the
functional currency of independent subsidiaries is the local
currency. Currently all consolidated foreign subsidiaries of
Deutsche Telekom conduct their operations independently of the
parent company; the currencies are therefore translated
according to the modified current rate method. In the
consolidated financial statements, the translation of all items
shown in balance sheets of foreign subsidiaries from foreign
currencies into euros is performed using the average rate on the
balance sheet date. Gains and losses resulting from translation
are recorded, without affecting income, in the cumulative
translation adjustment account. The income statements of foreign
subsidiaries are translated at the average annual exchange rates.

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The exchange rates of certain significant
currencies are as follows:

|                            |  |                     |         |           |  |      |         |               |  |               |         |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |         | 
|--------------------------- |  | ------------------- | ------- | --------- |  | ---- | ------- | ------------- |  | ------------- | ------- |  |  |  | ------- |  |  |  | ------- | 
|                            |  |                     |         |          
|                            |  | Annual average rate |         | Spot rate
|                            |  |                     |         |          
|                            |  | 2002                |         | 2001      |  | 2000 |         | Dec. 31, 2002 |  | Dec. 31, 2001
|                            |  |                     |         |           |  |      |         |               |  |              
|                            |  |                     |         |           |  |      |         |              
|                            |  |                     |         | ()       |  |      |         | ()          
|100 Swiss Francs (CHF)      |  |                     | 68.1599 |           |  |      | 66.2063 |               |  |               | 64.2701 |  |  |  | 68.7334 |  |  |  | 67.5494 | 
|100 Czech Koruna (CZK)      |  |                     | 3.2485  |           |  |      | 2.9092  |               |  |               | 2.8011  |  |  |  | 3.1817  |  |  |  | 3.1309  | 
|1 Pound Sterling (GBP)      |  |                     | 1.5910  |           |  |      | 1.6076  |               |  |               | 1.6423  |  |  |  | 1.5364  |  |  |  | 1.6418  | 
|100 Croatian Kuna (HRK)     |  |                     | 13.4919 |           |  |      | 13.3685 |               |  |               | 13.0896 |  |  |  | 13.3734 |  |  |  | 13.6055 | 
|100 Hungarian Forints (HUF) |  |                     | 0.4117  |           |  |      | 0.3904  |               |  |               | 0.3850  |  |  |  | 0.4239  |  |  |  | 0.4079  | 
|100 Japanese Yen (JPY)      |  |                     | 0.8478  |           |  |      | 0.9170  |               |  |               | 1.0050  |  |  |  | 0.8033  |  |  |  | 0.8644  | 
|100 Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) |  |                     | 27.9362 |           |  |      | 29.3934 |               |  |               | 28.5882 |  |  |  | 25.0772 |  |  |  | 29.8263 | 
|100 Philippine Pesos (PHP)  |  |                     | 2.0845  |           |  |      | 2.1913  |               |  |               | 2.4585  |  |  |  | 1.7999  |  |  |  | 2.1973  | 
|100 Polish Zloty (PLN)      |  |                     | 25.9930 |           |  |      | 27.2201 |               |  |               | 24.9595 |  |  |  | 24.9994 |  |  |  | 28.6050 | 
|1 Russian Ruble (RUB)       |  |                     | 0.0338  |           |  |      | 0.0383  |               |  |               | 0.0386  |  |  |  | 0.0298  |  |  |  | 0.0372  | 
|100 Singapore Dollars (SGD) |  |                     | 59.2270 |           |  |      | 62.5594 |               |  |               | 62.9966 |  |  |  | 55.3403 |  |  |  | 61.2145 | 
|100 Slovak Koruna (SKK)     |  |                     | 2.3428  |           |  |      | 2.3099  |               |  |               | 2.1282  |  |  |  | 2.4143  |  |  |  | 2.3377  | 
|1 U.S. Dollar (USD)         |  |                     | 1.0616  |           |  |      | 1.1168  |               |  |               | 1.0863  |  |  |  | 0.9529  |  |  |  | 1.1334  | 

Accounting and Valuation

Net revenuesconsist
of goods and services sold in connection with the ordinary
business activities of Deutsche Telekom. Net revenues are
recorded net of VAT and sales-related reductions. They are
recognized in the accounting period concerned in accordance with
the realization principle. Revenue was generated in the
individual divisions as follows:

T-Com

T-Com provides customers with narrow and
broadband access to its fixed-line network. It also sells,
leases and services telecommunications equipment to its
customers and provides other ancillary telecommunications
services. T-Com recognizes service revenues when the services
are provided in accordance with contract terms. The revenue and
related expenses associated with the sale of telecommunications
equipment and accessories is recognized when the products are
delivered and provided there are no unfulfilled company
obligations that affect the customers final acceptance of
the arrangement. Revenue from rentals and operating leases is
recognized monthly as the fees accrue.

T-Systems

Telecommunication
Services

Telecommunication services include network
services, carrier services, hosting and
ASP services and broadcast services. Contracts
for network services, which consist of the installation and
operation of communication networks for customers, have an
average duration of approximately three years. Revenues for
voice, billed on a per minute basis, and data services, billed
on a bandwidth basis, under such contracts are recognized when
used by the customer. Carrier services revenue and Hosting
and ASP Services revenues are recognized as the services
are provided.

Information
Technology Services and Consulting

The terms of information technology service
contracts generally range from less than one year up to ten
years. Revenue from outsourcing contracts reflects the extent of
actual services delivered in the period in accordance with the
terms of the contract. Revenue from time and material service
contracts is recognized as the services are provided. Revenue
from systems integration contracts requiring the delivery of
unique products and/or services is recognized using the
completed contract method. These projects are generally covered
by one of the following types of contracts: fixed price,
milestone or cost-related contracts. For fixed price contracts
revenue is generally recognized when a project is completed and
accepted by the customer. For milestone contracts revenue is
recognized at the time a milestone is achieved and approved by
the customer. Revenue for cost-related contracts is recognized
similar to time and material service contracts. Revenue from
maintenance is recognized over the contractual period or as the
services are performed.

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In some of the Companys service contracts,
Deutsche Telekom performs the service prior to billing the
customer. This situation may lead to unbilled accounts
receivable for Computing Services and Telecommunication Services
which are included as revenues in the consolidated statements of
operations.

Revenue from hardware sales or sales-type leases
is recognized when the product is shipped to the customer and
provided there are no unfulfilled company obligations that
affect the customers final acceptance of the arrangement.
Any cost of these obligations is accrued when the corresponding
revenue is recognized. Revenue from rentals and operating leases
is recognized monthly as the fees accrue.

The Company enters into transactions that include
multiple element arrangements, which may include any combination
of hardware, services or software. These arrangements and
stand-alone software arrangements may also involve any
combination of software maintenance, software technical support
or unspecified software upgrades. When some elements are
delivered prior to others in an arrangement, revenue is deferred
until the delivery of the last element.

T-Mobile

Mobile revenues include revenues from provision
of mobile services, customer activation fees and sales of mobile
handsets and accessories. Mobile services revenues include
monthly recurring charges and charges for special features,
airtime charges, and roaming charges billed to T-Mobile
customers, as well as other mobile operators. Mobile services
revenue is recognized based upon minutes of use and contracted
fees, net of credits and adjustments for service discounts. The
revenue and related expenses associated with the sale of mobile
telephones, wireless data devices and accessories are recognized
when the products are delivered and accepted by the customer.

T-Online

T-Online revenues consist primarily of revenues
from subscriber fees, charges for advertising and e-commerce,
provider fees from content hosting, income from the provision of
business homepage services for business clients and from
cooperative arrangements with various content providers.
Subscriber fees, consisting primarily of basic monthly charges
for T-Online services and Internet access as well as use-related
fees, are recognized as revenue in the period the service is
provided. Advertising revenues are recognized in the period that
the advertisements are exhibited. Transactions revenues are
recognized upon notification from the customer that qualifying
transactions have occurred and collection of the resulting
receivable is reasonably assured.

Research and development
costsare expensed in full as incurred
and amounted to approximately EUR 0.9 billion,
EUR 0.95 billion and EUR 0.7 billion for the
years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

Pension costsfor
defined benefit plans are actuarially computed using the
Projected Unit Credit Method, which is consistent with SFAS
No. 87, and are shown in accordance with SFAS 132.
This method presupposes the total present value of the benefit
obligations accumulated during the reporting period and takes
into consideration the expected increases in wages and salaries
and in retirement benefits. By contrast, the minimum accrual
method in accordance with § 6a of the German Income
Tax Act (Einkommensteuergesetz, EStG) is aimed at the
recognition of the expense over the employees entire
working lives and does not take the expected increases in wages
and salaries and retirement benefits into account
(cf. (27) accruals for pensions and similar
obligations).

Total pension costs for the current year include
standard costs for benefit obligations acquired in the financial
year (service cost), interest cost and amortization of actuarial
gains and losses, less the return on assets to cover pension
obligations. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, if the
measurement of pension obligations under SFAS No. 87
results in the need to disclose an additional minimum liability,
this special item is charged directly to other comprehensive
income (OCI). The consolidated financial statements in
accordance with German GAAP do not include an equivalent
shareholders equity position; changes in additional
minimum liability are expensed.

Marketing expensesare expensed as incurred.

Income tax expenseincludes current income taxes payable as well as deferred taxes.
Deferred income taxes are recorded for the expected future tax
effects attributable to temporary differences in the balance

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sheets prepared for tax reporting and for
financial reporting purposes, except for the effects of those
differences that are not expected to reverse in the foreseeable
future or within expected net operating loss carryforward
periods. Such differences may arise at the individual taxable
entity level as well as in consolidation. Deferred taxes on
temporary differences relating to Deutsche Telekom AG have
not been included in the consolidated financial statements for
periods prior to January 1, 1996, as Deutsche Telekom AG
was not taxable prior to January 1, 1995, and benefited
from an essentially complete exemption from tax in 1995.

Earnings per sharefor each period are calculated by dividing net income (loss) by
the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding
during that period. The weighted average number of ordinary
shares in 2002 and 2001 was ascertained after giving effect to
the issuance of shares as part of the acquisition of T-Mobile
USA/Powertel including those shares held in a trust for further
issuance and the commencement of trading of the common shares
and ADRs of the Company on June 4, 2001, in Frankfurt am
Main.

Purchased intangible assets including UMTS
and U.S. mobile communications licenses are carried at
acquisition cost and are amortized on a straight-line basis over
their estimated useful lives. Acquired goodwill, including
goodwill resulting from capital consolidation, is amortized on a
straight-line basis over its estimated useful life.

Deutsche Telekom carries out impairment tests for
subsidiaries for which a considerable level of goodwill is
recorded. These tests are based on the calculation of the
goodwill for the respective company and are carried out using
the discounted cash flow method.

As permitted by Postreform II, property,
plant and equipment transferred to Deutsche Telekom AG on
January 1, 1995, was recorded in the opening balance sheet
of Deutsche Telekom AG at fair market values at that date.
However, due to the short period of time that had elapsed since
the measurement date for property, plant and equipment acquired
since January 1, 1993, their carrying amount as at
December 31, 1994, was recognized as the future historical
cost basis. The remaining useful lives and the depreciation
methods applicable to these assets were not changed. The fair
market values shown in the opening balance sheet have been
carried forward as the acquisition costs.

Other property, plant and equipment is carried at
acquisition or production cost, less scheduled depreciation.
Construction costs include directly allocable costs, an
appropriate allocation of material and production overhead and
interest accruing during construction. General administration
costs are not capitalized.

Nonscheduled depreciation is provided for when
events or circumstances occur indicating an impairment in the
value of assets. Such events or circumstances include prolonged
adverse changes in the business environment or in assumptions or
expectations considered at the time of initial acquisition.

Depreciation of noncurrent assets is generally
carried out using the straight-line method over the following
estimated useful lives:

|                                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |       |          | 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----- | -------- | 
|                                                                                                                                                                                                            |  | Years
|                                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |      
|Intangible assets                                                                                                                                                                                           |  |       | 3 to 22  | 
|Goodwill                                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |       | 3 to 20  | 
|Buildings                                                                                                                                                                                                   |  |       | 25 to 30 | 
|Shop improvements and window displays                                                                                                                                                                       |  |       | 8        | 
|Telephone facilities and terminal equipment                                                                                                                                                                 |  |       | 3 to 10  | 
|Data communications equipment, telephone network
    and ISDN switching equipment, transmission equipment, radio
    transmission equipment and technical equipment for broadband
    distribution networks |  |       | 4 to 10  | 
|Broadband distribution networks, outside plant
    networks and cable conduit lines                                                                                                                         |  |       | 15 to 35 | 
|Telecommunications power facilities                                                                                                                                                                         |  |       | 3 to 10  | 
|Other equipment, plant and office equipment                                                                                                                                                                 |  |       | 3 to 20  | 

Additions to real estate are depreciated
beginning in the month the building is placed into service. For
assets other than buildings acquired in the first half of a
year, a full year of depreciation is provided in the year of
acquisition and, for those assets acquired in the second half of
the year, a half year of depreciation is provided.

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Items with a low acquisition cost are expensed in
the year of purchase.

Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred.

Noncurrent assets sold or otherwise disposed of
are written off at their relevant carrying amount (acquisition
or construction cost minus cumulative depreciation). A gain or
loss is recognized in income for the difference between the
proceeds from the sale and the carrying amount of the asset
concerned.

Financial assetsare
valued at the lower of cost or market value. Low-interest or
non-interest bearing loan receivables are recorded at net
present value. Nonscheduled write-downs are provided for only if
impairment of financial assets is assumed to be permanent. In
measuring impairments, Deutsche Telekom uses the actual market
prices, if available, or other valuation methods based on
information available from the investee.

Raw materials and
supplies, and merchandise
purchased and held for resale are valued at acquisition cost,
while work in process and finished goods are stated at
production cost. Based on normal capacity utilization,
construction cost includes directly allocable costs such as
material and labor costs as well as special production costs
plus an appropriate pro rata allocation of material and
production overhead and straight-line depreciation. General
administration and selling costs, social amenities expenses as
well as voluntary benefits to personnel including pensions are
not included in construction cost. The carrying amount of
inventories is reduced to the lower of cost or market value at
the balance sheet date. Further adjustments to these carrying
amounts are recorded for obsolescence. For a detailed breakdown
of inventory components refer to note (15) below.

Receivables and other
assetsare shown at their nominal
value. Known individual risks are accounted for through
appropriate individual valuation adjustments, and general credit
risks through general valuation adjustments of receivables.
Low-interest and non-interest bearing items with more than one
year remaining to maturity are discounted.

Marketable
securitiesare stated at the lower of
cost or market value at the balance sheet date.

Stock optionsgranted in the course of a contingent capital increase are shown
in the balance sheet at the date the options are exercised, not
at the date they are granted. At the time the options are
exercised, the amount received by the Company is recorded at the
value of the corresponding nominal capital increase in the
capital stock and at the value of an additional amount in
additional paid-in capital, in accordance with § 272
(2) No. 1 HGB.

Accruals for pensions and similar
obligationsare based on obligations
to non-civil servants. They are calculated using actuarial
methods in accordance with the internationally accepted
Projected Unit Credit Method, which is consistent with
U.S. GAAP (SFAS No. 87), and are shown in
accordance with SFAS No. 132.

Deutsche Telekom is obliged to make contributions
to a pension fund for current and former civil servant employees
in annual amounts established by Postreform II, which came
into force in 1995, rather than by annual actuarial valuations.
The contribution amounts currently due in each period are
recognized as an expense in the current period.

Provisions for taxesand other accruals, including those for contingent losses
and environmental liabilities, are recorded in line with prudent
commercial practice. Sufficient allowance was made for all
forseeable risks when assessing these provisions and accruals.

Deferred taxesare
calculated for the expected tax effects of temporary differences
between the balance sheets prepared for financial reporting and
tax reporting purposes, as well as for the temporary differences
arising from consolidation entries. Deferred taxes are netted
and either a net deferred tax asset or net deferred tax
liability is recorded separately under tax accruals. For
purposes of computing deferred taxes, Deutsche Telekom uses a
combined tax rate for domestic companies, covering German
corporate income taxes, trade taxes (at an average German
national rate), and the solidarity surcharge
(Solidaritaetszuschlag); the respective local tax rate is
used for foreign companies.

Cost accrualsare
only made by Deutsche Telekom when there is an obligation to
carry such liabilities on the balance sheet pursuant to
§ 249 (1) HGB. This refers mainly to accruals for
costs of maintenance related to the financial year, but only
incurred within the first three months of the following year.

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STATEMENTS  (Continued)


Major accruals, with the exception of
pensions and similar obligations as well as Civil Service Health
Insurance Fund accruals for future shortfalls, are not
discounted.

Liabilitiesare
recorded at their repayment amount. In instances where the
repayment amount of a liability is greater than the principal
amount, the difference is recorded as an asset and recognized as
an adjustment to interest expense over the term of the liability.

Unrealized losses relating to derivative
financial instruments that do not qualify for hedge
accounting are recognized when incurred, whereas unrealized
gains are deferred until realized.

The preparation of consolidated financial
statements in accordance with German GAAP requires the Company
to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements, and the amounts of revenues and expenses recognized
during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from
those estimates.

New German Accounting Standards
(GAS)

GAS 10 Deferred Taxes in Consolidated
Financial Statements sets out the procedures for
accounting for deferred taxes in consolidated financial
statements. Deferred taxes should be recognized on timing
differences relating to items dealt with through the profit and
loss account and which, on reversal in future periods, are
expected to result in tax expenses and tax reductions.
Quasi-permanent differences should also be treated as timing
differences. A deferred tax asset should be recognized on tax
loss carryforwards and tax credits to the extent that it is
sufficiently probable that the tax benefits from the tax loss
carryforwards can be recovered. The Company has not yet decided
if it will adopt GAS 10 during 2003. However, the adoption
of GAS 10 during 2003 would result in a substantial
increase in deferred tax assets and stockholders equity.

GAS 11 Related Party Disclosures
requires capital market oriented parent enterprises
(kapitalmarktorientiere Gesellschaften) to report on
relationships with related parties. Related parties are
individuals or legal entities which have the ability to control
the reporting enterprise (or one of its subsidiaries) or which
can exercise, either directly or indirectly, significant
influence over the reporting enterprise (or one of its
subsidiaries). Significant transactions with related parties
should be disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial
statements either as an absolute amount or as a proportion of
net sales. Receivables and payables (as well as contingent
receivables and payables) and pricing policies should also be
disclosed. This standard is effective for financial years
beginning after June 30, 2002. Since the adoption of
GAS 11 affects disclosure only, the adoption of GAS 11
will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial
statements.

GAS 12 Non-current Intangible Assets
sets out the rules for the recognition and measurement of
non-current intangible assets. An intangible asset purchased for
consideration should be measured at cost. If the useful live of
an intangible asset is limited in time, the acquisition cost
should be amortized systematically over its estimated useful
life. A review should be performed at each reporting date to
determine whether the intangible asset has suffered an
impairment in value. Irrespective of whether the useful life of
an intangible asset is limited or not limited in time, an
intangible asset should be written down to its fair value if
this is lower than the carrying amount. The impairment loss
should be reversed if the reasons for the impairment loss no
longer exist. This standard is effective for financial years
beginning after December 31, 2002. The Company does not
expect that the implementation of GAS 12 will have a
material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

GAS 13 Consistency Principle and
Correction of Errors stipulates that accounting policies
be applied consistently from one period to the next. Departure
from the consistency principle is only permissible in justified
exceptional circumstances. The effect of a change in accounting
policies and in consolidation method should be computed
retrospectively. Pro forma disclosures should be presented
for the previous years figures. This standard is effective
for financial years beginning after December 31, 2002. The
company does not expect that the implementation of GAS 13
will have a material effect on its consolidated financial
statements.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS  (Continued)


NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
OPERATIONS

(1)  Net Revenue

|          |  |                                 |        |         |  |         |        |  |  |  |        | 
|--------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------ | ------- |  | ------- | ------ |  |  |  | ------ | 
|          |  |                                
|          |  | For the year ended December 31,
|          |  |                                
|          |  | 2002                            |        | 2001(1) |  | 2000(1)
|          |  |                                 |        |         |  |        
|          |  |                                
|          |  | (millions of )                
|T-Com     |  |                                 | 25,422 |         |  |         | 25,028 |  |  |  | 24,455 | 
|T-Systems |  |                                 | 7,793  |         |  |         | 8,316  |  |  |  | 6,021  | 
|T-Mobile  |  |                                 | 18,229 |         |  |         | 12,994 |  |  |  | 8,994  | 
|T-Online  |  |                                 | 1,672  |         |  |         | 1,338  |  |  |  | 1,038  | 
|Other     |  |                                 | 573    |         |  |         | 633    |  |  |  | 431    | 
|          |  |                                 |        |         |  |         |        |  |  |  |        | 
|          |  |                                 | 53,689 |         |  |         | 48,309 |  |  |  | 40,939 | 
|          |  |                                 |        |         |  |         |        |  |  |  |        | 




|    |                                                                                                                                                                                
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Due to the repositioning of the divisions T-Com
    and T-Systems, the prior-year figures for T-Com, T-Systems and
    Other have been adjusted in line with the new structure.

Revenue by geographic area:

|                                        |  |                                 |        |      |  |      |        |  |  |  |        | 
|--------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---- |  | ---- | ------ |  |  |  | ------ | 
|                                        |  |                                
|                                        |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                                        |  |                                
|                                        |  | 2002                            |        | 2001 |  | 2000
|                                        |  |                                 |        |      |  |     
|                                        |  |                                
|                                        |  | (millions of )                
|Domestic                                |  |                                 | 35,288 |      |  |      | 35,107 |  |  |  | 33,178 | 
|International                           |  |                                 | 18,401 |      |  |      | 13,202 |  |  |  | 7,761  | 
|                                        |  |                                 |        |      |  |      |        |  |  |  |        | 
|                                        |  |                                 | 53,689 |      |  |      | 48,309 |  |  |  | 40,939 | 
|                                        |  |                                 |        |      |  |      |        |  |  |  |        | 
|Breakdown of international net revenue: |  |                                 |        |      |  |      |        |  |  |  |        | 
|European Union (excl. Germany)          |  |                                 | 6,836  |      |  |      | 6,088  |  |  |  | 5,023  | 
|Rest of Europe                          |  |                                 | 5,067  |      |  |      | 3,787  |  |  |  | 2,266  | 
|North America                           |  |                                 | 6,166  |      |  |      | 3,066  |  |  |  | 231    | 
|Latin America                           |  |                                 | 74     |      |  |      | 85     |  |  |  | 43     | 
|Other                                   |  |                                 | 258    |      |  |      | 176    |  |  |  | 198    | 
|                                        |  |                                 |        |      |  |      |        |  |  |  |        | 
|                                        |  |                                 | 18,401 |      |  |      | 13,202 |  |  |  | 7,761  | 
|                                        |  |                                 |        |      |  |      |        |  |  |  |        | 

The percentage of the individual revenue segments
in relation to net revenue is as follows:

(PIE CHART)

Net revenue increased by
EUR 5,380 million or 11.1% over the previous year. The
changes in the composition of the Deutsche Telekom Group
resulted in a revenue increase of EUR 3,296 million or
6.8%.

The increase at T-Com over the previous year is
mainly attributable to the first time consolidation of Hrvatske
telekommunikacije (Croatia) in October 2001. In Germany, the
increase in access revenues more than offsets the decrease in
call revenues. Price cuts and direct interconnection between
mobile communications carriers and competitors had a negative
impact on revenue from the carrier services business.

The decrease at T-Systems is mainly attributable
to the difficult economic situation. Certain key account
customers have postponed large-scale IT and telecommunications
projects.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS  (Continued)


The increase at T-Mobile is partly attributable
to changes in the composition of the Group and partly to
increased subscriber numbers.

Growth in access and non-access business had a
positive impact on revenue at T-Online.

(2)  Changes in Inventories and
Other Own Capitalized Costs

|                                      |  |                                 |      |      |  |      |     |   |  |  |     | 
|------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ---- | ---- |  | ---- | --- | - |  |  | --- | 
|                                      |  |                                
|                                      |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                                      |  |                                
|                                      |  | 2002                            |      | 2001 |  | 2000
|                                      |  |                                 |      |      |  |     
|                                      |  |                                
|                                      |  | (millions of )                
|Change in work in process inventories |  |                                 | (289 | )    |  |      | (7  | ) |  |  | 161 | 
|Own capitalized costs                 |  |                                 | 823  |      |  |      | 886 |   |  |  | 703 | 
|                                      |  |                                 |      |      |  |      |     |   |  |  |     | 
|                                      |  |                                 | 534  |      |  |      | 879 |   |  |  | 864 | 
|                                      |  |                                 |      |      |  |      |     |   |  |  |     | 

Own capitalized costs relate primarily to
planning and construction services. They include interest
incurred during the construction period in the amount of
EUR 39 million (2001: EUR 65 million; 2000:
EUR 64 million).

(3)  Other Operating
Income

|                                                                                      |  |                                 |       |      |  |      |       |  |  |  |        | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ----- | ---- |  | ---- | ----- |  |  |  | ------ | 
|                                                                                      |  |                                
|                                                                                      |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                                                                                      |  |                                
|                                                                                      |  | 2002                            |       | 2001 |  | 2000
|                                                                                      |  |                                 |       |      |  |     
|                                                                                      |  |                                
|                                                                                      |  | (millions of )                
|Reversal of accruals                                                                  |  |                                 | 791   |      |  |      | 1,139 |  |  |  | 386    | 
|Income from the disposition of noncurrent assets
    (including sale of investments)  |  |                                 | 818   |      |  |      | 1,584 |  |  |  | 5,928  | 
|Income from reversal of valuation adjustments
    (including asset-backed securities) |  |                                 | 556   |      |  |      | 288   |  |  |  | 125    | 
|Cost reimbursements                                                                   |  |                                 | 388   |      |  |      | 255   |  |  |  | 305    | 
|Foreign currency transaction gains                                                    |  |                                 | 222   |      |  |      | 533   |  |  |  | 309    | 
|Insurance compensation                                                                |  |                                 | 77    |      |  |      | 46    |  |  |  | 51     | 
|Refund of value-added tax (§ 15a UStG)                                                |  |                                 | 68    |      |  |      | 85    |  |  |  | 169    | 
|Income from rental and lease agreements                                               |  |                                 | 41    |      |  |      | 32    |  |  |  | 11     | 
|Income from disposition of marketable securities                                      |  |                                 | 1     |      |  |      | 1,967 |  |  |  |       | 
|Income from capital increases of subsidiaries and
    associated companies            |  |                                 |      |      |  |      |      |  |  |  | 2,887  | 
|Other income                                                                          |  |                                 | 939   |      |  |      | 690   |  |  |  | 831    | 
|                                                                                      |  |                                 |       |      |  |      |       |  |  |  |        | 
|                                                                                      |  |                                 | 3,901 |      |  |      | 6,619 |  |  |  | 11,002 | 
|                                                                                      |  |                                 |       |      |  |      |       |  |  |  |        | 

The decrease in income from the reversal of
accruals is mainly attributable to the inclusion in the
prior-year figure of income from the reversal of accruals for
real estate risks which were previously calculated as lump sums
(EUR 350 million), and which was not recorded in 2002.

Income from the disposition of noncurrent assets
amounted to EUR 818 million. Of this figure,
approximately EUR 200 million relates to the sale of
Satelindo and EUR 300 million to the sale of
additional shares in T-Online. The decrease in comparison with
the previous year relates mainly to the non-recurrence of
proceeds from the sale of the Baden-Wuerttemberg regional cable
company (EUR 912 million).

The decrease in income from the disposition of
marketable securities is mainly attributable to the proceeds
from the sale of the shares held in Sprint Corporation,
Kansas City, USA, amounting to EUR 1,954 million
in 2001.

Of the total amount of other operating income,
EUR 1,342 million
(2001: EUR 1,897 million;
2000: EUR 611 million) relates to income
recognized on transactions consummated in prior years.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS  (Continued)


(4)  Goods and Services
Purchased

|                   |                                                |                                 |        |       |  |      |        |       |  |  |        |       | 
|------------------ | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------ | ----- |  | ---- | ------ | ----- |  |  | ------ | ----- | 
|                   |                                                |                                
|                   |                                                | For the year ended December 31,
|                   |                                                |                                
|                   |                                                | 2002                            |        | 2001  |  | 2000
|                   |                                                |                                 |        |       |  |     
|                   |                                                |                                
|                   |                                                | (millions of )                
|Goods purchased    |                                                |                                 | 4,671  |       |  |      | 4,397  |       |  |  | 4,075  |      
|Services purchased |                                                |                                 | 9,747  |       |  |      | 9,080  |       |  |  | 7,875  |      
|                   | of which: network access charges, Germany      |                                 |        | 1,967 |  |      |        | 2,174 |  |  |        | 1,985 | 
|                   | of which: international network access charges |                                 |        | 3,905 |  |      |        | 3,268 |  |  |        | 2,819 | 
|                   | of which: other services                       |                                 |        | 3,875 |  |      |        | 3,638 |  |  |        | 3,071 | 
|                   |                                                |                                 |        |       |  |      |        |       |  |  |        |      
|                   |                                                |                                 | 14,418 |       |  |      | 13,477 |       |  |  | 11,950 |      
|                   |                                                |                                 |        |       |  |      |        |       |  |  |        |      

The level of goods and services purchased
increased by EUR 941 million or 7% compared with 2001.
Of this increase, changes in the composition of the Deutsche
Telekom Group account for EUR 902 million. Excluding
the effects of the changes in the composition of the group,
goods and services purchased remained at the same level as in
the previous year. This is mainly attributable 
despite organic revenue growth  to the lower level of
terminal equipment purchased, the decrease in revenue from
business with domestic carriers and the more favorable
purchasing conditions for international network capacities.

(5)  Personnel Costs/ Average Number
of Employees

|                                                                               |                       |                                 |        |       |  |      |        |       |  |  |       |       | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------ | ----- |  | ---- | ------ | ----- |  |  | ----- | ----- | 
|                                                                               |                       |                                
|                                                                               |                       | For the year ended December 31,
|                                                                               |                       |                                
|                                                                               |                       | 2002                            |        | 2001  |  | 2000
|                                                                               |                       |                                 |        |       |  |     
|                                                                               |                       |                                
|                                                                               |                       | (millions of )                
|Wages and salaries:                                                            |                       |                                 | 10,467 |       |  |      | 9,313  |       |  |  | 7,470 |      
|Social security contributions and expenses for
    pension plans and benefits: |                       |                                 |        |       |  |      |        |       |  |  |       |      
|                                                                               | Social security costs |                                 |        | 1,340 |  |      |        | 1,147 |  |  |       | 861   | 
|                                                                               | Pension costs(1)      |                                 |        | 1,497 |  |      |        | 1,486 |  |  |       | 1,220 | 
|                                                                               | Health care expenses  |                                 |        | 176   |  |      |        | 168   |  |  |       | 167   | 
|                                                                               |                       |                                 |        |       |  |      |        |       |  |  |       |      
|                                                                               |                       |                                 | 13,480 |       |  |      | 12,114 |       |  |  | 9,718 |      
|                                                                               |                       |                                 |        |       |  |      |        |       |  |  |       |      

Number of Employees (Average for the
Year)

|                                          |  |                                 |         |        |  |        |         |  |  |  |         | 
|----------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------- | ------ |  | ------ | ------- |  |  |  | ------- | 
|                                          |  |                                
|                                          |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                                          |  |                                
|                                          |  | 2002                            |         | 2001   |  | 2000  
|                                          |  |                                 |         |        |  |       
|                                          |  | Number                          |         | Number |  | Number
|Civil servants                            |  |                                 | 52,961  |        |  |        | 56,707  |  |  |  | 65,217  | 
|Salaried employees (excl. civil servants) |  |                                 | 202,935 |        |  |        | 184,953 |  |  |  | 139,815 | 
|                                          |  |                                 |         |        |  |        |         |  |  |  |         | 
|Total Deutsche Telekom Group              |  |                                 | 255,896 |        |  |        | 241,660 |  |  |  | 205,032 | 
|                                          |  |                                 |         |        |  |        |         |  |  |  |         | 
|Trainees/ student interns                 |  |                                 | 9,869   |        |  |        | 8,147   |  |  |  | 6,826   | 




|    |                                                                                                                                               
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Expenses are incurred from net periodic pension
    costs plus the change in additional minimum liability which
    affects net income (loss).

Personnel costs increased by
EUR 1,366 million or 11.3% in 2002 to
EUR 13,480 million. EUR 0.6 billion relates
to changes in the composition of the Deutsche Telekom Group and
EUR 0.3 billion to restructuring expenses, in
particular at T-Systems.

Furthermore, collective bargaining agreements to
adjust wages and salaries to bring them in line with market
conditions and to promote performance, and the structural change
with the assignment of personnel in higher value positions,
contributed to the increase in personnel costs.

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STATEMENTS  (Continued)


(6)  Depreciation and
Amortization

|                                              |                                                                            |                                 |        |        |  |      |        |       |  |  |        |       | 
|--------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------ | ------ |  | ---- | ------ | ----- |  |  | ------ | ----- | 
|                                              |                                                                            |                                
|                                              |                                                                            | For the year ended December 31,
|                                              |                                                                            |                                
|                                              |                                                                            | 2002                            |        | 2001   |  | 2000
|                                              |                                                                            |                                 |        |        |  |     
|                                              |                                                                            |                                
|                                              |                                                                            | (millions of )                
|Amortization of intangible assets             |                                                                            |                                 | 27,355 |        |  |      | 5,743  |       |  |  | 2,233  |      
|                                              | of which: amortization of goodwill                                         |                                 |        | 13,108 |  |      |        | 3,663 |  |  |        | 1,247 | 
|                                              | of which: amortization of UMTS and
    U.S. mobile communications licenses |                                 |        | 13,244 |  |      |        | 1,414 |  |  |        | 381   | 
|Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |                                                                            |                                 | 9,525  |        |  |      | 9,478  |       |  |  | 10,758 |      
|                                              |                                                                            |                                 |        |        |  |      |        |       |  |  |        |      
|                                              |                                                                            |                                 | 36,880 |        |  |      | 15,221 |       |  |  | 12,991 |      
|                                              |                                                                            |                                 |        |        |  |      |        |       |  |  |        |      

Of the total depreciation and amortization in
2002, nonscheduled depreciation and amortization related to the
following assets:

|                              |                                                          |                 |        |       | 
|----------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ------ | ----- | 
|                              |                                                          | 2002           
|                              |                                                          |                
|                              |                                                          | (millions of )
|Intangible assets             |                                                          |                 | 21,451 |      
|                              | of which: UMTS license at T-Mobile UK                    |                 |        | 2,165 | 
|                              | of which: U.S. mobile communications licenses            |                 |        | 9,384 | 
|                              | of which: goodwill                                       |                 |        | 9,865 | 
|Property, plant and equipment |                                                          |                 | 848    |      
|                              | of which: buildings                                      |                 |        | 249   | 
|                              | of which: submarine cables North Atlantic/Pacific        |                 |        | 228   | 
|                              | of which: property, plant and equipment at
    T-Systems |                 |        | 245   | 
|                              |                                                          |                 |        |      
|                              |                                                          |                 | 22,299 |      
|                              |                                                          |                 |        |      

Depreciation and amortization increased during
2002 by EUR 21,659 million to
EUR 36,880 million.

The increase in amortization of intangible assets
is mainly attributable to the write-downs on goodwill at
T-Mobile USA (EUR 8,288 million), Ben
(EUR 958 million) and SIRIS at T-Systems
(EUR 473 million) made as a result of the strategic
review in the third quarter of 2002. In addition, write-downs
were made on the mobile communications licenses of T-Mobile USA
(EUR 9,384 million) and the UMTS license of T-Mobile
UK (EUR 2,165 million). In total, the write-downs on
intangible assets resulting from the strategic review amounted
to EUR 21,268 million.

Changes in the composition of the Deutsche
Telekom Group in particular generated an increase in scheduled
depreciation and amortization of EUR 1.7 billion. Most
of this increase is attributable to the inclusion of T-Mobile
USA in Deutsche Telekoms consolidated financial statements
for the full financial year. Overall, as a result of changes in
the composition of the Deutsche Telekom Group, scheduled
amortization of goodwill increased by EUR 0.7 billion,
amortization of UMTS and U.S. mobile communications
licenses by EUR 0.5 billion and depreciation of
property, plant and equipment by EUR 0.5 billion.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS  (Continued)


(7)  Other Operating
Expenses

|                                                                               |  |                                 |        |      |  |      |        |  |  |  |        | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---- |  | ---- | ------ |  |  |  | ------ | 
|                                                                               |  |                                
|                                                                               |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                                                                               |  |                                
|                                                                               |  | 2002                            |        | 2001 |  | 2000
|                                                                               |  |                                 |        |      |  |     
|                                                                               |  |                                
|                                                                               |  | (millions of )                
|Marketing expenses                                                             |  |                                 | 2,204  |      |  |      | 1,896  |  |  |  | 1,967  | 
|Advertising gifts and commissions                                              |  |                                 | 1,645  |      |  |      | 1,329  |  |  |  | 794    | 
|Rental and leasing expenses                                                    |  |                                 | 1,732  |      |  |      | 1,213  |  |  |  | 766    | 
|Losses on accounts receivable and provision for
    doubtful accounts          |  |                                 | 1,677  |      |  |      | 1,225  |  |  |  | 723    | 
|Maintenance and repairs                                                        |  |                                 | 1,282  |      |  |      | 1,133  |  |  |  | 843    | 
|Legal and consulting fees                                                      |  |                                 | 746    |      |  |      | 695    |  |  |  | 591    | 
|Other employee-related costs                                                   |  |                                 | 558    |      |  |      | 598    |  |  |  | 493    | 
|Postal charges                                                                 |  |                                 | 493    |      |  |      | 486    |  |  |  | 481    | 
|Losses on disposition of noncurrent assets
    (including sale of investments) |  |                                 | 390    |      |  |      | 478    |  |  |  | 1,132  | 
|Administrative expenses                                                        |  |                                 | 327    |      |  |      | 314    |  |  |  | 217    | 
|Foreign currency transaction losses                                            |  |                                 | 310    |      |  |      | 333    |  |  |  | 241    | 
|Provisions                                                                     |  |                                 | 296    |      |  |      | 391    |  |  |  | 611    | 
|Travel and transport expenses                                                  |  |                                 | 283    |      |  |      | 290    |  |  |  | 241    | 
|License and concession expenses                                                |  |                                 | 203    |      |  |      | 197    |  |  |  | 116    | 
|Utilities                                                                      |  |                                 | 160    |      |  |      | 129    |  |  |  | 77     | 
|Telephone charges                                                              |  |                                 | 137    |      |  |      | 94     |  |  |  | 15     | 
|Other expenses                                                                 |  |                                 | 1,667  |      |  |      | 1,350  |  |  |  | 1,116  | 
|                                                                               |  |                                 |        |      |  |      |        |  |  |  |        | 
|                                                                               |  |                                 | 14,110 |      |  |      | 12,151 |  |  |  | 10,424 | 
|                                                                               |  |                                 |        |      |  |      |        |  |  |  |        | 

Of the EUR 1,959 million increase in
other operating expenses over the previous year,
EUR 1,334 million relates to changes in the
composition of the Deutsche Telekom Group, of which T-Mobile USA
accounts for EUR 1,047 million.

The increase of EUR 624 million in
marketing expenses, advertising gifts and commissions is mainly
attributable to the first full-year consolidation of T-Mobile
USA. Rental and leasing expenses increased by
EUR 519 million over the previous year. This
development is mainly attributable to changes in the composition
of the Deutsche Telekom Group within T-Mobile. Losses on
accounts receivable and provisions for doubtful accounts
increased by EUR 452 million, predominantly at
Deutsche Telekom AG. This relates mainly to the discount for
credit risks from the sales of receivables in the asset-backed
securitization programs.

Of the total amount of other operating expenses,
EUR 463 million (2001: EUR 534 million,
2000: EUR 1,208 million) relates to expenses
recognized on transactions consummated in prior years.

(8)  Financial Income (Expense),
Net

|                                                                                                            |  |                                 |        |      |  |      |        |   |  |  |        |  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---- |  | ---- | ------ | - |  |  | ------ | -
|                                                                                                            |  |                                
|                                                                                                            |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                                                                                                            |  |                                
|                                                                                                            |  | 2002                            |        | 2001 |  | 2000
|                                                                                                            |  |                                 |        |      |  |     
|                                                                                                            |  |                                
|                                                                                                            |  | (millions of )                
|Dividend income from investments                                                                            |  |                                 | 41     |      |  |      | 107    |   |  |  | 147    |  
|Results related to companies accounted for under
    the equity method (including amortization of goodwill) |  |                                 | (430   | )    |  |      | (547   | ) |  |  | 1,890  |  
|                                                                                                            |  |                                 |        |      |  |      |        |   |  |  |        |  
|Income/(loss) related to associated and
    related companies                                               |  |                                 | (389   | )    |  |      | (440   | ) |  |  | 2,037  |  
|Income from debt securities and long-term loan
    receivables                                              |  |                                 | 171    |      |  |      | 152    |   |  |  | 487    |  
|Other interest and similar income                                                                           |  |                                 | 1,781  |      |  |      | 408    |   |  |  | 511    |  
|Interest and similar expense                                                                                |  |                                 | (6,000 | )    |  |      | (4,698 | ) |  |  | (4,095 | )
|                                                                                                            |  |                                 |        |      |  |      |        |   |  |  |        |  
|Net interest income (expense)                                                                               |  |                                 | (4,048 | )    |  |      | (4,138 | ) |  |  | (3,097 | )
|Write-downs on financial assets and marketable
    securities                                               |  |                                 | (1,585 | )    |  |      | (770   | ) |  |  | (170   | )
|                                                                                                            |  |                                 |        |      |  |      |        |   |  |  |        |  
|                                                                                                            |  |                                 | (6,022 | )    |  |      | (5,348 | ) |  |  | (1,230 | )
|                                                                                                            |  |                                 |        |      |  |      |        |   |  |  |        |  

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Net financial expense in 2002 increased by
EUR 674 million over the previous year, mainly as a
result of further valuation adjustments on the net carrying
amount of the investment in France Telecom, amounting to a total
of EUR 0.6 billion, and on other investments in
noncurrent securities of EUR 0.4 billion. Results
related to associated and related companies and net interest
expense improved, however. Results related to associated and
related companies improved by EUR 51 million over the
previous year, mainly as a consequence of the decrease in
expenses (including the amortization of goodwill) relating to
investments in associated companies, which were particularly
high in the previous year. The decrease in net interest expense
is largely attributable to the reversal of interest rate
derivatives which were no longer necessary.

(9)  Extraordinary Income
(Loss)

In 2000, this item represented expenses relating
to the initial public offering of T-Online International AG and
the planned initial public offering of T-Mobile
International AG.

(10)  Taxes

Breakdown of income/(loss) before taxes:

|              |  |                                 |         |      |  |      |        |   |  |  |        |  
|------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------- | ---- |  | ---- | ------ | - |  |  | ------ | -
|              |  |                                
|              |  | For the year ended December 31,
|              |  |                                
|              |  | 2002                            |         | 2001 |  | 2000
|              |  |                                 |         |      |  |     
|              |  |                                
|              |  | (millions of )                
|Germany       |  |                                 | 1,034   |      |  |      | 2,953  |   |  |  | 8,291  |  
|International |  |                                 | (27,820 | )    |  |      | (5,457 | ) |  |  | (1,958 | )
|              |  |                                 |         |      |  |      |        |   |  |  |        |  
|              |  |                                 | (26,786 | )    |  |      | (2,504 | ) |  |  | 6,333  |  
|              |  |                                 |         |      |  |      |        |   |  |  |        |  

Breakdown of tax expense (benefit):

|             |  |                    |        |      |  |      |     |  |  |  |     | 
|------------ |  | ------------------ | ------ | ---- |  | ---- | --- |  |  |  | --- | 
|             |  |                   
|             |  | For the year ended
|             |  | December 31,      
|             |  |                   
|             |  | 2002               |        | 2001 |  | 2000
|             |  |                    |        |      |  |     
|             |  |                   
|             |  | (millions of )   
|Income taxes |  |                    | (2,847 | )    |  |      | 751 |  |  |  | 194 | 
|Other taxes  |  |                    | 364    |      |  |      | 57  |  |  |  | 124 | 
|             |  |                    |        |      |  |      |     |  |  |  |     | 
|             |  |                    | (2,483 | )    |  |      | 808 |  |  |  | 318 | 
|             |  |                    |        |      |  |      |     |  |  |  |     | 

Breakdown of the Groups income taxes,
Germany and international:

|                      |               |                    |        |        |   |      |     |     |   |  |     |     |  
|--------------------- | ------------- | ------------------ | ------ | ------ | - | ---- | --- | --- | - |  | --- | --- | -
|                      |               |                   
|                      |               | For the year ended
|                      |               | December 31,      
|                      |               |                   
|                      |               | 2002               |        | 2001   |   | 2000
|                      |               |                    |        |        |   |     
|                      |               |                   
|                      |               | (millions of )   
|Current taxes         |               |                    |        |        |   |      |     |     |   |  |     |    
|                      | Germany       |                    |        | 132    |   |      |     | 686 |   |  |     | 207 |  
|                      | International |                    |        | 190    |   |      |     | 91  |   |  |     | 35  |  
|Deferred income taxes |               |                    |        |        |   |      |     |     |   |  |     |    
|                      | Germany       |                    |        | (150   | ) |      |     | (30 | ) |  |     | (57 | )
|                      | International |                    |        | (3,019 | ) |      |     | 4   |   |  |     | 9   |  
|                      |               |                    |        |        |   |      |     |     |   |  |     |    
|                      |               |                    | (2,847 | )      |   |      | 751 |     |   |  | 194 |    
|                      |               |                    |        |        |   |      |     |     |   |  |     |    

The combined statutory income tax rate, currently
39%, includes corporate income taxes at a rate of 25%, the
solidarity surcharge of 5.5% on corporate income tax
(Solidaritaetszuschlag) and trade taxes at an average
German national rate.

The Groups loss before taxes increased to
EUR 26.8 billion. The resulting income tax benefit
amounts to EUR 2.8 billion, compared with an expense
of EUR 0.8 billion in the previous year. This effect
was mainly attributable to the reversal of deferred tax
liabilities relating to the nonscheduled amortization of mobile
communications licenses of T-Mobile USA/Powertel, which
generated a deferred tax benefit of EUR 3.0 billion.
In 2002, the Federal Finance Court confirmed Deutsche
Telekoms legal position in a legal

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dispute concerning Deutsche
Telekom AGs recognition of goodwill for tax reporting
purposes. The amortization of tax deductible goodwill to be
applied to the prior tax years 1996-1999 results in an income
tax reduction of approximately EUR 1.0 billion for
Deutsche Telekom AG. In addition, amortization of goodwill
increases net operating loss carryforwards (corporate income tax
and trade tax) for the years 2000-2002 by
EUR 2.2 billion (EUR 741 million per year).
However, the capitalization of tax deductible goodwill results
in an additional expense of EUR 0.2 billion for wealth
tax and trade capital tax for the years 1996 and 1997, which
resulted in the increase in other taxes.

Furthermore, deferred taxes result primarily from
temporary differences between income determined under German
GAAP and under applicable tax law. On the basis of the existing
net operating loss carryforwards in the Deutsche Telekom
consolidated tax group, the parent company will not show any
income taxes on the current taxable result until the net
operating loss carryforwards have been fully utilized. The
deferred taxes of the parent company and the integrated
companies which will offset each other over the expected period
of utilization of the net operating loss carryforwards were
released in 2002.

Differences between actual income taxes benefit
of EUR 2,847 million for 2002 (2001: expense of
EUR 751 million, 2000: expense of
EUR 194 million) and the imputed, expected
corporate income tax expense (computed using the statutory
corporate income tax rate for the parent company (combined
income tax rate) of 39% are as follows:

|                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                         |                                 |         |        |   |      |      |        |   |  |       |        |  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------- | ------ | - | ---- | ---- | ------ | - |  | ----- | ------ | -
|                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                         |                                
|                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                         | For the year ended December 31,
|                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                         |                                
|                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                         | 2002                            |         | 2001   |   | 2000
|                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                         |                                 |         |        |   |     
|                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                         |                                
|                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                         | (millions of )                
|Expected corporate income tax at the tax rate
    applicable for the parent company |                                                                                                                                         |                                 | (10,447 | )      |   |      | (977 | )      |   |  | 2,723 |       
|Increase (decrease) in income tax due to:                                           |                                                                                                                                         |                                 |         |        |   |      |      |        |   |  |       |       
|                                                                                    | Reduction of the groups results without tax
    effect                                                                                 |                                 |         | 11,027 |   |      |      | 2,896  |   |  |       | 1,497  |  
|                                                                                    | Increase in the groups results without tax
    effect                                                                                  |                                 |         | (435   | ) |      |      | (966   | ) |  |       | (3,576 | )
|                                                                                    | Group results not subject to the German rate of
    taxation                                                                            |                                 |         | (2,878 | ) |      |      | (491   | ) |  |       | (546   | )
|                                                                                    | Permanent and semi-permanent differences between
    the balance sheets prepared for financial reporting and tax
    reporting purposes |                                 |         | (34    | ) |      |      | 611    |   |  |       | (640   | )
|                                                                                    | Other differences between the balance sheets
    prepared for financial reporting and tax reporting                                     |                                 |         | (323   | ) |      |      | 0      |   |  |       | 0      |  
|                                                                                    | Trade tax (e.g. long-term debt)                                                                                                         |                                 |         | 247    |   |      |      | 216    |   |  |       | 180    |  
|                                                                                    | Effect of domestic losses                                                                                                               |                                 |         | 386    |   |      |      | (1,186 | ) |  |       | 370    |  
|                                                                                    | Effects of changes in tax law / corrections due
    to losses                                                                           |                                 |         | (361   | ) |      |      | 676    |   |  |       | 167    |  
|                                                                                    | Other                                                                                                                                   |                                 |         | (29    | ) |      |      | (28    | ) |  |       | 19     |  
|                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                         |                                 |         |        |   |      |      |        |   |  |       |       
|Income taxes                                                                        |                                                                                                                                         |                                 | (2,847  | )      |   |      | 751  |        |   |  | 194   |       
|                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                         |                                 |         |        |   |      |      |        |   |  |       |       
|Effective income tax rate                                                           |                                                                                                                                         |                                 | 11      | %      |   |      | (30  | )%     |   |  | 3.1   | %     
|                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                         |                                 |         |        |   |      |      |        |   |  |       |       

At December 31, 2002, Deutsche Telekom had
net operating loss carryforwards affecting corporate income tax
and similar carryforwards amounting to approximately
EUR 22,198 million and trade tax net operating loss
carryforwards amounting to approximately
EUR 6,448 million. With the exception of non-German
net operating loss carryforwards of
EUR 11,432 million, which mainly will expire between
2008 and 2022, these net operating loss carryforwards have an
unlimited carry forward period under current German and local
tax law.

(11)  (Income) Losses Attributable
to Minority Shareholders

(Income) losses applicable to minority
shareholders includes EUR 390 million (2001:
EUR 322 million; 2000: EUR 189 million) in
gains and EUR 106 million (2001:
EUR 180 million; 2000: EUR 100 million) in
losses. The gains in 2002 relate mainly to MATAV and Hrvatske
telekommunikacije. The losses relate mainly to T-Online
International AG.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS  (Continued)


NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED BALANCE
SHEET

(12)  Intangible Assets

|                                                                                                  |  |                     |        |      |  |  |        | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------- | ------ | ---- |  |  | ------ | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                    
|                                                                                                  |  | As of December 31, 
|                                                                                                  |  |                    
|                                                                                                  |  | 2002                |        | 2001
|                                                                                                  |  |                     |        |     
|                                                                                                  |  |                    
|                                                                                                  |  | Net carrying amount
|                                                                                                  |  |                    
|                                                                                                  |  |                    
|                                                                                                  |  | (millions of )    
|Concessions, industrial and similar rights and
    assets, and licenses in such rights and assets |  |                     | 23,837 |      |  |  | 39,254 | 
|Goodwill                                                                                          |  |                     | 29,436 |      |  |  | 40,597 | 
|Advance payments                                                                                  |  |                     | 129    |      |  |  | 200    | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                     |        |      |  |  |        | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                     | 53,402 |      |  |  | 80,051 | 
|                                                                                                  |  |                     |        |      |  |  |        | 

The decrease of EUR 26.6 billion in
intangible assets to EUR 53.4 billion is mainly
attributable to the scheduled and nonscheduled amortization of
goodwill and mobile communications licenses as a result of the
strategic review in the third quarter of 2002.

This write-down completely offset the
EUR 2.7 billion and EUR 1.7 billion
increases to intangible assets during 2002, arising from the
acquisition of the remaining shares of T-Systems ITS GmbH
(formerly debis Systemhaus GmbH) and Ben, respectively.

The development of intangible assets is shown in
the table of consolidated noncurrent assets.

(13)  Property, Plant and
Equipment

|                                                                                                 |  |                     |        |      |  |  |        | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ------------------- | ------ | ---- |  |  | ------ | 
|                                                                                                 |  |                    
|                                                                                                 |  | As of December 31, 
|                                                                                                 |  |                    
|                                                                                                 |  | 2002                |        | 2001
|                                                                                                 |  |                     |        |     
|                                                                                                 |  |                    
|                                                                                                 |  | Net carrying amount
|                                                                                                 |  |                    
|                                                                                                 |  |                    
|                                                                                                 |  | (millions of )    
|Land and equivalent rights, and buildings
    including buildings on land owned by third parties |  |                     | 11,362 |      |  |  | 13,063 | 
|Technical equipment and machinery                                                                |  |                     | 38,034 |      |  |  | 39,947 | 
|Other equipment, plant and office equipment                                                      |  |                     | 2,286  |      |  |  | 2,743  | 
|Advance payments and construction in progress                                                    |  |                     | 2,273  |      |  |  | 2,955  | 
|                                                                                                 |  |                     |        |      |  |  |        | 
|                                                                                                 |  |                     | 53,955 |      |  |  | 58,708 | 
|                                                                                                 |  |                     |        |      |  |  |        | 

Property, plant and equipment decreased by
EUR 4.8 billion to EUR 54.0 billion. Capital
expenditure amounted to EUR 7.1 billion; depreciation
and amortization increased to around EUR 9.5 billion;
disposals amounted to EUR 3.4 billion and related
mainly to the sale of real estate in the form of sale and lease
back transactions.

The development of property, plant and equipment
for 2002 is shown in the table of consolidated noncurrent assets.

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Leasing

Minimum lease payments under leases expiring
subsequent to December 31, 2002, are shown below (millions
of EUR).

|                                            |  |         |      |           |  |  |        | 
|------------------------------------------- |  | ------- | ---- | --------- |  |  | ------ | 
|                                            |  | Capital |      | Operating
|Year                                        |  | leases  |      | leases   
|                                            |  |         |      |          
|2003                                        |  |         | 63   |           |  |  | 1,813  | 
|2004                                        |  |         | 58   |           |  |  | 1,609  | 
|2005                                        |  |         | 60   |           |  |  | 1,232  | 
|2006                                        |  |         | 58   |           |  |  | 924    | 
|2007                                        |  |         | 60   |           |  |  | 842    | 
|after 2007                                  |  |         | 666  |           |  |  | 3,630  | 
|                                            |  |         |      |           |  |  |        | 
|Total minimum lease payments                |  |         | 965  |           |  |  | 10,050 | 
|                                            |  |         |      |           |  |  |        | 
|Imputed interest                            |  |         | (422 | )         |  |  |        | 
|                                            |  |         |      |           |  |  |        | 
|Present value of net minimum lease payments |  |         | 543  |           |  |  |        | 
|                                            |  |         |      |           |  |  |        | 

Capital leases are primarily for office buildings
and have terms of up to 25 years. EUR 794 million
of the operating leases payments relate to real estate
previously sold and leased back with average terms of
18 years.

(14)  Financial Assets

The net carrying amounts of financial assets at:

|                                                        |  |                 |       |      |  |  |       | 
|------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------- | ----- | ---- |  |  | ----- | 
|                                                        |  |                
|                                                        |  | As of          
|                                                        |  | December 31,   
|                                                        |  |                
|                                                        |  | 2002            |       | 2001
|                                                        |  |                 |       |     
|                                                        |  |                
|                                                        |  | (millions of )
|Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries              |  |                 | 149   |      |  |  | 228   | 
|Loans to unconsolidated subsidiaries                    |  |                 | 58    |      |  |  | 82    | 
|Investments in associated companies                     |  |                 | 2,593 |      |  |  | 3,944 | 
|Other investments in related companies                  |  |                 | 1,021 |      |  |  | 1,895 | 
|Long-term loans to associated and related
    companies |  |                 | 3     |      |  |  | 395   | 
|Other investments in noncurrent securities              |  |                 | 238   |      |  |  | 879   | 
|Other long-term loans                                   |  |                 | 107   |      |  |  | 534   | 
|                                                        |  |                 |       |      |  |  |       | 
|                                                        |  |                 | 4,169 |      |  |  | 7,957 | 
|                                                        |  |                 |       |      |  |  |       | 

The decrease of EUR 1,351 million in
the net carrying amount of investments in associated companies
relates mainly to the reclassification of the shares in Ben
(EUR 543 million) and an investee of T-Mobile USA
(EUR 283 million) as a result of their full
consolidation for the first time in the year under review.
Furthermore, the decrease is marked by current year losses and
the amortization of goodwill, particularly relating to comdirect
bank. These developments were offset by increases in various
related companies of T-Mobile International AG amounting to
EUR 437 million.

The decrease of EUR 874 million in
other investments in related companies is largely a consequence
of the valuation adjustment on and the subsequent disposal of
the shares held in France Telecom.

Long-term loans primarily include loans to
associated and related companies. The decrease is mainly
attributable to valuation adjustments for loans to cable
companies.

Other investments in noncurrent securities mainly
include fixed-interest securities. The decrease is attributable
to the sale of part of the fixed-interest securities from the
portfolio of Deutsche Telekom Holding B.V., Amsterdam, and a
valuation adjustment in Deutsche Telekom AGs
securities portfolio.

A considerable proportion of other long-term
loans was reclassified as loans to unconsolidated subsidiaries
in the year 2002 as a result of the acquisition of HoldCo/
Polpager by T-Mobile International AG. Furthermore, the
decrease in other long-term loans was also attributable to the
repayment of a Deutsche Telekom AG loan by Deutsche Post.

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STATEMENTS  (Continued)


The development of financial assets is shown in
the table of noncurrent assets.

Significant investments in associated companies
are shown below:

|               |  |                         |      |                         |  |             |       |          |  |                 |       |             |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|-------------- |  | ----------------------- | ---- | ----------------------- |  | ----------- | ----- | -------- |  | --------------- | ----- | ----------- |  |  | ---- |  |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | ----- | 
|               |  |                         |      |                        
|               |  | As of December 31, 2002 |      | As of December 31, 2001
|               |  |                         |      |                        
|               |  | Deutsche                |      |                         |  | of which:   |       | Deutsche |  |                 |       | of which:  
|               |  | Telekom                 |      | Net carrying            |  | Embedded    |       | Telekom  |  | Net carrying    |       | Embedded   
|Name           |  | share                   |      | amount                  |  | goodwill(1) |       | share    |  | amount          |       | goodwill(1)
|               |  |                         |      |                         |  |             |       |          |  |                 |       |            
|               |  | (%)                     |      | (millions of )         |  |             |       | (%)      |  | (millions of ) |       |            
|PTC            |  |                         | 49.0 |                         |  |             | 1,287 |          |  |                 | 1,122 |             |  |  | 45.0 |  |  |  | 1,232 |  |  |  | 1,114 | 
|GSM Facilities |  |                         | 25.6 |                         |  |             | 586   |          |  |                 |      |             |  |  | 24.0 |  |  |  | 516   |  |  |  |      | 
|MTS(2)         |  |                         | 36.2 |                         |  |             | 455   |          |  |                 | 11    |             |  |  | 36.2 |  |  |  | 435   |  |  |  | 16    | 
|Other          |  |                         |      |                         |  |             | 265   |          |  |                 | 52    |             |  |  |      |  |  |  | 1,761 |  |  |  | 685   | 
|               |  |                         |      |                         |  |             |       |          |  |                 |       |             |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|               |  |                         |      |                         |  |             | 2,593 |          |  |                 | 1,185 |             |  |  |      |  |  |  | 3,944 |  |  |  | 1,815 | 
|               |  |                         |      |                         |  |             |       |          |  |                 |       |             |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 






|    |                                                                                                                        
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Net difference between carrying value and equity
    in net assets                                                     
|(2) | Proportional market value of
    EUR 1,277 million and EUR 1,459 million at
    December 31, 2002 and 2001 respectively

(15)  Inventories, Materials and
Supplies

|                               |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       | 
|------------------------------ |  | ------------------ | ----- | ---- |  |  | ----- | 
|                               |  |                   
|                               |  | As of December 31,
|                               |  |                   
|                               |  | 2002               |       | 2001
|                               |  |                    |       |     
|                               |  |                   
|                               |  | (millions of )   
|Raw materials and supplies     |  |                    | 466   |      |  |  | 597   | 
|Work in process                |  |                    | 350   |      |  |  | 458   | 
|Finished goods and merchandise |  |                    | 730   |      |  |  | 606   | 
|Advance payments               |  |                    | 10    |      |  |  | 10    | 
|                               |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       | 
|                               |  |                    | 1,556 |      |  |  | 1,671 | 
|                               |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       | 

Inventories, materials and supplies decreased
compared with the previous year by EUR 114 million or 6.8%.
This figure includes offsetting effects of
EUR 26 million resulting from changes in the
composition of the Deutsche Telekom Group.

Raw materials and supplies include spare parts
for data communications equipment, transmission equipment and
other telecommunications spare parts, components and cable. Work
in process is mainly related to projects which have not yet been
completed, such as the installation of telecommunications
systems and the implementation of IT systems solutions.

Finished goods and merchandise relate mainly to
inventories of terminal equipment held both for resale and
leasing as well as existing rights of use for submarine cables.

Advance payments relate primarily to orders for
terminal equipment.

(16)  Receivables

|                                                  |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       | 
|------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------ | ----- | ---- |  |  | ----- | 
|                                                  |  |                   
|                                                  |  | As of December 31,
|                                                  |  |                   
|                                                  |  | 2002               |       | 2001
|                                                  |  |                    |       |     
|                                                  |  |                   
|                                                  |  | (millions of )   
|Trade accounts receivable                         |  |                    | 5,840 |      |  |  | 6,173 | 
|Receivables from unconsolidated subsidiaries      |  |                    | 171   |      |  |  | 423   | 
|Receivables from associated and related companies |  |                    | 247   |      |  |  | 230   | 
|                                                  |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       | 
|                                                  |  |                    | 6,258 |      |  |  | 6,826 | 
|                                                  |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       | 

In December 2002, T-Systems International GmbH
and its subsidiaries T-Systems PCM AG and T-Systems GEI GmbH
sold without recourse certain trade accounts receivable
amounting to EUR 276 million to a special purpose
vehicle as part of an asset-backed securitization program. The
contract explicitly rules out the retransfer of the receivables
sold. Appropriate discounts have been agreed to cover financing
and program costs and possible bad debt losses. The contract
provides for a rebate of the discounts if the risks

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covered by the discounts are not utilized by the
purchaser. Servicing of the receivables sold is performed by
T-Systems on behalf of the purchaser.

Since December 2001, Deutsche Telekom AG has sold
by way of global assignment certain trade accounts receivable to
a special-purpose vehicle as part of an asset-backed
securitization program. The contract explicitly rules out the
retransfer of the receivables sold. The contract provides for a
rebate of the discounts if the risks covered by the discounts
are not utilized by the purchaser. Servicing of the receivables
sold is performed by Deutsche Telekom on behalf of the purchaser.

All receivables are due within one year, with the
exception of EUR 63 million for trade accounts
receivables.

The allowance for doubtful accounts and changes
therein are in millions of euros as follows:

|      |  |                 |       |                  |  |                 |       |                   |  |  |      |   |  |  |       | 
|----- |  | --------------- | ----- | ---------------- |  | --------------- | ----- | ----------------- |  |  | ---- | - |  |  | ----- | 
|      |  |                 |       | Charged to costs |  | Amounts written |       |                  
|Years |  | As of January 1 |       | and expenses     |  | off/released    |       | As of December 31
|      |  |                 |       |                  |  |                 |       |                  
|      |  | (millions of ) |       |                  |  |                 |       |                  
|2000  |  |                 | 493   |                  |  |                 | 379   |                   |  |  | (82  | ) |  |  | 790   | 
|2001  |  |                 | 790   |                  |  |                 | 1,167 |                   |  |  | (623 | ) |  |  | 1,334 | 
|2002  |  |                 | 1,334 |                  |  |                 | 701   |                   |  |  | (680 | ) |  |  | 1,355 | 

The Company directly wrote off accounts
receivable balances of EUR 414 million in 2002
(December 31, 2001: EUR 391 million;
December 31, 2000: EUR 344 million).

(17)  Other Assets

|                                                         |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       | 
|-------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------ | ----- | ---- |  |  | ----- | 
|                                                         |  |                   
|                                                         |  | As of December 31,
|                                                         |  |                   
|                                                         |  | 2002               |       | 2001
|                                                         |  |                    |       |     
|                                                         |  |                   
|                                                         |  | (millions of )   
|Tax receivables                                          |  |                    | 1,782 |      |  |  | 3,287 | 
|Accrued interest                                         |  |                    | 390   |      |  |  | 352   | 
|Receivables from employees                               |  |                    | 46    |      |  |  | 34    | 
|Receivables from reimbursements and loans
    receivable |  |                    | 96    |      |  |  | 221   | 
|Miscellaneous other assets                               |  |                    | 1,078 |      |  |  | 1,072 | 
|                                                         |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       | 
|                                                         |  |                    | 3,392 |      |  |  | 4,966 | 
|                                                         |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       | 

The decrease in other assets relates mainly to
the decrease in tax receivables, which consist mainly of income
taxes. The considerable decrease in income tax receivables
relates mainly to the non-recurrence of the reimbursement of
corporate income tax resulting from the dividend payment of
T-Mobile International AG to Deutsche Telekom AG amounting to
EUR 1.1 billion in the previous year. Furthermore, a
claim for reimbursement shown in the previous year has been
realized. Receivables in the year under review include tax
refunds of approximately EUR 0.8 billion relating to
the recognition of amortization on Deutsche Telekom AGs
goodwill.

(18)  Marketable
Securities

|                            |  |                    |     |      |  |  |     | 
|--------------------------- |  | ------------------ | --- | ---- |  |  | --- | 
|                            |  |                   
|                            |  | As of December 31,
|                            |  |                   
|                            |  | 2002               |     | 2001
|                            |  |                    |     |     
|                            |  |                   
|                            |  | (millions of )   
|Treasury shares             |  |                    | 7   |      |  |  | 7   | 
|Other marketable securities |  |                    | 406 |      |  |  | 695 | 
|                            |  |                    |     |      |  |  |     | 
|                            |  |                    | 413 |      |  |  | 702 | 
|                            |  |                    |     |      |  |  |     | 

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The number of treasury shares at the balance
sheet date, 2,670,828, unchanged from the December 31, 2001
is made up as follows:

|                                                                  |  |           |            |  
|----------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------- | ---------- | -
|                                                                  |  | Number of
|                                                                  |  | Shares   
|                                                                  |  |          
|1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan                                 |  |           | 459,900    |  
|1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan                                 |  |           | 5,185,278  |  
|Decrease as a result of the 2000 Employee Stock
    Purchase Plan |  |           | (2,988,980 | )
|Shares acquired from the KfW, not yet issued                      |  |           | 14,630     |  
|                                                                  |  |           |            |  
|                                                                  |  |           | 2,670,828  |  
|                                                                  |  |           |            |  

The shares are recorded in the balance sheet at
an acquisition cost of EUR 2.56 per share. The shares not
purchased by employees in 2000 (14,630) were initially shown in
the balance sheet at acquisition cost of
EUR 0.9 million and written down to the lower market
trading price applicable at the balance sheet date. The total
proportion of treasury shares in capital stock is 0.07%.

The decrease in other marketable securities
compared with the previous year is mainly attributable to the
reduction of Deutsche Bundespost bonds and debentures held to
maintain favorable trading conditions and the maturity of
callable bonds.

Other marketable securities primarily relate to
own bonds held to maintain favorable trading conditions
(EUR 139 million) and callable step-up bonds
(EUR 225 million) held by Deutsche Telekom AG.

(19)  Liquid Assets

|                                                               |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       | 
|-------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------ | ----- | ---- |  |  | ----- | 
|                                                               |  |                   
|                                                               |  | As of December 31,
|                                                               |  |                   
|                                                               |  | 2002               |       | 2001
|                                                               |  |                    |       |     
|                                                               |  |                   
|                                                               |  | (millions of )   
|Checks                                                         |  |                    | 10    |      |  |  | 47    | 
|Petty cash and deposits at the Bundesbank                      |  |                    | 42    |      |  |  | 25    | 
|Cash in banks (including deposits at Deutsche
    Postbank AG) |  |                    | 1,853 |      |  |  | 2,796 | 
|                                                               |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       | 
|                                                               |  |                    | 1,905 |      |  |  | 2,868 | 
|                                                               |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       | 

|                          |                                                                         |                    |       |       |  |  |       |       | 
|------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----- | ----- |  |  | ----- | ----- | 
|                          |                                                                         |                   
|                          |                                                                         | As of December 31,
|                          |                                                                         |                   
|                          |                                                                         | 2002               |       | 2001 
|                          |                                                                         |                    |       |      
|                          |                                                                         |                   
|                          |                                                                         | (millions of )   
|Cash and cash equivalents |                                                                         |                    |       |       |  |  |       |      
|                          | Original maturity less than 3 months                                    |                    |       | 1,712 |  |  |       | 2,738 | 
|                          | Temporary cash investments (original maturity
    longer than 3 months) |                    |       | 193   |  |  |       | 130   | 
|                          |                                                                         |                    |       |       |  |  |       |      
|                          |                                                                         |                    | 1,905 |       |  |  | 2,868 |      
|                          |                                                                         |                    |       |       |  |  |       |      

Cash and cash equivalents with original maturity
of less than 3 months consist primarily of fixed-term bank
deposits, checking account balances, deposits at the Bundesbank
and Deutsche Postbank AG and petty cash. Temporary cash
investments consist almost exclusively of fixed-term bank
deposits.

The development of cash and cash equivalents is
shown in the consolidated statement of cash flows.

(20)  Prepaid Expenses and Deferred
Charges

Prepaid expenses and deferred charges of
EUR 771 million (Dec. 31, 2001:
EUR 813 million) include discounts on loans of
EUR 295 million (Dec. 31, 2001:
EUR 351 million) which are amortized on a straight
line basis over the terms of the respective liabilities. Other
prepaid expenses and deferred charges are also shown for advance
personnel costs and lease payments.

(21)  Shareholders Equity

A detailed account of the development of the
consolidated shareholders equity for the years 2000, 2001
and 2002 is presented in a separate table before the notes to
the consolidated financial statements.

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The development of the consolidated
shareholders equity from December 31, 1995, to
December 31, 2002, is as follows (millions of
):

(BAR CHART)




* unaudited

(22)  Capital Stock

In accordance with Article 5 (1) of the
Articles of Incorporation, Deutsche Telekom AGs capital
stock totaled EUR 10,746 million at December 31,
2002, representing 4,197.8 million registered ordinary no
par value shares. Each share entitles the holder to one vote.

The Federal Republics direct shareholding
in Deutsche Telekom AG, represented by the Federal Agency, was
30.75% at December 31, 2002; the KfWs shareholding
was 12.02% at December 31, 2002. Correspondingly, the
Federal Republic held 1,291 million no-par value shares
(EUR 3,304 million) of the capital stock as at
December 31, 2002, while the KfW held 505 million
no-par value shares (EUR 1,292 million). The remaining
shares are in free float.

In the course of the acquisition of T-Mobile
USA/Powertel, Deutsche Telekom AG granted options on Deutsche
Telekom shares in exchange for the warrants in circulation
between Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile USA/Powertel at the time
of the acquisition. At December 31, 2002, the number of
Deutsche Telekom shares deposited as collateral for the
outstanding options granted to T-Mobile USA/Powertel employees
amounted to 26,769,950.

Authorized Capital

With the approval of the Supervisory Board, the
Board of Management is authorized to increase the capital stock
(share capital) by up to a nominal amount of
EUR 3,865,093,163.52 by issuing up to 1,509,802,017
ordinary registered shares for non-cash contributions in the
period up to May 25, 2005. The authorization may be
exercised in full or in part. The preemptive right of
shareholders is precluded. The Board of Management is authorized
to determine the rights accruing to the shares in the future and
the conditions for issuing shares with the approval of the
Supervisory Board. As of December 31, 2002 1,168,148,391 of
the 1,509,802,017 ordinary shares have been issued for the
acquisition of T-Mobile USA and Powertel.

Contingent Capital

The capital stock may be conditionally increased
by up to EUR 500,000,000, divided into up to 195,312,500
shares (Contingent Capital I). The contingent capital may be
increased only to the extent that



| |    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
| | -- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | a. | the holders or creditors of conversion rights or
    warrants attached to the convertible bonds or bonds with
    warrants issued by May 28, 2006 by Deutsche Telekom AG or a
    company in which it has a direct or indirect majority holding on
    the basis of the authorization granted by resolution of the
    Shareholders Meeting of May 29, 2001, exercise their
    conversion or option rights or
|
| | b. | holders or creditors obligated to convert the
    convertible bonds issued by May 28, 2006, by Deutsche
    Telekom AG or companies in which it has a direct or indirect
    majority holding pursuant to the authorization granted by
    resolution of the Shareholders Meeting of May 29,
    2001, fulfill their conversion obligation.                                                                   

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The new shares are expected to participate in
profits starting at the beginning of the financial year in which
they are issued as the result of the exercise of any conversion
or option rights being exercised or the fulfillment of any
conversion obligations. The Contingent Capital I was used in
2003 through the issuance of approximately
EUR 2.3 billion of convertible bonds that are
mandatorily convertible into common shares of Deutsche Telekom
AG at maturity on June 1, 2006. The convertible bonds were
issued by Deutsche Telekoms Dutch finance subsidiary,
Deutsche Telekom International Finance B.V., and guaranteed
by Deutsche Telekom AG. The Securities were priced at par with a
6.5% coupon and a conversion ratio that, depending on the share
price performance, may vary from a ratio of 3,417.1679 shares to
4,237.2881 shares for each bond (EUR 50,000 notional
amount). The Securities were placed with
non-U.S. institutional investors outside the United States.

Pursuant to the authorization granted by
resolution of the Shareholders Meeting of May 29,
2001 the share capital was conditionally increased by up to
EUR 307,200,000, divided into up to 120,000,000 new
individual no par value registered shares (Contingent Capital
II). The contingent capital increase was made exclusively for
the purpose of granting subscription rights to members of the
Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG, executives at levels
below the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG and other
executives, managers and specialists of Deutsche Telekom AG and
to Board of Management members, managing board members and other
executives of second- and lower-tier domestic and foreign Group
companies on the basis of a 2001 Stock Option Plan. As of
December 31, 2002 none of the subscription rights granted
under the Stock Option Plan 2001 have been exercised.

Pursuant to the authorization granted by
resolution of the Shareholders Meeting of May 29,
2001 the share capital was conditionally increased by up to
EUR 2,621,237.76, divided into up to 1,023,921 shares
(Contingent Capital III). The contingent capital increase serves
exclusively to grant subscription rights to members of the Board
of Management and executives of the Corporation, as well as
Board of Management members, managing board members and other
executives of second- and lower-tier affiliated companies on the
basis of a Stock Option Plan as provided for in the resolution
of the Shareholders Meeting of May 25, 2000. As of
December 31, 2002 none of the subscription rights granted
under the Stock Option Plan 2000 have been exercised.

Treasury Shares

Pursuant to the authorization granted by
resolution of the Shareholders Meeting of May 28,
2002 the Board of Managements authorization to acquire
treasury shares, which was resolved by the shareholders
meeting on May 29, 2001, was rescinded. At the same time,
Deutsche Telekom AG was authorized to acquire treasury shares up
to a maximum of 10% of the share capital, i.e., a total of no
more than 419,775,242 shares. These treasury shares may be used
for listings on foreign stock exchanges, offered as compensation
in mergers or the acquisition of companies and equity interests,
or retired. The authorization may be exercised in full or in
part, and is valid until November 18, 2003.

(23)  Additional Paid-In
Capital

The additional paid-in capital of the
consolidated Group exceeds the additional paid-in capital of
Deutsche Telekom AG of EUR 24,319 million by
EUR 25,758 million. This is due in part to the
recording in 2001 of the new Deutsche Telekom shares issued in
the course of the acquisition of T-Mobile USA/Powertel at their
market value (EUR 28,680 million) instead of their
nominal value (EUR 2,990 million), which is permitted
in the consolidated financial statements. Furthermore, there
were other allocations to additional paid-in capital in 2002
amounting to EUR 68 million from the exercise of
conversion options by former shareholders of T-Mobile
USA/Powertel. The shares in Deutsche Telekom reserved for these
conversion options in a trust were included in the
unconsolidated financial statements of Deutsche Telekom AG
in 2001 at the time of the appropriation of the additional
paid-in capital.

(24)  Retained Earnings

In addition to the transfers made from Deutsche
Telekom AGs net income from prior years, retained earnings
include the consolidated groups share of the consolidated
subsidiaries net income or losses, provided they were
generated by such subsidiaries since being included in the
consolidated Group, as well as a reserve for treasury shares
held by the Company in accordance with § 272
(4) HGB. This item also includes the cumulative effects of
consolidation entries from prior years.

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(25)  Minority Interest

Minority interest represents the minority
shareholders proportionate share of the equity of the
consolidated subsidiaries and relates primarily to T-Online
International AG, Croatian Telecom, MATAV, Slovenske and
RadioMobil.

(26)  Stock-Based
Compensation

Deutsche Telekom
AG

2000 Stock Option
Plan

In the 2000 financial year, Deutsche Telekom
granted stock options to certain employees for the first time.
On July 19, 2000, Deutsche Telekom granted 1,023,920.54
options for the purchase of 1,023,920.54 shares at an exercise
price of EUR 62.69 to the beneficiaries of the 2000 Stock
Option Plan on the basis of the resolution passed by the
shareholders meeting in May 2000. The quoted fair
market value of Deutsche Telekoms common stock as quoted
on Frankfurt am Main Xetra on the grant date was EUR 60.40
per share. The term of the options runs until July 20, 2005.

The options could not be exercised before the end
of the lock-up period on July 19, 2002, and may only be
exercised if and when the absolute and relative performance
targets have both been exceeded at least once in the period from
July 20, 2002, to July 19, 2005.

The absolute performance target is considered to
have been reached when the moving average of the closing price
of the shares in Xetra trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
exceeds the exercise price by more than 20% for a period longer
than 30 days.

The relative performance target is linked to
share price performance relative to the performance of the Dow
Jones Euro Stoxx 50© Total Return Index. The options may
only be exercised if, after the end of the two-year lock-up
period, the share price performance adjusted for dividends,
options and other special rights (total shareholder return)
exceeds the performance of the Euro Stoxx 50© Total Return
index measured on a moving thirty-day average basis.

Deutsche Telekom reserved the right, at its
election, to settle the options through the payment of a cash
amount (stock appreciation rights  SAR) instead of
issuing new shares. The exercise of an SAR cancels the related
option and the exercise of an option cancels the related SAR. As
at December 31, 2002, no resolution on conversion had been
passed to this effect.

As of December 31, 2002, the weighted
average remaining time to maturity of the outstanding options
from the 2000 Stock Option Plan was approximately 2.5 years.

The shareholders meeting in May 2001
resolved that no further stock options would be granted on the
basis of the 2000 Stock Option Plan.

The activities relating to the stock options
granted by Deutsche Telekom AG to beneficiaries of the 2000
Stock Option Plan (options in thousands) are as follows:

|                                 |  |                        |       |                |  |                |       |                |  |                |       |                |  |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|-------------------------------- |  | ---------------------- | ----- | -------------- |  | -------------- | ----- | -------------- |  | -------------- | ----- | -------------- |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | ----- | 
|                                 |  |                       
|                                 |  | 2000 Stock Option Plan
|                                 |  |                       
|                                 |  |                        |       |                |  |               
|                                 |  | 2002                   |       | 2001           |  | 2000          
|                                 |  |                        |       |                |  |               
|                                 |  |                        |       | Weighted-      |  |                |       | Weighted-      |  |                |       | Weighted-     
|                                 |  |                        |       | average        |  |                |       | average        |  |                |       | average       
|                                 |  | Stock options          |       | exercise price |  | Stock options  |       | exercise price |  | Stock options  |       | exercise price
|                                 |  |                        |       |                |  |                |       |                |  |                |       |               
|                                 |  | (in thousands)         |       | ()            |  | (in thousands) |       | ()            |  | (in thousands) |       | ()           
|Outstanding at beginning of year |  |                        | 1,001 |                |  |                | 62.69 |                |  |                | 1,022 |                |  |  | 62.69 |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |      | 
|Granted                          |  |                        |      |                |  |                |      |                |  |                |      |                |  |  |      |  |  |  | 1,024 |  |  |  | 62.69 | 
|Exercised                        |  |                        |      |                |  |                |      |                |  |                |      |                |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |      | 
|Forfeited                        |  |                        | 7     |                |  |                | 62.69 |                |  |                | 21    |                |  |  | 62.69 |  |  |  | 2     |  |  |  | 62.69 | 
|                                 |  |                        |       |                |  |                |       |                |  |                |       |                |  |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|Outstanding at end of year       |  |                        | 994   |                |  |                | 62.69 |                |  |                | 1,001 |                |  |  | 62.69 |  |  |  | 1,022 |  |  |  | 62.69 | 
|                                 |  |                        |       |                |  |                |       |                |  |                |       |                |  |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|Exercisable at end of year       |  |                        |      |                |  |                |      |                |  |                |      |                |  |  |      |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |      | 
|                                 |  |                        |       |                |  |                |       |                |  |                |       |                |  |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 

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2001
Stock Option Plan

For the 2001 Stock Option Plan, the
shareholders meeting in May 2001 resolved to increase the
capital stock (share capital) of Deutsche Telekom AG by
EUR 307,200,000 by issuing up to 120,000,000 new no-par
value registered shares. This contingent capital increase is
exclusively for the purpose of allowing up to 120,000,000
options to be issued to members of the Board of Management and
other executives of the Company and lower-tier affiliated
companies as part of the Deutsche Telekom 2001 Stock Option Plan.

50% of the options granted to each beneficiary
may only be exercised following the end of a lock-up period of
two years, starting from the day on which the options are
granted. The remaining 50% of the options granted to each
beneficiary may be exercised at the earliest following the end
of a lock-up period of three years, starting from the day on
which the options are granted.

The exercise price is payable upon exercise of
the options. The exercise price per share is 120% of the
reference price. The reference price corresponds to the
non-weighted average of the closing price of the Deutsche
Telekom shares in Xetra trading (or a comparable successor
system) as operated by Deutsche Boerse AG on the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange over the last 30 trading days before the day on
which the options are granted. If the average price calculated
using this method is lower than the closing price of the
Deutsche Telekom shares in Xetra trading (or a comparable
successor system) as operated by Deutsche Boerse AG on the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange on the day on which the options are
granted, this closing price shall be taken as the reference
price. The exercise price may not be lower than the notional
value of one share in the capital stock (share capital). The
exercise price is also the performance target.

The options may not legally be sold, transferred,
pledged or otherwise disposed of except in the event of death,
in which case the options are transferred to the heirs.

Deutsche Telekom reserved the right, at its
election, to settle the options through the payment of a cash
amount (stock appreciation rights  SAR) instead of
issuing new shares. The exercise of an SAR cancels the related
option and the exercise of an option cancels the related SAR. As
at December 31, 2002, no resolution on conversion had been
passed to this effect.

On August 13, 2001, Deutsche Telekom granted
8,220,803 options for the purchase of 8,220,803 shares at an
exercise price of EUR 30.00 to the beneficiaries of the
2001 Stock Option Plan on the basis of the resolution passed by
the shareholders meeting in May 2001. The quoted fair
market value of Deutsche Telekoms common stock as quoted
on Frankfurt am Main Xetra on the grant date was EUR 19.10
per share. The term of the options runs until August 12,
2011.

In 2002, Deutsche Telekom granted additional
stock options to certain employees. On July 15, 2002,
Deutsche Telekom granted a further 3,927,845 options for the
purchase of 3,927,845 shares at an exercise price of
EUR 12.36 to the beneficiaries of the Stock Option Plan on
the basis of the resolution passed by the shareholders
meeting in May 2001. The quoted fair market value of Deutsche
Telekoms common stock as quoted on Frankfurt am Main Xetra
on the grant date was EUR 10.30 per share. The term of the
options runs until July 14, 2012.

As of December 31, 2002, the weighted
average remaining time to maturity of the outstanding options
from the 2001 Stock Option Plan was approximately 8.8 years.

The activities relating to the stock options
granted by Deutsche Telekom to beneficiaries of the 2001 Stock
Option Plan (options in thousands) are as follows:

|                                 |  |                        |        |                  |  |               |       |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|-------------------------------- |  | ---------------------- | ------ | ---------------- |  | ------------- | ----- | ---------------- |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | ----- | 
|                                 |  |                       
|                                 |  | 2001 Stock Option Plan
|                                 |  |                       
|                                 |  |                        |        |                 
|                                 |  | 2002                   |        | 2001            
|                                 |  |                        |        |                 
|                                 |  |                        |        | Weighted-average |  |               |       | Weighted-average
|                                 |  | Stock options          |        | exercise price   |  | Stock options |       | exercise price  
|                                 |  |                        |        |                  |  |               |       |                 
|                                 |  | in thousands           |        | ()              |  | in thousands  |       | ()             
|Outstanding at beginning of year |  |                        | 8,219  |                  |  |               | 30.00 |                  |  |  |      |  |  |  |      | 
|Granted                          |  |                        | 3,928  |                  |  |               | 12.36 |                  |  |  | 8,221 |  |  |  | 30.00 | 
|Exercised                        |  |                        |       |                  |  |               |      |                  |  |  |      |  |  |  |      | 
|Forfeited                        |  |                        | 183    |                  |  |               | 29.16 |                  |  |  | 2     |  |  |  |      | 
|                                 |  |                        |        |                  |  |               |       |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|Outstanding at end of year       |  |                        | 11,964 |                  |  |               | 24.22 |                  |  |  | 8,219 |  |  |  | 30.00 | 
|                                 |  |                        |        |                  |  |               |       |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|Exercisable at end of year       |  |                        |       |                  |  |               |      |                  |  |  |      |  |  |  |      | 
|                                 |  |                        |        |                  |  |               |       |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 

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Furthermore, in 2002, Deutsche Telekom AG granted
2,580 SARs to employees in countries in which it was not
legally possible to grant stock options. As of December 31,
2002, 168,050 of the SARs granted were still outstanding.

T-Online
International AG

2000 Stock
Option Plan

In 2000, T-Online, for the first time, granted
stock options to certain employees of T-Online International AG.
On July 6, 2000, T-Online used its authority under
shareholders resolutions adopted in March 2000 to grant
214,473 options in respect of 214,473 shares of its stock to
participants in its Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of
EUR 37.65. The term of the options runs until July 6,
2005. In accordance with the decision of the shareholders
meeting, a total of 20,000,000 shares were reserved as
contingent capital for future issuance under the 2000 Stock
Option Plan. This contingent capital increase was reduced to
EUR 214,473 at the shareholders meeting on
May 30, 2001.

No options granted under the 2000 Stock Option
plan have yet been exercised, firstly because they were not
exercisable until the end of the lock-up period on July 6,
2002 and, secondly, because the options are only exercisable
when both the absolute and the relative performance targets have
been exceeded at least once in the period between July 7,
2002, and July 6, 2005. The absolute performance target is
deemed achieved when the moving thirty-day average closing
Frankfurt Xetra share price exceeds the exercise price by more
than 40%. The relative performance target is linked to the
performance of the shares relative to the performance of the Dow
Jones Euro Stoxx Telecom© index. The options may only be
exercised if, following expiration of the two year lock-up
period, the performance of the shares, adjusted for dividends,
options and other special rights (total shareholder return),
exceed the performance of the Euro Stoxx Telecom© index by
more than 20% measured on a moving thirty-day average basis.

The weighted average remaining contractual life
as of December 31, 2002, was 2.5 years.

The activities relating to the share options
granted by T-Online International AG as part of the 2000 Stock
Option Plan (in thousands) are as follows:

|                                 |  |                        |     |                  |  |               |       |                  |  |               |     |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |     |  |  |  |       | 
|-------------------------------- |  | ---------------------- | --- | ---------------- |  | ------------- | ----- | ---------------- |  | ------------- | --- | ---------------- |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | --- |  |  |  | ----- | 
|                                 |  |                       
|                                 |  | 2000 Stock Option Plan
|                                 |  |                       
|                                 |  |                        |     |                  |  |              
|                                 |  | 2002                   |     | 2001             |  | 2000         
|                                 |  |                        |     |                  |  |              
|                                 |  |                        |     | Weighted-average |  |               |       | Weighted-average |  |               |     | Weighted-average
|                                 |  | Stock options          |     | exercise price   |  | Stock options |       | exercise price   |  | Stock options |     | exercise price  
|                                 |  |                        |     |                  |  |               |       |                  |  |               |     |                 
|                                 |  | in thousands           |     | ()              |  | in thousands  |       | ()              |  | in thousands  |     | ()             
|Outstanding at beginning of year |  |                        | 117 |                  |  |               | 37.65 |                  |  |               | 177 |                  |  |  | 37.65 |  |  |  | n/a |  |  |  | n/a   | 
|Granted                          |  |                        |    |                  |  |               |      |                  |  |               |    |                  |  |  |      |  |  |  | 214 |  |  |  | 37.65 | 
|Exercised                        |  |                        |    |                  |  |               |      |                  |  |               |    |                  |  |  |      |  |  |  |    |  |  |  |      | 
|Forfeited                        |  |                        | 5   |                  |  |               | 37.65 |                  |  |               | 60  |                  |  |  | 37.65 |  |  |  | 37  |  |  |  | 37.65 | 
|                                 |  |                        |     |                  |  |               |       |                  |  |               |     |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |     |  |  |  |       | 
|Outstanding at end of year       |  |                        | 112 |                  |  |               | 37.65 |                  |  |               | 117 |                  |  |  | 37.65 |  |  |  | 177 |  |  |  | 37.65 | 
|                                 |  |                        |     |                  |  |               |       |                  |  |               |     |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |     |  |  |  |       | 
|Exercisable at end of year       |  |                        |    |                  |  |               |      |                  |  |               |    |                  |  |  |      |  |  |  |    |  |  |  |      | 
|                                 |  |                        |     |                  |  |               |       |                  |  |               |     |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |     |  |  |  |       | 

2001 Stock
Option Plan

The shareholders meeting on May 30,
2001, conditionally increased the capital stock of T-Online
International AG by EUR 51,000,000 for the 2001 Stock
Option Plan and authorized the Supervisory Board to issue
preemptive rights to the members of the Board of Management of
T-Online International AG and authorized the Board of
Management to issue preemptive rights to managers below the
Board of Management. These include directors, senior managers,
selected specialists at T-Online International AG and members of
the Boards of Management, members of the management and other
directors, senior managers and selected specialists at Group
companies within and outside Germany in which T-Online
International AG directly or indirectly holds a majority
shareholding.

The Stock Option Plan is structured as a
premium priced plan. The exercise price is payable
upon exercise of the options. The exercise price per share is
125% of the reference price. The reference price corresponds to
the non-weighted average of the closing prices of the T-Online
share in Xetra trading on the

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Deutsche Boerse AG stock exchange in
Frankfurt am Main (or a subsequent system in place of the Xetra
system) over the last 30 trading days before granting of
the options. If the average closing price calculated by this
method is lower than the closing price of the T-Share in Xetra
trading on the Deutsche Boerse AG stock exchange (or a
subsequent system) on the day of granting of the options, this
closing price shall be taken as the reference price.

Options are granted in annual tranches for
periods of five years; stock options can be granted for the last
time in 2005.

50% of the options granted may only be exercised
after a period of two years  calculated from the day
the options are granted. The remaining 50% of the options
granted may only be exercised three years after the day the
preemptive rights are issued. The options have a life of ten
years from the date of granting, meaning that options granted in
the first tranche in 2001 and the options granted in the second
tranche in 2002 are forfeited without replacement of
compensation at the latest on August 12, 2011, and
July 14, 2012, respectively. As at December 31, 2002,
the weighted average remaining time to maturity of the
outstanding options from the 2001 Stock Option Plan was around
9 years.

2,369,655 options were granted on August 13,
2001, in the first tranche on the basis of the resolution passed
by the shareholders meeting passed in May 2001. A further
2,067,460 options were granted in the second tranche on
July 15 2002. The exercise price, the performance target,
for the first tranche is EUR 10.35 (125% of the reference
price of EUR 8.28) and for the second tranche
EUR 10.26 (125% of the reference price of EUR 8.21).

The activities relating to the share options
granted by T-Online International AG as part of the 2001
Stock Option Plan (in thousands) are as follows:

|                                                  |  |                        |       |                  |  |                |       |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|------------------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------- | ----- | ---------------- |  | -------------- | ----- | ---------------- |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | ----- | 
|                                                  |  |                       
|                                                  |  | 2001 Stock Option Plan
|                                                  |  |                       
|                                                  |  |                        |       |                 
|                                                  |  | 2002                   |       | 2001            
|                                                  |  |                        |       |                 
|                                                  |  |                        |       | Weighted-average |  |                |       | Weighted-average
|                                                  |  | Stock options          |       | exercise price   |  | Stock options  |       | exercise price  
|                                                  |  |                        |       |                  |  |                |       |                 
|                                                  |  | (in thousands)         |       | ()              |  | (in thousands) |       | ()             
|Outstanding at beginning of the year under review |  |                        | 2,348 |                  |  |                | 10.35 |                  |  |  |      |  |  |  |      | 
|Granted                                           |  |                        | 2,067 |                  |  |                | 10.26 |                  |  |  | 2,369 |  |  |  | 10.35 | 
|Exercised                                         |  |                        |      |                  |  |                |      |                  |  |  |      |  |  |  |      | 
|Forfeited                                         |  |                        |      |                  |  |                |      |                  |  |  | 21    |  |  |  | 10.35 | 
|                                                  |  |                        |       |                  |  |                |       |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|Outstanding at end of year                        |  |                        | 4,415 |                  |  |                | 10.31 |                  |  |  | 2,348 |  |  |  | 10.35 | 
|                                                  |  |                        |       |                  |  |                |       |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|Exercisable at end of year                        |  |                        |      |                  |  |                |      |                  |  |  |      |  |  |  |      | 
|                                                  |  |                        |       |                  |  |                |       |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 

Stock Option
Plan for the Acquisition of Ya.com Shares

In connection with the acquisition of shares in
Ya.com, employees of Ya.com were granted 1,863,886 options for
T-Online shares, for which the capital stock of T-Online was
increased by EUR 1,863,886 in accordance with a resolution
passed on September 22, 2000.

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The activities relating to the share options (in
thousands) granted by T-Online International AG as part of the
acquisition of shares are as follows:

|                                 |  |                         |       |                  |  |                |      |                  |  |                |       |                  |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |      | 
|-------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ----- | ---------------- |  | -------------- | ---- | ---------------- |  | -------------- | ----- | ---------------- |  |  | ---- |  |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | ---- | 
|                                 |  |                        
|                                 |  | Ya.com 2000 Option Plan
|                                 |  |                        
|                                 |  |                         |       |                  |  |               
|                                 |  | 2002                    |       | 2001             |  | 2000          
|                                 |  |                         |       |                  |  |               
|                                 |  |                         |       | Weighted-average |  |                |      | Weighted-average |  |                |       | Weighted-average
|                                 |  | Stock options           |       | exercise price   |  | Stock options  |      | exercise price   |  | Stock options  |       | exercise price  
|                                 |  |                         |       |                  |  |                |      |                  |  |                |       |                 
|                                 |  | (in thousands)          |       | ()              |  | (in thousands) |      | ()              |  | (in thousands) |       | ()             
|Outstanding at beginning of year |  |                         | 1,084 |                  |  |                | 0.00 |                  |  |                | 1,864 |                  |  |  | 0.00 |  |  |  | n/a   |  |  |  | n/a  | 
|Granted                          |  |                         |      |                  |  |                |     |                  |  |                |      |                  |  |  |     |  |  |  | 1,864 |  |  |  | 0.00 | 
|Exercised                        |  |                         | 376   |                  |  |                |     |                  |  |                | 692   |                  |  |  |     |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |     | 
|Forfeited                        |  |                         | 342   |                  |  |                |     |                  |  |                | 88    |                  |  |  |     |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |     | 
|                                 |  |                         |       |                  |  |                |      |                  |  |                |       |                  |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |      | 
|Outstanding at end of year       |  |                         | 366   |                  |  |                | 0.00 |                  |  |                | 1,084 |                  |  |  | 0.00 |  |  |  | 1,864 |  |  |  | 0.00 | 
|                                 |  |                         |       |                  |  |                |      |                  |  |                |       |                  |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |      | 
|Exercisable at end of year       |  |                         | 366   |                  |  |                | 0.00 |                  |  |                | 1,084 |                  |  |  | 0.00 |  |  |  | 280   |  |  |  | 0.00 | 
|                                 |  |                         |       |                  |  |                |      |                  |  |                |       |                  |  |  |      |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |      | 

In its function as conversion trustee, Dresdner
Bank holds 430,000 options which may be sold under certain
circumstances upon instruction by T-Online
International AG. As the issuance of shares underlying
these options for cash is viewed as an indirect cash payment by
Ya.com shareholders to T-Online International AG as a
result of the issue of T-Online shares, the proceeds of the sale
of these options will be allocated upon sale as a premium to
additional paid-in capital.

T-Mobile
USA

Before its acquisition on May 31, 2001,
T-Mobile USA had granted stock options to its employees. On
May 31, 2001, as a consequence of the acquisition, all
unvested, outstanding options of T-Mobile USA employees were
converted from T-Mobile USA options into Deutsche Telekom
options at a conversion rate of 3.7647 per unvested,
outstanding T-Mobile USA option. The Deutsche Telekom shares
linked to these options are administered in a trust deposit
account that has been set up for the benefit of holders of
T-Mobile USA stock options. The exercise price for each share of
Deutsche Telekom AG common stock corresponds to the
applicable exercise price per share of T-Mobile USA common stock
divided by 3.7647. Furthermore, no more options will be granted
under any other T-Mobile USA stock option plans.

At December 31, 2002, 25.0 million
shares were available for outstanding options for the 1999
Management Incentive Stock Option Plan (MISOP),
which was changed as a consequence of the acquisition on
May 31, 2001. The MISOP provides for the issue of up to
8 million shares of Deutsche Telekom common stock, either
as non-qualified stock options or as incentive stock options,
plus the number of shares of common stock deliverable upon the
exercise of the T-Mobile USA rollover options in accordance with
the Agreement and Plan of Merger between Deutsche Telekom and
T-Mobile USA. The vesting period and option term relating to the
option plan are determined by the MISOP administrator. The
options typically vest over a period of four years and have a
term of up to 10 years.

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The activities relating to the share options
granted since the acquisition of T-Mobile USA are as follows:

|                                              |  |                              |        |                    |  |              |       |                  |  |  |        |   |  |  |       | 
|--------------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------------- | ------ | ------------------ |  | ------------ | ----- | ---------------- |  |  | ------ | - |  |  | ----- | 
|                                              |  |                              |        |                    |  |             
|                                              |  |                              |        | Seven months ended
|                                              |  | Year ended December 31, 2002 |        | December 31, 2001 
|                                              |  |                              |        |                   
|                                              |  | Stock                        |        | Weighted-average   |  | Stock        |       | Weighted-average
|                                              |  | options                      |        | exercise price     |  | options      |       | exercise price  
|                                              |  |                              |        |                    |  |              |       |                 
|                                              |  | in thousands                 |        | (USD)              |  | in thousands |       | (USD)           
|Outstanding, beginning of period              |  |                              | 22,090 |                    |  |              | 16.21 |                  |  |  | 6,444  |   |  |  | 58.27 | 
|Conversion of historical T-Mobile USA options |  |                              |       |                    |  |              |      |                  |  |  | (6,444 | ) |  |  | 58.27 | 
|Adjustment for T-Mobile merger                |  |                              |       |                    |  |              |      |                  |  |  | 24,278 |   |  |  | 15.36 | 
|Granted                                       |  |                              | 5,964  |                    |  |              | 13.35 |                  |  |  |       |   |  |  |      | 
|Exercised                                     |  |                              | 2,133  |                    |  |              | 3.35  |                  |  |  | 1,639  |   |  |  | 3.21  | 
|Forfeited                                     |  |                              | 941    |                    |  |              | 19.51 |                  |  |  | 549    |   |  |  | 17.47 | 
|                                              |  |                              |        |                    |  |              |       |                  |  |  |        |   |  |  |       | 
|Outstanding at end of year                    |  |                              | 24,980 |                    |  |              | 16.41 |                  |  |  | 22,090 |   |  |  | 16.21 | 
|                                              |  |                              |        |                    |  |              |       |                  |  |  |        |   |  |  |       | 
|Exercisable at end of year                    |  |                              | 10,028 |                    |  |              | 13.95 |                  |  |  | 6,299  |   |  |  | 9.88  | 

|                |               |                     |  |                     |        |                  |  |                |     |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |       | 
|--------------- | ------------- | ------------------- |  | ------------------- | ------ | ---------------- |  | -------------- | --- | ---------------- |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | ------ |  |  |  | ----- | 
|                |               |                     |  |                    
|                |               | Outstanding options |  | Exercisable options
|                |               |                     |  |                    
|                |               |                     |  | Weighted-average    |        |                  |  |               
|Ranges of the   |               |                     |  | remaining           |        | Weighted-average |  |                |     | Weighted-average
|exercise prices |               | Number              |  | contractual         |        | exercise         |  | Number         |     | exercise        
|in USD          |               | (in thousands)      |  | life (years)        |        | price (USD)      |  | (in thousands) |     | price (USD)     
|                |               |                     |  |                     |        |                  |  |                |     |                 
|                | 0.00 -  7.60  |                     |  |                     | 5,631  |                  |  |                | 5.1 |                  |  |  | 2.68  |  |  |  | 4,460  |  |  |  | 2.56  | 
|                | 7.61 - 15.20  |                     |  |                     | 8,351  |                  |  |                | 8.0 |                  |  |  | 11.98 |  |  |  | 1,359  |  |  |  | 8.75  | 
|                | 15.21 - 22.80 |                     |  |                     | 73     |                  |  |                | 6.5 |                  |  |  | 17.62 |  |  |  | 53     |  |  |  | 17.62 | 
|                | 22.81 - 30.39 |                     |  |                     | 9,504  |                  |  |                | 7.5 |                  |  |  | 26.25 |  |  |  | 3,447  |  |  |  | 27.17 | 
|                | 30.40 - 37.99 |                     |  |                     | 1,421  |                  |  |                | 7.1 |                  |  |  | 30.98 |  |  |  | 709    |  |  |  | 30.98 | 
|                |               |                     |  |                     |        |                  |  |                |     |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |       | 
|                | 0.00 - 37.99  |                     |  |                     | 24,980 |                  |  |                | 7.1 |                  |  |  | 16.41 |  |  |  | 10,028 |  |  |  | 13.95 | 
|                |               |                     |  |                     |        |                  |  |                |     |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |       | 

Powertel

Before its acquisition on May 31, 2001,
Powertel had granted stock options to its employees. On
May 31, 2001, as a consequence of the acquisition, all
unvested, outstanding Powertel options were converted into
Deutsche Telekom AG options at a conversion rate of 2.6353. The
Deutsche Telekom AG shares linked to these options are
administered in a trust deposit account set up for the benefit
of holders of Powertel stock options. The exercise price for
each share of Deutsche Telekom AG common stock corresponds to
the applicable exercise price per share of Powertel common stock
divided by 2.6353. Furthermore, no more options will be granted
under any other Powertel stock option plans.

The Powertel 2000 Stock Plan had 535,306 shares
available at December 31, 2002. This plan was changed as a
consequence of the acquisition. Under the terms of this plan,
all employees, managers, directors, consultants and advisors may
be eligible for the allocation of options, conditional share
allocations or other allocations within the framework of the
2000 Stock Plan.

A total of 1,254,695 Deutsche Telekom shares were
available for outstanding options at December 31, 2002, for
the Powertel Employee Stock Option Plan in force since 1991
(1991 Option Plan). The Powertel Board of Directors
has decided not to grant any further options in the 1991 Option
Plan.

At December 31, 2002, there were no shares
available for outstanding options for the Non-employee Stock
Option Plan (Non-employee Plan). The Powertel Board
of Directors has decided not to grant any further options in the
Non-employee Plan.

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STATEMENTS  (Continued)


The activities relating to the share options
granted since the acquisition of Powertel are as follows:

|                                          |  |                              |       |                    |  |               |       |                  |  |  |        |   |  |  |       | 
|----------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------------- | ----- | ------------------ |  | ------------- | ----- | ---------------- |  |  | ------ | - |  |  | ----- | 
|                                          |  |                              |       |                    |  |              
|                                          |  |                              |       | Seven Months ended
|                                          |  | Year ended December 31, 2002 |       | December 31, 2001 
|                                          |  |                              |       |                   
|                                          |  |                              |       | Weighted-average   |  |               |       | Weighted-average
|                                          |  | Stock options                |       | exercise price     |  | Stock options |       | exercise price  
|                                          |  |                              |       |                    |  |               |       |                 
|                                          |  | in thousands                 |       | (USD)              |  | in thousands  |       | (USD)           
|Outstanding, beginning of period          |  |                              | 2,509 |                    |  |               | 19.50 |                  |  |  | 2,010  |   |  |  | 53.31 | 
|Conversion of historical Powertel options |  |                              |       |                    |  |               |       |                  |  |  | (2,010 | ) |  |  | 53.31 | 
|Adjustment for T-Mobile merger            |  |                              |       |                    |  |               |       |                  |  |  | 5,323  |   |  |  | 20.04 | 
|Granted                                   |  |                              |      |                    |  |               |      |                  |  |  |       |   |  |  |      | 
|Exercised                                 |  |                              | 446   |                    |  |               | 5.39  |                  |  |  | 1,200  |   |  |  | 6.29  | 
|Forfeited                                 |  |                              | 273   |                    |  |               | 27.27 |                  |  |  | 1,614  |   |  |  | 31.42 | 
|                                          |  |                              |       |                    |  |               |       |                  |  |  |        |   |  |  |       | 
|Outstanding at end of year                |  |                              | 1,790 |                    |  |               | 21.85 |                  |  |  | 2,509  |   |  |  | 19.50 | 
|                                          |  |                              |       |                    |  |               |       |                  |  |  |        |   |  |  |       | 
|Exercisable at end of year                |  |                              | 891   |                    |  |               | 16.93 |                  |  |  | 883    |   |  |  | 8.76  | 
|                                          |  |                              |       |                    |  |               |       |                  |  |  |        |   |  |  |       | 

|                |               |                     |  |                     |       |                  |  |                |     |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |     |  |  |  |       | 
|--------------- | ------------- | ------------------- |  | ------------------- | ----- | ---------------- |  | -------------- | --- | ---------------- |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | --- |  |  |  | ----- | 
|                |               |                     |  |                    
|                |               | Outstanding options |  | Exercisable options
|                |               |                     |  |                    
|                |               |                     |  | Weighted-average    |       |                  |  |               
|Ranges of the   |               |                     |  | remaining           |       | Weighted-average |  |                |     | Weighted-average
|exercise prices |               | Number              |  | contractual         |       | exercise         |  | Number         |     | exercise        
|in USD          |               | (in thousands)      |  | life (years)        |       | price (USD)      |  | (in thousands) |     | price (USD)     
|                |               |                     |  |                     |       |                  |  |                |     |                 
|                | 0.02 -  7.60  |                     |  |                     | 543   |                  |  |                | 5.2 |                  |  |  | 5.58  |  |  |  | 433 |  |  |  | 5.64  | 
|                | 7.61 - 15.20  |                     |  |                     | 142   |                  |  |                | 5.4 |                  |  |  | 9.90  |  |  |  | 121 |  |  |  | 9.64  | 
|                | 15.21 - 22.80 |                     |  |                     | 22    |                  |  |                | 6.8 |                  |  |  | 19.78 |  |  |  | 14  |  |  |  | 19.61 | 
|                | 22.81 - 30.39 |                     |  |                     | 512   |                  |  |                | 8.0 |                  |  |  | 26.86 |  |  |  | 50  |  |  |  | 26.46 | 
|                | 30.40 - 38.00 |                     |  |                     | 571   |                  |  |                | 7.2 |                  |  |  | 35.87 |  |  |  | 273 |  |  |  | 36.18 | 
|                |               |                     |  |                     |       |                  |  |                |     |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |     |  |  |  |       | 
|                | 0.02 - 38.00  |                     |  |                     | 1,790 |                  |  |                | 6.7 |                  |  |  | 21.85 |  |  |  | 891 |  |  |  | 16.93 | 
|                |               |                     |  |                     |       |                  |  |                |     |                  |  |  |       |  |  |  |     |  |  |  |       | 

MATAV

On April 26, 2002, the annual
Shareholders Meeting of Magyar Tavkoezlesi
Reszvenytarsasag (MATAV) approved the introduction of a new
management share option plan.

In order to satisfy the exercise of options
granted, the annual Shareholders Meeting of MATAV
authorized MATAVs Board of Directors to purchase
17 million A series registered ordinary shares,
each having a nominal value of HUF 100 as treasury shares.

On July 1, 2002, MATAV used its authority
under the shareholders resolutions adopted in April 2002
to grant 3,964,600 options in respect of 3,964600 shares of its
stock to participants in its stock option plan at an exercise
price of HUF 933 for the First Tranche (exercisable 2003) and
HUF 950 for the Second Tranche and Third Tranche (exercisable
2004 and 2005, respectively). The quoted fair market value of
MATAV common stock as quoted on BET (Budapest Stock Exchange) on
the grant date was HUF 833 per share. The options expire five
years from the date of grant (June 30, 2007.) The remaining
contractual life as of December 31, 2002, was
4.5 years.

The options with respect to the maximum of
one-third of the shares that can be purchased under the relevant
options (first tranche) may be exercised at any time from and
including the first anniversary of the grant date of such
options until the end of the term.

The options with respect to the maximum of a
further one-third of the shares that can be purchased under the
relevant options (second tranche) may be exercised at any time
from and including the second anniversary of the grant date of
such options until the end of the term.

The options with respect to the rest of the
shares that can be purchased under the options (third tranche)
may be exercised at any time from and including the third
anniversary of the grant date of such options until the end of
the term.

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The options may not be sold, transferred,
assigned, charged, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed
of to any third person.

The activities relating to the share options
granted by MATAV are as follows:

|                                 |  |                        |       |                  |  |  |     | 
|-------------------------------- |  | ---------------------- | ----- | ---------------- |  |  | --- | 
|                                 |  |                       
|                                 |  | 2002 Stock Option Plan
|                                 |  |                       
|                                 |  |                        |       | Weighted-average
|                                 |  | Stock options          |       | exercise price  
|                                 |  |                        |       |                 
|                                 |  | (in thousands)         |       | (HUF)           
|Outstanding, beginning of period |  |                        |      |                  |  |  |    | 
|Granted                          |  |                        | 3,965 |                  |  |  | 944 | 
|Exercised                        |  |                        |      |                  |  |  |    | 
|Forfeited                        |  |                        |      |                  |  |  |    | 
|                                 |  |                        |       |                  |  |  |     | 
|Outstanding at end of year       |  |                        | 3,965 |                  |  |  | 944 | 
|                                 |  |                        |       |                  |  |  |     | 
|Exercisable at end of year       |  |                        |      |                  |  |  |    | 
|                                 |  |                        |       |                  |  |  |     | 

(27) Accruals for Pensions and Similar
Obligations

Deutsche Telekoms pension obligations for
non-civil servants are provided for by a range of defined
benefit plans; there are further obligations under
Article 131 of the Basic Law (Grundgesetz  GG).
Deutsche Telekoms indirect pension obligations were made
to its employees via the Versorgungsanstalt der Deutschen
Bundespost (VAP) and the Deutsche Telekom Betriebsrenten-Service
e.V. (DTBS).

The VAP provides pension services for pensioners
who were employed by Deutsche Telekom. The VAP benefits, which
supplement statutory pension benefits up to the level specified
by the pension benefits formula, are generally calculated on the
basis of employees compensation during specific periods of
their employment. Within the scope of negotiations on the
realignment of the company pension plan, the employer and the
trade unions agreed in 1997 on arrangements for the protection
of vested VAP benefits. Pursuant to this agreement, the benefit
obligations due to retirees and employees then approaching
retirement remained unchanged. For younger employees, the
obligations were converted into an initial amount based on the
number of years of coverage to date, which was then credited to
a capital account held by the employer (cash balance plan).
Deutsche Telekom annually credits further amounts to this
account; when the insured event occurs, the account balance is
paid out in full, in installments or converted into a pension.
If the relevant employees had not reached the age of 35 and had
been insured for less than ten years, their benefit obligations
became due directly from Deutsche Telekom. The DTBS was founded
for processing the remaining obligations.

A new regulation of VAP benefits was made by
collective agreement in the year 2000 without affecting the
Companys obligations. Since November 2000 Deutsche Telekom
has assumed the direct obligation to provide payments to
pensioners covered by this collective agreement. The VAPs
obligations are therefore suspended (parallel obligation). The
VAP provides the pension services for and on behalf of Deutsche
Telekom. Pension accruals are recorded in the balance sheet for
financial reporting purposes for the direct pension obligations
in accordance with U.S. GAAP (SFAS No. 87). Due to the
direct nature of the parallel obligation, these pension accruals
must also be shown in the balance sheet for tax reporting
purposes in accordance with § 6a of the German Income
Tax Act (EStG). Those pensioners remaining in the VAP continue
to receive their benefits directly from the VAP as the provider
of pension services.

Benefits relating to other direct pension plans
are generally determined on the basis of salary levels and years
of service; these benefit obligations are also usually
determined by the amounts credited by Deutsche Telekom to its
capital accounts.

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The following table shows the composition of
pension obligations:

|                                              |            |                 |       |       |  |  |       |       | 
|--------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ----- | ----- |  |  | ----- | ----- | 
|                                              |            |                
|                                              |            | As of          
|                                              |            | December 31,   
|                                              |            |                
|                                              |            | 2002            |       | 2001 
|                                              |            |                 |       |      
|                                              |            |                
|                                              |            | (millions of )
|Pension obligations:                          |            |                 |       |       |  |  |       |      
|                                              |  Direct   |                 |       | 2,927 |  |  |       | 2,683 | 
|                                              |  Indirect |                 |       | 1,007 |  |  |       | 966   | 
|Obligations in accordance with Article 131 GG |            |                 | 8     |       |  |  | 12    |      
|                                              |            |                 |       |       |  |  |       |      
|                                              |            |                 | 3,942 |       |  |  | 3,661 |      
|                                              |            |                 |       |       |  |  |       |      

The obligation amounts shown contain a so-called
additional minimum liability for certain pension
plans. An additional minimum liability is a step-up amount for
pension obligations relating to certain pension plans, whose
changes are shown under German GAAP as affecting net income
(loss), but are reflected as a charge to equity under
U.S. GAAP. Excluding the additional minimum liability, the
accrual for pensions amounts to EUR 3,465 million
(2001: EUR 3,402 million).

|                                                          |           |                 |       |       |  |  |       |       | 
|--------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | --------------- | ----- | ----- |  |  | ----- | ----- | 
|                                                          |           |                
|                                                          |           | As of          
|                                                          |           | December 31,   
|                                                          |           |                
|                                                          |           | 2002            |       | 2001 
|                                                          |           |                 |       |      
|                                                          |           |                
|                                                          |           | (millions of )
|Actuarial present value of benefits:                      |           |                 |       |       |  |  |       |      
|                                                          | Vested    |                 |       | 3,978 |  |  |       | 3,701 | 
|                                                          | Nonvested |                 |       | 409   |  |  |       | 342   | 
|                                                          |           |                 |       |       |  |  |       |      
|Accumulated benefit obligation                            |           |                 | 4,387 |       |  |  | 4,043 |      
|Effect of projected future salary increases               |           |                 | 85    |       |  |  | 121   |      
|                                                          |           |                 |       |       |  |  |       |      
|Projected benefit obligation                              |           |                 | 4,472 |       |  |  | 4,164 |      
|Plan assets at fair value                                 |           |                 | (412  | )     |  |  | (405  | )    
|                                                          |           |                 |       |       |  |  |       |      
|Projected benefit obligation in excess of plan
    assets |           |                 | 4,060 |       |  |  | 3,759 |      
|                                                          |           |                 |       |       |  |  |       |      
|Unrecognized net (losses)                                 |           |                 | (595  | )     |  |  | (357  | )    
|                                                          |           |                 |       |       |  |  |       |      
|Unfunded accrued pension cost                             |           |                 | 3,465 |       |  |  | 3,402 |      
|                                                          |           |                 |       |       |  |  |       |      
|Additional minimum liability                              |           |                 | 477   |       |  |  | 259   |      
|                                                          |           |                 |       |       |  |  |       |      
|Total obligation                                          |           |                 | 3,942 |       |  |  | 3,661 |      
|                                                          |           |                 |       |       |  |  |       |      

Taking into consideration the plan assets, the
total pension obligations are fully disclosed.

The corresponding pension accruals measured in
accordance with § 6a of the German Income Tax Act
(Einkommensteuergesetz  EStG) are
EUR 3,474 million (December 31, 2001:
EUR 2,995 million).

The amount of pension obligations was determined
using actuarial principles that are consistent with
U.S. GAAP (SFAS No. 87) and using the assumptions at
the respective balance sheet dates as shown in the following
table:

|                           |  |      |             |      |  |      |             |  |  |  |             | 
|-------------------------- |  | ---- | ----------- | ---- |  | ---- | ----------- |  |  |  | ----------- | 
|                           |  | 2002 |             | 2001 |  | 2000
|                           |  |      |             |      |  |     
|Discount rate              |  |      | 5.75%       |      |  |      | 6.00%       |  |  |  | 6.25%       | 
|Projected salary increase  |  |      | 2.75%-3.50% |      |  |      | 2.75%-3.50% |  |  |  | 2.75%-3.50% | 
|Expected return on assets  |  |      | 6.00%       |      |  |      | 6.00%       |  |  |  | 6.00%-6.50% | 
|Projected pension increase |  |      | 1.50%       |      |  |      | 1.50%       |  |  |  | 1.50%       | 

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Development of the projected benefit obligation:

|                                                    |  |                 |       |      |  |  |       |  
|--------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------- | ----- | ---- |  |  | ----- | -
|                                                    |  | 2002            |       | 2001
|                                                    |  |                 |       |     
|                                                    |  |                
|                                                    |  | (millions of )
|Projected benefit obligation, beginning of
    year |  |                 | 4,164 |      |  |  | 3,764 |  
|Service cost                                        |  |                 | 155   |      |  |  | 144   |  
|Interest cost                                       |  |                 | 241   |      |  |  | 228   |  
|Change in obligations                               |  |                 | (59   | )    |  |  | (6    | )
|Actuarial losses                                    |  |                 | 201   |      |  |  | 280   |  
|Total benefits actually paid                        |  |                 | (230  | )    |  |  | (246  | )
|                                                    |  |                 |       |      |  |  |       |  
|Projected benefit obligation, end of
    year       |  |                 | 4,472 |      |  |  | 4,164 |  
|                                                    |  |                 |       |      |  |  |       |  

Development of plan assets at fair value:

|                                                 |  |                 |     |      |  |  |     |  
|------------------------------------------------ |  | --------------- | --- | ---- |  |  | --- | -
|                                                 |  | 2002            |     | 2001
|                                                 |  |                 |     |     
|                                                 |  |                
|                                                 |  | (millions of )
|Plan assets at fair value, beginning of
    year |  |                 | 405 |      |  |  | 379 |  
|Actual return on plan assets                     |  |                 | (20 | )    |  |  | 2   |  
|Contributions by employer                        |  |                 | 79  |      |  |  | 73  |  
|Benefits actually paid through pension funds     |  |                 | (52 | )    |  |  | (49 | )
|                                                 |  |                 |     |      |  |  |     |  
|Plan assets at fair value, end of
    year       |  |                 | 412 |      |  |  | 405 |  
|                                                 |  |                 |     |      |  |  |     |  

Net periodic pension cost is summarized as
follows:

|                                 |  |                 |     |      |  |      |     |   |  |  |     |  
|-------------------------------- |  | --------------- | --- | ---- |  | ---- | --- | - |  |  | --- | -
|                                 |  | 2002            |     | 2001 |  | 2000
|                                 |  |                 |     |      |  |     
|                                 |  |                
|                                 |  | (millions of )
|Service cost                     |  |                 | 155 |      |  |      | 144 |   |  |  | 119 |  
|Interest cost                    |  |                 | 241 |      |  |      | 228 |   |  |  | 208 |  
|Return on Plan Assets            |  |                 | (24 | )    |  |      | (24 | ) |  |  | (17 | )
|Amortization of gains and losses |  |                 | 7   |      |  |      | 0   |   |  |  |    |  
|                                 |  |                 |     |      |  |      |     |   |  |  |     |  
|Net periodic pension cost        |  |                 | 379 |      |  |      | 348 |   |  |  | 310 |  
|                                 |  |                 |     |      |  |      |     |   |  |  |     |  

Civil servant retirement
arrangements

Until the 2000 financial year, Deutsche Telekom
AG maintained a special pension fund (Unterstuetzungskasse) for
its active and former civil servants, which was merged with the
special pension funds of Deutsche Post AG and Deutsche Postbank
AG by notarized agreement on December 7, 2000, to form the
joint pension fund Bundes-Pensions-Service fuer Post und
Telekommunikation e.V. (BPS-PT). On January 11, 2001, the
fund was entered in the Register of Associations with
retroactive effect from July 1, 2000. The BPS-PT works
for all three companies of all three companies and also handles
financial administration for the Federal Republic on a trust
basis. It carries out all transactions for civil servants
pension and allowance payments for Deutsche Post AG, Deutsche
Postbank AG and Deutsche Telekom AG.

In accordance with the provisions of the Posts
and Telecommunications Reorganization Act
(Postneuordnungsgesetz  PTNeuOG), BPS-PT makes
pension and allowance payments to retired civil servant
employees and their surviving dependents who are entitled to
pension payments as a result of civil servant status. The level
of Deutsche Telekom AGs payment obligations to its special
pension fund is defined under § 16 of the Law
concerning the Legal Provisions for the Former Deutsche
Bundespost Staff (PostPersRG). Since 2000, Deutsche Telekom AG
has been legally obligated to make annual contributions to the
special pension fund amounting to 33% of the pensionable gross
remuneration of active civil servants and the notional
pensionable gross remuneration of civil servants on leave of
absence. The funding of this annual contribution is recognized
as a period expense. These contributions amounted to
EUR 838 million, EUR 845 million and
EUR 895 million in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively
(see note (33)  Guarantees and Commitments, and
Other Financial Obligations).

Under PTNeuOG, the Federal Republic compensates
the special pension fund for any shortfalls between the ongoing
payment obligations of the special pension fund, amounts
received from Deutsche Telekom AG and returns on assets, and
guarantees that the special pension fund has sufficient monies
to satisfy the

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obligations it has assumed. The Federal Republic
cannot require reimbursement from Deutsche Telekom AG for
amounts paid by it to the special fund.

(28)  Other accruals

|                                           |                                     |                    |        |       |  |  |        |       | 
|------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ------ | ----- |  |  | ------ | ----- | 
|                                           |                                     |                   
|                                           |                                     | As of December 31,
|                                           |                                     |                   
|                                           |                                     | 2002               |        | 2001 
|                                           |                                     |                    |        |      
|                                           |                                     |                   
|                                           |                                     | (millions of )   
|Taxes                                      |                                     |                    | 2,086  |       |  |  | 1,938  |      
|Provisions for deferred taxes              |                                     |                    | 1,646  |       |  |  | 5,348  |      
|Accruals other than taxes                  |                                     |                    |        |       |  |  |        |      
|Employee benefits                          |                                     |                    |        |       |  |  |        |      
|                                           | Civil Service Health Insurance Fund |                    |        | 1,101 |  |  |        | 1,079 | 
|                                           | Personnel restructuring             |                    |        | 558   |  |  |        | 252   | 
|                                           | Other obligations                   |                    |        | 1,080 |  |  |        | 916   | 
|                                           |                                     |                    |        |       |  |  |        |      
|                                           |                                     |                    | 2,739  |       |  |  | 2,247  |      
|Outstanding invoices                       |                                     |                    | 2,540  |       |  |  | 2,218  |      
|Unused telephone units on phone cards sold |                                     |                    | 500    |       |  |  | 422    |      
|Loss contingencies                         |                                     |                    | 426    |       |  |  | 514    |      
|Advertising cost subsidies / commissions   |                                     |                    | 351    |       |  |  | 270    |      
|Restoration commitments                    |                                     |                    | 303    |       |  |  | 265    |      
|Risks related to real estate               |                                     |                    | 227    |       |  |  | 168    |      
|Refunds to be granted                      |                                     |                    | 168    |       |  |  | 132    |      
|Litigation risks                           |                                     |                    | 164    |       |  |  | 266    |      
|Investment risks                           |                                     |                    | 126    |       |  |  | 145    |      
|Deferred maintenance                       |                                     |                    | 55     |       |  |  | 56     |      
|Other                                      |                                     |                    | 824    |       |  |  | 777    |      
|                                           |                                     |                    |        |       |  |  |        |      
|                                           |                                     |                    | 8,423  |       |  |  | 7,480  |      
|                                           |                                     |                    |        |       |  |  |        |      
|                                           |                                     |                    | 12,155 |       |  |  | 14,766 |      
|                                           |                                     |                    |        |       |  |  |        |      

Due to differences between the book value and the
fair market value of mobile communications licenses, intangible
assets were recorded in 2001 upon first consolidation of
T-Mobile USA with the accounting of the purchase price.
This generated a provision for deferred taxes of
EUR 5,812 million which was reduced to
EUR 2,167 million in 2002 after write-downs on mobile
communications licenses.

The increase in other accruals (excluding
deferred taxes) is mainly attributable to an increase in
personnel accruals (EUR 492 million) and accruals for
outstanding invoices (EUR 322 million).

The Civil Service Health Insurance Fund (PBeaKK)
provides services for its members mainly in cases of illness,
birth or death and calculates the allowances. When
Postreform II came into effect, the PBeaKK was closed to
new members. Due to the aging of the group of people insured,
there is an expected shortfall between the funds
sources of regular income and benefits paid. Deutsche Telekom AG
has accrued the actuarially determined present value of this
future deficit which Deutsche Telekom has to cover, taking the
1998 life expectancy tables by Prof. Dr. Klaus Heubeck
(Richttafeln 1998) into account, which primarily
reflect the increase in average life expectancy. The expense for
the addition to this accrual was EUR 44 million in the
year under review (2001: EUR 70 million;
2000: EUR 142 million).

Deutsche Telekom had, in response to competition,
announced its intention to reduce its workforce by approximately
60,000 to 170,000 full-time equivalent employees by the end of
the year 2000 (excluding employees of subsidiaries first
consolidated after January 1, 1995) through natural
attrition, early retirement and other programs. The planned
reductions included an estimated 38,300 non-civil servants
expected to leave under voluntary separation agreements. This
personnel restructuring program has now been completed. However,
contracts remain which are not completed. In addition,
collective agreements are used for early retirement and
programs, which will lead to the establishment of new accruals
when a fixed contract is finalized.

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The table below sets forth the payments made and
the related accruals/ payables for future payments in respect of
these staff reduction measures for the years 2002 and 2001:

|                                                                        |  |                 |      |      |  |  |      |  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------- | ---- | ---- |  |  | ---- | -
|                                                                        |  | 2002            |      | 2001
|                                                                        |  |                 |      |     
|                                                                        |  |                
|                                                                        |  | (millions of )
|Accruals/ payables, beginning of
    year                               |  |                 | 215  |      |  |  | 150  |  
|Payments made (including payments made against
    accruals / payables) |  |                 | (117 | )    |  |  | (125 | )
|Additions to accruals / payables                                        |  |                 | 166  |      |  |  | 190  |  
|                                                                        |  |                 |      |      |  |  |      |  
|Accruals/ payables, end of year                                         |  |                 | 264  |      |  |  | 215  |  
|                                                                        |  |                 |      |      |  |  |      |  

During 2002, T-Systems announced the planned
reduction of the number of its employees. At December 31,
2002, the remaining balance for this reduction was
EUR 339 million, of which EUR 252 million
relates to staff adjustments and EUR 87 million to
other structural measures.

Of the decrease in accruals for loss
contingencies, EUR 150 million relates to accruals for
debt premiums at T-Mobile USA. These accruals are the
result of the difference between the repayment amount and the
higher fair value of bonds.

(29)  Liabilities

|                                                                       |                                |                         |        |                         |   |            |        |              |   |       |        |          |  |            |        |            |  |  |        |        |   |  |        |        |   |  |        |   |  |  |        |   | 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | ----------------------- | ------ | ----------------------- | - | ---------- | ------ | ------------ | - | ----- | ------ | -------- |  | ---------- | ------ | ---------- |  |  | ------ | ------ | - |  | ------ | ------ | - |  | ------ | - |  |  | ------ | - | 
|                                                                       |                                |                         |        |                        
|                                                                       |                                | As of December 31, 2002 |        | As of December 31, 2001
|                                                                       |                                |                         |        |                        
|                                                                       |                                |                         |        |                         |   |            |        |             
|                                                                       |                                |                         |        | of which due            |   |            |        | of which due
|                                                                       |                                |                         |        |                         |   |            |        |             
|                                                                       |                                |                         |        | within                  |   | in one to  |        | after        |   |       |        | within   |  | in one to  |        | after     
|                                                                       |                                | Total                   |        | one year                |   | five years |        | five years   |   | Total |        | one year |  | five years |        | five years
|                                                                       |                                |                         |        |                         |   |            |        |              |   |       |        |          |  |            |        |           
|                                                                       |                                |                         |        |                        
|                                                                       |                                | (millions of )         |        | (millions of )        
|Debt                                                                   |                                |                         |        |                         |   |            |        |              |   |       |        |          |  |            |        |            |  |  |        |        |   |  |        |        |   |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|Bonds and debentures                                                   |                                |                         | 56,752 |                         |   |            | 8,535  |              |   |       | 29,243 |          |  |            | 18,974 |            |  |  | 58,301 |        |   |  | 12,598 |        |   |  | 28,447 |   |  |  | 17,256 |  
|Liabilities to banks                                                   |                                |                         | 6,292  |                         |   |            | 1,341  |              |   |       | 3,534  |          |  |            | 1,417  |            |  |  | 8,730  |        |   |  | 754    |        |   |  | 4,984  |   |  |  | 2,992  |  
|                                                                       |                                |                         |        |                         |   |            |        |              |   |       |        |          |  |            |        |            |  |  |        |        |   |  |        |        |   |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|                                                                       |                                |                         | 63,044 |                         |   |            | 9,876  |              |   |       | 32,777 |          |  |            | 20,391 |            |  |  | 67,031 |        |   |  | 13,352 |        |   |  | 33,431 |   |  |  | 20,248 |  
|Other                                                                  |                                |                         |        |                         |   |            |        |              |   |       |        |          |  |            |        |            |  |  |        |        |   |  |        |        |   |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|Advances received                                                      |                                |                         | 414    |                         |   |            | 228    |              |   |       | 186    |          |  |            |       |            |  |  | 371    |        |   |  | 357    |        |   |  | 14     |   |  |  |       |  
|Trade accounts payable                                                 |                                |                         | 3,833  |                         |   |            | 3,807  |              |   |       | 26     |          |  |            |       |            |  |  | 4,827  |        |   |  | 4,792  |        |   |  | 35     |   |  |  |       |  
|Liabilities on bills accepted and drawn                                |                                |                         |       |                         |   |            |       |              |   |       |       |          |  |            |       |            |  |  | 1      |        |   |  | 1      |        |   |  |       |   |  |  |       |  
|Payables to subsidiaries                                               |                                |                         | 158    |                         |   |            | 157    |              |   |       | 1      |          |  |            |       |            |  |  | 104    |        |   |  | 103    |        |   |  | 1      |   |  |  |       |  
|Liabilities to other companies in which an
    equity interest is held |                                |                         | 147    |                         |   |            | 147    |              |   |       |       |          |  |            |       |            |  |  | 152    |        |   |  | 152    |        |   |  |       |   |  |  |       |  
|Other liabilities                                                      |                                |                         | 5,989  |                         |   |            | 4,436  |              |   |       | 448    |          |  |            | 1,105  |            |  |  | 6,565  |        |   |  | 5,243  |        |   |  | 355    |   |  |  | 967    |  
|                                                                       | of which: from taxes           |                         |        | (1,159                  | ) |            |        | (1,159       | ) |       |        |         |  |            |        |           |  |  |        | (2,200 | ) |  |        | (2,200 | ) |  |        |  |  |  |        |  | 
|                                                                       | of which: from social security |                         |        | (153                    | ) |            |        | (153         | ) |       |        |         |  |            |        |           |  |  |        | (131   | ) |  |        | (131   | ) |  |        |  |  |  |        |  | 
|                                                                       |                                |                         |        |                         |   |            |        |              |   |       |        |          |  |            |        |            |  |  |        |        |   |  |        |        |   |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|                                                                       |                                |                         | 10,541 |                         |   |            | 8,775  |              |   |       | 661    |          |  |            | 1,105  |            |  |  | 12,020 |        |   |  | 10,648 |        |   |  | 405    |   |  |  | 967    |  
|                                                                       |                                |                         |        |                         |   |            |        |              |   |       |        |          |  |            |        |            |  |  |        |        |   |  |        |        |   |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|Total liabilities                                                      |                                |                         | 73,585 |                         |   |            | 18,651 |              |   |       | 33,438 |          |  |            | 21,496 |            |  |  | 79,051 |        |   |  | 24,000 |        |   |  | 33,836 |   |  |  | 21,215 |  
|                                                                       |                                |                         |        |                         |   |            |        |              |   |       |        |          |  |            |        |            |  |  |        |        |   |  |        |        |   |  |        |   |  |  |        |  

The main items under bonds and debentures relate
to old bonds issued by Deutsche Bundespost amounting to
EUR 11.8 billion, and bonds issued by Deutsche Telekom
International Finance B.V., Amsterdam, with the following
conditions:

Structure of the 2000 global bond:

|              |  |                |                |                |  |               |               |          |  |  |        |  |  |  |      | 
|------------- |  | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- |  | ------------- | ------------- | -------- |  |  | ------ |  |  |  | ---- | 
|              |  |                |                | Nominal amount |  | Nominal       |               |         
|Tranche       |  | Nominal amount |                | in            |  | interest rate |               | Maturity
|              |  |                |                |                |  |               |               |         
|Euro          |  |                | 2,250,000,000  |                |  |               | 2,250,000,000 |          |  |  | 6.625% |  |  |  | 2005 | 
|Euro          |  |                | 750,000,000    |                |  |               | 750,000,000   |          |  |  | 7.125% |  |  |  | 2010 | 
|British pound |  |                | 625,000,000    |                |  |               | 960,218,750   |          |  |  | 7.625% |  |  |  | 2005 | 
|British pound |  |                | 300,000,000    |                |  |               | 460,905,000   |          |  |  | 7.625% |  |  |  | 2030 | 
|U.S. dollar   |  |                | 3,000,000,000  |                |  |               | 2,858,799,000 |          |  |  | 8.250% |  |  |  | 2005 | 
|U.S. dollar   |  |                | 3,000,000,000  |                |  |               | 2,858,799,000 |          |  |  | 8.500% |  |  |  | 2010 | 
|U.S. dollar   |  |                | 3,500,000,000  |                |  |               | 3,335,265,500 |          |  |  | 8.750% |  |  |  | 2030 | 
|Japanese yen  |  |                | 90,000,000,000 |                |  |               | 722,952,000   |          |  |  | 2.000% |  |  |  | 2005 | 

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Structure of the 2001 eurobond:

|        |  |                |               |                |  |               |               |          |  |  |        |  |  |  |      | 
|------- |  | -------------- | ------------- | -------------- |  | ------------- | ------------- | -------- |  |  | ------ |  |  |  | ---- | 
|        |  |                |               | Nominal amount |  | Nominal       |               |         
|Tranche |  | Nominal amount |               | in            |  | interest rate |               | Maturity
|        |  |                |               |                |  |               |               |         
|Euro    |  |                | 4,500,000,000 |                |  |               | 4,500,000,000 |          |  |  | 6.375% |  |  |  | 2006 | 
|Euro    |  |                | 3,500,000,000 |                |  |               | 3,500,000,000 |          |  |  | 7.125% |  |  |  | 2011 | 

After downgrading by Moodys from A3 to Baa1
in March 2002 and by Standard & Poors from A- to
BBB+ in April 2002, the coupons of the 2000 global bond and the
2001 eurobond increased by 0.5 %. The change in the
interest rate has already been included in the tables. If
Deutsche Telekom is promoted back to at least A- level, the
coupons will be reduced again by 0.5%.

Structure of the 2002 global bond:

|            |  |                |               |                |  |               |               |          |  |  |        |  |  |  |      | 
|----------- |  | -------------- | ------------- | -------------- |  | ------------- | ------------- | -------- |  |  | ------ |  |  |  | ---- | 
|            |  |                |               | Nominal amount |  | Nominal       |               |         
|Tranche     |  | Nominal amount |               | in            |  | interest rate |               | Maturity
|            |  |                |               |                |  |               |               |         
|Euro        |  |                | 2,000,000,000 |                |  |               | 2,000,000,000 |          |  |  | 8.125% |  |  |  | 2012 | 
|Euro        |  |                | 2,500,000,000 |                |  |               | 2,500,000,000 |          |  |  | 7.500% |  |  |  | 2007 | 
|U.S. dollar |  |                | 500,000,000   |                |  |               | 476,466,500   |          |  |  | 9.250% |  |  |  | 2032 | 

The coupons of the 2002 global bond will increase
by 0.5% if Deutsche Telekom is downgraded by Standard &
Poors and Moodys to below Baa1/BBB+ respectively.

Deutsche Telekom International Finance B.V.
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom and the bonds
issued by that subsidiary are fully and unconditionally
guaranteed by Deutsche Telekom AG.

Breakdown of bonds and debentures as follows (in
millions of ):

|           |      |                         |        |          |  |          |        |          |  |         |        |       |  |  |        |       |  |  |       |     |  |  |        |        | 
|---------- | ---- | ----------------------- | ------ | -------- |  | -------- | ------ | -------- |  | ------- | ------ | ----- |  |  | ------ | ----- |  |  | ----- | --- |  |  | ------ | ------ | 
|           |      |                        
|           |      | Effective interest rate
|           |      |                        
|           |      | up to 6%                |        | up to 7% |  | up to 8% |        | up to 9% |  | over 9% |        | Total
|           |      |                         |        |          |  |          |        |          |  |         |        |      
|Due in     |      |                         |        |          |  |          |        |          |  |         |        |       |  |  |        |       |  |  |       |     |  |  |        |       
|           | 2003 |                         |        | 5,880    |  |          |        | 2,557    |  |         |        |      |  |  |        |      |  |  |       | 98  |  |  |        | 8,535  | 
|           | 2004 |                         |        | 2,757    |  |          |        | 3,192    |  |         |        | 6,212 |  |  |        | 159   |  |  |       |    |  |  |        | 12,320 | 
|           | 2005 |                         |        | 2,123    |  |          |        | 2,450    |  |         |        | 960   |  |  |        | 2,859 |  |  |       |    |  |  |        | 8,392  | 
|           | 2006 |                         |        | 421      |  |          |        | 4,500    |  |         |        |      |  |  |        |      |  |  |       |    |  |  |        | 4,921  | 
|           | 2007 |                         |        | 500      |  |          |        | 500      |  |         |        | 2,500 |  |  |        |      |  |  |       | 110 |  |  |        | 3,610  | 
|after 2007 |      |                         | 2,105  |          |  |          | 705    |          |  |         | 6,429  |       |  |  | 8,194  |       |  |  | 1,541 |     |  |  | 18,974 |       
|           |      |                         |        |          |  |          |        |          |  |         |        |       |  |  |        |       |  |  |       |     |  |  |        |       
|           |      |                         | 13,786 |          |  |          | 13,904 |          |  |         | 16,101 |       |  |  | 11,212 |       |  |  | 1,749 |     |  |  | 56,752 |       
|           |      |                         |        |          |  |          |        |          |  |         |        |       |  |  |        |       |  |  |       |     |  |  |        |       

Liabilities to banks (mainly loan notes and
short-term loans) due in the next 5 years and thereafter
are as follows:

|           |  |                 |       | 
|---------- |  | --------------- | ----- | 
|Due in     |  | Amounts        
|           |  |                
|           |  | (millions of )
|2003       |  |                 | 1,341 | 
|2004       |  |                 | 557   | 
|2005       |  |                 | 2,582 | 
|2006       |  |                 | 161   | 
|2007       |  |                 | 234   | 
|after 2007 |  |                 | 1,417 | 
|           |  |                 |       | 
|           |  |                 | 6,292 | 
|           |  |                 |       | 

The average effective interest rates for our debt
positions are:

|                         |  |                              
|------------------------ |  | -----------------------------
|for bonds and debentures |  | 6.69% p.a. (2001: 6.81% p.a.)
|for liabilities to banks |  | 5.74% p.a. (2001: 5.82% p.a.)

Deutsche Telekom has agreements with a number of
banks pursuant to which it can draw on credit facilities up to
EUR 22.6 billion. These include syndicated credit
facilities agreed by Deutsche Telekom AG and T-Mobile UK for
EUR 12 billion (Deutsche Telekom syndicated credit)
and EUR 4.2 billion (T-Mobile

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UK syndicated credit). Deutsche Telekom AG serves
as guarantor of the T-Mobile UK consortium credit. The level of
the interest rates depends on Deutsche Telekoms rating,
the amount of the syndicated credit and the LIBOR rate plus
margin ranking to be applied, from 0.275% to 0.500%. The loan
commitment fee is between 0.050%  0.200% and also
depends on Deutsche Telekoms rating.
EUR 2.0 billion of the T-Mobile UK consortium credit
has been used at December 31, 2002. This syndicated credit
facility has an average interest rate of 4.69% excluding
the loan commitment fee.

Part of the syndicated credit serves as
collateral for Deutsche Telekoms commercial paper program.
Deutsche Telekom cannot draw on the syndicated credit to the
amount of the drawings on the commercial paper. At
December 31, 2002, Deutsche Telekom issued commercial paper
in the amount of EUR 1.5 billion. There were no
additional outstanding debts relating to the Deutsche Telekom
syndicated credit at the end of 2002. Deutsche Telekoms
credit facilities continue to include short-term bilateral bank
lines amounting to EUR 6.4 billion, of which, at the
end of 2002, EUR 0.7 billion had been used for
short-term drawings and EUR 0.8 billion for guarantees.

The development of debt is shown in millions
of euros as follows:

(BAR CHART)



|    |          
|--- | ---------
|(*) | unaudited

The Companys original debt was raised
principally to finance the development of the communications
networks in eastern Germany.

The reasons for the increase in debt in 2000
include the payment for UMTS licenses, the initial investment in
T-Mobile USA/Powertel, the increase in the shareholding in MATAV
and the acquisition of Slovenske Telekommunikacie and debis
Systemhaus.

The increase in debt in 2001 was mainly
attributable to the acquisition and consolidation for the first
time of T-Mobile USA/Powertel.

Debt decreased in 2002, despite the acquisition
of the remaining shares in debis Systemhaus and Ben, by around
EUR 4 billion, mainly resulting from cash generated
from operations, sales of real estate and financial assets and
changes in foreign currency rates.

Liabilities include borrowings of
EUR 20,777 million (2001:
EUR 17,799 million) denominated in foreign currencies.

Certain debt agreements contain affirmative and
negative covenants, including financial covenants, and provide
for various events of default. As of December 31, 2002,
Deutsche Telekom and its subsidiaries were in compliance with
these covenants. Additionally, certain subsidiaries of Deutsche
Telekom are or may be subject to debt covenants that restrain
the payment of dividends or the making of loans to Deutsche
Telekom AG. With regard to non-wholly owned subsidiaries,
agreements with minority shareholders or generally applicable
principles of law relating to the rights of minority
shareholders may in some instances restrict the ability of
Deutsche Telekom to direct the payment of dividends or making of
loans from those subsidiaries to Deutsche Telekom AG. The
ability of subsidiaries to pay dividends may be subject to
limitations relating to the availability of sufficient retained
earnings or other local law requirements of general
applicability.

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Other
liabilities:

|                               |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       | 
|------------------------------ |  | ------------------ | ----- | ---- |  |  | ----- | 
|                               |  |                   
|                               |  | As of December 31,
|                               |  |                   
|                               |  | 2002               |       | 2001
|                               |  |                    |       |     
|                               |  |                   
|                               |  | (millions of )   
|Interest                       |  |                    | 1,556 |      |  |  | 1,586 | 
|Rental and leasing obligations |  |                    | 573   |      |  |  | 569   | 
|Loan notes                     |  |                    | 842   |      |  |  | 659   | 
|Liabilities to employees       |  |                    | 164   |      |  |  | 153   | 
|Other                          |  |                    | 2,854 |      |  |  | 3,598 | 
|                               |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       | 
|                               |  |                    | 5,989 |      |  |  | 6,565 | 
|                               |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       | 

Other liabilities include taxes of
EUR 1,159 million (Dec. 31, 2001:
2,200 million) and social security liabilities of
EUR 153 million (Dec. 31, 2001:
EUR 131 million).

Liabilities in the amount of
EUR 0 million (2001: EUR 120 million)
payable by subsidiary companies to banks and third parties are
collateralized. Deutsche Telekom AG has provided no collateral
against its liabilities.

In accordance with Postreform II
(§ 2 (4) of the Stock Corporation Transformation
Act  Postumwandlungsgesetz), the Federal Republic is
guarantor of all Deutsche Telekom AGs liabilities which
were outstanding at January 1, 1995.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH
FLOWS

The consolidated statements of cash flows has
been prepared in conformity with International Accounting
Standard (IAS) No. 7, Cash Flow Statements. Besides
IAS 7, German Accounting Standard (DRS) No. 2, cash
flow, as approved by the German Standardization Council (DSR),
is also used in preparing the consolidated statement of cash
flows.

Liquid assets and short-term investments with
original maturities of less than 3 months at the date of
purchase are considered cash equivalents in the preparation of
the consolidated statements of cash flows. These current cash
and cash equivalents decreased by EUR 1.0 billion to
EUR 1.7 billion in 2002.

(30)  Net Cash Provided by Operating
Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities in 2002
amounted to EUR 12.5 billion. This represents an
increase of EUR 0.5 billion compared with the previous
year. This improvement is attributable in part to lower net
interest payments resulting from the reversal of hedges,
increases in accruals of EUR 1.4 billion and the
change in non-cash transactions of EUR 2.3 billion.
These are mainly the result of valuation adjustments for loans
to associated companies of Kabel Deutschland GmbH
(EUR 0.3 billion) and for the net carrying amount of
Deutsche Telekoms stake in France Telecom
(EUR 0.6 billion).

(31)  Net Cash Used for Investing
Activities

Net cash used for investing activities amounted
to EUR 10.1 billion compared with
EUR 5.4 billion in the previous year. The cash outflow
of EUR 14.6 billion for investments in noncurrent
assets is mainly attributable to investments in property, plant
and equipment of EUR 6.8 billion, the full acquisition
of T-Systems ITS GmbH (formerly debis Systemhaus) amounting to
EUR 4.7 billion and the purchase of Ben for
EUR 1.7 billion. Disposals resulted in a cash inflow
of EUR 3.1 billion. The main factors here are the sale
of real estate amounting to EUR 1.3 billion and the
sale of shares in T-Online for EUR 0.7 billion.
Disposals also included the sale of the shares in France Telecom
and Satelindo for a total of EUR 0.6 billion.

Compared with the previous year, this results in
a reduction of EUR 3.1 billion in cash outflows for
investments in property, plant and equipment and a decrease in
cash inflows from disposals, which in the previous year mainly
related to the sale of the shares in Sprint
(EUR 3.4 billion) and WIND (EUR 2.7 billion)
and the sale of the cable company in Baden-Wuerttemberg
(EUR 0.9 billion).

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(32)  Net Cash Provided by (Used
for) Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities decreased
in 2002 by EUR 1.4 billion compared with 2001 to
EUR 3.4 billion. 2002 financing activities included
approximately EUR 1.8 billion of cash used to reduce
debt, and EUR 1.6 billion of cash used to pay the 2001
dividend to shareholders.

OTHER INFORMATION

(33)  Guarantees and Commitments,
and Other Financial Obligations

Guarantees and
Commitments

|                                              |  |                 |     |      |  |  |     | 
|--------------------------------------------- |  | --------------- | --- | ---- |  |  | --- | 
|                                              |  |                
|                                              |  | As of          
|                                              |  | December 31,   
|                                              |  |                
|                                              |  | 2002            |     | 2001
|                                              |  |                 |     |     
|                                              |  |                
|                                              |  | (millions of )
|Guarantees                                    |  |                 | 47  |      |  |  | 224 | 
|Liabilities arising from guarantee agreements |  |                 | 927 |      |  |  | 66  | 
|                                              |  |                 |     |      |  |  |     | 
|                                              |  |                 | 974 |      |  |  | 290 | 
|                                              |  |                 |     |      |  |  |     | 

The increase in liabilities from guarantee
agreements relates mainly to obligations and indemnifications of
T-Mobile International AG in connection with a
EUR 909 million QTE (Qualified Technology Equipment)
lease financing transaction.

Deutsche Telekom AG, DaimlerChrysler Services AG,
Berlin and Compagnie Financiere et Industrielle des Autoroute
S.A., Sevres Cedex (Cofiroute, France) as a consortium
(TollCollect) have reached an agreement with
the Federal Republic of Germany for the development and
operation of a system for the recording and collection of toll
charges for commercial vehicles. Deutsche Telekom and
DaimlerChrysler Services AG, Berlin, each hold a 45% stake in
the consortium and Cofiroute 10%. Under the terms of the
agreement, the consortium has guaranteed successful completion
of the system for the recording and collection of toll charges.
This project consists of various phases with corresponding
penalties for delayed completion. The system is scheduled to
start operation in August 2003. The consortium has also
guaranteed the continued successful operation of the system. An
operating company will receive a defined level of remuneration
for this purpose. If the development of the system does not
proceed according to plan or if the system does not work after
the start of operation, the consortium will be liable to pay
contractual penalties, the amount of which cannot be reasonably
estimated. This entails risks of joint and several liability.

Other Financial
Obligations

|                                                                                                                |  |                         |        |                         |  |                    |       |              |  |                  |        |                    |  |  |        |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |        | 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ------ | ----------------------- |  | ------------------ | ----- | ------------ |  | ---------------- | ------ | ------------------ |  |  | ------ |  |  |  | ------ |  |  |  | ------ | 
|                                                                                                                |  |                         |        |                        
|                                                                                                                |  | As of December 31, 2002 |        | As of December 31, 2001
|                                                                                                                |  |                         |        |                        
|                                                                                                                |  |                         |        |                         |  |                    |       |             
|                                                                                                                |  |                         |        | of which due            |  |                    |       | of which due
|                                                                                                                |  |                         |        |                         |  |                    |       |             
|                                                                                                                |  |                         |        |                         |  | from second year   |       |              |  |                  |        | from the second   
|                                                                                                                |  |                         |        | in the following        |  | after the          |       |              |  | in the following |        | year after the    
|                                                                                                                |  | Total                   |        | financial year          |  | balance sheet date |       | Total        |  | financial year   |        | balance sheet date
|                                                                                                                |  |                         |        |                         |  |                    |       |              |  |                  |        |                   
|                                                                                                                |  |                        
|                                                                                                                |  | (millions of )        
|Present value of payments to special pension fund                                                               |  |                         | 9,001  |                         |  |                    | 831   |              |  |                  | 8,170  |                    |  |  | 9,372  |  |  |  | 845    |  |  |  | 8,527  | 
|Purchase commitments for interests in other
    companies                                                       |  |                         | 826    |                         |  |                    | 218   |              |  |                  | 608    |                    |  |  | 6,872  |  |  |  | 5,022  |  |  |  | 1,850  | 
|Obligations under rental and lease agreements                                                                   |  |                         | 10,050 |                         |  |                    | 1,813 |              |  |                  | 8,237  |                    |  |  | 6,839  |  |  |  | 1,269  |  |  |  | 5,570  | 
|Purchase commitments for capital projects in
    progress including obligations arising from future expenditure |  |                         | 1,213  |                         |  |                    | 1,141 |              |  |                  | 72     |                    |  |  | 3,201  |  |  |  | 3,142  |  |  |  | 59     | 
|Commitments arising from transactions not yet
    settled                                                       |  |                         | 475    |                         |  |                    | 364   |              |  |                  | 111    |                    |  |  | 444    |  |  |  | 315    |  |  |  | 129    | 
|                                                                                                                |  |                         |        |                         |  |                    |       |              |  |                  |        |                    |  |  |        |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |        | 
|Total other financial obligations                                                                               |  |                         | 21,565 |                         |  |                    | 4,367 |              |  |                  | 17,198 |                    |  |  | 26,728 |  |  |  | 10,593 |  |  |  | 16,135 | 
|                                                                                                                |  |                         |        |                         |  |                    |       |              |  |                  |        |                    |  |  |        |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |        | 

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The present value of payments that Deutsche
Telekom is required to make in accordance with
Postreform II to the Companys special pension fund
for civil servants, or its successor, on the basis of the 1998
life expectancy tables prepared by Prof. Klaus Heubeck amounted
to EUR 9.0 billion at December 31, 2002, of which
EUR 3.8 billion relates to future years of service of
the active civil servants.

In 2002, purchase commitments for interests in
other companies consist mainly of EUR 490 million
relating to the obligation to acquire additional shares in PTC
(EUR 128 million) and obligations of T-Mobile and
T-Online in venture funds totaling approximately
EUR 160 million. The decrease in purchase commitments
for interests in other companies relate mainly to the exercise
of the option held by DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, to sell
Deutsche Telekom the remainder of its shares in T-Systems ITS
GmbH, Leinfelden-Echterdingen (formerly debis Systemhaus)
(EUR 4.7 billion); this option was exercised at the
beginning of 2002. Furthermore, T-Mobile International AG
fulfilled its obligation to take over additional shares in Ben
in September 2002. The exercise price for this financial
obligation as reported here in the previous year was
EUR 1.7 billion.

During 2002, the Company sold real estate to a
newly established real estate fund for
EUR 525 million. In connection with the sale, the
Company has committed to lease back the real estate sold for a
period of 15 years. The Company has a call
right to acquire all the shares of the real estate fund after
10 years, and the shareholders of the fund have the
put right to compel the Company to acquire all the
shares of the real estate fund after 16 years. The call and
put prices are formula based, determined on the then cash flow
multiples generated by the transferred real estate, and adjusted
for outstanding mortgage loans at the time of exercise. Based on
current market conditions, the undiscounted future put price
would be approximately EUR 420 million, net of
mortgage loans assumed of approximately
EUR 210 million.

The increase in obligations under rental and
lease agreements relates mainly to sale and lease back
transactions for real estate.

The decrease in purchase commitments for capital
projects in progress relates mainly to Deutsche Telekom AG. The
decrease is mainly attributable to the reduction in investment
activities.

The commitments arising from transactions not yet
settled relate mainly to purchase commitments for UMTS and 3G
equipment by T-Mobile to Siemens, Nokia and Nortel (total of
EUR 354 million). There are detailed agreements
covering the purchase quantities and periods.

Litigation, Claims and
Assessments

A number of purported class action lawsuits
have been filed and consolidated in the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York by or on behalf of
purported purchasers of the ADSs issued pursuant to a
registration statement on Form F-3 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2000, and
pursuant to a prospectus dated June 17, 2000, and purported
purchasers of our ADSs during the period from June 19,
2000, to and including February 21, 2001. The operative
complaint in these consolidated actions asserts claims against
the Company and the former Chairman of the Management Board, and
others, under U.S. federal securities statutes based on
allegations that statements made in the registration statement
and prospectus were materially false and misleading because
Deutsche Telekom allegedly failed adequately to disclose
detailed information relating to merger negotiations with
VoiceStream Wireless Corporation, and allegedly overstated the
value of its real estate portfolio. The Court has certified
the action as a class action and defined the class to
include all purchasers of its ADSs during the period from
June 19, 2000, to and including February 21, 2001.

Approximately 260 lawsuits have been filed in
Germany by purported purchasers of its shares sold pursuant to
prospectuses dated May 28, 1999 and May 26, 2000.
These lawsuits allege that the book values the Company recorded
for its real property portfolio were improperly established and
maintained under German accounting principles. In many of these
lawsuits, claims have also been made with respect to the
VoiceStream transaction analogous to those made in the purported
U.S. class action lawsuits described above. These
lawsuits are pending before the District Court in Frankfurt am
Main. It is too early for the Company to express a view of the
possible outcome of the lawsuits. The presiding judge has issued
a statement describing his preliminary view that it will be
necessary to take evidence by obtaining an expert opinion.
The presiding judge also stated that he is inclined to order a
stay of the civil litigation until the criminal proceedings in
the pertinent matter will be resolved. The court will probably
decide on the stay in the course of the next months.

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The Company is contesting each of the
aforementioned lawsuits vigorously. Because the lawsuits, which
in the aggregate involve substantial damage claims, are in their
preliminary stages, the Company is not in a position to predict
their outcome or impact. However, the Company believes that the
allegations in the lawsuits do not provide a basis for the
recovery of damages because all required disclosures were made
on a timely basis.

On October 3, 2002, T-Mobile UK Ltd.
(T-Mobile UK) commenced proceedings in London, United Kingdom,
against its joint venture partners, Bluebottle UK Ltd. and
Bluebottle Investments S.A. (which are both companies affiliated
with the Virgin Group of companies) and also against the joint
venture company itself, Virgin Mobile Telecomms Ltd. (Virgin
Mobile). As part of the joint venture, T-Mobile UK is required
to pay Virgin Mobile a lump sum per month for each Virgin Mobile
customer. Virgin Mobile is required to pay T-Mobile UK a fee
per minute used by its customers on the T-Mobile UK
network. The complaint contained a number of allegations,
including the right of T-Mobile UK to terminate the Joint
Venture through a no-fault termination process. Virgin Mobile
counter-claimed for payment of sums that Virgin Mobile claimed
had been improperly withheld by T-Mobile UK in relation to
Virgin Mobile customers who had not made an outbound call
for a certain period of time. Virgin Group has filed a separate
proceeding against T-Mobile UK seeking certain declarations that
alleged breaches by T-Mobile UK of the Shareholders Agreements
governing the joint venture arrangement have occurred and that
the Virgin Group is consequently entitled to serve on T-Mobile
UK a compulsory sale notice requiring it to sell its shares in
Virgin Mobile to Virgin Group for a nominal sum. The Virgin
Group statement of claim also asks for further or other
relief and costs but no quantification of
these has been made. On March 6, 2003, the High Court in
London rendered a decision in the action filed by T-Mobile
UK and the counter claim filed by Virgin Mobile and held, in
relevant part, that T-Mobile UK did not have the right to
terminate the joint venture arrangement, and that it was
unreasonable to expect T-Mobile UK to continue to pay Virgin
Mobile with respect to customers that have been inactive for a
significant period. Accordingly, under the judgment, the joint
venture arrangement continues, but T-Mobile UKs payment
obligations with respect to Virgin Mobile inactive customers
have been resolved in T-Mobile UKs favour. The payments
claimed by Virgin Mobile in respect of inactive customers have
not been paid by T-Mobile UK but appropriate financial
provisions have been and continue to be made. Oral applications
for leave to appeal were made on March 14, 2003 by both
T-Mobile UK and Virgin Mobile but were declined. Those
applications for leave to appeal are likely to be renewed before
the Court of Appeal, but T-Mobile UK is still assessing the full
impact of both decisions and is in the process of determining
whether or not to pursue the appeal of certain aspects of the
ruling. The declarations action for alleged breach filed by
the Virgin Group will not be heard by the Court until late 2003.

The Bonn public prosecutor is conducting an
investigation (Ermittlungsverfahren) into allegations in
the press and elsewhere asserting that the book values the
Company recorded for its real property portfolio and fixed
assets in general, including technical equipment and machinery,
have been improperly established and maintained under applicable
accounting principles and so were substantially overvalued in
the 1995 opening balance sheet and in later balance sheets. The
Bonn public prosecutor has notified the Company that his
investigation also goes into whether the Company underpaid its
German corporate income and trade taxes because amortization and
depreciation were higher than they should have been as a result
of the alleged overstatement. The Company believes that the book
values of the fixed assets have been correctly presented in
accordance with applicable accounting principles, and dispute
allegations to the contrary. The Company has nonetheless been
cooperating fully in the investigation and is interested in
seeing it expeditiously resolved. According to press reports,
the public prosecutor indicated in early 2003 that his
investigation would also cover the allegations described in the
preceding paragraph. The Company cannot offer assurances as to
the timing or outcome of the prosecutors investigation.
Deutsche Telekom believes that the investigation is being
conducted with regard to certain individuals and is not directed
against it. Adverse consequences for Deutsche Telekom could
follow if any of the individuals who are or who become the
subject of the investigation were found to have violated the law.

The Bonn public prosecutor is also conducting
other investigations. One investigation concerns alleged
breaches of duty by members of the Supervisory Board and past
and present members of the Management Board with regard to our
2001 stock option program, the issuance of stock options and
other management compensation arrangements with the Management
Board, benefits paid or to be paid to the former Management
Board chairman in connection with his withdrawal from the
company and other circumstances of his withdrawal. Another
investigation concerns allegations that members and former
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Companys Management Board breached their
duties by causing the Company to pay excessive consideration for
VoiceStream and Powertel. The Company understands both of these
investigations are being conducted with respect to individuals
and are not directed against the Company as a corporate entity.
In each case, the Company believes that the Company and its
board members acted appropriately. Adverse consequences for the
Company could follow from these investigations, however, if the
individuals who are the subjects of the investigations are found
to have violated the law. The Company is cooperating in the
investigations.

The Bonn public prosecutor is further
investigating allegations in the press and elsewhere asserting
that the Company is involved in systematic wrongful billing. The
Company has denied these allegations, but has been cooperating
fully in the investigation and is interested in seeing it
expeditiously resolved. The Company cannot offer assurances as
to the timing or outcome of the prosecutors investigations.

In September 1998, Deutsche Post AG
commenced an arbitration proceeding seeking contributions
from the Company relating to the cost of employee housing for
former Deutsche Bundespost employees, including a number of its
employees. In 1995, responsibility for the housing of former
employees of Deutsche Bundespost was assigned to Deutsche Post
AG. The parties have different views as to the amount the
Company is obliged to pay as cost reimbursement for the use of
such employee housing for its employees. Deutsche Post AG
currently is seeking payment in the amount of
EUR 114 million from the Company, although the Company
expects that Deutsche Post AG may claim further amounts in the
event that its initial claim is successful. In March 2000, the
Company raised counterclaims in the amount of
EUR 62.6 million reclaiming down payments from 1995
and 1996. The outcome of the arbitration proceeding is uncertain.

Media reports have suggested that radio frequency
emissions from wireless handsets and cell sites may raise
various health concerns, including cancer, and may interfere
with various electronic medical devices, including hearing aids
and pacemakers. Research and studies are ongoing. Whether or not
such research or studies conclude there is a link between radio
frequency emissions and health, these concerns over radio
frequency emissions may discourage the use of wireless handsets
and may result in significant restrictions on the location and
operation of cell sites, either or both of which could have a
material adverse effect on the Companys or on T-Mobile
USAs results of operations. T-Mobile USA is subject to
current, and potentially future, litigation relating to these
health concerns. Several amended class action lawsuits have
been filed against T-Mobile USA and several other wireless
service operators and wireless phone manufacturers, asserting
products liability, breach of warranty and other claims relating
to radio frequency transmissions to and from wireless handsets.
The complaints seek substantial money damages as well as
injunctive relief. The defense of these lawsuits may divert
managements attention, and T-Mobile USA may be required to
pay significant awards or settlement and may incur significant
expenses in defending these lawsuits. In addition, T-Mobile USA
could be subject to potential litigation, legislation or adverse
publicity relating to damage caused by persons who use mobile
telephones while driving.

In April 2001, QPSX Europe GmbH filed suit for a
permanent injunction with the District Court in Munich
(Landgericht Munich) against the Company and Siemens AG,
alleging that the companies are both infringing on
plaintiffs patent by providing services using Asynchronous
Transfer Mode (ATM) technology. Since ATM technology is used in
a number of products and services which the Company offers, e.g.
T-DSL and T-ATM, an adverse outcome in this proceeding
could have a substantial adverse effect on its business.

(34)  Derivative Financial
Instruments

The Company uses derivative financial instruments
for the purpose of hedging interest rate and currency exposures
which arise from its ongoing business operations. The
Companys policy is to hold or issue derivative financial
instruments to eliminate risk exposures instead of creating new
risk. Derivative financial instruments are subject to internal
controls.

Derivatives classified as hedging instruments are
those entered into for the purpose of matching or eliminating
risk from potential movements in interest rates and foreign
exchange rate inherent in the Companys assets and
liabilities. A derivative is designated as a hedge where there
is an offset between the effects of potential movements in
the derivative and designated underlying asset, liability or
position being hedged. Such derivatives are reviewed regularly
for their effectiveness as hedge instruments. Derivative
instruments designated as hedges are accounted for on the same
basis as the hedged item.

The main interest rate instruments used are
interest rate swaps. These are entered into with the aim of
transforming the coupons on bonds, and the interest rates on
loans and financial assets, in accordance with a

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mix of fixed and floating rate interest
instruments that is laid down once a year. Interest rate
swaps are designated as hedging instruments for specific
liabilities or groups of similar liabilities. Cross currency
interest rate swaps usually synthetically convert foreign
currency bonds or medium-term notes into target currencies.

Gains or losses related to changes in the value
of interest rate swaps are generally not recognized. Interest
rate swaps which are not designated as hedging instruments for
balance sheet assets and liabilities (which are mainly hedges of
planned future transactions) are marked to market and resultant
negative values are accrued and included as a component of net
interest expense; gains are recognized upon realization.
Unrealized gains and losses from changes in market value are
netted currency for currency and are assigned to portfolios and
the resultant net loss is accrued. The interest differential to
be paid or received on interest rate swaps is recognized in the
statement of earnings, as incurred, as a component of net
interest expense. Gains or losses on interest rate swaps
released prior to their maturity are recognized currently in net
interest expense.

The Company uses foreign currency forward
contracts and foreign currency options purchased as well as
cross currency interest rate swaps to reduce fluctuations in
foreign currency cash flows related to capital expenditures and
financial liabilities. Foreign currency forward contracts
hedging firm commitments to invest in a foreign entity are not
recognized at the balance sheet date. The investment in the
purchased entity is capitalized using the foreign exchange rate
fixed by the foreign currency forward contract. The Company
purchases options to hedge firm commitments to invest in a
foreign entity. A purchased option is included in other assets
and measured at historical cost. Upon exercise of the option,
the premium is included in the purchase cost of the asset. Gains
and losses resulting from foreign currency forward contracts,
cross currency interest rate swaps and foreign currency
financing which relate to the net investments in foreign
entities are recorded in the cumulative translation adjustment
account.

Foreign currency forward contracts hedging other
payments and receipts are assigned to foreign currency
portfolios categorized by foreign currency type with the related
financial instruments. These portfolios are marked to market at
the balance sheet date and resultant negative portfolio values
are accrued under other liabilities. Valuation gains and losses
are netted portfolio for portfolio. An accrual for loss
contingencies is established for each portfolio for the amount
of the excess loss. Net gains are not recognized.

The forward foreign exchange contracts fix
amounts the Company is required to pay in the future in
euro for a contractually fixed amount of foreign currency
forward contracts and currency options.

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The following is a summary of the contract or
notional principal amounts outstanding and the average interest
paid/received at December 31, 2002 and 2001:

|                                                    |  |          |           |                         |  |                  |        |                         |  |          |           |                 |  |                  |            |                  |  |  |           |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |            | 
|--------------------------------------------------- |  | -------- | --------- | ----------------------- |  | ---------------- | ------ | ----------------------- |  | -------- | --------- | --------------- |  | ---------------- | ---------- | ---------------- |  |  | --------- |  |  |  | ------ |  |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | ---------- | 
|                                                    |  |          |           |                         |  |                  |        |                        
|                                                    |  |          |           | As of December 31, 2002 |  |                  |        | As of December 31, 2001
|                                                    |  |          |           |                         |  |                  |        |                        
|                                                    |  |          |           | Notional                |  | Average interest |        | Average interest        |  |          |           | Notional        |  | Average interest |            | Average interest
|                                                    |  | Maturity |           | amount                  |  | rate paid        |        | rate received           |  | Maturity |           | amount          |  | rate paid        |            | rate received   
|                                                    |  |          |           |                         |  |                  |        |                         |  |          |           |                 |  |                  |            |                 
|                                                    |  |          |           | (millions of )         |  |                  |        |                         |  |          |           | (millions of ) |  |                  |            |                 
|Interest rate swaps (EUR)                           |  |          |           |                         |  |                  |        |                         |  |          |           |                 |  |                  |            |                  |  |  |           |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |            | 
|Receive fixed, pay variable                         |  |          | 2003-2010 |                         |  |                  | 12,019 |                         |  |          | 3.26%     |                 |  |                  | 4.44%      |                  |  |  | 2002-2010 |  |  |  | 9,686  |  |  |  | 3.72% |  |  |  | 4.69%      | 
|Forward receive fixed, pay variable                 |  |          | 2005      |                         |  |                  | 820    |                         |  |          | EURIBOR6M |                 |  |                  | 4.21%      |                  |  |  |          |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |           | 
|Receive variable, pay fixed                         |  |          | 2003-2010 |                         |  |                  | 4,652  |                         |  |          | 5.23%     |                 |  |                  | 3.07%      |                  |  |  | 2002-2010 |  |  |  | 3,251  |  |  |  | 5.73% |  |  |  | 3.25%      | 
|Interest rate swaps (USD)                           |  |          |           |                         |  |                  |        |                         |  |          |           |                 |  |                  |            |                  |  |  |           |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |            | 
|Receive fixed, pay variable                         |  |          | 2003-2008 |                         |  |                  | 1,144  |                         |  |          | 2.11%     |                 |  |                  | 8.00%      |                  |  |  | 2002-2030 |  |  |  | 11,249 |  |  |  | 2.08% |  |  |  | 7.92%      | 
|Receive variable, pay fixed                         |  |          |          |                         |  |                  |       |                         |  |          |          |                 |  |                  |           |                  |  |  | 2002-2008 |  |  |  | 595    |  |  |  | 6.23% |  |  |  | 2.44%      | 
|Forward receive variable, pay fixed                 |  |          | 2007      |                         |  |                  | 2,859  |                         |  |          | 5.07%     |                 |  |                  | USDL6M     |                  |  |  |          |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |           | 
|Interest rate swaps (GBP)                           |  |          |           |                         |  |                  |        |                         |  |          |           |                 |  |                  |            |                  |  |  |           |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |            | 
|Receive variable, pay fixed                         |  |          | 2003-2006 |                         |  |                  | 1,575  |                         |  |          | 5.91%     |                 |  |                  | 3.94%      |                  |  |  | 2002-2030 |  |  |  | 9,243  |  |  |  | 6.37% |  |  |  | 4.20%      | 
|Forward receive variable, pay fixed                 |  |          | 2005      |                         |  |                  | 307    |                         |  |          | 6.04%     |                 |  |                  | GBP6MLibor |                  |  |  | 2004-2005 |  |  |  | 1,642  |  |  |  | 6.06% |  |  |  | GBP6MLibor | 
|Interest rate swaps (JPY)                           |  |          |           |                         |  |                  |        |                         |  |          |           |                 |  |                  |            |                  |  |  |           |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |            | 
|Receive fixed, pay variable                         |  |          | 2005      |                         |  |                  | 723    |                         |  |          | 0.32%     |                 |  |                  | 1.50%      |                  |  |  | 2005      |  |  |  | 778    |  |  |  | 0.34% |  |  |  | 1.50%      | 
|Interest rate swaps (CZK)                           |  |          |           |                         |  |                  |        |                         |  |          |           |                 |  |                  |            |                  |  |  |           |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |            | 
|Receive fixed, pay variable                         |  |          | 2004      |                         |  |                  | 13     |                         |  |          | 3.18%     |                 |  |                  | 8.14%      |                  |  |  | 2004      |  |  |  | 13     |  |  |  | 4.88% |  |  |  | 8.14%      | 
|Interest rate swaps (HUF)                           |  |          |           |                         |  |                  |        |                         |  |          |           |                 |  |                  |            |                  |  |  |           |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |            | 
|Forward receive variable, pay fixed                 |  |          | 2006      |                         |  |                  | 269    |                         |  |          | 9.25%     |                 |  |                  | BUBOR6M    |                  |  |  |          |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |           | 
|Interest rate caps / collars                        |  |          | 2003      |                         |  |                  | 38     |                         |  |          |          |                 |  |                  |           |                  |  |  | 2002-2003 |  |  |  | 400    |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |           | 
|Cross currency interest rate swaps
    sold         |  |          | 2003-2032 |                         |  |                  | 6,437  |                         |  |          | 5.29%     |                 |  |                  | 3.05%      |                  |  |  | 2002-2030 |  |  |  | 15,129 |  |  |  | 4.00% |  |  |  | 1.52%      | 
|Forward cross currency interest rate swaps
    sold |  |          | 2006      |                         |  |                  | 252    |                         |  |          | BUBOR6M   |                 |  |                  | EURIBOR6M  |                  |  |  |          |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |           | 
|Foreign currency forward contracts                  |  |          |           |                         |  |                  |        |                         |  |          |           |                 |  |                  |            |                  |  |  |           |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |            | 
|Forward purchases                                   |  |          | 2003-2008 |                         |  |                  | 1,955  |                         |  |          |          |                 |  |                  |           |                  |  |  | 2002-2008 |  |  |  | 229    |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |           | 
|Forward sales                                       |  |          | 2003-2006 |                         |  |                  | 2,917  |                         |  |          |          |                 |  |                  |           |                  |  |  | 2002-2004 |  |  |  | 12,336 |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |           | 
|Currency options                                    |  |          | 2003      |                         |  |                  | 4      |                         |  |          |          |                 |  |                  |           |                  |  |  | 2002      |  |  |  | 15     |  |  |  |      |  |  |  |           | 

The notional amounts of the derivative financial
instruments do not generally represent amounts exchanged by the
parties and, therefore, are not a direct measure of the exposure
of the Company through its use of derivatives. The amounts
exchanged are calculated through reference to the notional
amounts and by other terms of the derivatives, such as interest
rates, exchange rates or other indices.

(35)  Segment Reporting

Deutsche Telekom applies SFAS No. 131,
Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related
Information and the German Accounting Standard Segment
Reporting (DRS 3) for the calculation of segment
information. In accordance with the aforementioned, companies
must disclose information on their operational segments in
accordance with their internal reporting structures. Under SFAS
No. 131 and DRS 3, Deutsche Telekom has the following
operational segments for which reporting is required: T-Com,
T-Systems, T-Mobile and T-Online. The segments for which
reporting is required are strategic divisions which differ in
their products and services, their relevant sub-markets, the
profile of their customers and their regulatory environment.

The valuation methods used for the Group segment
reporting correspond mainly to those used in the German
consolidated financial statements. Deutsche Telekom evaluates
the segments performance based on income before taxes; the
operational figures EBIT and EBITDA are also used. Based on
income before taxes, EBIT does not include extraordinary income
(losses) or net financial income (expense). EBITDA additionally
excludes depreciation and amortization. As in 2001, no single
matter in the 2002 financial year was shown in the Deutsche
Telekom Groups consolidated financial results as
extraordinary income / loss; the expenses for the initial public
offering of T-Online and the planned initial public offering of
T-Mobile International AG accounted for the extraordinary loss
of EUR 159 million in 2000.

Revenues generated and goods and services
exchanged between segments are, as far as possible, calculated
on the basis of market prices. Income taxes and taxes chargeable
as expense are not assigned to individual segments. With the
exception of depreciation and amortization, no major noncash
items are shown

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in the segments. The income (loss) related to
associated and related companies relates to income from
investments and associated companies, as well as write-downs of
financial assets and marketable securities.

Segment assets under segment reporting include
the remaining book value of property, plant and equipment,
intangible assets and financial assets. Segment investments are
defined as additions to noncurrent assets. In addition, the
segment assets and segment investments are shown by geographical
regions; assignment to the individual regions is generally by
the location of the asset. Refer to note (1) for the
presentation of revenue by regions. In accordance with
DRS 3, liabilities have been assigned to the segments since
the 2000 financial year. As part of Group segment reporting,
these liabilities include debt and other liabilities, excluding
tax liabilities.

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|               |  |  |      |                 |  |          |        |              |  |           |         | related to |  |        |         |         |  |             |        |             |  |             
|               |  |  |      |                 |  |          |        |              |  | Net       |         | associated |  | Income |         |         |  |             |        |             |  |             
|               |  |  |      |                 |  | Revenue  |        | Depreciation |  | interest  |         | and        |  | (loss) |         |         |  |             |        |             |  |             
|               |  |  |      | Net             |  | between  |        | and          |  | income    |         | related    |  | before |         | Segment |  | Segment     |        | Segment     |  |             
|               |  |  |      | revenue         |  | segments |        | amortization |  | (expense) |         | companies  |  | taxes  |         | assets  |  | investments |        | liabilities |  | Employees(1)
|               |  |  |      |                 |  |          |        |              |  |           |         |            |  |        |         |         |  |             |        |             |  |             
|               |  |  |      |                
|               |  |  |      | (millions of )
|T-Com          |  |  | 2002 |                 |  |          | 25,422 |              |  |           | 4,776   |            |  |        | (5,537  | )       |  |             | (565   | )           |  |              | (304   | ) |  |  | 3,539   |   |  |  | 33,778  |   |  |  | 3,272  |   |  |  | 12,983 |   |  |  | 152,836 | 
|               |  |  | 2001 |                 |  |          | 25,028 |              |  |           | 4,391   |            |  |        | (5,443  | )       |  |             | (350   | )           |  |              | (509   | ) |  |  | 4,614   |   |  |  | 36,109  |   |  |  | 6,128  |   |  |  | 13,266 |   |  |  | 148,247 | 
|               |  |  | 2000 |                 |  |          | 24,455 |              |  |           | 4,927   |            |  |        | (6,417  | )       |  |             | (793   | )           |  |              | (214   | ) |  |  | 4,904   |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |        | 
|T-Systems      |  |  | 2002 |                 |  |          | 7,793  |              |  |           | 3,517   |            |  |        | (2,616  | )       |  |             | (98    | )           |  |              | (20    | ) |  |  | (1,981  | ) |  |  | 6,646   |   |  |  | 3,551  |   |  |  | 5,268  |   |  |  | 43,482  | 
|               |  |  | 2001 |                 |  |          | 8,316  |              |  |           | 3,583   |            |  |        | (1,372  | )       |  |             | 102    |             |  |              | 13     |   |  |  | (382    | ) |  |  | 5,807   |   |  |  | 1,525  |   |  |  | 5,022  |   |  |  | 41,994  | 
|               |  |  | 2000 |                 |  |          | 6,021  |              |  |           | 3,791   |            |  |        | (807    | )       |  |             | (114   | )           |  |              | 15     |   |  |  | 2,420   |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |        | 
|T-Mobile       |  |  | 2002 |                 |  |          | 18,229 |              |  |           | 1,506   |            |  |        | (27,285 | )       |  |             | (1,005 | )           |  |              | (427   | ) |  |  | (23,679 | ) |  |  | 57,655  |   |  |  | 5,766  |   |  |  | 20,224 |   |  |  | 38,943  | 
|               |  |  | 2001 |                 |  |          | 12,994 |              |  |           | 1,643   |            |  |        | (6,324  | )       |  |             | (3,008 | )           |  |              | (204   | ) |  |  | (6,399  | ) |  |  | 86,704  |   |  |  | 28,418 |   |  |  | 21,657 |   |  |  | 30,124  | 
|               |  |  | 2000 |                 |  |          | 8,994  |              |  |           | 1,362   |            |  |        | (2,337  | )       |  |             | (1,370 | )           |  |              | (127   | ) |  |  | (2,350  | ) |  |  |        |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |        | 
|T-Online       |  |  | 2002 |                 |  |          | 1,672  |              |  |           | 158     |            |  |        | (208    | )       |  |             | 131    |             |  |              | (121   | ) |  |  | 9       |   |  |  | 934     |   |  |  | 171    |   |  |  | 265    |   |  |  | 2,765   | 
|               |  |  | 2001 |                 |  |          | 1,338  |              |  |           | 111     |            |  |        | (189    | )       |  |             | 168    |             |  |              | (134   | ) |  |  | (233    | ) |  |  | 983     |   |  |  | 118    |   |  |  | 258    |   |  |  | 3,008   | 
|               |  |  | 2000 |                 |  |          | 1,038  |              |  |           | 90      |            |  |        | (93     | )       |  |             | 127    |             |  |              | (9     | ) |  |  | 2,628   |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |        | 
|Other          |  |  | 2002 |                 |  |          | 573    |              |  |           | 3,838   |            |  |        | (1,298  | )       |  |             | (2,510 | )           |  |              | (1,093 | ) |  |  | (4,454  | ) |  |  | 12,978  |   |  |  | 551    |   |  |  | 34,539 |   |  |  | 17,870  | 
|               |  |  | 2001 |                 |  |          | 633    |              |  |           | 4,481   |            |  |        | (1,447  | )       |  |             | (1,102 | )           |  |              | (375   | ) |  |  | 352     |   |  |  | 17,237  |   |  |  | 1,618  |   |  |  | 38,846 |   |  |  | 18,287  | 
|               |  |  | 2000 |                 |  |          | 431    |              |  |           | 4,770   |            |  |        | (1,324  | )       |  |             | (1,018 | )           |  |              | 2,188  |   |  |  | 701     |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |        | 
|Reconciliation |  |  | 2002 |                 |  |          |       |              |  |           | (13,795 | )          |  |        | 64      |         |  |             | (1     | )           |  |              | (9     | ) |  |  | (220    | ) |  |  | (465    | ) |  |  | (149   | ) |  |  | (853   | ) |  |  |        | 
|               |  |  | 2001 |                 |  |          |       |              |  |           | (14,209 | )          |  |        | (446    | )       |  |             | 52     |             |  |              | (1     | ) |  |  | (456    | ) |  |  | (124    | ) |  |  | (109   | ) |  |  | (2,198 | ) |  |  |        | 
|               |  |  | 2000 |                 |  |          |       |              |  |           | (14,940 | )          |  |        | (2,013  | )       |  |             | 71     |             |  |              | 14     |   |  |  | (1,970  | ) |  |  |        |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |        | 
|Group          |  |  | 2002 |                 |  |          | 53,689 |              |  |           |        |            |  |        | (36,880 | )       |  |             | (4,048 | )           |  |              | (1,974 | ) |  |  | (26,786 | ) |  |  | 111,526 |   |  |  | 13,162 |   |  |  | 72,426 |   |  |  | 255,896 | 
|               |  |  | 2001 |                 |  |          | 48,309 |              |  |           |        |            |  |        | (15,221 | )       |  |             | (4,138 | )           |  |              | (1,210 | ) |  |  | (2,504  | ) |  |  | 146,716 |   |  |  | 37,698 |   |  |  | 76,851 |   |  |  | 241,660 | 
|               |  |  | 2000 |                 |  |          | 40,939 |              |  |           |        |            |  |        | (12,991 | )       |  |             | (3,097 | )           |  |              | 1,867  |   |  |  | 6,333   |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |        | 




|    |                             
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|(1) | Average figures for the year

Segments by Geographic Area

|                                   |  |                 |         |                     |  |              |         |              |  |  |        |  |  |  |        | 
|---------------------------------- |  | --------------- | ------- | ------------------- |  | ------------ | ------- | ------------ |  |  | ------ |  |  |  | ------ | 
|                                   |  |                 |         |                    
|                                   |  | Segment assets  |         | Segment investments
|                                   |  |                 |         |                    
|                                   |  | December 31,    |         | December 31,        |  | December 31, |         | December 31,
|                                   |  | 2002            |         | 2001                |  | 2002         |         | 2001        
|                                   |  |                 |         |                     |  |              |         |             
|                                   |  |                
|                                   |  | (millions of )
|Germany                            |  |                 | 51,707  |                     |  |              | 55,490  |              |  |  | 6,883  |  |  |  | 7,669  | 
|European Union (excluding Germany) |  |                 | 20,370  |                     |  |              | 26,499  |              |  |  | 2,694  |  |  |  | 1,908  | 
|Rest of Europe                     |  |                 | 12,006  |                     |  |              | 12,218  |              |  |  | 1,173  |  |  |  | 1,952  | 
|North America                      |  |                 | 26,448  |                     |  |              | 51,527  |              |  |  | 2,228  |  |  |  | 25,519 | 
|Other                              |  |                 | 995     |                     |  |              | 982     |              |  |  | 184    |  |  |  | 650    | 
|                                   |  |                 |         |                     |  |              |         |              |  |  |        |  |  |  |        | 
|Group                              |  |                 | 111,526 |                     |  |              | 146,716 |              |  |  | 13,162 |  |  |  | 37,698 | 
|                                   |  |                 |         |                     |  |              |         |              |  |  |        |  |  |  |        | 

T-Com

The T-Com division is one of the largest
fixed-network operators in Europe, operating around
57.5 million lines  including ISDN channels. In
Germany, T-Com serves residential customers and small and
medium-sized business customers with 51 million
lines  including ISDN channels  and a
broad range of products and services. As a full-service
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medium-sized companies integrated solutions
consisting of information technology and telecommunications.
T-Com is present in the markets of Central and Eastern Europe
with shareholdings in Matav (Hungary), Hrvatske
telekommunikacije (Croatia) and Slovenske Telekommunikacie
(Slovakia). At the end of the year under review, the division
had approximately 148,900 employees throughout Europe.

The increase of EUR 394 million in net
revenue to EUR 25,422 million relates mainly to the
first full-year consolidation of Hrvatske telekomunikacije in
the 2002 financial year. Furthermore, decreases in call revenues
were offset in the period under review by the increase in access
revenues, particularly as a result of the growth in the number
of advanced ISDN channels and T-DSL lines. This positive
development of net revenue was offset by price measures for
domestic traffic terminating in the mobile and fixed networks,
direct network interconnection between mobile communications
carriers and competitors, as well as the deconsolidation of the
cable company in Baden-Wuerttemberg in 2001.

Revenue from business with other segments
amounting to EUR 4,776 million relates mainly to
network and support services billed by T-Com to other segments
and the provision of fixed-network terminal equipment for other
segments.

Depreciation and amortization in the period under
review was slightly higher than in the previous year. This is
mainly attributable to the first full-year consolidation of
Hrvatske telekomunikacije in the 2002 financial year. The net
interest expense reflects the level of financial liabilities
assigned to the segment. The increase in net interest expense
compared with the previous year is predominantly a result of
less favorable interest rates. The decrease in the loss related
to associated and related companies is mainly attributable to
lower valuation adjustments for loans to associated companies of
Kabel Deutschland GmbH compared with the previous year.
Excluding these factors in 2002 and 2001, the result related to
associated and related companies remained almost stable at the
level of the previous year.

Income before taxes of
EUR 3,539 million in this segment was lower than in
the previous year. Besides the aforementioned changes in
revenue, depreciation and amortization, results related to
associated and related companies and net interest expense, this
development is particularly attributable to other operating
income relating to the sale of the cable companies in
Baden-Wuerttemberg and the regional Kabelservice companies in
North-Rhine Westphalia and Hesse in 2001 for
EUR 997 million. There were no comparable activities
in the year under review.

The decrease in segment assets to
EUR 33,778 million relates in particular to a decrease
in property, plant and equipment at T-Com. This development is
mainly attributable to scheduled depreciation of property, plant
and equipment. The investments in T-Coms segment assets
were mainly made in technical equipment and advance payments and
construction in progress, as in the previous year. Capital
expenditure decreased in comparison with the previous year.
Segment liabilities consist mainly of financial liabilities.

T-Systems

T-Systems serves Deutsche Telekoms domestic
and international systems customers. T-Systems offers
comprehensive services from the field of information technology
(IT) and telecommunications (TC) as well as e-business solutions
from the IT / TC convergence sector. The legal
integration of T-Systems ITS GmbH (formerly debis Systemhaus)
was completed in the year under review; Deutsche Telekom
acquired the remaining 49.9% of the shares in the company from
DaimlerChrysler and merged T-Systems ITS GmbH with T-Systems
International GmbH at the end of 2002. The area Carrier Services
National has been part of the T-Com division since
January 1, 2002. In return, the area Carrier Services
International, previously part of T-Com, has been reassigned to
the T-Systems segment. The figures for the previous year have
been adjusted accordingly.

Net revenue in 2002 was
EUR 7,793 million, EUR 523 million lower
than the previous years figure of
EUR 8,316 million. This decrease is mainly
attributable to price reductions in the area of international
carrier services, limited orders from key account customers due
to the difficult economic situation and the slow development of
data communications business in network service business.
Furthermore, the sale of businesses in France and in the
Netherlands had a negative impact on the development of net
revenue.

Revenue from business with other segments also
decreased slightly to EUR 3,517 million. T-Systems CSM
and T-Systems Nova in particular contributed to the decrease in
revenue. T-Systems CSM and T-Systems Nova mainly bill IT /
development services to the other segments.

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The increase of EUR 1,244 million in
depreciation and amortization is particularly attributable to
nonscheduled depreciation and amortization of goodwill and
property, plant and equipment amounting to
EUR 600 million. Furthermore, effects were also
recorded from the increased level of capital expenditure in 2001
and the correspondingly increased level of depreciation and
amortization in 2002, and the nonscheduled depreciation and
amortization of submarine cables in the North Atlantic / Pacific
as well as additional amortization of goodwill relating to the
acquisition of the remaining 49.9% of the shares in T-Systems
ITS GmbH. Net interest expense in the year under review amounted
to EUR 98 million, compared with net interest income
of EUR 102 million in the previous year. This was
mainly attributable to the loan-based financing of the
acquisition of the remaining shares in T-Systems ITS GmbH.

Segment assets amounting to
EUR 6,646 million consist mainly of intangible assets,
in particular goodwill relating to T-Systems ITS. The increase
in segment assets in 2002 is mainly attributable to the
considerably increased investment in intangible assets compared
with the previous year as a result of the acquisition of the
remaining shares in T-Systems ITS GmbH in the first quarter of
2002. Segment liabilities consist mainly of financial
liabilities.

T-Mobile

The business of T-Mobile combines all the
activities of the T-Mobile International group. Via its
subsidiaries, T-Mobile offers a transatlantic GSM mobile
communications network and thus the advantages of a uniform
technical platform, mainly for a broad range of customers in
Germany, the United Kingdom, the USA, Austria, the Czech
Republic and the Netherlands. T-Mobile International also holds
stakes in Poland, Russia and Canada. Besides T-Mobile
International AG as the parent company, the companies fully
consolidated include T-Mobile Deutschland, T-Mobile UK, T-Mobile
USA / Powertel, T-Mobile Austria, RadioMobil, and Ben.

The increase in net revenue by
EUR 5,235 million to EUR 18,229 million
reflects in particular the considerable increase in the number
of subscribers in almost all the mobile communications networks
under T-Mobiles majority control. Furthermore, the
full-year consolidation of T-Mobile USA, Inc./ Powertel and
RadioMobil also had a positive impact on net revenue in 2002.
These companies were only consolidated for seven months
(T-Mobile USA, Inc./ Powertel) and nine months (RadioMobil)
respectively in 2001. The consolidation of Ben for the first
time at the end of September 2002 contributed to the remaining
increase.

Revenue of EUR 1,506 million from
business with other segments was primarily generated within
Germany through network interconnection services (so-called
mobile terminated calls).

The increase in depreciation and amortization in
the 2002 financial year is mainly attributable to the need for
write-downs on goodwill at T-Mobile USA and Ben and on mobile
communications licenses at T-Mobile USA and T-Mobile UK,
amounting to EUR 20,795 million, resulting from the
strategic review. In the previous year, by contrast, this figure
consisted merely of a nonscheduled amortization of goodwill of
EUR 1,040 million relating to the establishment of the
name T-Mobile as a global brand for mobile communications at
T-Mobile UK and T-Mobile Austria. Furthermore, changes in the
composition of the T-Mobile group, relating to the acquisition
of T-Mobile USA / Powertel and RadioMobil in 2001 and the
consolidation of Ben Nederland Holding B.V. for the first time
in 2002, also contributed to the increase.

The improved net interest expense, from
EUR 3,008 million in the previous year to
EUR 1,005 million in 2002, is mainly attributable to a
reduction in interest expense at T-Mobile International AG
relating to the conversion of loans from Deutsche Telekom AG to
shareholders equity in the previous year. In this respect,
the early repayment penalty of EUR 569 million
included in the interest payments in the previous year
no longer applies in the year under review. Changes in the
composition of the T-Mobile group had an offsetting effect
in 2002, leading to increased interest expense.

The consolidation of Ben for the first time in
the 2002 financial year and the first full-year consolidation of
T-Mobile USA / Powertel and RadioMobil in 2002 also had an
impact on income before taxes. The increase in subscriber
numbers at T-Mobile USA and the corresponding increase in
advertising and marketing expenses also continued to
have an impact on the development of income before taxes.

The decrease in segment assets is mainly
attributable to the need for write-downs on intangible assets,
resulting from the strategic review. Investments in the segment
in 2002 relate in particular to investments in property, plant
and equipment and intangible assets. The decrease in segment
liabilities is mainly a result of the considerable reduction of
debt.

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T-Online

The T-Online segment is one of the leading online
providers in Europe, measured in terms of subscriber numbers and
revenue. It is represented with companies in France, Spain,
Portugal, Austria and Switzerland. T-Online operates a combined
business model comprising access and non-access activities
(advertising / e-commerce). Besides the T-Online group, the
T-Online segment also includes DeTeMedien.

The net revenue of the T-Online segment increased
further in the year under review by EUR 334 million to
EUR 1,672 million and thus continued the trend of 2000
and 2001. The positive developments in both the access and
non-access business areas make particular contributions to the
revenue growth in 2002. The increase in the number of
subscribers in the access area and increased portal revenues in
the non-access area made particular contributions to the
continued positive development of revenues in 2002.

T-Online also recorded a slight increase in
revenue of EUR 47 million from the internal provision
of services between segments.

The segment generated income before taxes of
EUR 9 million in 2002, compared with a loss before
taxes of EUR 233 million in 2001. This development is
mainly attributable to the increase in revenues, which had a
positive impact on income before taxes despite increased
depreciation and amortization and the increase in net interest
expense in the period under review.

The assets of the T-Online segment consist mainly
of intangible assets, which relates to the capitalization of
goodwill. The increase in investments in segment assets relates
mainly to the acquisition of the shareholding in Bild.T-Online
AG, recorded under financial assets. The liabilities of the
segment are at approximately the same level as in the previous
year and consist mainly of liabilities to subsidiaries.

Other

Other includes all Group units which
cannot be allocated to an individual segment. These include
the Deutsche Telekom Group headquarters, as well as the
subsidiaries and shared services assigned to it, such as real
estate, billing services, fleet management and the newly
established Personnel Service Agency (PSA), as well as various
competence centers and other subsidiaries, associated and
related companies of the Group. The real estate area was
restructured in 2002. Furthermore, fleet management was
established as a separate company, DeTeFleetServices GmbH, in
the third quarter of 2002 for the development, provision and
operation of corporate fleet solutions. The business of the
Central and Eastern European telecommunications companies MATAV,
Slovenske Telekommunikacie and Hrvatske telekommunikacije,
previously assigned to the segment Other in the 2001
financial statements, have been re-assigned to T-Com since
January 1, 2002. The figures for the previous year have
been adjusted to reflect this change in structure.

The net revenue of the segment Other,
EUR 573 million, consists to a considerable extent of
the revenues generated by the real estate companies. The
decrease compared with the previous year is attributable to the
deconsolidation of DeTeSat.

The decrease of EUR 643 million in
revenue from business with other segments is mainly the result
of lower intra-Group revenues. On the one hand, cost savings in
the area of customer billing were passed on to the divisions, on
the other hand, use of real estate services by the divisions was
lower than in the previous year.

The decrease in depreciation and amortization is
mainly attributable to the nonscheduled depreciation on real
estate in the previous year, for which there are no comparable
measures in 2002. The increase of EUR 1,408 million in
net interest expense is due to a considerable extent to the
conversion of receivables from T-Mobile International AG into
shareholders equity in 2001. The interest income generated
by this measure is offset by a corresponding decrease in
interest expense in the segment T-Mobile. Furthermore, the loss
related to associated and related companies increased from
EUR 375 million in 2001 to EUR 1,093 million
in 2002. This development is mainly attributable to the
valuation adjustment of EUR 613 million on the shares
held in France Telecom and a valuation adjustment on investments
in noncurrent securities of EUR 384 million.

The development of results continued to be
influenced to a considerable extent by the high level of
proceeds from the sale of the Sprint FON and PCS shares in the
previous year, for which there are no comparable proceeds in the
year under review. The increase in other operating expenses,
which relates mainly to expenses associated with the sale of
receivables and expenses relating to the standardization of the
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of individual mobile communications operators,
also contributed to the decline of the result before taxes to a
loss of EUR 4,454 million in the 2002 financial year.

The decrease in segment assets to
EUR 12,978 million is attributable in particular to
the decrease in property, plant and equipment and financial
assets. This was the result in particular of the sale of a first
tranche of real estate assets and the sale of the shares held in
France Telecom. The considerable decrease in liabilities in the
period under review is mainly attributable to the reduction of
debt.

Reconciliation

The items included in the reconciliation column
relate mainly to consolidation measures. The reconciliation does
not include any additional items for the period under review. In
2001, this included a final nonscheduled write-down in the form
of a general valuation adjustment amounting to
EUR 466 million, made as part of Deutsche
Telekoms strategy to separate itself more quickly from a
considerable proportion of its real estate portfolio. This
valuation adjustment, which does not affect the operational
segments, has no effect on the internal operation of the
segments.

(36)  Information on the Board of
Management and the Supervisory Board of Deutsche
Telekom AG

In the 2002 financial year, the Supervisory Board
was paid remuneration and meeting attendance fees of
EUR 555,702. Members of the Supervisory Board do not
receive performance-related compensation.

Board of Management members receive fixed and
variable, performance-based remuneration and the Presiding
Committee of the Supervisory Board may decide to extend stock
options from the applicable Deutsche Telekom AG Stock Option
Plan to members of the Board of Management. The ratio of fixed
and variable remuneration in the past financial year was
approximately 60%: 40%. The intention is to attach an equal
weighting to both elements of Board of Management remuneration.
Performance-based remuneration is determined on the basis of the
targets agreed between the Supervisory Board Presiding Committee
and the Board of Management members and the extent to which
these targets are achieved. This is assessed by the Presiding
Committee on closure of the financial year.

Provided that the 2002 financial statements of
Deutsche Telekom AG are approved in their current form:

The remuneration of the Board of Management will
amount to EUR 14,478,818.28 for the past financial year. No
stock options were granted to the members of the Board of
Management in the 2002 financial year. Remuneration paid to
former members of the Board of Management and their surviving
dependents totaled EUR 26,437,713.11. The figure reported
here increased considerably compared with the previous year on
account of the reorientation of the Group Board of Management
and the resulting personnel changes on the Board of Management,
including the position of Chairman, as described in the
Supervisory Boards report to the 2003 shareholders
meeting. The Company published the amounts to be expensed in
conjunction with the restructuring of the Board of Management on
November 28, 2002. The accrual set up for ongoing pensions
and pension entitlements for this group of persons amounted to
EUR 38,089,883. Pension obligations to such persons for
which no accrual had to be established amounted to
EUR 3,368,531.

The members of the Board of Management and former
members of the Board of Management, respectively, have not
received any loans from the Company.

(37)  Proposal for Appropriation of
Net Income (Loss) of Deutsche Telekom AG

The statement of operations of Deutsche Telekom
AG reflects a net loss of EUR 3,001 million. Including
the unappropriated net income of EUR 23 million
carried forward from 2001 and the withdrawal of
EUR 2,978 million from retained earnings in 2002, the
cumulative unappropriated net income is nil.

(38)  Declaration of Compliance with
the German Corporate Governance Code in Accordance with
§ 161 of the AktG

In accordance with § 161 of the AktG,
the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board submitted the
mandatory declaration of compliance, and made it available to
shareholders on Deutsche Telekoms site on the Internet on
December 19, 2002.

The declaration of compliance of the publicly
traded subsidiary T-Online International AG was made accessible
for shareholders on T-Online International AGs Internet
site.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS  (Continued)


(39)  Fair Value

The following table presents fair values and
carrying amounts for certain account balances.

|                                           |  |                         |        |                         |  |            |        |          |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|------------------------------------------ |  | ----------------------- | ------ | ----------------------- |  | ---------- | ------ | -------- |  |  | ------ | - |  |  | ------ | -
|                                           |  |                         |        |                        
|                                           |  | As of December 31, 2002 |        | As of December 31, 2001
|                                           |  |                         |        |                        
|                                           |  |                         |        | Net                     |  |            |        | Net     
|                                           |  |                         |        | carrying                |  |            |        | carrying
|                                           |  | Fair value              |        | amount                  |  | Fair value |        | amount  
|                                           |  |                         |        |                         |  |            |        |         
|                                           |  |                        
|                                           |  | (millions of )        
|Assets                                     |  |                         |        |                         |  |            |        |          |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|Other investments in related companies     |  |                         | 1,169  |                         |  |            | 1,021  |          |  |  | 2,024  |   |  |  | 1,895  |  
|Other long-term loans                      |  |                         | 109    |                         |  |            | 107    |          |  |  | 534    |   |  |  | 534    |  
|Other investments in noncurrent securities |  |                         | 238    |                         |  |            | 238    |          |  |  | 880    |   |  |  | 879    |  
|Receivables                                |  |                         | 6,258  |                         |  |            | 6,258  |          |  |  | 6,826  |   |  |  | 6,826  |  
|Liquid assets                              |  |                         | 1,905  |                         |  |            | 1,905  |          |  |  | 2,868  |   |  |  | 2,868  |  
|Other investments in marketable securities |  |                         | 413    |                         |  |            | 413    |          |  |  | 702    |   |  |  | 702    |  
|Liabilities                                |  |                         |        |                         |  |            |        |          |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|Bonds and debentures                       |  |                         | 60,144 |                         |  |            | 56,752 |          |  |  | 60,568 |   |  |  | 58,301 |  
|Liabilities to banks                       |  |                         | 6,368  |                         |  |            | 6,292  |          |  |  | 8,730  |   |  |  | 8,730  |  
|Other liabilities                          |  |                         | 10,541 |                         |  |            | 10,541 |          |  |  | 12,020 |   |  |  | 12,020 |  
|Derivative financial instruments(1)        |  |                         |        |                         |  |            |        |          |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|Interest rate swaps                        |  |                         | 67     |                         |  |            | (230   | )        |  |  | 532    |   |  |  | (34    | )
|Interest rate caps / collars purchased     |  |                         | 0      |                         |  |            | 0      |          |  |  | (3     | ) |  |  | (1     | )
|Cross currency interest rate swaps sold    |  |                         | (488   | )                       |  |            | (190   | )        |  |  | (152   | ) |  |  | 270    |  
|Foreign currency forward contracts         |  |                         | 12     |                         |  |            | 28     |          |  |  | (250   | ) |  |  | (81    | )




|    |                                              
|--- | ---------------------------------------------
|(1) | Amounts in parentheses represent liabilities.

Fair values were determined as follows:

The fair value of other investments in noncurrent
securities and in marketable securities is based on quoted
market prices for those instruments or similar instruments. The
net carrying amount of other investments in marketable
securities is adjusted to market value where market value is
less than the original investment. The net carrying amounts of
trade accounts receivable approximate their fair values, due to
the short period to maturity. The net carrying amounts of liquid
assets also reflect reasonable estimates of fair value due to
the relatively short period to maturity of the instruments.

The fair value of debt which is publicly traded,
primarily bonds and debentures, is estimated based on quoted
market prices at year end. The fair value of liabilities to
banks is estimated using discounted cash flows. The fair value
of off-balance sheet financial instruments generally reflects
the estimated amount the Company would receive or pay to
terminate the contracts at the reporting date, thereby taking
into account the current unrealized gains and losses of open
contracts. The estimated fair values of derivatives used to
hedge or modify the Companys risk will vary substantially
with future changes in interest rates or with fluctuations in
foreign exchange rates. These changes in fair values should not
be viewed in isolation, but rather in relation to changes in the
values of the hedged item in the transaction.

At December 31, 2002 and 2001, the carrying
values of investments in other related companies were
EUR 1,021 million and EUR 1,895 million, of
which the carrying value of companies whose shares are publicly
traded was EUR 752 million and
EUR 734 million, respectively. The fair values of
investments in other related companies that are not publicly
traded are not practicably determinable.

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STATEMENTS  (Continued)


(40)  Reconciliation to
U.S. GAAP

The consolidated financial statements of Deutsche
Telekom AG have been prepared in accordance with German
GAAP, which differs in certain respects from generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States (U.S. GAAP).
Application of U.S. GAAP would have affected the results of
operations for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2002 and the balance sheets as of
December 31, 2002 and 2001 to the extent described below.

Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) from
German GAAP to U.S. GAAP:

|                                                                                             |                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |  |                                 |         |         |        |      |        |     |       |   |       |       |       |  
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------- | ------- | ------- | ------ | ---- | ------ | --- | ----- | - | ----- | ----- | ----- | -
|                                                                                             |                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |  |                                
|                                                                                             |                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |  | For the year ended December 31,
|                                                                                             |                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |  |                                
|                                                                                             |                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |  | 2002                            |         | 2001    |        | 2000
|                                                                                             |                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |  |                                 |         |         |        |     
|                                                                                             |                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |  |                                
|                                                                                             |                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |  | (millions of )                
|Net income (loss) as reported in the consolidated
    financial statements under German GAAP |                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |  |                                 | (24,587 | )       |        |      | (3,454 | )   |       |   | 5,926 |      
|U.S. GAAP reconciling adjustments                                                            |                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |  |                                 |         |         |        |      |        |     |       |   |       |      
|                                                                                             | Differences in long-lived assets:                  |                                                                                                                                       |  |                                 |         |         |        |      |        |     |       |   |       |       |      
|                                                                                             |                                                    | Differences in fixed assets                                                                                                           |  | (a)                             |         |         | 422    |      |        |     | 401   |   |       |       | 2,792 |  
|                                                                                             |                                                    | Mobile communications licenses                                                                                                        |  | (b)                             |         |         | 4,519  |      |        |     | 2,098 |   |       |       | 865   |  
|                                                                                             |                                                    | Internally developed software                                                                                                         |  | (c)                             |         |         | 40     |      |        |     | 166   |   |       |       | 95    |  
|                                                                                             |                                                    | Goodwill and asset differences                                                                                                        |  | (d)                             |         |         | (2,292 | )    |        |     | (285  | ) |       |       | (97   | )
|                                                                                             |                                                    | Write-down of tradenames                                                                                                              |  | (e)                             |         |         | (1,038 | )    |        |     | 1,040 |   |       |       |      |  
|Effects of dilution gains                                                                    |                                                    | (f)                                                                                                                                   |  |                                 | (260    | )       |        |      | (396   | )   |       |   | 1,741 |      
|Derivatives and related foreign exchange
    differences                                     |                                                    | (h)                                                                                                                                   |  |                                 | (48     | )       |        |      | (31    | )   |       |   | (146  | )    
|Implementation of SFAS 133                                                                   |                                                    | (h)                                                                                                                                   |  |                                 |        |         |        |      | 370    |     |       |   |      |      
|Accruals for personnel restructuring                                                         |                                                    | (i)                                                                                                                                   |  |                                 | 294     |         |        |      | 10     |     |       |   | (125  | )    
|Deferral of gains on divestitures                                                            |                                                    | (j)                                                                                                                                   |  |                                 | 321     |         |        |      | 27     |     |       |   | (348  | )    
|Deferred income                                                                              |                                                    | (k)                                                                                                                                   |  |                                 | (97     | )       |        |      | (168   | )   |       |   | 48    |      
|Implementation of SAB 101, cumulative to
    December 31, 1999                               |                                                    | (k)                                                                                                                                   |  |                                 |        |         |        |      |       |     |       |   | (869  | )    
|Capital raising and financing costs                                                          |                                                    | (l)                                                                                                                                   |  |                                 |        |         |        |      |       |     |       |   | 120   |      
|Asset-backed securitizations                                                                 |                                                    | (m)                                                                                                                                   |  |                                 | 175     |         |        |      | (71    | )   |       |   |      |      
|Investments in equity investees                                                              |                                                    | (n)                                                                                                                                   |  |                                 | 345     |         |        |      | (182   | )   |       |   | 62    |      
|Effects of full consolidation of debis, net of tax                                           |                                                    | (o)                                                                                                                                   |  |                                 | (28     | )       |        |      | (294   | )   |       |   | (116  | )    
|Other differences                                                                            |                                                    | (p)                                                                                                                                   |  |                                 | 239     |         |        |      | 226    |     |       |   | (197  | )    
|Income taxes                                                                                 |                                                    | (q)                                                                                                                                   |  |                                 | (103    | )       |        |      | 1,066  |     |       |   | (482  | )    
|                                                                                             |                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |  |                                 |         |         |        |      |        |     |       |   |       |      
|Net income (loss) in accordance with
    U.S. GAAP                                           |                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |  |                                 | (22,098 | )       |        |      | 523    |     |       |   | 9,269 |      
|                                                                                             |                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |  |                                 |         |         |        |      |        |     |       |   |       |      
|Income (loss) before cumulative effect of changes
    in accounting principle                |                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |  |                                 | (22,098 | )       |        |      | 297    |     |       |   | 9,706 |      
|                                                                                             |                                                    | Cumulative effect of changes in accounting
    principles- implementation of SFAS No. 133 in 2001 and SAB
    101 in 2000, net of tax |  |                                 |         |         |       |      |        |     | 226   |   |       |       | (437  | )
|                                                                                             |                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |  |                                 |         |         |        |      |        |     |       |   |       |      
|                                                                                             | Net income (loss) in accordance with
    U.S. GAAP |                                                                                                                                       |  |                                 |         | (22,098 | )      |      |        | 523 |       |   |       | 9,269 |      
|                                                                                             |                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |  |                                 |         |         |        |      |        |     |       |   |       |      

|                                                                                       |  |  |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |  |  |  |       |  
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  |  |  | ---- | ----- | ---- |  | ---- | ----- |  |  |  | ----- | -
|                                                                                       |  |  |  | 2002 |       | 2001 |  | 2000
|                                                                                       |  |  |  |      |       |      |  |     
|Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share/ADS
    under U.S. GAAP (in
    )         |  |  |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |  |  |  |       |  
|Earnings (loss) per share/ADS before
    implementation of SFAS No. 133/SAB 101        |  |  |  |      | (5.31 | )    |  |      | 0.08  |  |  |  | 3.21  |  
|Cumulative effect from implementation of SFAS
    No. 133/SAB 101                      |  |  |  |      |      |      |  |      | 0.06  |  |  |  | (0.15 | )
|                                                                                       |  |  |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |  |  |  |       |  
|Total basic and diluted earnings (loss) per
    share/ADS in accordance with U.S. GAAP |  |  |  |      | (5.31 | )    |  |      | 0.14  |  |  |  | 3.06  |  
|                                                                                       |  |  |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |  |  |  |       |  
|Weighted average shares outstanding 
    basic (in millions)                          |  |  |  |      | 4,159 |      |  |      | 3,676 |  |  |  | 3,030 |  
|Weighted average shares outstanding 
    diluted (in millions)                        |  |  |  |      | 4,159 |      |  |      | 3,689 |  |  |  | 3,030 |  

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STATEMENTS  (Continued)


Reconciliation of Shareholders Equity
from German GAAP to U.S. GAAP:

|                                                                                                    |                                                       |     |     |                    |        |        |   |  |        |        | 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | --- | --- | ------------------ | ------ | ------ | - |  | ------ | ------ | 
|                                                                                                    |                                                       |     |     |                   
|                                                                                                    |                                                       |     |     | As of December 31,
|                                                                                                    |                                                       |     |     |                   
|                                                                                                    |                                                       |     |     | 2002               |        | 2001  
|                                                                                                    |                                                       |     |     |                    |        |       
|                                                                                                    |                                                       |     |     |                   
|                                                                                                    |                                                       |     |     | (millions of )   
|Shareholders equity as reported in the
    consolidated financial statements under
    German GAAP |                                                       |     |     |                    | 35,416 |        |   |  | 66,301 |       
|U.S. GAAP reconciling
    adjustments                                                               |                                                       |     |     |                    |        |        |   |  |        |       
|Differences in long-lived assets:                                                                   |                                                       |     |     |                    |        |        |   |  |        |       
|                                                                                                    | Differences in fixed assets                           |     | (a) |                    |        | 3,579  |   |  |        | 3,193  | 
|                                                                                                    | Mobile communications licenses                        |     | (b) |                    |        | 7,108  |   |  |        | 2,963  | 
|                                                                                                    | Internally developed software                         |     | (c) |                    |        | 502    |   |  |        | 438    | 
|                                                                                                    | Goodwill and asset differences                        |     | (d) |                    |        | (470   | ) |  |        | 2,672  | 
|                                                                                                    | Write-down of tradenames                              |     | (e) |                    |        |       |   |  |        | 1,062  | 
|Effects of dilution gains                                                                           |                                                       | (f) |     |                    | 1,085  |        |   |  | 1,345  |       
|Unrealized gains on marketable securities                                                           |                                                       | (g) |     |                    | 166    |        |   |  | 580    |       
|Derivatives and related foreign exchange
    differences                                            |                                                       | (h) |     |                    | 82     |        |   |  | 29     |       
|Implementation of SFAS 133                                                                          |                                                       | (h) |     |                    |       |        |   |  | 338    |       
|Accruals for personnel restructuring                                                                |                                                       | (i) |     |                    | 316    |        |   |  | 22     |       
|Deferral of gains on divestitures                                                                   |                                                       | (j) |     |                    |       |        |   |  | (321   | )     
|Deferred income                                                                                     |                                                       | (k) |     |                    | (1,243 | )      |   |  | (1,144 | )     
|Asset-backed securitizations                                                                        |                                                       | (m) |     |                    | 103    |        |   |  | (71    | )     
|Investments in equity investees                                                                     |                                                       | (n) |     |                    | (43    | )      |   |  | (117   | )     
|Effects of full consolidation of debis, net of tax                                                  |                                                       | (o) |     |                    |       |        |   |  | (410   | )     
|Other differences                                                                                   |                                                       | (p) |     |                    | 52     |        |   |  | 82     |       
|Income taxes                                                                                        |                                                       | (q) |     |                    | 2,686  |        |   |  | 2,049  |       
|Minority interest                                                                                   |                                                       | (r) |     |                    | (3,988 | )      |   |  | (5,307 | )     
|                                                                                                    |                                                       |     |     |                    |        |        |   |  |        |       
|                                                                                                    | Shareholders equity in accordance with
    U.S. GAAP |     |     |                    |        | 45,351 |   |  |        | 73,704 | 
|                                                                                                    |                                                       |     |     |                    |        |        |   |  |        |       

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STATEMENTS  (Continued)


Consolidated Statements of Shareholders
Equity in Accordance with U.S. GAAP

For the years ended December 31, 2002,
2001 and 2000


(Amounts in millions of
)


|                                                                                                 |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | -------- | ------ | ---------- |  | -------- | ------ | -------------------------------------- |  | ---------- | ------- | ----------- |  | --------- | ------ | -------- |  | ----- | ------ | - |  |  | ---- | - |  |  | ---- | - |  |  | --- | - |  |  | ------- | -
|                                                                                                 |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |            
|                                                                                                 |  |          |        |            |  |          |        | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income |  |            |         |            
|                                                                                                 |  |          |        |            |  |          |        | (Loss)                                 |  |            |         |            
|                                                                                                 |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |            
|                                                                                                 |  |          |        |            |  |          |        | Difference                             |  |            |         |             |  |          
|                                                                                                 |  |          |        | Additional |  |          |        | from                                   |  | Available- |         |             |  | Minimum   |        |          |  |      
|                                                                                                 |  | Capital  |        | paid-in    |  | Retained |        | currency                               |  | for-sale   |         | Derivative  |  | pension   |        | Treasury |  |      
|                                                                                                 |  | Stock(5) |        | capital    |  | earnings |        | translation                            |  | securities |         | instruments |  | liability |        | stock    |  | Total
|                                                                                                 |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |      
|Balance, December 31, 1999                                                                       |  |          | 7,756  |            |  |          | 23,881 |                                        |  |            | 5,775   |             |  |           | (364   | )        |  |       | 577    |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | (14 | ) |  |  | 37,611  |  
|Net income                                                                                       |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            | 9,269   |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | 9,269   |  
|Unrealized net gains (losses) on marketable
    securities(1)                                    |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       | 1,312  |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | 1,312   |  
|Reclassification of net realized (gains) losses
    included in net income (2)                   |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       | 146    |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | 146     |  
|                                                                                                 |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |  
|Total comprehensive income                                                                       |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | 10,727  |  
|Dividends for 1999 (6)                                                                           |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            | (1,874  | )           |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | (1,874  | )
|Proceeds from share offering                                                                     |  |          |        |            |  |          | 125    |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | 125     |  
|Transfer to reserve for treasury stock                                                           |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 7   |   |  |  | 7       |  
|Other                                                                                            |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            | (8      | )           |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | (8      | )
|Difference from currency translation                                                             |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           | (480   | )        |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | (480    | )
|                                                                                                 |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |  
|Balance, December 31, 2000                                                                       |  |          | 7,756  |            |  |          | 24,006 |                                        |  |            | 13,162  |             |  |           | (844   | )        |  |       | 2,035  |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | (7  | ) |  |  | 46,108  |  
|                                                                                                 |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |  
|Net income                                                                                       |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            | 523     |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | 523     |  
|Unrealized net gains (losses) on marketable
    securities(1)                                    |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       | 67     |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | 67      |  
|Reclassification of net realized (gains) losses
    included in net income (2)                   |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       | (1,971 | ) |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | (1,971  | )
|Additional minimum pension liability
    (3)                                                     |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | (158 | ) |  |  |     |   |  |  | (158    | )
|Net gains (losses) on derivatives (4)                                                            |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  | 64   |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | 64      |  
|Difference from currency translation                                                             |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           | (762   | )        |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | (762    | )
|                                                                                                 |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |  
|Total comprehensive (loss)                                                                       |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | (2,237  | )
|Dividends for 2000 (6)                                                                           |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            | (1,877  | )           |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | (1,877  | )
|Shares issued for acquisition of T-Mobile USA and
    Powertel                                   |  |          | 2,990  |            |  |          | 28,624 |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | 31,614  |  
|Amortization of deferred stock-based compensation
    and tax benefit of exercised stock options |  |          |        |            |  |          | 96     |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | 96      |  
|                                                                                                 |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |  
|Balance, December 31, 2001                                                                       |  |          | 10,746 |            |  |          | 52,726 |                                        |  |            | 11,808  |             |  |           | (1,606 | )        |  |       | 131    |   |  |  | 64   |   |  |  | (158 | ) |  |  | (7  | ) |  |  | 73,704  |  
|                                                                                                 |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |  
|Net loss                                                                                         |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            | (22,098 | )           |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | (22,098 | )
|Unrealized net gains (losses) on marketable
    securities(1)                                    |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       | (380   | ) |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | (380    | )
|Additional minimum pension liability
    (3)                                                     |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | (128 | ) |  |  |     |   |  |  | (128    | )
|Net gains (losses) on derivatives (4)                                                            |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  | (145 | ) |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | (145    | )
|Difference from currency translation                                                             |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           | (4,176 | )        |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | (4,176  | )
|                                                                                                 |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |  
|Total comprehensive (loss)                                                                       |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | (26,927 | )
|Dividends for 2001 (6)                                                                           |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            | (1,539  | )           |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | (1,539  | )
|Shares issued for acquisitions                                                                   |  |          |        |            |  |          | 83     |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | 83      |  
|Amortization of deferred stock-based compensation                                                |  |          |        |            |  |          | 30     |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  | 30      |  
|                                                                                                 |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |  
|Balance, December 31, 2002                                                                       |  |          | 10,746 |            |  |          | 52,839 |                                        |  |            | (11,829 | )           |  |           | (5,782 | )        |  |       | (249   | ) |  |  | (81  | ) |  |  | (286 | ) |  |  | (7  | ) |  |  | 45,351  |  
|                                                                                                 |  |          |        |            |  |          |        |                                        |  |            |         |             |  |           |        |          |  |       |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     |   |  |  |         |  




|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Unrealized net gains (losses) on marketable
    securities, net of tax (EUR 25 million in 2002, EUR
    0 million in 2001 and 2000)                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|(2) | Reclassification of realized gain (losses)
    included in net income, net of tax (EUR 0 million in
    2002, EUR 19 million in 2001 and
    EUR 154 million in 2000)                                                                                                                                                                                            
|(3) | Additional minimum pension liability net of tax
    (EUR 82 million in 2002, EUR 101 million in
    2001)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|(4) | Net gains (losses) on derivatives net of tax
    (EUR 30 million in 2002, EUR 10 million in
    2001)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|(5) | Number of shares outstanding (in millions) are
    3,024, 3,027, 4,156 and 4,153 at December 31, 1999, 2000,
    2001 and 2002, respectively. The outstanding amounts differ from
    the amounts determined under German GAAP in 2001 and 2002 due to
    the treatment of shares placed in a trust as part of the
    acquisition of T-Mobile USA and Powertel.
|(6) | The dividends per share/ADS
    (in ) for
    2002, 2001 and 2000 were 0.0 (proposed), 0.37, and 0.62,
    respectively. Dividends per share are presented on the basis of
    the year in respect of which they are declared, not the year in
    which they are paid.                                                                                         

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(a) Differences
in Fixed Assets

The following table presents a summary of the
main U.S. GAAP adjustments to equity discussed in this note:

|                                                                       |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------ | ----- | ---- |  |  | ----- | -
|                                                                       |  |                   
|                                                                       |  | As of December 31,
|                                                                       |  |                   
|                                                                       |  | 2002               |       | 2001
|                                                                       |  |                    |       |     
|                                                                       |  |                   
|                                                                       |  | (millions of )   
|(i)   Valuation of fixed assets                                        |  |                    | 3,060 |      |  |  | 3,046 |  
|(ii)   Sale and leaseback
    transactions                             |  |                    | (55   | )    |  |  | (42   | )
|(iii)  ISDN boxes                                                      |  |                    | 102   |      |  |  | 153   |  
|(iv)  Write-down of submarine cable and
    indefeasible-rights-of-use |  |                    | 249   |      |  |  |      |  
|(v)   Capitalization of interest
    and other                         |  |                    | 223   |      |  |  | 36    |  
|                                                                       |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       |  
|                                                                       |  |                    | 3,579 |      |  |  | 3,193 |  
|                                                                       |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       |  

(i) Under German GAAP, the Company
previously wrote-down fixed assets primarily relating to its
real estate holdings. These write-downs were not required under
U.S. GAAP for real estate classified as held and used. This
resulted in a difference of approximately
EUR 2,833 million and EUR 3,046 million in
the carrying basis of land and buildings between U.S. GAAP
and German GAAP at December 31, 2002 and 2001,
respectively. In addition, the Company wrote-down
EUR 227 million relating to the carrying value of
certain fixed assets, on the basis of the prudence
principle under German GAAP during 2002. Under U.S. GAAP,
this writedown did not meet the impairment criteria under SFAS
No. 144, and, therefore was included in the reconciliation.
These differences in valuation result in higher depreciation
expense to be recorded under U.S. GAAP than under German
GAAP. In addition, these differences will affect the gains or
losses to be recognized upon sale of the real estate, to the
extent that these differences in carrying values relate to the
assets sold.

(ii) During 2002 and 2001 the Company
entered into a series of sale and leaseback transactions
primarily underlying its real estate holdings. These leasebacks
qualified as off-balance-sheet leases under German GAAP.
However, these transactions have been accounted for as
financings under U.S. GAAP due to the Companys
continuing involvement. The cumulative proceeds from the sales
in 2002 and 2001 of EUR 1,664 million are recorded as
liabilities, and the net book value of the sold assets of
EUR 1,554 million remain recorded as assets.
Additionally, approximately EUR 55 million in
financing fees were capitalized as other assets related to the
transactions, and are amortized over the 18-year life of the
contracts. The future payments under German GAAP are included as
minimum lease payments under operating leases in note (13)
to the consolidated financial statements.

(iii) The Company historically capitalized
ISDN boxes relating to digital telephony services under both
German and U.S. GAAP. In 2000, the acquisition costs for
new ISDN boxes no longer exceeded the Companys minimum
capitalization threshold under German GAAP and were expensed
when acquired. As new assets no longer met the criteria for
capitalization, the Company also expensed
EUR 204 million in 2000 relating to the remaining book
values of the assets previously capitalized. Under
U.S. GAAP, the fact that new equipment purchases do not
meet the criteria for capitalization does not result in the
write-off of equipment previously capitalized in accordance with
the Companys accounting policy. Accordingly, this
write-off was not recorded and the costs are capitalized and
depreciated under U.S. GAAP. The remaining net book value
was EUR 102 million and EUR 153 million at
December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

(iv) During 2002, the Company
recorded an EUR 249 million write-down in the
values of certain of its indefeasible-rights of-use (IRUs) and
submarine cables, for German GAAP purposes, due to declines
in market prices for supply. This write down was not required
under US GAAP, since the book values of the IRUs and cables
were components of a larger cash generating unit with
identifiable cash flows sufficient to recover the assets.

(v) Under German GAAP, the
capitalization of interest related to fixed assets under
construction is based on the allocated interest expense given
the financial structure of the Company. Under U.S. GAAP,
the capitalization of interest related to fixed assets under
construction does not take into account the Companys
financial structure, but capitalizes the interest expense
related to interest on borrowings used for construction costs
during the construction period. As a result, the Company
capitalized an additional EUR 156 million and
EUR 39 million of interest expense related to assets
under construction for U.S. GAAP, in 2002 and 2001,

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respectively. In addition, site rental expense
during the construction period is recorded as a paid expense
under German GAAP, but under U.S. GAAP the cost is
capitalized as part of the constructed asset. As a
result, an additional EUR 53 million was
capitalized as part of the cost of the assets in 2002.

(b) Mobile
Communications Licenses

Under German GAAP, the costs of the UMTS
licenses purchased in the United Kingdom, Germany and Austria in
2000, licenses obtained in the acquisition of T-Mobile USA and
Powertel, and the UMTS license obtained in the acquisition of
Ben in 2002 are amortized as scheduled from the time of
acquisition over the expected period of usage. The interest on
borrowings made to finance the acquisitions of these licenses is
recognized immediately as an expense. Under U.S. GAAP,
amortization of the UMTS licenses commences from the beginning
of the economic use of the licenses, considered to be the start
of operation of the networks, over the expected period of usage.
Mobile licenses used in the U.S. have been determined to be
intangible assets with indefinite useful lives under SFAS
No. 142 and, accordingly, are not amortized. On a combined
basis this resulted in a decrease in amortization expense of
EUR 1,692 million, EUR 863 million and
EUR 377 million in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.
The interest accumulated on borrowings through the start of
network operation represents part of the acquisition costs under
U.S. GAAP, resulted in a decrease in interest expense of
EUR 1.2 billion, EUR 1.2 billion and
EUR 488 million in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.
Under German GAAP, nonscheduled amortization amounting to
EUR 2,165 million was recorded in 2002 relating to the
UMTS license in the U.K. Under U.S. GAAP, the nonscheduled
amortization did not meet the criteria for an impairment
charge under SFAS No. 144, and therefore no impairment
charge was recorded. Under German GAAP, nonscheduled
amortization amounting to EUR 9,384 million was
recorded to reduce the licenses in the U.S. to their fair value
as of September 30, 2002. Under U.S. GAAP, the
licenses are subject to the requirements of SFAS No. 142,
and the value was determined to be impaired during the annual
impairment test performed as of September 30, 2002. As a
result, an impairment charge amounting to
EUR 9,923 million was recognized under U.S. GAAP,
a difference of EUR 539 million when compared with
German GAAP.

(c) Internally
Developed Software

Under U.S. GAAP, in accordance with
Statement of Position 98-1, Accounting for the Costs of
Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use,
the Company capitalizes certain internal and external expenses
incurred during the project development stage of computer
software for internal use. These assets are being amortized over
their estimated useful lives of four years. Under
German GAAP, these costs are expensed as incurred.

(d) Goodwill
and Asset Differences

Differences exist between German and
U.S. GAAP in the valuation of assets and liabilities of
acquired businesses due to valuation of shares and stock options
issued, valuation of underlying assets and liabilities
(including deferred taxes), dates used to calculate
consideration paid, as well as the date at which an
acquisition is considered completed. The acquisitions resulting
in the majority of the differences between German GAAP and
U.S. GAAP are discussed following the tables below.

On January 1, 2002, the Company implemented
SFAS No. 142. Upon its adoption, goodwill was no longer
amortized under U.S. GAAP. The standard requires the
assessment of the carrying value of goodwill and other
intangible assets with indefinite useful lives for impairment
annually or when indicators of impairment exist. The Company
will perform the annual assessment of impairment as of the end
of the third quarter of each year. Under SFAS No. 142,
goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite useful
lives are deemed to be impaired if the carrying value of the
asset exceeds its fair value. See note (42) for additional
information regarding the Companys accounting for goodwill
and other intangible assets.

The following table quantifies the differences in
amortization expense for goodwill and intangible assets, with
indefinite lives, as well as depreciation expense on fixed
assets related to these assets for the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2001, and 2000. The table also includes
the differences between nonscheduled amortization recognized
under German GAAP and the effects of impairment charges of
goodwill and intangibles recognized under U.S. GAAP:

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U.S. GAAP Reconciling Adjustments to the
Statement of Operations

|                                                                        |  |                    |         |      |  |      |      |   |  |  |      |  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------ | ------- | ---- |  | ---- | ---- | - |  |  | ---- | -
|                                                                        |  |                   
|                                                                        |  | For the year ended
|                                                                        |  | December 31,      
|                                                                        |  |                   
|                                                                        |  | 2002               |         | 2001 |  | 2000
|                                                                        |  |                    |         |      |  |     
|                                                                        |  |                   
|                                                                        |  | (millions of )   
|U.S. GAAP adjustments to German GAAP,
    expense (increase) decrease   |  |                    |         |      |  |      |      |   |  |  |      |  
|Goodwill amortization                                                   |  |                    | 3,128   |      |  |      | 466  |   |  |  | 326  |  
|Reversal of nonscheduled amortization of goodwill
    under German GAAP |  |                    | 9,865   |      |  |      |     |   |  |  |     |  
|Goodwill impairment charges under U.S. GAAP                             |  |                    | (14,567 | )    |  |      |     |   |  |  |     |  
|Intangible asset amortization expense                                   |  |                    | (692    | )    |  |      | (727 | ) |  |  | (413 | )
|Fixed asset depreciation expense                                        |  |                    | (26     | )    |  |      | (24  | ) |  |  | (10  | )
|                                                                        |  |                    |         |      |  |      |      |   |  |  |      |  
|Net effect                                                              |  |                    | (2,292  | )    |  |      | (285 | ) |  |  | (97  | )
|                                                                        |  |                    |         |      |  |      |      |   |  |  |      |  

The following table quantifies the differences
between U.S. GAAP and German GAAP for goodwill, intangible
assets, and fixed assets resulting from the Companys
acquisitions.

U.S. GAAP Reconciling Adjustments to
Shareholders Equity

|                                                                              |  |                    |        |      |  |  |        |  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------ | ------ | ---- |  |  | ------ | -
|                                                                              |  |                   
|                                                                              |  | As of December 31,
|                                                                              |  |                   
|                                                                              |  | 2002               |        | 2001
|                                                                              |  |                    |        |     
|                                                                              |  |                   
|                                                                              |  | (millions of )   
|U.S. GAAP adjustments to German GAAP
    carrying values, increase (decrease) |  |                    |        |      |  |  |        |  
|Goodwill, net book value                                                      |  |                    | (3,258 | )    |  |  | (1,784 | )
|Intangible assets                                                             |  |                    | 4,130  |      |  |  | 5,422  |  
|Intangible asset accumulated amortization                                     |  |                    | (1,496 | )    |  |  | (1,140 | )
|Fixed assets                                                                  |  |                    | 214    |      |  |  | 208    |  
|Fixed asset accumulated depreciation                                          |  |                    | (60    | )    |  |  | (34    | )
|                                                                              |  |                    |        |      |  |  |        |  
|Net effect                                                                    |  |                    | (470   | )    |  |  | 2,672  |  
|                                                                              |  |                    |        |      |  |  |        |  

In 2001, the Company acquired T-Mobile USA and
Powertel. The Powertel acquisition was a 100% stock acquisition
with a predetermined fixed stock conversion rate that was not
subject to adjustment. Under APB 16, the acquirer is
required to use the stock price based on the date of the
acquisition agreement to determine the acquisition price. This
resulted in an increase in the U.S. GAAP purchase
price, as compared to German GAAP. Based on a third party
valuation, the purchase price was allocated to certain
intangible assets as well as differences in deferred taxes which
reduced the net effect on goodwill related to the purchase price
differences. The purchase price and purchase price allocation
differences related to the T-Mobile USA and Powertel
acquisitions resulted in increases in goodwill of
EUR 888 million and intangibles of
EUR 1.1 billion under U.S. GAAP as compared to
German GAAP as of the date of acquisition.

In 2000, the Company completed its purchase price
allocation for T-Mobile UK (formerly One 2 One). The
differences between German GAAP and U.S. GAAP
primarily relate to the allocations made from goodwill to
intangible assets for U.S. GAAP purposes, mainly related to
licenses, tradename and customer lists. The allocation from
goodwill to intangible assets was offset by the applicable
deferred taxes under U.S. GAAP. See note (40
o) for a discussion of goodwill and asset differences
relating to the acquisition of debis.

(e) Write-down
of Tradenames

At the end of 2001, the Company made the decision
to re-brand its foreign mobile subsidiaries operating in the
T-Mobile business segment to a common T-Mobile name
by the end of 2002. For German GAAP purposes, this resulted
in an immediate write-down of the respective portion of goodwill
attributable to tradenames for the projected net book value on
December 31, 2002, assuming normal amortization in 2002.
This adjustment resulted in a net book value at the end of 2001
equivalent to one-years normal amortization. For
U.S. GAAP purposes, the decision was considered a
triggering event resulting in an impairment assessment
under SFAS No. 121. Based on this assessment, no impairment
existed, but the assets were considered to be in use through the
end of 2002. Accordingly, the write-down recorded under
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was reversed. However, under U.S. GAAP, the
remaining useful lives were shortened, with the remaining
carrying amounts completely amortized by December 31, 2002
under both German GAAP and U.S. GAAP.

(f) Effects
of Dilution Gains

In 2000, T-Online, comdirect bank AG
(comdirect) and OJSC Mobile TeleSystems
(MTS) entered into transactions in which their
shares were either sold for cash or exchanged as part of a
purchase business combination. As a result of these
transactions, the Companys ownership interest in the
subsidiary or affiliate is reduced, resulting in a
dilution gain. For German GAAP, the Company
recognized dilution gains resulting from cash sales of
subsidiary or affiliate shares as a credit to income. However,
the Company does not recognize changes in interest transactions
when cash proceeds are not received, unless a portion of those
shares are sold at a later time to a third party for cash. Under
U.S. GAAP, all cash and noncash equity transactions of
subsidiaries or affiliates, including those related to purchase
business combinations, are reflected as dilution gains. The
following transactions generated dilution gains in 2000:

Cash transactions:



| |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
| | - | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | In April 2000, T-Online issued 114,100,000
    ordinary shares in an initial public offering (IPO)
    at EUR 27 per share for cash consideration totaling
    EUR 3,080 million. This reduced the Companys
    ownership in T-Online from 100% to 89.76%, resulting in a
    dilution gain of EUR 2,657 million under both German
    and U.S. GAAP.                                                                                                   
|
| |  | In June 2000, MTS, a Russian mobile telephone
    company, issued 345,244,080 shares for cash consideration
    totaling EUR 364 million in an IPO. This reduced
    the Companys ownership percentage in MTS from 44.1% to
    36.2%, resulting in a dilution gain of
    EUR 111 million, under both German and U.S. GAAP                                                                                                                               
|
| |  | In June 2000, comdirect, an on-line bank,
    issued 20,500,000 shares at EUR 31 per share for cash
    consideration totaling EUR 636 million in an IPO.
    This reduced T-Onlines ownership percentage in comdirect
    from 25% to 21.35%, resulting in a dilution gain of
    EUR 119 million. For U.S. GAAP the dilution gain
    is EUR 57 million lower because the equity investment
    balance was higher for U.S. GAAP at the date of the IPO.

Non-cash transactions:



| |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
| | - | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | In April 2000, T-Online acquired all of the
    shares outstanding of Club Internet, a French Internet provider,
    in exchange for 69,633,116 T-Online ordinary shares valued at
    EUR 27 per share. Consideration totaled
    EUR 1,880 million and decreased the Companys
    ownership percentage in T-Online from 89.76% to 84.48%. Under
    U.S. GAAP, the dilution gain of EUR 1,355 million
    has been recognized in 2000 as income with a corresponding
    increase to goodwill.   
|
| |  | In April 2000, T-Online acquired a 25% interest
    in comdirect in exchange for 24,875,189 T-Online ordinary shares
    valued at EUR 27 per share. Consideration totaled
    EUR 671 million and decreased the Companys
    ownership percentage in T-Online from 84.48% to 82.74%. Under
    U.S. GAAP, the dilution gain of EUR 391 million
    has been recognized as income in 2000 with a corresponding
    increase to goodwill.                                                           
|
| |  | In October 2000, T-Online acquired all of the
    outstanding shares of ya.com, a Spanish Internet service
    provider, in exchange for 12,387,280 T-Online ordinary shares
    valued at EUR 32.42 per share. Consideration totaled
    EUR 402 million and decreased the Companys
    ownership percentage in T-Online from 82.87% to 81.71%. Under
    U.S. GAAP, the dilution gain of EUR 222 million
    has been recognized as income in 2000 with a corresponding
    increase in goodwill.

Dilution gains related to sales of shares for
cash totaled EUR 2,887 million in 2000 and have been
recorded as income for German GAAP. For U.S. GAAP,
this amount was EUR 57 million lower due to the
different carrying basis in comdirect. Dilution gains related to
purchase business combinations totaling
EUR 1,968 million have been recorded as income for
U.S. GAAP purposes but not recognized for German GAAP
purposes. For both German and U.S. GAAP, no deferred taxes
have been provided as under the currently enacted German tax law
the above transactions did not give rise to any taxable event.

Amortization of the additional goodwill totaled
EUR 250 million and EUR 170 million in 2001
and 2000, respectively, based on goodwill lives ranging from
7 to 15 years. No amortization of the additional

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goodwill was recorded in 2002 because of the
implementation of SFAS No. 142. In 2001 and 2002, as a
result of impairment testing, an impairment charge was recorded
to reduce the carrying value of the investment in comdirect to
fair value. As the carrying basis for comdirect under
U.S. GAAP exceeded the carrying basis under
German GAAP due to the recognition of the dilution gains,
additional write-downs of approximately
EUR 145 million and EUR 146 million in 2002
and 2001, respectively, were recorded under U.S. GAAP. The
charge was taken as a result of the continued losses of
comdirect and the decline in the market value of the stock of
comdirect. The impairment charge was calculated by comparing the
book value of the investment in comdirect including goodwill
with the market value of the shares owned.

In 2002, the Company recognized a
EUR 116 million larger gain for German GAAP on
the sale of 9.81% of the shares in T-Online
International AG. This difference results from dilution
gains which were previously recognized for U.S. GAAP only.

(g) Unrealized
Gains on Marketable Securities

Under German GAAP, investments in marketable
debt and equity securities (including certain securities
classified as other investments) are generally carried at
historical cost. Under U.S. GAAP, investments in marketable
debt and equity securities, other than investments accounted for
by the equity method, are categorized as either trading,
available for sale, or held to maturity. Securities classified
as trading or available for sale are reported at fair value at
the balance sheet date and held to maturity securities are
reported at historical cost. Unrealized gains and losses on
trading securities are recorded in net income while unrealized
gains and losses on securities categorized as available for sale
are recorded, net of income tax, in shareholders equity as
a component of accumulated other comprehensive income.

(h) Derivatives
and Related Foreign Exchange Differences

Under German GAAP, derivatives are recorded
at cost, with a provision established if losses due to changes
in fair values have occurred. However, when a derivative is
specified as a hedge for a particular risk exposure, a provision
is established for the net amount of the unrealized losses due
to changes in fair values on the combined derivative and the
hedged exposure.

Under U.S. GAAP, all freestanding
derivatives and all bifurcated embedded derivatives are
recognized as either assets or liabilities and measured at fair
value. Changes in the fair value of derivative instruments are
reported in earnings or other comprehensive income depending on
the derivatives hedge designation, and on whether the
hedge is highly effective. See additional discussion related to
derivatives under German GAAP in note (34) and under
U.S. GAAP in note (43 d).

(i) Accruals
for Personnel Restructuring

Under German GAAP, the Company established
provisions for the total costs expected to be incurred resulting
from workforce reductions when those costs can be estimated.
Under U.S. GAAP, the costs associated with voluntary
workforce reductions are recognized in the period of acceptance
by the employee of the termination offer and costs associated
with involuntary workforce reductions only when all requirements
to establish a restructuring accrual are fulfilled under
SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 100, Restructuring and
Impairment Charges, and EITF issue 94-3, Liability
Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other
Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs included in a
Restructuring).

(j) Deferral
of Gains on Divestitures

During 2000, the Company sold its interests in
the broadband cable operations located in the
North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse regions in two separate
transactions for a combination of cash, deferred payment notes,
preference interest and equity interests in the buyers,
for an aggregate sales price consideration of
EUR 4,542 million.

During 2001, the Company sold its interest in the
broadband cable operations located in Baden Wuerttemberg for a
combination of cash, deferred payment note and equity interest
in the buyer for a total sales price consideration of
EUR 1,320 million. Under German GAAP, full gains
upon consummation of these sales were recognized. During 2001
and 2000, interest income of EUR 62 million and
EUR 21 million, respectively, representing the
accretion on the deferred payment notes and preference interest
was recognized and EUR 389 million and
EUR 73 million were recorded to write-down the
deferred payment notes and

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preference interest to fair market values. In
2002, no interest income was recognized on the deferred payment
notes and preference interest under German GAAP, as these
amounts were not deemed collectible and a provision of
EUR 321 million was established to reduce the net
carrying value of the deferred payment notes and preference
interest to their fair values.

For U.S. GAAP, however, due to the equity
interests received in these transactions, gains were calculated
to the extent deemed sold. In addition, due to the high leverage
of the buyers and the uncertainty of cash flows to repay the
deferred payment notes and preference interest, the Company
followed the guidance in Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5:U,
Gain Recognition on the Sale of Business or Operating
Assets to a Highly Leveraged Entity, and deferred the
amount of the gains relating to the deferred payment notes and
preference interest received until collections become reasonably
assured. In addition, the provisions recorded under
German GAAP have been reversed, since the gains associated
with the deferred payment notes and preference interest were not
recognized in earnings under U.S. GAAP.

(k) Deferred
Income

Under U.S. GAAP, the Company defers
activation fees and certain other one-time charges and amortizes
them over the average life of the related service period. The
related direct incremental costs, up to the amount of revenues,
are also deferred and subsequently amortized. Under
German GAAP, the revenue and incremental direct costs are
recognized immediately. All other direct costs associated
relating to customer activation are expensed as incurred under
both German and U.S. GAAP. The Company also has certain
other contracts with differing revenue recognition methods and
periods. A network sharing agreement is accounted for under
German GAAP with the revenue being recognized in accordance
with the economic useful life, whereas under U.S. GAAP the
revenue is to be recognized over the duration of the agreement.
A second type of contract relates to IRUs. Under
German GAAP, the sales of sub-leasing of capacity on
certain fiber optic networks are recognized immediately,
whereas, under U.S. GAAP, the sales are recorded as
deferred revenue and recognized in earnings over the contract
term, ranging from 20 to 25 years.

(l) Capital
Raising and Financing Costs

Under German GAAP, the costs incurred in
connection with the equity share offerings are recorded as
extraordinary expenses in the statement of operations. Under
U.S. GAAP, the specific incremental costs directly
attributable to equity share offerings are charged against
equity capital.

(m) Asset-Backed
Securitizations

In December 2001 and December 2002, the Company
entered into asset-backed securitization programs for the sale
of qualifying receivables at its T-Com and T-Systems divisions.
Under German GAAP, the values of the receivables sold and
residual interests retained are based on contractually stated
values. For U.S. GAAP the transactions are based on the
fair values of the receivables sold and related interests
retained. See note (43 b) for additional information
regarding these transactions.

Under the T-Com securitization program, the
Company retains the servicing obligation related to the sold
receivables, but without remuneration. No servicing liabilities
has been established under German GAAP. However, for
U.S. GAAP, the Company has recorded an estimated
servicing liability for future costs to be incurred on the sold
receivables in the amount of EUR 50.0 million.

(n) Investments
in Equity Investees

On January 1, 2002 the Company implemented
SFAS No. 142 and, as required by that standard, ceased
amortizing the embedded goodwill associated with its investments
in equity investees. As a result, amortization of
EUR 106 million, recorded under German GAAP in 2002
was not recorded for U.S. GAAP purposes.

The Company accounted for its investment in Ben
as an equity investee until the remaining outstanding
interest was acquired on September 30, 2002. Prior to
September 30, 2002, the Company recorded differences
between German GAAP and U.S. GAAP of approximately
EUR 253 million relating to its investment in Ben.
These differences consists of, among other things, a
EUR 213 million write-off of the Companys share
of the UMTS licenses held by Ben, that did not meet the
impairment criteria for U.S. GAAP.

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In 2001, the Company restructured its equity
investments in DeTeAsia, including exchanging its shares in
Islacom for shares in Globe Telecom, which resulted in the
recording of gains under German GAAP, as these transactions were
recorded as individual transactions based on the legal contracts
signed. For U.S. GAAP purposes, these transactions were
recorded as primarily one transaction and accounted for as a
non-monetary transaction with no gains or losses recognized. As
a result, gains totaling EUR 123 million under German
GAAP were recorded as a reduction of the carrying basis under
U.S. GAAP. Additionally, the investment in Globe Telecom is
recorded at cost under German GAAP. For U.S. GAAP this
investment is accounted for as an equity investment as
required by Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 18,
The Equity Method of Accounting Investments in Common
Stock (APBO No. 18). As a result of
accounting for this investment under the equity method, the
Company recognized equity in earnings of
EUR 18 million in 2002.

For German GAAP purposes, the investment in
Telesens has been recorded at cost. Under U.S. GAAP, this
investment is accounted for as an equity investment as required
by APBO No. 18. As a result of accounting for this
investment under the equity method, the Company recognized an
EUR 62 million loss and EUR 10 million loss
in 2001 and 2000, respectively.

In 2000, as a result of an initial public
offering by Telesens as well as Telesens issuing shares for an
acquisition, the Companys interest was diluted from 38% to
25%. Under U.S. GAAP, these transactions resulted in the
Company recognizing an EUR 72 million gain. No
dilution gain was recorded for German GAAP as the investment was
accounted for at cost.

The remaining differences result from differences
in the recognition of equity pickup on operating results which
are based on U.S. GAAP rather than German GAAP.

(o) Effects
of Full Consolidation of debis, Net of Tax

On October 20, 2000, the Company acquired a
50.1% interest in debis Systemhaus GmbH (debis) by
purchasing newly issued shares for EUR 4.7 billion. In
connection with this acquisition, the Company received a call
option to acquire the 49.9% minority interest of debis held by
DaimlerChrysler Services AG (DaimlerChrysler), and
the Company granted DaimlerChrysler a put option to sell its
49.9% minority interest in debis to the Company. The exercise
price for each option was EUR 4.7 billion. The put
option was immediately exercisable, and the call option was to
become exercisable on January 1, 2002. Under German GAAP,
the Company accounted for this transaction as the acquisition of
a 50.1% interest in debis, with the 49.9% interest held by
DaimlerChrysler shown as minority interest within equity.

Under U.S. GAAP, the put and the call
options were viewed on a combined basis and accounted for as a
financing of the purchase of the minority interest by the
Company. As a result, the Company reflected debis as a
wholly-owned subsidiary upon consummation of the acquisition of
the 50.1% interest, with the options reflected as a liability to
acquire the remaining 49.9% minority interest. Net income
attributable to the remaining 49.9% interest is allocated to
Deutsche Telekom, rather than to the minority interest.

During March, 2002, DaimlerChrysler exercised its
put option, and the Company acquired the 49.9% minority interest
in debis. Under German GAAP, the Company fully consolidated
debis from the date the minority interest was acquired. However,
for U.S. GAAP, the payment of the put price represented the
extinguishment of the purchase obligation initially recorded in
2000.

The accounting for this transaction under
U.S. GAAP resulted in the following differences in net
income (loss) compared to German GAAP:

|                                                   |  |                    |     |      |  |      |      |   |  |  |      |  
|-------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------ | --- | ---- |  | ---- | ---- | - |  |  | ---- | -
|                                                   |  |                   
|                                                   |  | For the year ended
|                                                   |  | December 31,      
|                                                   |  |                   
|                                                   |  | 2002               |     | 2001 |  | 2000
|                                                   |  |                    |     |      |  |     
|                                                   |  |                   
|                                                   |  | (millions of )   
|Increase in amortization expense                   |  |                    | (7  | )    |  |      | (360 | ) |  |  | (86  | )
|Increase in financing charges                      |  |                    | (24 | )    |  |      | (60  | ) |  |  | (48  | )
|Decrease in income applicable to minority interest |  |                    |    |      |  |      | 94   |   |  |  | 18   |  
|Tax benefit                                        |  |                    | 3   |      |  |      | 32   |   |  |  |     |  
|                                                   |  |                    |     |      |  |      |      |   |  |  |      |  
|                                                   |  |                    | (28 | )    |  |      | (294 | ) |  |  | (116 | )
|                                                   |  |                    |     |      |  |      |      |   |  |  |      |  

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The financing charges represent the premiums to
be paid for acquiring the minority interest in excess of the
initial share price paid in October 2000, and include guaranteed
dividends of EUR 10 million, EUR 60 million
and EUR 10 million for the years 2002, 2001 and 2000,
respectively.

(p) Other
Differences

Other differences consist of the different
accounting and valuation approaches between German GAAP and
U.S. GAAP that are not individually significant, including
the treatment of unrealized gains on foreign currency
receivables and payables that are recognized under
U.S. GAAP but not under German GAAP, accruals for
maintenance, and contract accounting. Under German GAAP,
accruals have to be made for maintenance that is carried out
within three months after the balance sheet date. Under
U.S. GAAP, maintenance expenditures are reflected in the
period a specific liability has been incurred. The contract
accounting differences are a result of the application of the
percentage of completion method under U.S. GAAP, as opposed
to the completed contract method under German GAAP.

The nondeductible capitalized VAT (capitalized
prior to 1996) was recorded as property, plant and
equipment. German GAAP required the capitalized VAT to be
depreciated and the VAT recoveries to be recorded as other
operating income. Under U.S. GAAP, the capitalized VAT was
treated as a long-term receivable rather than property, plant
and equipment. As VAT recoveries were received, they were offset
against the receivable and neither depreciation nor other
operating income was recognized. Because the capitalized VAT was
fully depreciated during 2001, there was no longer a difference
between German GAAP and U.S. GAAP in 2002.

In 2002 and 2001, a minimum liability related to
certain pension plans was recognized as an expense under
German GAAP. Under U.S. GAAP, the increase to this
liability amounting to EUR 210 million and
EUR 259 million in 2002 and 2001, respectively, was
recorded in other comprehensive income.

(q) Income
Taxes

The determination of income tax expense under
German GAAP differs from U.S. GAAP as follows:



| |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
| | - | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | Under U.S. GAAP, in contrast to German GAAP,
    deferred tax assets are recognized for the estimated future tax
    effects attributable to tax loss carryforwards.                                                                                          
|
| |  | Under German GAAP, deferred taxes are not
    recorded for temporary differences that arose during tax-free
    periods. Under U.S. GAAP, the estimated future tax effects
    related to those temporary differences are recognized.                         
|
| |  | Under German GAAP, deferred taxes have not been
    recognized for those temporary differences that are not expected
    to reverse in the foreseeable future. Under U.S. GAAP,
    deferred taxes are generally recognized for all temporary
    differences.

In addition, deferred taxes also are provided for
the income tax effects of valuation differences between
U.S. GAAP and German GAAP. Deferred tax assets are measured
based on enacted tax law and reduced by a valuation allowance
when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not
that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be
realized. Additionally, existing deferred tax assets and
liabilities recognized under U.S. GAAP are adjusted when
there is an enacted change of future tax rates.

Other differences between the income tax expense
determined in accordance with German GAAP and U.S. GAAP
result from the differences in accounting for tax estimates and
contingencies in 2002 and the consolidation effects of debis
which are presented net of tax.

The following table shows the differences between
income tax expense determined in accordance with German GAAP and
U.S. GAAP:

|                                                        |  |                    |        |      |  |      |        |   |  |  |      |  
|------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------ | ------ | ---- |  | ---- | ------ | - |  |  | ---- | -
|                                                        |  |                   
|                                                        |  | For the year ended
|                                                        |  | December 31,      
|                                                        |  |                   
|                                                        |  | 2002               |        | 2001 |  | 2000
|                                                        |  |                    |        |      |  |     
|                                                        |  |                   
|                                                        |  | (millions of )   
|Deferred taxes from the application of
    U.S. GAAP    |  |                    | (1,831 | )    |  |      | 2,570  |   |  |  | (561 | )
|Deferred taxes on U.S. GAAP/German GAAP
    differences |  |                    | 1,025  |      |  |      | (1,472 | ) |  |  | 79   |  
|Other differences                                       |  |                    | 703    |      |  |      | (32    | ) |  |  |     |  
|                                                        |  |                    |        |      |  |      |        |   |  |  |      |  
|Total difference to income tax expense                  |  |                    | (103   | )    |  |      | 1,066  |   |  |  | (482 | )
|                                                        |  |                    |        |      |  |      |        |   |  |  |      |  

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(r) Minority
Interest

Under U.S. GAAP, minority interest is not
included as a component within shareholders equity.

(41) Deferred Taxes in Accordance with
U.S. GAAP:

Deferred tax assets and liabilities arising from
temporary differences and net operating losses are as follows:

|                                                                  |                                     |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |   |        |  
|----------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ------ | - | ------- | - | ------ | -
|                                                                  |                                     |                                       
|                                                                  |                                     | As of December 31,                    
|                                                                  |                                     |                                       
|                                                                  |                                     | 2002                                   |        | 2001
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        |        |     
|                                                                  |                                     |                                       
|                                                                  |                                     | (millions of )                       
|Deferred tax assets in accordance with
    U.S. GAAP              |                                     |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |  
|                                                                  | Current deferred tax assets         |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |   |       
|                                                                  |                                     | Net operating loss carryforwards       |        |      | 466    |   |         |   | 280    |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Inventory                              |        |      | 156    |   |         |   |       |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Personnel restructuring accrual        |        |      | 15     |   |         |   |       |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Accruals for loss contingencies        |        |      | 115    |   |         |   | 404    |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Derivatives                            |        |      | 17     |   |         |   |       |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Other                                  |        |      | 142    |   |         |   | 91     |  
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |  
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        | 911    |      |        |   | 775     |  
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |  
|                                                                  | Noncurrent deferred tax assets      |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |   |       
|                                                                  |                                     | Goodwill                               |        |      | 2,136  |   |         |   |       |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Net operating loss carryforwards       |        |      | 7,888  |   |         |   | 6,959  |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Financial assets                       |        |      | 536    |   |         |   | 435    |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Personnel restructuring accrual        |        |      |       |   |         |   | 16     |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Pension accruals                       |        |      | 518    |   |         |   | 341    |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Civil servant health insurance accrual |        |      | 429    |   |         |   | 421    |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Other accruals                         |        |      | 279    |   |         |   | 223    |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Accrued interest                       |        |      | 175    |   |         |   |       |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Deferred income                        |        |      | 492    |   |         |   | 381    |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Deferred gains on divestiture          |        |      |       |   |         |   | 125    |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Other                                  |        |      | 63     |   |         |   | 177    |  
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |  
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        | 12,516 |      |        |   | 9,078   |  
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |  
|Deferred tax assets in accordance with
    U.S. GAAP              |                                     |                                        | 13,427 |      |        |   | 9,853   |  
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |  
|Deferred tax liabilities in accordance with
    U.S. GAAP         |                                     |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |  
|                                                                  | Current deferred tax liabilities    |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |   |       
|                                                                  |                                     | Receivables and other assets           |        |      | (79    | ) |         |   |       |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Accruals and liabilities               |        |      | (234   | ) |         |   | (389   | )
|                                                                  |                                     | Derivatives                            |        |      |       |   |         |   | (112   | )
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |  
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        | (313   | )    |        |   | (501    | )
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |  
|                                                                  | Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |   |       
|                                                                  |                                     | Intangible assets                      |        |      | (5,792 | ) |         |   | (9,173 | )
|                                                                  |                                     | Property, plant and equipment          |        |      | (1,179 | ) |         |   | (883   | )
|                                                                  |                                     | Personnel restructuring accrual        |        |      | (59    | ) |         |   |       |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Bond premium                           |        |      | (80    | ) |         |   |       |  
|                                                                  |                                     | Other                                  |        |      | (57    | ) |         |   | (226   | )
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |  
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        | (7,167 | )    |        |   | (10,282 | )
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |  
|Deferred tax liabilities in accordance with
    U.S. GAAP         |                                     |                                        | (7,480 | )    |        |   | (10,783 | )
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |  
|Net current deferred tax assets                                   |                                     |                                        | 598    |      |        |   | 274     |  
|Net noncurrent deferred tax assets (liabilities)                  |                                     |                                        | 5,349  |      |        |   | (1,204  | )
|Valuation allowance                                               |                                     |                                        | (5,611 | )    |        |   | (468    | )
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |  
|Net deferred tax assets (liabilities) in
    accordance U.S. GAAP |                                     |                                        | 336    |      |        |   | (1,398  | )
|                                                                  |                                     |                                        |        |      |        |   |         |  

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As a result of the implementation of SFAS
No. 142 in 2002, a number of major wireless carriers in the
United States have concluded that the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) wireless spectrum
licenses should be considered to be intangible assets with
indefinite lives. Classification by Deutsche Telekom of its FCC
licenses to intangible assets with indefinite lives resulted in
the cessation of scheduled amortization of these licenses,
effective January 1, 2002. This cessation of amortization
affected the Companys assessment as to future realization
of deferred tax assets for tax loss carryforwards, resulting in
the establishment of a valuation allowance of approximately
EUR 4.3 billion during the first quarter of 2002.

The valuation allowance recorded for deferred
taxes was EUR 110 million at December 31, 2000.

The following table shows the development of
deferred taxes from German GAAP to U.S. GAAP:

|                                                                         |                              |                    |        |        |   |  |        |        |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------- | ------------------ | ------ | ------ | - |  | ------ | ------ | -
|                                                                         |                              |                   
|                                                                         |                              | As of December 31,
|                                                                         |                              |                   
|                                                                         |                              | 2002               |        | 2001  
|                                                                         |                              |                    |        |       
|                                                                         |                              |                   
|                                                                         |                              | (millions of )   
|Net deferred taxes under German GAAP                                     |                              |                    | (1,646 | )      |   |  | (5,348 | )     
|U.S. GAAP adjustments                                                    |                              |                    |        |        |   |  |        |       
|                                                                         | Application of U.S. GAAP     |                    |        | 6,170  |   |  |        | 8,304  |  
|                                                                         | U.S./German GAAP differences |                    |        | (4,188 | ) |  |        | (4,354 | )
|                                                                         |                              |                    |        |        |   |  |        |       
|Net deferred tax assets and liabilities in
    accordance with U.S. GAAP |                              |                    | 336    |        |   |  | (1,398 | )     
|                                                                         |                              |                    |        |        |   |  |        |       



|     |                                                                                    
|---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(42) | Additional Information on the Financial
    Statements in Accordance with U.S. GAAP

(a) Weighted
Average Shares Outstanding

|                                                                 |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------ | ----- | ---- |  |  | ----- | -
|                                                                 |  |                   
|                                                                 |  | As of December 31,
|                                                                 |  |                   
|                                                                 |  | 2002               |       | 2001
|                                                                 |  |                    |       |     
|                                                                 |  |                   
|                                                                 |  | (millions of )   
|Weighted average shares outstanding German GAAP                  |  |                    | 4,195 |      |  |  | 3,715 |  
|Adjustments(1)                                                   |  |                    | (36   | )    |  |  | (39   | )
|                                                                 |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       |  
|Weighted average shares outstanding
    U.S. GAAP  basic        |  |                    | 4,159 |      |  |  | 3,676 |  
|Dilutive effect of options, warrants and exchange
    rights (2) |  |                    |      |      |  |  | 13    |  
|                                                                 |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       |  
|Weighted average shares outstanding 
    diluted                |  |                    | 4,159 |      |  |  | 3,689 |  
|                                                                 |  |                    |       |      |  |  |       |  




|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Under U.S. GAAP, the weighted average shares
    outstanding has been adjusted to eliminate shares held in a
    trust, which are considered issued and outstanding for German
    GAAP but not for U.S. GAAP.
|   
|(2) | Stock options, warrants and exchange rights
    issued in connection with the acquisition of VoiceStream and
    Powertel.                                                                                    

For the years ended December 31, 2002 and
December 31, 2000, outstanding options, warrants and
exchange rights were excluded from the computation of diluted
earnings (loss) per share because they were antidilutive.

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(b) Development
of Intangible Assets

The following is a summary of the development of
goodwill and other intangible assets from December 31, 2001
to December 31, 2002.

|                                            |  |                 |         |                         |  |           |         |      |  |            |         |           |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |      
|------------------------------------------- |  | --------------- | ------- | ----------------------- |  | --------- | ------- | ---- |  | ---------- | ------- | --------- |  |  | ------- | - |  |  | ------ | - |  |  | ------ | -----
|                                            |  |                 |         |                        
|                                            |  | Goodwill        |         | Other intangible assets
|                                            |  |                 |         |                        
|                                            |  | German          |         |                         |  | German    |         |     
|                                            |  | GAAP            |         | Difference              |  | U.S. GAAP |         | GAAP |  | Difference |         | U.S. GAAP
|                                            |  |                 |         |                         |  |           |         |      |  |            |         |          
|                                            |  |                 |         |                        
|                                            |  | (millions of ) |         | (millions of )        
|Cost                                        |  |                 |         |                         |  |           |         |      |  |            |         |           |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |      
|December 31, 2001                           |  |                 | 46,075  |                         |  |           | 1,140   |      |  |            | 47,215  | (1)       |  |  | 43,368  |   |  |  | 8,441  |   |  |  | 51,809 | (1)  
|Additions                                   |  |                 | 4,482   |                         |  |           | (2,668  | )    |  |            | 1,814   |           |  |  | 873     |   |  |  | 1,557  |   |  |  | 2,430  |      
|Disposals                                   |  |                 | (23     | )                       |  |           | (29     | )    |  |            | (52     | )         |  |  | (761    | ) |  |  | (118   | ) |  |  | (879   | )    
|Impairments                                 |  |                 | 0       |                         |  |           | (14,567 | )    |  |            | (14,567 | )         |  |  | 0       |   |  |  | (9,946 | ) |  |  | (9,946 | )    
|Consolidations, reclassifications and other |  |                 | 850     |                         |  |           | 10      |      |  |            | 860     |           |  |  | 1,745   |   |  |  | (406   | ) |  |  | 1,339  |      
|Foreign currency effects                    |  |                 | (4,509  | )                       |  |           | 684     |      |  |            | (3,825  | )         |  |  | (4,317  | ) |  |  | 221    |   |  |  | (4,096 | )    
|                                            |  |                 |         |                         |  |           |         |      |  |            |         |           |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |      
|December 31, 2002                           |  |                 | 46,875  |                         |  |           | (15,430 | )    |  |            | 31,445  |           |  |  | 40,908  |   |  |  | (251   | ) |  |  | 40,657 |      
|                                            |  |                 |         |                         |  |           |         |      |  |            |         |           |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |      
|Accumulated Amortization                    |  |                 |         |                         |  |           |         |      |  |            |         |           |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |      
|December 31, 2001                           |  |                 | (5,478  | )                       |  |           | 1,021   |      |  |            | (4,457  | ) (1)     |  |  | (3,914  | ) |  |  | (111   | ) |  |  | (4,025 | ) (1)
|Scheduled amortization                      |  |                 | (3,243  | )                       |  |           | 3,243   |      |  |            | 0       |           |  |  | (2,691  | ) |  |  | (139   | ) |  |  | (2,830 | )    
|Nonscheduled amortization                   |  |                 | (9,865  | )                       |  |           | 9,865   |      |  |            | 0       |           |  |  | (11,549 | ) |  |  | 11,549 |   |  |  | 0      |      
|Disposals                                   |  |                 | 23      |                         |  |           | 0       |      |  |            | 23      |           |  |  | 732     |   |  |  | 119    |   |  |  | 851    |      
|Consolidations, reclassifications and other |  |                 | (171    | )                       |  |           | 210     |      |  |            | 39      |           |  |  | (841    | ) |  |  | 149    |   |  |  | (692   | )    
|Foreign currency effects                    |  |                 | 1,295   |                         |  |           | (1,033  | )    |  |            | 262     |           |  |  | 1,321   |   |  |  | (1,035 | ) |  |  | 286    |      
|                                            |  |                 |         |                         |  |           |         |      |  |            |         |           |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |      
|December 31, 2002                           |  |                 | (17,439 | )                       |  |           | 13,306  |      |  |            | (4,133  | )         |  |  | (16,942 | ) |  |  | 10,532 |   |  |  | (6,410 | )    
|                                            |  |                 |         |                         |  |           |         |      |  |            |         |           |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |      
|Net book value at December 31, 2001         |  |                 | 40,597  |                         |  |           | 2,161   |      |  |            | 42,758  |           |  |  | 39,454  |   |  |  | 8,330  |   |  |  | 47,784 |      
|                                            |  |                 |         |                         |  |           |         |      |  |            |         |           |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |      
|Net book value at December 31, 2002         |  |                 | 29,436  |                         |  |           | (2,124  | )    |  |            | 27,312  |           |  |  | 23,966  |   |  |  | 10,281 |   |  |  | 34,247 |      
|                                            |  |                 |         |                         |  |           |         |      |  |            |         |           |  |  |         |   |  |  |        |   |  |  |        |      




|    |                                                                                         
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Certain reclassifications have been made to
    conform to the current year presentation

(c) Summary
of Certain Balance Sheet Captions

The following is a summary of certain balance
sheet captions reported in the consolidated financial statements
under German GAAP and in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

|                                   |  |           |                         |                 |  |                 |        |      |  |      |        |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |        |    
|---------------------------------- |  | --------- | ----------------------- | --------------- |  | --------------- | ------ | ---- |  | ---- | ------ |  |  |  | ------ |  |  |  | ------ | ---
|                                   |  |           |                         |                 |  |                
|                                   |  |           |                         | German GAAP     |  | U.S. GAAP      
|                                   |  |           |                         | December 31,    |  | December 31,   
|                                   |  |           |                         |                 |  |                
|                                   |  | Note (40) |                         | 2002            |  | 2001            |        | 2002 |  | 2001
|                                   |  |           |                         |                 |  |                 |        |      |  |     
|                                   |  |           |                         |                 |  |                
|                                   |  |           |                         | (millions of ) |  | (millions of )
|Intangible assets                  |  |           | (b),(c),                |                 |  |                 | 53,402 |      |  |      | 80,051 |  |  |  | 61,559 |  |  |  | 90,542 | (1)
|                                   |  |           | (d),(e),(f),(o)         |                 |  |                 |        |      |  |      |        |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |        |    
|Property, plant and equipment, net |  |           | (a),(d)                 |                 |  |                 | 53,955 |      |  |      | 58,708 |  |  |  | 59,298 |  |  |  | 62,608 |    
|Financial assets                   |  |           | (d),(g),(h),(j),(n),(p) |                 |  |                 | 4,169  |      |  |      | 7,957  |  |  |  | 4,364  |  |  |  | 8,191  |    
|Accruals                           |  |           | (h),(i),(m),(p),(q)     |                 |  |                 | 16,097 |      |  |      | 18,427 |  |  |  | 20,612 |  |  |  | 25,663 |    
|Debt(2)                            |  |           | (a),(h,),(p)            |                 |  |                 | 63,044 |      |  |      | 67,031 |  |  |  | 65,010 |  |  |  | 67,104 |    
|Deferred income                    |  |           | (k),(p)                 |                 |  |                 | 723    |      |  |      | 783    |  |  |  | 2,075  |  |  |  | 1,846  |    




|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Certain reclassifications have been made to
    conform to the current year presentation                                                                                                                                                                                          
|   
|(2) | Debt under US GAAP includes EUR 58
    million and EUR 93 million of amortized premiums and
    EUR 295 million and EUR 351 million of discounts at
    December 31, 2002 and 2001 respectively, which under German
    GAAP are included in deferred income and prepaid expenses.

As permitted by Postreform II, certain
property, plant and equipment on hand as of December 31,
1992 were valued at fair values rather than at historical cost
less depreciation, which is required by U.S. GAAP. The
Company has not been able to quantify the effect of the
difference in accounting treatment because, prior

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to January 1, 1993, the predecessor did not
maintain sufficiently detailed historical cost records. The fair
market values recorded in the opening balance sheet of Deutsche
Telekom AG at January 1, 1995.

(43)  Other Information

(a) Stock-Based
Compensation

The Company accounts for employee stock options
under U.S. GAAP in accordance with Accounting Principles
Board Opinion No. 25 (APBO 25), Accounting for
Stock Issued to Employees and related interpretations, and
furnishes the pro forma disclosures required under SFAS
No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.

APBO 25 requires recognition of compensation
expense for variable award plans (2000 Stock Option Plan of
Deutsche Telekom AG and T-Online International AG) over the
vesting period of such plans, based upon the then-current market
values of the underlying stock. In contrast, SFAS No. 123
requires recognition of compensation expense for grants of stock
options over the vesting period of such grants, based on the
estimated grant-date fair values of those grants.

Under APBO 25, the 2001 stock option plans
for both Deutsche Telekom AG and T-Online International AG were
considered fixed plans. The 2000 plans for both companies were
considered variable plans. As the exercise price of Deutsche
Telekom AGs and T-Online International AGs employee
stock options was higher than the market price of the underlying
stock as of December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, no
compensation expense was recognized in 2002, 2001 and 2000.

SFAS No. 123 requires presentation of pro
forma information as if the Company had accounted for its
employee stock based compensation under the fair value method.
The alternative fair value accounting provided for under SFAS
No. 123 requires use of option valuation models that were
not developed for use in valuing employee stock options. The
fair value of the stock options issued in conjunction with the
2002, 2001 and 2000 stock option plans were calculated at the
grant date based on a Black-Scholes option pricing model for
2002 and 2001, and based on a Monte-Carlo option pricing model
for 2000. The fair values were calculated in accordance with the
terms of the issuance. The Monte-Carlo option pricing model was
used for 2000, as the plan was considered a variable
compensation plan. This model simulates multiple paths for the
stock and the index between Year 2 and Year 5 (3.5)
given their initial levels and takes the expected value of the
payoff.

The Black-Scholes and Monte-Carlo option
valuation models were developed for use in estimating the fair
value of traded options which have no vesting restrictions and
are fully transferable. In addition, option valuation models
require the use of principles and assumptions that are of a
highly subjective nature, including the expected stock price
volatility. Because the Companys employee stock options
have characteristics that are significantly different from those
of traded options and because changes in the subjective input
assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in
managements opinion, the existing models do not
necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value
of its employee stock options.

At the grant dates, the underlying assumptions
and the resulting fair values per option of the respective
companies were as follows:

|                                                                              |  |      |       |      |  |      |       |  |  |  |       | 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | ----- | ---- |  | ---- | ----- |  |  |  | ----- | 
|Deutsche Telekom AG                                                           |  | 2002 |       | 2001 |  | 2000
|                                                                              |  |      |       |      |  |     
|Expected dividend yield                                                       |  |      | 3.60% |      |  |      | 3.25% |  |  |  | 1.00% | 
|Expected stock volatility                                                     |  |      | 60.0% |      |  |      | 47.0% |  |  |  | 44.0% | 
|Risk-free interest rate                                                       |  |      | 4.28% |      |  |      | 4.65% |  |  |  | 5.73% | 
|Expected lives (in years)                                                     |  |      | 4.4   |      |  |      | 5     |  |  |  | 5     | 
|Weighted average fair value per option granted
    during the year (in
    ) |  |      | 3.79  |      |  |      | 4.87  |  |  |  | 25.08 | 

|                                                                              |  |      |        |      |  |      |       |  |  |  |        | 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | ------ | ---- |  | ---- | ----- |  |  |  | ------ | 
|T-Online International AG                                                     |  | 2002 |        | 2001 |  | 2000
|                                                                              |  |      |        |      |  |     
|Expected dividend yield                                                       |  |      | 0%     |      |  |      | 0%    |  |  |  | 0%     | 
|Expected stock volatility                                                     |  |      | 71.8%  |      |  |      | 60.0% |  |  |  | 60.0%  | 
|Risk-free interest rate                                                       |  |      | 4.333% |      |  |      | 4.65% |  |  |  | 5.475% | 
|Expected lives (in years)                                                     |  |      | 5      |      |  |      | 5     |  |  |  | 3.5    | 
|Weighted average fair value per option granted
    during the year (in
    ) |  |      | 4.06   |      |  |      | 3.72  |  |  |  | 13.10  | 

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|                                                                            |  |      |                |      |  |  |                | 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | -------------- | ---- |  |  | -------------- | 
|T-Mobile USA, Inc.                                                          |  | 2002 |                | 2001
|                                                                            |  |      |                |     
|Expected dividend yield                                                     |  |      | 2.60% to 3.85% |      |  |  | 3.25%          | 
|Expected stock volatility                                                   |  |      | 60.0%          |      |  |  | 47.0%          | 
|Risk-free interest rate                                                     |  |      | 4.11% to 5.15% |      |  |  | 5.50% to 5.98% | 
|Expected lives (in years)                                                   |  |      | 7.1            |      |  |  | 7.5            | 
|Weighted average fair value per option granted
    during the year (in USD) |  |      | 23.04          |      |  |  | 35.57          | 

|                                                                            |  |      |       | 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | ----- | 
|MATAV                                                                       |  | 2002
|                                                                            |  |     
|Expected dividend yield                                                     |  |      | 1.53% | 
|Expected stock volatility                                                   |  |      | 40.0% | 
|Risk-free interest rate                                                     |  |      | 8.31% | 
|Expected lives (in years)                                                   |  |      | 5     | 
|Weighted average fair value per option granted
    during the year (in HUF) |  |      | 284   | 

For purposes of pro forma disclosure, the
estimated fair value of the options at the date of grant is
amortized to expense over the vesting period.

On May 31, 2001, as a result of the
acquisition of T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Powertel, all unvested,
outstanding T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Powertel stock options were
converted into options to acquire, from a trust established for
the benefit of holders of T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Powertel stock
options, Deutsche Telekom ADRs. Deutsche Telekom recorded
deferred compensation of EUR 58 million related to
unvested options due to the acquisition of T-Mobile USA, Inc.
and Powertel, of which EUR 18 million and
EUR 11 million were recorded as stock-based
compensation expense in 2002 and for the period from
June 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001, respectively.

Under the fair value method of SFAS No. 123,
the Companys net income (loss) and earnings (loss) per
share would have been as follows (in millions
of ):

|                            |                                                                                                                                           |                    |         |         |       |      |     |     |      |  |       |       |      | 
|--------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | ------- | ------- | ----- | ---- | --- | --- | ---- |  | ----- | ----- | ---- | 
|                            |                                                                                                                                           |                   
|                            |                                                                                                                                           | For the year ended
|                            |                                                                                                                                           | December 31,      
|                            |                                                                                                                                           |                   
|                            |                                                                                                                                           | 2002               |         | 2001    |       | 2000
|                            |                                                                                                                                           |                    |         |         |       |     
|Net income (loss)           |                                                                                                                                           |                    |         |         |       |      |     |     |      |  |       |      
|                            | As reported                                                                                                                               |                    |         | (22,098 | )     |      |     | 523 |      |  |       | 9,247 |     
|                            | Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense
    included in reported net income (loss), net of related tax
    effects                 |                    |         | 18      |       |      |     | 11  |      |  |       |      |     
|                            | Deduct: Stock-based employee compensation expense
    determined under fair value based accounting method, net of
    related tax effects |                    |         | (102    | )     |      |     | (71 | )    |  |       | (3    | )   
|                            |                                                                                                                                           |                    |         |         |       |      |     |     |      |  |       |      
|Pro forma net income (loss) |                                                                                                                                           |                    | (22,182 | )       |       |      | 463 |     |      |  | 9,244 |      
|                            |                                                                                                                                           |                    |         |         |       |      |     |     |      |  |       |      
|Earnings (loss) per share   |                                                                                                                                           |                    |         |         |       |      |     |     |      |  |       |      
|                            | Basic earnings (loss) per share                                                                                                           |                    |         |         |       |      |     |     |      |  |       |       |     
|                            |                                                                                                                                           | As reported        |         |         | (5.31 | )    |     |     | 0.14 |  |       |       | 3.05 | 
|                            |                                                                                                                                           | Pro forma          |         |         | (5.33 | )    |     |     | 0.13 |  |       |       | 3.05 | 
|                            | Diluted earnings (loss) per share                                                                                                         |                    |         |         |       |      |     |     |      |  |       |       |     
|                            |                                                                                                                                           | As reported        |         |         | (5.31 | )    |     |     | 0.14 |  |       |       | 3.05 | 
|                            |                                                                                                                                           | Pro forma          |         |         | (5.33 | )    |     |     | 0.13 |  |       |       | 3.05 | 

(b) Asset-Backed
Securitizations

The Company and its T-Com and T-Systems divisions
entered into agreements to sell, on a continuous basis, certain
eligible trade accounts receivable to Qualifying Special Purpose
Entities (QSPE). Under German GAAP, the
determination of the gain or loss on the sale of receivables is
based upon contractual estimates for the credit and dilution
discounts. Under U.S. GAAP, in accordance with SFAS
No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of
Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities, the
gain or loss on sale of receivables depends in part on the
carrying amount of the transferred receivables, allocated
between the receivables sold and the interests and obligations
retained, based on their relative fair values as of the date of
transfer. The retained interests represent future rights to
residual cash balances retained by the QSPE, to be released if
collection performance exceeds certain credit loss and
performance thresholds. At the

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time the receivables are sold, the balances are
removed from the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Costs associated
with the sale of receivables, primarily related to the discount,
loss on sale and other related expenses are included in program
fees in the table below and classified as other expense in the
consolidated Statement of Operations. Refunds of discounts are
recorded when received, and classified within other income in
the Consolidated Statement of Operations.



| |                                                
| | -----------------------------------------------
| | Differences Arising from Retained
    Interests

Under the T-Systems asset-backed securitization
program, the retained interest is valued under German GAAP based
upon the contractually specified discounts using the contractual
rates in the agreement (between 7.15% to 15.5%, including credit
loss rates from 3.65% to 12%). Under U.S. GAAP, the
retained interest is recorded at fair value based upon
historical performance. The difference between the contract
value under German GAAP and the fair value under U.S. GAAP
results in an increase of the value of the retained interest
(and a related gain on sale) of EUR 20.4 million in
2002 for US GAAP.

Under the T-Com asset-backed securitization
program, the retained interest is valued under German GAAP based
upon the contractually specified discounts using the contractual
rates in the agreement (6.5%, including a 3.5% credit loss
rate). The difference between the contract value under German
GAAP and the fair value under U.S. GAAP results in an
increase in the value of the retained interest (and a related
gain) of EUR 133 million in 2002, and a reduction in
value of the retained interest (and a related loss on sale) of
EUR 21.0 million in 2001.

Summary
of Significant Cash Flows

The table below summarizes certain cash flows
received from and paid to securitization trusts under the T-Com
and T-Systems asset-backed securitizations:

|                                                        |  |                    |         |      |  |  |       | 
|------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------ | ------- | ---- |  |  | ----- | 
|                                                        |  |                   
|                                                        |  | For the year ended
|                                                        |  | December 31,      
|                                                        |  |                   
|                                                        |  | 2002               |         | 2001
|                                                        |  |                    |         |     
|                                                        |  |                   
|                                                        |  | (millions of )   
|Proceeds from sales of receivables to QSPE              |  |                    | 16,031  |      |  |  | 1,384 | 
|Proceeds from retained interests                        |  |                    | 655     |      |  |  |      | 
|Proceeds from collections made on behalf of QSPE        |  |                    | 18,097  |      |  |  | 1,456 | 
|Repayment to QSPE of collections made on its
    behalf |  |                    | (16,969 | )    |  |  |      | 
|Program fees paid to the QSPE                           |  |                    | (57     | )    |  |  |      | 

Sales of receivables resulted in a loss of
approximately EUR 280 million and
EUR 79 million in 2002 and 2001, respectively, which
is calculated as the difference between the face value and
contract value of the receivables.

(c) Equity
Method Investments

Deutsche Telekom has numerous investments,
ranging from 20% to 50%, in companies that operate in similar
lines of business. Deutsche Telekoms investments in equity
method affiliates amounted to EUR 2.6 billion and
EUR 4.1 billion at December 31, 2002 and December
2001, respectively. Deutsche Telekoms equity in net
earnings (losses) of its equity method affiliates under
U.S. GAAP was EUR (85) million,
EUR (653) million and EUR 2.7 billion for
the years 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

Deutsche Telekom received dividends based on its
equity interests in these companies of EUR 23 million,
EUR 2.8 billion and EUR 29 million for the
years 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

The schedules below present summarized statements
of operations and balance sheet information for the significant
investments that were accounted for under the equity method in
2001. Comparable information for 2000 is also presented for the
statement of operations. Summarized financial information is not
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2002, since the Companys equity investments
were not deemed significant in 2002 either individually or in
the aggregate.

Statements of Operations

|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       |        |   |       |        |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |             |   |  |       |     |   |  |       |      |   |  |        |     |   |  |        |      |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ----- | ------ | - | ----- | ------ | ------ | - | -------- | ----- | --------- | - | ----------- | ----- | ----------- | - |  | ----- | --- | - |  | ----- | ---- | - |  | ------ | --- | - |  | ------ | ---- | -
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                     
|                                                                                                                                     |                               | For the year ended December 31, 2001
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                     
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       | Other  |   | Total
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       | Virgin |   |       |        | Equity |   | Equity  
|                                                                                                                                     |                               | MTS                                  |       | PTC    |   | Ben   |        | Mobile |   | Telesens |       | comdirect |   | Investments |       | Investments
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       |        |   |       |        |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |            
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                     
|                                                                                                                                     |                               | (millions of )                     
|Net revenue                                                                                                                          |                               |                                      | 998   |        |   |       | 1,187  |        |   |          | 448   |           |   |             | 264   |             |   |  | 82    |     |   |  | 236   |      |   |  | 1,422  |     |   |  | 4,637  |     
|Total expenses                                                                                                                       |                               |                                      | (632  | )      |   |       | (1,044 | )      |   |          | (633  | )         |   |             | (367  | )           |   |  | (304  | )   |   |  | (387  | )    |   |  | (1,561 | )   |   |  | (4,928 | )   
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       |        |   |       |        |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |             |   |  |       |     |   |  |       |      |   |  |        |     |   |  |        |     
|Income (loss) before income taxes and minority
    interest                                                                          |                               |                                      | 366   |        |   |       | 143    |        |   |          | (185  | )         |   |             | (103  | )           |   |  | (222  | )   |   |  | (151  | )    |   |  | (139   | )   |   |  | (291   | )   
|Income taxes                                                                                                                         |                               |                                      | (109  | )      |   |       | (9     | )      |   |          |      |           |   |             |      |             |   |  | (23   | )   |   |  | (10   | )    |   |  | (80    | )   |   |  | (231   | )   
|Minority interest                                                                                                                    |                               |                                      | (7    | )      |   |       |       |        |   |          |      |           |   |             |      |             |   |  |      |     |   |  |      |      |   |  |       |     |   |  | (7     | )   
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       |        |   |       |        |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |             |   |  |       |     |   |  |       |      |   |  |        |     |   |  |        |     
|Income before effect of change in accounting
    principle and extraordinary gains (losses)                                          |                               |                                      | 250   |        |   |       | 134    |        |   |          | (185  | )         |   |             | (103  | )           |   |  | (245  | )   |   |  | (161  | )    |   |  | (219   | )   |   |  | (529   | )   
|Cumulative effect of change in accounting
    principle, net of income taxes                                                         |                               |                                      | (20   | )      |   |       | (1     | )      |   |          |      |           |   |             | (1    | )           |   |  |      |     |   |  |      |      |   |  |       |     |   |  | (22    | )   
|Extraordinary gains (losses), net of income taxes                                                                                    |                               |                                      | 2     |        |   |       |       |        |   |          |      |           |   |             |      |             |   |  |      |     |   |  |      |      |   |  |       |     |   |  | 2      |     
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       |        |   |       |        |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |             |   |  |       |     |   |  |       |      |   |  |        |     |   |  |        |     
|U.S. GAAP net income (loss)                                                                                                          |                               |                                      | 232   |        |   |       | 133    |        |   |          | (185  | )         |   |             | (104  | )           |   |  | (245  | )   |   |  | (161  | )    |   |  | (219   | )   |   |  | (549   | )   
|Deutsche Telekoms percentage of ownership
    in investee                                                                           |                               |                                      | 36.20 | %      |   |       | 45.00  | %      |   |          | 49.99 | %         |   |             | 50.00 | %           |   |  | 25.92 | %   |   |  | 21.35 | %    |   |  |        |     |   |  |        |     
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       |        |   |       |        |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |             |   |  |       |     |   |  |       |      |   |  |        |     |   |  |        |     
|Deutsche Telekoms equity in net earnings
    (losses) of equity investees under U.S. GAAP                                           |                               |                                      | 84    |        |   |       | 60     |        |   |          | (92   | )         |   |             | (52   | )           |   |  | (64   | )   |   |  | (34   | )    |   |  | (26    | )   |   |  | (124   | )   
|Consolidation adjustments:                                                                                                           |                               |                                      |       |        |   |       |        |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |             |   |  |       |     |   |  |       |      |   |  |        |     |   |  |       |     
|                                                                                                                                     | Goodwill amortization         |                                      |       | (2     | ) |       |        | (80    | ) |          |       | (54       | ) |             |       |            |   |  |       |    |   |  |       | (33  | ) |  |        |    |   |  |        | (169 | )
|                                                                                                                                     | Intangible asset amortization |                                      |       |       |   |       |        | (12    | ) |          |       |          |   |             |       |            |   |  |       |    |   |  |       |     |   |  |        |    |   |  |        | (12  | )
|                                                                                                                                     | Impairment charges            |                                      |       |       |   |       |        |       |   |          |       |          |   |             |       |            |   |  |       | (13 | ) |  |       | (226 | ) |  |        |    |   |  |        | (239 | )
|                                                                                                                                     | Other                         |                                      |       | 8      |   |       |        | (27    | ) |          |       | (7        | ) |             |       | (2          | ) |  |       | 2   |   |  |       | (4   | ) |  |        | (79 | ) |  |        | (109 | )
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       |        |   |       |        |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |             |   |  |       |     |   |  |       |      |   |  |        |     |   |  |        |     
|Deutsche Telekoms equity in net earnings
    (losses) of equity investees, including consolidating
    adjustments, under U.S. GAAP |                               |                                      | 90    |        |   |       | (59    | )      |   |          | (153  | )         |   |             | (54   | )           |   |  | (75   | )   |   |  | (297  | )    |   |  | (105   | )   |   |  | (653   | )   
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       |        |   |       |        |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |             |   |  |       |     |   |  |       |      |   |  |        |     |   |  |        |     

|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       |        |   |        |       |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |             |  |  |       |    |  |  |       |     |   |  |       |      |   |  |        |     |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ----- | ------ | - | ------ | ----- | ------ | - | -------- | ----- | --------- | - | ----------- | ----- | ----------- |  |  | ----- | -- |  |  | ----- | --- | - |  | ----- | ---- | - |  | ------ | --- | -
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                     
|                                                                                                                                     |                               | For the year ended December 31, 2000
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                     
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       | Other  |   | Total 
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       | Virgin |   |        |       | Equity |   | Equity  
|                                                                                                                                     |                               | MTS                                  |       | PTC    |   | Ben(1) |       | Mobile |   | Telesens |       | comdirect |   | Investments |       | Investments
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       |        |   |        |       |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |            
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                     
|                                                                                                                                     |                               | (millions of )                     
|Net revenue                                                                                                                          |                               |                                      | 582   |        |   |        | 879   |        |   |          | 246   |           |   |             | 113   |             |  |  | 42    |    |  |  | 314   |     |   |  | 5,533 | (a)  |   |  | 7,709  |    
|Total expenses                                                                                                                       |                               |                                      | (435  | )      |   |        | (841  | )      |   |          | (470  | )         |   |             | (290  | )           |  |  | (84   | )  |  |  | (288  | )   |   |  | (796  | )    |   |  | (3,204 | )  
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       |        |   |        |       |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |             |  |  |       |    |  |  |       |     |   |  |       |      |   |  |        |    
|Income (loss) before income taxes and minority
    interest                                                                          |                               |                                      | 147   |        |   |        | 38    |        |   |          | (224  | )         |   |             | (177  | )           |  |  | (42   | )  |  |  | 26    |     |   |  | 4,737 |      |   |  | 4,505  |    
|Income taxes                                                                                                                         |                               |                                      | (56   | )      |   |        | (8    | )      |   |          |      |           |   |             |      |             |  |  | 12    |    |  |  | (23   | )   |   |  | (84   | )    |   |  | (159   | )  
|Minority interest                                                                                                                    |                               |                                      | 7     |        |   |        |      |        |   |          |      |           |   |             |      |             |  |  |      |    |  |  |      |     |   |  |      |      |   |  | 7      |    
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       |        |   |        |       |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |             |  |  |       |    |  |  |       |     |   |  |       |      |   |  |        |    
|U.S. GAAP net income (loss)                                                                                                          |                               |                                      | 98    |        |   |        | 30    |        |   |          | (224  | )         |   |             | (177  | )           |  |  | (30   | )  |  |  | 3     |     |   |  | 4,653 |      |   |  | 4,353  |    
|Deutsche Telekoms percentage of ownership
    in investee                                                                           |                               |                                      | 36.20 | %      |   |        | 45.00 | %      |   |          | 49.99 | %         |   |             | 50.00 | %           |  |  | 25.92 | %  |  |  | 21.35 | %   |   |  |       |      |   |  |        |    
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       |        |   |        |       |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |             |  |  |       |    |  |  |       |     |   |  |       |      |   |  |        |    
|Deutsche Telekoms equity in net earnings
    (losses) of equity investees under U.S. GAAP                                           |                               |                                      | 35    |        |   |        | 14    |        |   |          | (19   | )         |   |             | (89   | )           |  |  | (8    | )  |  |  | 1     |     |   |  | 2,282 |      |   |  | 2,216  |    
|Consolidation adjustments:                                                                                                           |                               |                                      |       |        |   |        |       |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |             |  |  |       |    |  |  |       |     |   |  |       |      |   |  |        |    
|                                                                                                                                     | Goodwill amortization         |                                      |       | (3     | ) |        |       | (55    | ) |          |       | (9        | ) |             |       |            |  |  |       |   |  |  |       | (25 | ) |  |       |     |   |  |        | (92 | )
|                                                                                                                                     | Intangible asset amortization |                                      |       |       |   |        |       | (5     | ) |          |       |          |   |             |       |            |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |    |   |  |       |     |   |  |        | (5  | )
|                                                                                                                                     | Dilution gains                |                                      |       | 111    |   |        |       |       |   |          |       |          |   |             |       |            |  |  |       | 72 |  |  |       | 449 |   |  |       |     |   |  |        | 632 |  
|                                                                                                                                     | Other                         |                                      |       | 16     |   |        |       | (6     | ) |          |       | (1        | ) |             |       | 8           |  |  |       | 4  |  |  |       | (1  | ) |  |       | (103 | ) |  |        | (83 | )
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       |        |   |        |       |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |             |  |  |       |    |  |  |       |     |   |  |       |      |   |  |        |    
|Deutsche Telekoms equity in net earnings
    (losses) of equity investees, including consolidating
    adjustments, under U.S. GAAP |                               |                                      | 159   |        |   |        | (52   | )      |   |          | (29   | )         |   |             | (81   | )           |  |  | 68    |    |  |  | 424   |     |   |  | 2,179 |      |   |  | 2,668  |    
|                                                                                                                                     |                               |                                      |       |        |   |        |       |        |   |          |       |           |   |             |       |             |  |  |       |    |  |  |       |     |   |  |       |      |   |  |        |    

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|(1) | Acquired in October 2000.                                                                                                                                                                                  
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|(a) | Net revenue for the year ended December 31,
    2000 include EUR 4.6 billion in proceeds from the sale
    by DT-FT Italian Holding GmbH of its 49% ownership interest in
    WIND Telecomunicazioni S.p.A.

Balance Sheet

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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ----- | ------ |  | ----- | ----- | ------ |  | -------- | ----- | --------- |  | ----------- | ----- | ----------- |  |  | ----- | - |  |  | ----- | - |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | ------ | 
|                                                                                                                                                   |  |                        
|                                                                                                                                                   |  | As of December 31, 2001
|                                                                                                                                                   |  |                        
|                                                                                                                                                   |  |                         |       | Other  |  | Total
|                                                                                                                                                   |  |                         |       | Virgin |  |       |       | Equity |  | Equity  
|                                                                                                                                                   |  | MTS                     |       | PTC    |  | Ben   |       | Mobile |  | Telesens |       | comdirect |  | Investments |       | Investments
|                                                                                                                                                   |  |                         |       |        |  |       |       |        |  |          |       |           |  |             |       |            
|                                                                                                                                                   |  |                        
|                                                                                                                                                   |  | (millions of )        
|Current assets                                                                                                                                     |  |                         | 543   |        |  |       | 300   |        |  |          | 126   |           |  |             | 80    |             |  |  | 34    |   |  |  | 2,017 |   |  |  | 712   |  |  |  | 3,812  | 
|Non-current assets                                                                                                                                 |  |                         | 1,398 |        |  |       | 1,823 |        |  |          | 1,032 |           |  |             | 41    |             |  |  | 101   |   |  |  | 957   |   |  |  | 4,449 |  |  |  | 9,801  | 
|                                                                                                                                                   |  |                         |       |        |  |       |       |        |  |          |       |           |  |             |       |             |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |  |  |  |        | 
|Total assets                                                                                                                                       |  |                         | 1,941 |        |  |       | 2,123 |        |  |          | 1,158 |           |  |             | 121   |             |  |  | 135   |   |  |  | 2,974 |   |  |  | 5,161 |  |  |  | 13,613 | 
|                                                                                                                                                   |  |                         |       |        |  |       |       |        |  |          |       |           |  |             |       |             |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |  |  |  |        | 
|Current liabilities                                                                                                                                |  |                         | 341   |        |  |       | 248   |        |  |          | 526   |           |  |             | 105   |             |  |  | 39    |   |  |  | 2,394 |   |  |  | 1,390 |  |  |  | 5,043  | 
|Non-current liabilities                                                                                                                            |  |                         | 439   |        |  |       | 1,591 |        |  |          | 10    |           |  |             | 282   |             |  |  | 30    |   |  |  | 2     |   |  |  | 2,120 |  |  |  | 4,474  | 
|Minority interest                                                                                                                                  |  |                         | 15    |        |  |       |      |        |  |          |      |           |  |             |      |             |  |  |      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 12    |  |  |  | 27     | 
|Shareholders equity (deficit)                                                                                                                     |  |                         | 1,146 |        |  |       | 284   |        |  |          | 622   |           |  |             | (266  | )           |  |  | 66    |   |  |  | 578   |   |  |  | 1,639 |  |  |  | 4,069  | 
|                                                                                                                                                   |  |                         |       |        |  |       |       |        |  |          |       |           |  |             |       |             |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |  |  |  |        | 
|Total liabilities and shareholders equity
    (deficit)                                                                                           |  |                         | 1,941 |        |  |       | 2,123 |        |  |          | 1,158 |           |  |             | 121   |             |  |  | 135   |   |  |  | 2,974 |   |  |  | 5,161 |  |  |  | 13,613 | 
|                                                                                                                                                   |  |                         |       |        |  |       |       |        |  |          |       |           |  |             |       |             |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |       |  |  |  |        | 
|Deutsche Telekoms investment in and
    advances to equity investees at cost plus equity in
    undistributed earnings (losses) since acquisition |  |                         | 435   |        |  |       | 1,215 |        |  |          | 888   |           |  |             |      |             |  |  | 9     |   |  |  | 328   |   |  |  | 1,223 |  |  |  | 4,098  | 
|Deutsche Telekoms percentage of ownership
    in investee                                                                                         |  |                         | 36.20 | %      |  |       | 45.00 | %      |  |          | 49.99 | %         |  |             | 50.00 | %           |  |  | 25.92 | % |  |  | 21.35 | % |  |  |       |  |  |  |        | 

(d) Derivatives

Accounting
Standard

Deutsche Telekom applies Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 133 Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities (SFAS
No. 133) as amended. This statement became effective
for Deutsche Telekom on January 1, 2001 and establishes
accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments,
including certain derivative instruments embedded in other
contracts, (collectively referred to hereafter as derivatives)
and for hedging activities. It requires recognition of all
derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value, regardless of
the hedging relationship designation. Derivative instruments
must be classified as hedging instruments (either fair value
hedges, cash flow hedges, foreign currency fair value hedges,
foreign currency cash flow hedges or hedges of the net
investment in a foreign operation) or non-hedging instruments,
and the accounting treatment of derivative instruments and
hedged items depends on this classification.

Changes in the fair value of derivatives
designated in qualifying highly effective fair value hedging
relationships (including foreign currency fair value hedging
relationship) are recognized in current period earnings along
with fair value changes of the hedged item that are attributable
to the hedged risk reflected as adjustments to the carrying
value of the hedged item. Changes in the fair value of
derivatives designated in qualifying, highly effective, cash
flow hedging relationships (including foreign currency cash flow
hedging relationship) are recorded in other comprehensive income
(outside earnings) and recognized in earnings when the hedged
item affects earnings. Any hedge ineffectiveness is recorded in
current-period earnings. If a financial instrument is designated
as a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation, the
changes in the hedging instruments fair value, are
recorded in other comprehensive income as part of the cumulative
translation adjustment. Changes in the fair value of derivative
instruments that are not designated as hedging instruments are
recognized in earnings when they occur.

Risk
Management Policies

Deutsche Telekom is exposed to foreign currency
risks, interest rate risks and equity price risks arising from
fluctuations in exchange rates, interest rates and quoted share
prices. Deutsche Telekoms risk policy generally takes into
account only risks affecting the Groups cash flows.
Therefore, fair value changes of

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investments arising from fluctuations in quoted
share prices as well as foreign currency translation risks
inherent in Deutsche Telekoms net investments in foreign
entities are normally not hedged. Deutsche Telekom does not
enter into derivative financial instruments for trading purposes
or other speculative purposes.

Deutsche Telekom is exposed to interest rate
risks, primarily in the European Union, in Great Britain and in
the United States. In order to mitigate the impact of interest
rate fluctuations in these areas Deutsche Telekom separately
manages interest rate risk for euro, U.S. dollar and
British pound denominated liabilities. Under consideration of
the existing and forecasted debt structure, Deutsche Telekom
enters into interest rate derivatives to modify the interest
payments on bonds, other liabilities and cash investments to
adjust their risk profile to the defined target mixture of
floating-rate and fixed-rate interest as defined by the
Management Board. Interest rate swaps in particular are used, in
addition to purchased interest rate options (such as caps and
collars).

Foreign currency risks arise from Telekoms
investing, financing and operating activities. Since Deutsche
Telekoms corporate objective is pursued through its
commercial operations  meaning the sale of
telecommunications services  unwanted foreign
currency risk exposures are normally managed, provided the risks
would affect the Groups cash flows. Foreign currency risks
that do not affect the Groups cash flows (risks resulting
from the translation of Deutsche Telekoms foreign
entities assets and liabilities to the Groups
reporting currency) generally remain unhedged. However, in
specific circumstances, Deutsche Telekom may seek to hedge the
foreign currency translation risk inherent in certain foreign
entities.

For purposes of managing foreign currency risks,
Deutsche Telekom makes a distinction between investing,
financing and operating activities:

Foreign currency risks in the investment area
arise from the acquiring, holding and divesting of investments
in foreign entities. Translation risk associated with our net
investments in foreign entities was not hedged at
December 31, 2002 except for our net investment in T-Mobile
USA. At December 31, 2002 there were no hedged forecasted
acquisitions or sales of foreign entities.

Foreign currency risks in the financing area
arise from foreign currency denominated financial liabilities.
Deutsche Telekom enters into cross-currency interest rate swaps
and foreign currency forward contracts in order to effectively
convert foreign currency denominated financial liabilities into
the Group companies functional currencies (primarily euro,
U.S. dollar and British pound). At December 31, 2002,
foreign currency denominated liabilities for which foreign
currency risk is managed consist primarily of bonds and medium
term notes in Japanese yen, British pound, Czech koruna and
Polish zloty as well as bank loans in U.S. dollar. Foreign
currency risks related to a variety of short-term foreign
currency denominated intercompany loans are mitigated with
forward currency contracts.

Foreign currency risks in the operating area are
limited because individual Group entities conduct most of their
activities in their respective functional currency. However,
some Group entities are exposed to foreign currency transaction
risk related to certain anticipated foreign exchange payments
primarily for capital expenditures and expense payments to
international telecommunications carriers for completing
international calls made by our domestic customers. Deutsche
Telekom occasionally enters into foreign currency forward
contracts or purchases foreign currency options to hedge these
anticipated payments up to a maximum of one year.

Initial
Application of SFAS No. 133

On January 1, 2001, Deutsche Telekom
recognized all freestanding derivative instruments as either
assets or liabilities and measured them at fair value under
U.S. GAAP. The differences between the derivatives
previous carrying amounts and their fair values were reported as
transition adjustments. Because Deutsche Telekoms foreign
currency forward contracts, foreign currency options and
cross-currency interest rate swaps were already recognized at
fair value at December 31, 2000, transition adjustments
were only required for certain interest rate derivatives.

The majority of Deutsche Telekoms interest
rate derivatives entered into before January 1, 2001 were
used to create synthetic financial instruments (mostly synthetic
variable rate debt). Thus, for example, Deutsche Telekom sold
30 year fixed-rate U.S. dollar notes and
simultaneously entered into a combination of interest rate
swaps and cross-currency interest swaps to effectively
create a 10 year fixed-rate British pound borrowing.
Adjusting the interest rate swaps previous carrying
amounts (accrued interest payables and

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receivables) to their fair values resulted in a
net gain of EUR 226 million (after taxes of
EUR 144 million) on January 1, 2001, which was
reported as a cumulative-effect-type adjustment of net income.

A smaller number of interest rate swaps as well
as interest rate collars entered into before January 1,
2001 were used to reduce the cash flow exposure of floating-rate
British pound liabilities. The transition adjustments for these
derivatives resulted in a loss of EUR 22 million
(after taxes of EUR 10 million) which was reported as
a cumulative-effect-type adjustment to accumulated other
comprehensive income on January 1, 2001. The adjustment to
accumulated other comprehensive income is reclassified into
earnings over the residual period that interest payments on the
floating-rate liabilities affect earnings. The derivatives were
not redesignated as hedging instruments at January 1, 2001.

Deutsche Telekoms other interest rate
derivatives were already recognized at fair value on
December 31, 2000 and no transition adjustments for
these derivatives were therefore required.

No derivative or nonderivative hedging instrument
entered into before January 1, 2001 was designated anew as
a hedging instrument at January 1, 2001 except for a
British pound-denominated borrowing that hedged the foreign
currency exposure of a portion of Deutsche Telekoms net
investment in One 2 One.

Post-Transition-Date
Accounting under SFAS No. 133

Using financial analysis to identify the extent
of a derivatives potential gain or loss, Deutsche Telekom
decides on the date that it enters into a derivative contract
whether it is efficient to seek hedge accounting for the
derivative. If Deutsche Telekom elects to apply hedge
accounting, it puts in place the appropriate hedge documentation
and effectiveness testing routine at inception of the hedge.

Fair Value Hedges

In 2002, Deutsche Telekom had pay-variable,
receive-fixed interest rate swaps and cross-currency interest
rate swaps to hedge the fair value risk of certain fixed rate
debt. The Company designated these interest rate swaps as
hedging instruments in qualifying, highly effective, fair-value
hedging relationship of euro denominated fixed-rate liabilities.
The Company designated these cross-currency interest rate swaps
as hedging instruments in qualifying, highly effective,
fair-value hedging relationships of foreign currency denominated
fixed-rate liabilities.

In the middle of 2001, Deutsche Telekom entered
into pay-variable, receive-fixed interest rate swaps to hedge
the fair value risk of fixed rate euro debt. These interest rate
swaps were designated as fair value hedging instruments. They
meet all the required criteria of SFAS No. 133 for the
assumption of perfect hedge effectiveness. Accordingly, gains
from adjusting the carrying amounts of the interest rate swaps
to their fair values of EUR 68 million and from adjusting
the carrying amount of the debt (resulting in losses of
EUR 68 million) completely offset each other.

For the year ended December 31, 2002,
Telekom recognized in U.S. GAAP earnings no ineffectiveness
for all of the Companys fair-value hedges. All components
of each interest rate swaps gain or loss were included in
the assessment of hedge effectiveness.

Cash Flow Hedges

During 2002, Deutsche Telekom designated certain
pay-fixed, receive-variable U.S. dollar interest rate swaps as
hedging instruments in qualifying, highly effective, cash-flow
hedges of forecasted interest payments. During 2002 Deutsche
Telekom reported losses on these swaps of
EUR 145 million (after taxes of
EUR 29 million) in accumulated other comprehensive
income. These forecasted interest payments are hedged over a
period of up to five years.

Additionally, during 2002, Deutsche Telekom
designated certain existing pay-fixed, receive-variable GBP
interest rate swaps as hedging instruments in qualifying,
effective, cash-flow hedges of forecasted interest payments
under a syndicated loan agreement based on a principal amount of
GBP 500 million.

During 2002, Deutsche Telekom reported losses on
these swaps of EUR 11 million (after taxes of zero) in
accumulated other comprehensive income. These forecasted
interest payments are hedged over a period of up to three years.

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The ineffective portion of these swaps was
EUR 0.2 million, which was recognized as a loss under
U.S. GAAP.

Deutsche Telekom reclassified from accumulated
other comprehensive income to earnings a
EUR 88 million loss (after taxes of zero) related to
certain of its discontinued cash flow hedges for which Deutsche
Telekom determined that it was probable the hedged forecasted
transactions would not occur by the end of the originally
specified time period or within a reasonable period of time
thereafter.

In addition, Deutsche Telekom reclassified from
accumulated other comprehensive income to earnings a
EUR 9 million loss (after taxes of zero) related to
the transition adjustment recorded at January 1, 2001.
Deutsche Telekom expects EUR 46 million of losses
deferred in accumulated other comprehensive income to be
reclassified into earnings during the next twelve months.

During 2001, losses on interest rate derivatives
of EUR 22 million (after taxes of 10 million) were
reported in accumulated other comprehensive income on
January 1, 2001 as a result of the initial application of
SFAS No. 133. Losses of EUR 8 million (after taxes of
EUR 3 million) associated with this transition
adjustment were reclassified into earnings during 2001. The same
amount is expected to be reclassified as earnings within the
next twelve months.

Net Investment Hedges

During 2002, Deutsche Telekom continued to hedge
foreign currency translation risk associated with shares of
preferred stock in T-Mobile USA, which form a part of Deutsche
Telekoms net investment in T-Mobile USA. During 2002,
Deutsche Telekom changed the hedging instruments designated as
hedges of its net investment in T-Mobile USA in the form of
shares of redeemable preferred stock. Before the change, Telekom
hedged the foreign currency exposure inherent in the redeemable
preferred shares with short-term foreign currency forward
contracts. After the change the hedging instruments are foreign
currency forward contracts (still short-term), five-year
cross-currency interest rate swaps (Deutsche Telekom pay
U.S. dollar at fixed rates and receive euro at fixed rates)
and U.S. dollar denominated long-term debt, respectively.
Each hedging instrument is designated in a separate, qualifying
hedging relationship. During 2002, Deutsche Telekom recorded to
cumulative translation adjustment, a component of other
comprehensive income, a net gain of EUR 960 million
(after taxes of zero) related to derivative and nonderivative
hedging instruments designated in a hedge of Deutsche
Telekoms net investment in T-Mobile USA.

In 2001, Deutsche Telekom hedged the foreign
currency translation risk inherent in a portion of its net
investment in One 2 One with British pound denominated
borrowings through 2001. At June 1, 2001, Deutsche Telekom
designated U.S. dollar forward sale contracts (U.S. dollar
versus euro sales) as hedges of the foreign currency translation
risk inherent in shares of the preferred stock in VoiceStream,
which form a part of Deutsche Telekoms net investment in
VoiceStream. Gains and losses on these derivative and
nonderivative financial instruments were reported in other
comprehensive income (shareholders equity) along with
gains and losses resulting from the translation of the net
assets of the mentioned foreign subsidiaries at current spot
rates.

All Other Derivatives

Deutsche Telekom also enters into certain
derivative transactions, that do not qualify for hedge
accounting under SFAS No. 133, but do provide for effective
economic hedges under the Groups risk management policies.

For derivatives that hedge the foreign currency
transaction risk of recognized foreign currency denominated
assets or liabilities, Deutsche Telekom does not seek special
hedge accounting because the transaction gain or loss on the
economically hedged foreign currency denominated asset or
liability will be reported in earnings concurrently with the
gain or loss on the derivative.

For the purpose of the balance sheet presentation
in accordance with U.S. GAAP as of December 31, 2002,
Deutsche Telekom reported the fair value of derivative
instrument assets of EUR 0.9 billion in other
non-current assets and derivative instrument liabilities of
EUR 1.3 billion in other current liabilities. These
amounts reflect no netting of derivative instrument assets
and liabilities.

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(e) Related
Party Transactions

Coordination
and Administrative Responsibilities of the Federal
Agency

Pursuant to German law, the Federal Agency
provides certain services to Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Postbank
and Deutsche Post and has certain rights and responsibilities
with respect to the administration of the common affairs of
these companies. For example, the Federal Agency is responsible
for concluding general collective bargaining agreements
(Manteltarifverträge) on behalf of these entities with
employees relating only to certain non-wage benefits, rules of
conduct and other general terms of employment. These agreements
only become effective with the consent of the affected entity.
The Federal Agencys right to conclude these agreements
does not affect Deutsche Telekoms right to negotiate
particular terms of employment, including wages, salaries and
conditions of employment, independently on its own behalf. The
Federal Agency also administers the health insurance fund for
civil servants (Postbeamtenkrankenkasse) and the pension fund
for non-civil servants (VAP) employed by Deutsche Telekom,
Deutsche Postbank, Deutsche Post and others. The Federal Agency
has certain additional responsibilities and rights with respect
to civil servants employed by Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Post
and Deutsche Postbank. The Federal Agency has the right to
provide advice concerning the coordination of the activities of
Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Postbank and Deutsche Post,
particularly, with respect to their public image, issues that
may arise if the business plans of these entities conflict and,
upon request, with respect to certain personnel issues.

Services provided by the Federal Agency pursuant
to applicable law are rendered on the basis of service
agreements between Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Postbank or
Deutsche Post, on the one hand, and the Federal Agency, on the
other. Since German law currently requires that each of Deutsche
Telekom, Deutsche Postbank and Deutsche Post enter into a
service agreement with the Federal Agency covering the services
described above, Deutsche Telekom has not considered entering
into arrangements with third parties for the provision of these
services. The total costs of the Federal Agency, consisting
mainly of personnel costs for its employees, are allocated
pursuant to the cost attribution system of the Federal Agency in
accordance with actual expenses. Costs of the Federal Agency
incurred in connection with providing these services are funded
from fees agreed upon and charged to Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche
Post and Deutsche Postbank. Deutsche Telekom paid costs of
EUR 64 million, EUR 70 million, and
EUR 78 million in 2002, 2001, and 2000, respectively.

Federal
Republic as Regulator

The Federal Republics role as regulator is
independent and distinct from its role as shareholder. This
regulatory function is exercised by the Regulatory Authority.

Federal
Republic and Affiliated Entities as Customers

The Federal Republic is Deutsche Telekoms
largest customer and purchases services on an
arms-length basis. Deutsche Telekom deals with the various
departments and agencies of the Federal Republic of Germany as
separate customers, and the provision of services to any one
department or agency does not constitute a material part of
Deutsche Telekoms revenues. Deutsche Telekom also entered
into contracts to provide telecommunications services to
entities affiliated with the Federal Republic, principally
Deutsche Post, on an arms-length basis in the
ordinary course of business.

Deutsche Telekom is a partner in a consortium
that has contracted with the Federal Republic to develop and
operate a toll collection system for the use by certain
commercial vehicles of roadways in Germany. Pursuant to this
arrangement, Deutsche Telekom has, along with its partners,
guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, the successful
completion and operation of the toll collection system. In the
event that the toll collection system is not completed on
schedule, or does not operate effectively upon completion, the
amount of revenues to be received by the operating joint venture
company pursuant to this arrangement may be significantly
reduced, and the operating joint venture company may be subject
to significant penalties as well. Further, there are no
restrictions on the ability of the Federal Republic to recover
damages.

Arrangement
with Deutsche Post

Deutsche Telekom entered into an agreement
with Deutsche Post AG in 2000 that calls for Deutsche Telekom to
provide, among other things, information technology and
corporate network services to Deutsche Post. In return, Deutsche
Post provides distribution and transportation, printing,
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services. The objective of the arrangement is to
allow each company to focus on its core competencies and dispose
of peripheral activities. The arrangement resulted in a net
transfer of 1,500 Deutsche Telekom employees to Deutsche Post in
2001 and 2000.

Arrangements
with Deutsche Postbank AG

Deutsche Telekom has a credit facility with
Deutsche Postbank AG amounting to EUR 200 million in
2002, 2001 and 2000. As of December 31, 2002 that credit
facility was used up to GBP 43 million
(EUR 66 million) with an interest rate of 4.3%
per year.

Deutsche Telekom has agreements with a number of
banks, including Deutsche Postbank, pursuant to which it can
draw on credit facilities up to EUR 12 billion
according to a consortium credit facility agreement. The level
of the interest rates depends on Deutsche Telekoms rating,
the amount of the consortium credit and the LIBOR rate plus
margin ranking to be applied, from 0.275% to 0.500%. The loan
commitment fee is between 0.050%  0.200% and also
depends on Deutsche Telekoms rating. There were
no outstanding debts relating to the Deutsche Telekom
consortium credit at the end of 2002.

Arrangements
with KfW

In 2000, our Dutch finance subsidiary, Deutsche
Telekom International Finance B.V., entered into three loan
agreements with KfW in the amount GBP 150 million each,
which are guaranteed by Deutsche Telekom AG. The level of the
interest rates depends on our rating. The loans have a maturity
of five, seven and ten years, respectively.

Acquisition
of UMTS Licenses from Federal Republic

In 2000, Deutsche Telekom acquired UMTS licenses
from the Federal Republic at an auction price of
EUR 8,540 million.

Federal
Republic Guarantees

Under German law, all liabilities of Deutsche
Telekom outstanding on January 2, 1995, the date of
Deutsche Telekoms registration in the Commercial Register
(Handelsregister), became guaranteed by the Federal
Republic. This guarantee replaced the Federal Republics
obligations with respect to Deutsche Telekoms liabilities
when it was a state-owned special asset. Liabilities incurred
after January 2, 1995 are not guaranteed by the Federal
Republic. See note (29) for additional information.

Pension
Contributions for Civil Servants

Civil servants (Beamte) employed by
Deutsche Telekom are entitled to pension benefits provided by
the Federal Republic. Under German law, Deutsche Telekom is
required to make annual contributions to a special pension fund
(Unterstützungskasse) established to fund these
pension obligations. Deutsche Telekoms contributions
amounted to EUR 838 million,
EUR 845 million, and EUR 895 million in
2002, 2001, and 2000, respectively.

Real
Estate Investigation

Deutsche Telekom is advancing funds to cover the
legal expenses being incurred by current and former board
members in connection with the Bonn public prosecutors
investigation of certain real estate valuation-related
questions. These funds will be required to be repaid to Deutsche
Telekom if there is a final determination that these individuals
violated the law.

Telecommunication
Services

Deutsche Telekom provides telecommunications
services to numerous companies, mainly throughout Europe, in the
ordinary course of business, including firms in which it holds
an ownership interest and firms with which certain members of
the Supervisory Board are affiliated.

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(f) Recently Issued
U.S. GAAP Accounting Standards

In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards
Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 143 (SFAS
No. 143), Accounting for Asset Retirement
Obligations, which addresses the financial accounting
and reporting for obligations associated with the retirement of
tangible long-lived assets and the associated asset retirement
costs. This standard applies to legal obligations associated
with the retirement of long-lived assets that result from the
acquisition, construction, development or normal use of the
asset. SFAS No. 143 requires that the fair value of a
liability for an asset retirement obligation be recognized in
the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of
fair value can be made. The fair value of the liability is added
to the carrying amount of the associated long-lived asset and is
depreciated over the assets useful life. The liability is
accreted to its present value each period through charges to
operating expense. If the obligation is settled for other than
the carrying amount of the liability, a gain or loss on
settlement is recognized. The Company is required and plans to
adopt the provisions of SFAS No. 143, effective
January 1, 2003. To accomplish this, the Company must
identify all legal obligations for asset retirement obligations,
if any, and determine the fair value of these obligations on the
date of adoption. The determination of fair value is complex and
will require gathering market information and the development of
cash flow models. Additionally, the Company will be required to
develop processes to track and monitor these obligations. The
Company has not completed its assessment of the impact SFAS
No. 143 will have on its results of operations, financial
position and cash flows.

In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146,
Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal
Activities, (SFAS No. 146) which
replaces Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue 94-3,
Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination
Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain
Costs Incurred in a Restructuring). The types of costs
affected by this Standard include certain employee severance
costs, contract termination costs and costs to consolidate or
close facilities or relocate employees. SFAS No. 146
requires that a liability for costs associated with exit or
disposal activities be recognized only when the liability is
irrevocably incurred (rather than at the date of
managements commitment to an exit or disposal plan).
The recognized liability is to be initially measured at fair
value and subsequently adjusted for changes in estimated cash
flows. The provisions of SFAS No. 146 are effective for
exit or disposal activities that are initiated after
December 31, 2002. The Company does not expect the adoption
of SFAS No. 146 to have a material impact on its results of
operations, financial position and cash flows.

In November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation
No. 45 (FIN 45), Guarantors
Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including
Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others.
FIN 45 clarifies and expands the disclosure requirements
related to guarantees and product warranties, and requires a
guarantor to recognize a liability for the fair value of the
obligation it assumes under that guarantee. The Company adopted
the disclosure requirements applicable to financial statements
for periods ending after December 15, 2002. The initial
recognition and measurement provisions are applicable
prospectively to guarantees issued or modified after
December 31, 2002. The Company does not expect the adoption
of FIN 45 to have a material impact on its results of
operations, financial position and cash flows.

In December 2002, the Emerging Issues Task Force
reached a consensus in EITF Issue 00-21
(EITF 00-21), Accounting for Revenue
Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables. The Issue
addresses a vendors accounting for transactions involving
the delivery of more than one product or service, and when it is
necessary to separate the transaction into individual component
deliverables, each with its own separate earnings process. If
the conditions requiring separate revenue recognition exist,
revenue is allocated among the different deliverables based on
their relative fair values (the relative fair value of each of
the component deliverables to the aggregated relative fair value
of the bundled deliverables), with revenue for each component
deliverable recognized when the revenue is realized and earned.
The Company is required and plans to adopt the provisions of
EITF 00-21, effective July 1, 2003. To accomplish
this, the Company must identify and determine the fair value of
the component deliverables. The determination of fair values in
the mobile and systems business is complex, as some of the
components are price sensitive and volatile in a competitive
marketplace. Additionally, the Company will be required to
develop processes to update the relative fair values based upon
competitive market conditions. The Company is still assessing
the impact that EITF 00-21 will have on its results of
operations, financial position and cash flows.

In January, 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation
No. (FIN 46), Consolidation of
Variable Interest Entities (VIEs). This
interpretation changes the accounting and requirements for
consolidation and disclosure of certain entities, including
special purpose entities (SPEs). Under FIN 46, an
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considered a VIE (and subject to consolidation)
if its total equity at risk is determined insufficient to
finance its activities without additional subordinated financial
support, or if its equity investors lack certain characteristics
that represent a controlling financial interest. An entity that
is considered a VIE would be required to be consolidated by the
enterprise that holds a majority of its variable
interests (that is, the enterprise that has the most
exposure to the economic risks and the potential rewards from
changes in the values of the VIEs assets and liabilities).
The Company has adopted Interpretations disclosure
provisions, effective for all financial statements issued after
January 31, 2003, which require all holders of variable
interests in VIEs to disclose the nature, purpose, size and
activities of the VIEs, including the maximum exposure to
losses. The consolidation requirements apply to all new VIEs
created on and after February 1, 2003, with transitional
provisions for VIEs that existed prior to that date. The Company
plans to adopt the initial and transition consolidation
provisions of FIN 46 on February 1 and July 1,
2003, respectively. To accomplish this, Deutsche Telekom and its
operating subsidiaries must identify all VIEs, if any, and
determine the expected loss and expected residual returns
associated with our variable interests. The determination of
expected losses and expected residual returns is complex and
will require us to develop cash flow models. Deutsche Telekom
does not expect the adoption of FIN 46 to have a material
impact on its results of operations, financial position and cash
flows.

In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS
No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation  Transition and Disclosure
(SFAS No. 148), which amends SFAS No. 123,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (SFAS
No. 123). SFAS No. 148 provides alternative
methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair value
based method of accounting for stock-based employee
compensation. In addition this statement amends the disclosure
requirements of SFAS No. 123 to require prominent
disclosures in the financial statements about the method of
accounting for stock-based employee compensation and the effect
of the method used on reported results. The transition
provisions are effective for financial statements for fiscal
years ending after December 15, 2002. The enhanced
disclosure requirements are effective for periods beginning
after December 15, 2002. Pursuant to SFAS No. 123, the
Company elected to apply Accounting Principles Board (APB)
Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees, and related Interpretations in accounting for our
stock-based compensation plans. Refer to notes (26) and
(41) to the consolidated financial statements for discussion of
the effect on net income (loss) and other related disclosures
had we accounted for these plans under SFAS No. 123,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.

New
U.S. GAAP Rules Adopted in 2002:

On January 1, 2002, Deutsche Telekom adopted
the new U.S. accounting standards addressing the treatment
of business combinations and of goodwill and other intangible
assets (SFAS No. 141 and No. 142). Upon adoption, as
required by SFAS No. 142, Deutsche Telekom ceased
amortizing goodwill, as well as the U.S. FCC spectrum
licenses used by Deutsche Telekoms subsidiaries T-Mobile
USA and Powertel, as these licenses are deemed to have an
indefinite life.

SFAS No. 142 requires Deutsche Telekom to
perform an impairment test for goodwill and indefinite life
intangible assets annually. Deutsche Telekom therefore tests the
value of its indefinite life intangible assets and goodwill at
the end of the third quarter of each fiscal year, or earlier
when indicators of impairment exist. In assessing whether the
goodwill of a reporting unit shall be tested for impairment
between annual tests, Deutsche Telekoms considerations
included the effects of significant adverse changes in legal
factors; market and economic conditions; the results of the
Group companies operational performance and strategic
plans; adverse actions by regulators; unanticipated changes
in competition and market share; the potential for the sale or
disposal of a significant portion of reporting unit; and its
market capitalization to the extent that stock market price
trends are reflective of current industry conditions and
expected long-term industry performance.

Upon adoption of SFAS No. 142, Deutsche
Telekom completed its transitional impairment tests as of
January 1, 2002, and determined that there was no
indication of impairment at that time. Deutsche Telekom tested
reporting units in each segment in connection with the annual
impairment test performed during the third quarter of 2002.
Specifically, the T-Mobile and T-Com segments were tested for
impairment following the annual budgeting process, completed
after the strategic business review. This company-wide business
review led to strategic funding cut-backs which resulted in
revisions being made to the earnings forecasts for the next
10 years.

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As a result of the revised forecasts, Deutsche
Telekom recorded pre-tax impairment charges totaling
approximately EUR 14,567 million for goodwill and
EUR 9,923 million for spectrum licenses. The charges
reflect changes to current conditions and future expectations of
growth in the wireless industry in the United States and
the United Kingdom, the increased cost of capital and future
expectations of growth in the wireless industry, and changes in
future funding commitments for the reporting unit. Fair values
were determined using measurements techniques, generally based
on estimated discounted cash flows.

The following table reconciles reported net
income (loss) and basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share
under U.S. GAAP in the period to exclude amortization
related to goodwill and intangible assets, net of any related
tax effects, assuming the adoption of SFAS No. 142 had
occurred on January 1, 2000:

|                                   |                                     |                    |         |         |   |      |     |       |  |  |       |       | 
|---------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ------- | ------- | - | ---- | --- | ----- |  |  | ----- | ----- | 
|                                   |                                     |                   
|                                   |                                     | For the year ended
|                                   |                                     | December 31,      
|                                   |                                     |                   
|                                   |                                     | 2002               |         | 2001    |   | 2000
|                                   |                                     |                    |         |         |   |     
|                                   |                                     |                   
|                                   |                                     | (millions of )   
|Reported net income (loss)         |                                     |                    | (22,098 | )       |   |      | 523 |       |  |  | 9,269 |      
|                                   | Add back: Goodwill amortization     |                    |         |        |   |      |     | 2,918 |  |  |       | 567   | 
|                                   | Add back: License amortization, net |                    |         |        |   |      |     | 336   |  |  |       |      | 
|                                   |                                     |                    |         |         |   |      |     |       |  |  |       |      
|                                   | Adjusted net income (loss)          |                    |         | (22,098 | ) |      |     | 3,777 |  |  |       | 9,836 | 
|                                   |                                     |                    |         |         |   |      |     |       |  |  |       |      
|Basic earnings (loss) per share:   |                                     |                    |         |         |   |      |     |       |  |  |       |      
|                                   | Reported net income                 |                    |         | (5.31   | ) |      |     | 0.14  |  |  |       | 3.06  | 
|                                   | Goodwill amortization               |                    |         |        |   |      |     | 0.79  |  |  |       | 0.19  | 
|                                   | License amortization                |                    |         |        |   |      |     | 0.09  |  |  |       |      | 
|                                   | Adjusted net income (loss)          |                    |         | (5.31   | ) |      |     | 1.02  |  |  |       | 3.25  | 
|Diluted earnings (loss) per share: |                                     |                    |         |         |   |      |     |       |  |  |       |      
|                                   | Reported net income                 |                    |         | (5.31   | ) |      |     | 0.14  |  |  |       | 3.06  | 
|                                   | Goodwill amortization               |                    |         |        |   |      |     | 0.79  |  |  |       | 0.19  | 
|                                   | License amortization                |                    |         |        |   |      |     | 0.09  |  |  |       |      | 
|                                   | Adjusted net income (loss)          |                    |         | (5.31   | ) |      |     | 1.02  |  |  |       | 3.25  | 

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill
for the segments and in total for the year ended
December 31, 2002 are as follows:

|                             |  |                 |        |          |  |           |         |          |  |       |       |       |  |  |       |   |  |  |   |  |  |  |         |    
|---------------------------- |  | --------------- | ------ | -------- |  | --------- | ------- | -------- |  | ----- | ----- | ----- |  |  | ----- | - |  |  | - |  |  |  | ------- | ---
|                             |  | T-Com           |        | T-Mobile |  | T-Systems |         | T-Online |  | Other |       | Total
|                             |  |                 |        |          |  |           |         |          |  |       |       |      
|                             |  |                
|                             |  | (millions of )
|Balance at December 31, 2001 |  |                 | 2,956  |          |  |           | 33,386  |          |  |       | 4,477 |       |  |  | 1,939 |   |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 42,758  | (1)
|Impairment charges           |  |                 | (1,657 | )        |  |           | (12,910 | )        |  |       |      |       |  |  |      |   |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | (14,567 | )  
|Other                        |  |                 | 371    |          |  |           | (1,537  | )        |  |       | 307   |       |  |  | (26   | ) |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | (879    | )  
|                             |  |                 |        |          |  |           |         |          |  |       |       |       |  |  |       |   |  |  |   |  |  |  |         |    
|Balance at December 31, 2002 |  |                 | 1,670  |          |  |           | 18,939  |          |  |       | 4,784 |       |  |  | 1,913 |   |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 27,312  |    
|                             |  |                 |        |          |  |           |         |          |  |       |       |       |  |  |       |   |  |  |   |  |  |  |         |    






|    |                                                                                          
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Certain reclassifications have been made to
    conform to the current year presentation.

The following table reflects the components of
amortizable intangible assets for U.S. GAAP purposes as of
December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively:

|                             |                                   |                         |  |                         |  |                |  |              |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |       | 
|---------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ----------------------- |  | ----------------------- |  | -------------- |  | ------------ |  |  |  | ------ |  |  |  | ----- | 
|                             |                                   |                         |  |                        
|                             |                                   | As of December 31, 2002 |  | As of December 31, 2001
|                             |                                   |                         |  |                        
|                             |                                   | Gross Carrying          |  | Accumulated             |  | Gross Carrying |  | Accumulated 
|                             |                                   | Amount                  |  | Amortization            |  | Amount(1)      |  | Amortization
|                             |                                   |                         |  |                         |  |                |  |             
|                             |                                   |                         |  |                        
|                             |                                   | (millions of )         |  | (millions of )        
|Amortized intangible assets: |                                   |                         |  |                         |  |                |  |              |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |      
|                             | UMTS licenses                     |                         |  | 18,085                  |  |                |  |             |  |  |  | 17,095 |  |  |  |      | 
|                             | Other intangible assets           |                         |  | 11,582                  |  |                |  | 5,923        |  |  |  | 10,911 |  |  |  | 3,460 | 
|                             |                                   |                         |  |                         |  |                |  |              |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |      
|                             | Total amortized intangible assets |                         |  | 29,667                  |  |                |  | 5,923        |  |  |  | 28,006 |  |  |  | 3,460 | 
|                             |                                   |                         |  |                         |  |                |  |              |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |      






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|(1) | Certain reclassifications have been made to
    conform to the current year presentation.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS  (Continued)


Deutsche Telekoms U.S. GAAP carrying
value of non-amortized intangible assets, mainly comprised of
FCC licenses, amounted to EUR 23.2 billion and
EUR 10.5 billion at December 31, 2001 and 2002,
respectively.

The following table presents current and expected
amortization expense for other identifiable intangible assets
for the current year and the subsequent five years.

|                                |                                      |              |  |       | 
|------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------ |  | ----- | 
|                                |                                      | Amount      
|                                |                                      |             
|                                |                                      | (millions of
|                                |                                      | EUR)        
|Aggregate amortization expense: |                                      |              |  |      
|                                | For the year ended December 31, 2002 |              |  | 2,830 | 
|Expected amortization expense:  |                                      |              |  |      
|                                | For the years ending December 31,    |              |  |       | 
|                                | 2003                                 |              |  | 1,778 | 
|                                | 2004                                 |              |  | 1,881 | 
|                                | 2005                                 |              |  | 1,465 | 
|                                | 2006                                 |              |  | 1,275 | 
|                                | 2007                                 |              |  | 1,250 | 

The above table represents Deutsche
Telekoms estimate regarding future amortization of
amortizable intangible assets as they are on Deutsche
Telekoms balance sheet as of December 31, 2002. It is
therefore likely that future amortization charges for
amortizable assets will be higher, as the above figures do not
include the impact of any future investments or capital
expenditure in intangible assets.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS  (Continued)


(g) Subsequent
Events

In January 2003, Deutsche Telekom issued a
EUR 1 billion bond with a 5-year term via its
financing subsidiary, Deutsche Telekom International
Finance B.V. The bond bears interest at 5.77% per annum.
The proceeds of the bond were used to repay maturing debt.

In addition, Deutsche Telekom issued a mandatory
convertible bond in February 2003, via its financing subsidiary
Deutsche Telekom International Finance B.V., generating
proceeds of issue totaling approximately
EUR 2.3 billion. This mandatory convertible bond is
convertible to shares of Deutsche Telekom no later than June
2006 at a conversion rate that depending on share price
performance, may vary from a ratio of 3,417.1679 shares to
4,237.2881 shares for each bond (EUR 50,000 notional amount).
The bond bears interest at 6.5% per annum.

In January 2003, Deutsche Telekom sold its
remaining six regional cable companies to a consortium of
financial investors including Apax, Goldman Sachs Capital
Partners and Providence Equity for EUR 1.7 billion.
The EU antitrust authorities approved the sale in early
March; the transaction was completed in mid-March 2003.

In February 2003, Deutsche Telekom transferred
all the shares it held in its subsidiary T-Mobile
International AG to a fully-owned direct subsidiary of
Deutsche Telekom AG. Following this transaction, T-Mobile
International AG was converted into a limited partnership
under German law (T-Mobile International AG &
Co. KG). As a result of this transaction, the results of
T-Mobile International will be included in the tax consolidation
group of Deutsche Telekom AG.

Bonn, March 17, 2003

Deutsche Telekom AG

Board of Management


|                      |  |                      
|--------------------- |  | ---------------------
|Kai-Uwe Ricke         |  | Dr. Karl-Gerhard Eick
|Josef Brauner         |  | Thomas Holtrop       
|Dr. Heinz Klinkhammer |  | Rene Obermann        
|Konrad F. Reiss       |  |                      

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