Our partners in parliaments, governments, and non-profit organizations need to uphold their independence and integrity. This principle is codified in Deutsche Telekom’s Code of Conduct. For this reason, donations to political institutions, parties, and political representatives are not allowed, for example. Instead, we place importance on factual communication, competence, credibility, and integrity. As a result, politicians and stakeholders  feel that the information we provide is authentic and credible and can refer to this information when forming their own opinions. In Brussels, Deutsche Telekom is registered within the EU’s public Transparency Register for lobbyists. Also in Germany the company is registered in the Lobbying Register, which was introduced in 2022 by the Lobby Register Act, for the Representation of Special Interests vis-à-vis the German Bundestag and the German Government since February 28, 2022. Within the context of our collaboration efforts in associations and other bodies, we feel that we are under the obligation to comply with all ethical codes and legal provisions.

In 2022, our political advocacy work focused on the following key issues:

• Broadband build-out
• Frequency auctions
• Partnerships in the area of expansion
• Regulatory procedure
• Net neutrality
• Resilience and cyber security
• European cloud ecosystem
• Platform regulation
• Data economy
• Consumer protection
• Green ICT
• Fair Share

On the Deutsche Telekom website, under the special topic heading “Policy and Regulation”, we regularly provide information about current issues and perspectives relative to representation of interests.

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