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We have access to many industry experts due to our large and substantial cooperation network. Therefore, we are in regular conversation with opinion formers and opinion leaders, specialists and executive staff, customers and partners. Our networks help us to develop flexible product solutions of the highest quality as well as state-of-the-art product portfolio extensions.
First Telecom memberships
The association DVTM represents all companies involved in the value-added chain of telecommunications and media: service companies, network operators, service providers, resellers, technical service companies, media and publishing companies as well as consulting companies and collection agencies. DVTM was emerged from the association Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Telefonmehrwertdienste (FST) which has existed since 1997. The association has changed its name in February, 2011. DVTM has about 50 members.
The VATM represents more than ninety telecommunications and multimedia companies active in the German market. All of them compete with the ex-monopolist Deutsche Telekom AG. The Association represents about 80 percent of the private service providers in this sector by revenue. Since 1998 competitors made investments of more than 58.1 billion €. Since 2002, they made significantly more than 50 per cent of the total investments in the market annually. In Germany they secure directly over 54.300 jobs. The Association seeks to create competitive conditions that will provide all participants in the market with a fair chance to succeed, and to operate in a stable regulatory framework and investment climate. A significant function of the VATM is the public presentation of the common interests of its member companies. Its demands on policymakers and regulators as well as its comments and interpretations of decisions relevant to the market are conveyed via regular press releases. Its analyses of the telecommunications markets as well as various studies of specific problem areas further improve and sensitize the general public for the situation of the competitive carriers. Its offices in Brussels and Berlin enable the Association to intensify the necessary dialogue with relevant institutions and political decision makers.
