The company resulted from the 2000 takeover by Vodafone of the German operator Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH. D2-Netz, the company's primary asset, was the second digital (GSM) network licensed in Germany. It was rebranded in 2002 to Vodafone D2. Currently, the Vodafone D2 network serves both prepaid and postpaid customers on GSM and UMTS (with HSDPA). It has 32.5 million customers (34.9% of market share), making it the second largest operator in the country.
Friedrich Joussen
