It has played a leading role in key technology developments into the new millennium, helping power the global shift to an information-driven society and the worldwide liberalization of telecommunications. To enable this shift, Deutsche Telekom created one of the most modern telecommunications infrastructures in the world, incorporating more than 120,000km of glass fiber cable, an extensive ISDN network and wide-band cabling throughout Germany. Deutsche Telekom is also committed to innovation in broadcasting, especially in transmitter planning and optimization.
Broadcasters constantly seek to optimize the coverage of their radio and television transmitters.
This image shows texture maps on a 3D terrain model of Germany. Deutsche Telekom continuously assesses its existing and projected transmitters to fine-tune its coverage footprints, and to avoid interference with other transmitters or national and international broadcasters. Both new build projects and routine monitoring generate a wealth of complex and variable statistics, covering anything from the height of the site to antenna heights, designs and power outputs, alternative frequencies, and the impact of local features such as tall buildings or mountain ranges. And because it's equally important to assure broadcasters and their advertisers of the best possible coverage, the technical statistics must be augmented by demographic data such as population densities and socio-economic categories. This spatial data can then be selected in any resolution for further processing, such as blending or statistics.