Deutsche Telekom adds 81 sites and upgrades 548 in Germany

TL;DR

• Deutsche Telekom added 81 mobile sites and upgraded capacity at 548 existing locations in Germany as part of its 5G network expansion.
• The operator said its 5G network now reaches around 99% of households in Germany, while 4G household coverage is almost 100%.
• Deutsche Telekom ended Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS), which lets LTE and 5G share the same spectrum dynamically, in the 2.1GHz band and will dedicate that spectrum to 5G.

Deutsche Telekom added 81 mobile sites and upgraded capacity at 548 existing locations in Germany, according to a Mobile World Live report published in 2025. The work included 14 new sites in Baden-Wurttemberg, 13 in North Rhine-Westphalia, and 12 in Bavaria.

Deutsche Telekom said its 5G network now reaches around 99% of households nationwide in Germany, while 4G household coverage is almost 100%. The operator said the network work is intended to expand 5G coverage, improve performance, and close coverage gaps.

Deutsche Telekom also ended Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS), which allows LTE and 5G to run simultaneously on the same spectrum through dynamic capacity allocation, in the 2.1GHz frequency band. The operator said the 2.1GHz spectrum will now be dedicated to 5G, and added that its MagentaZuhause Hybrid service can deliver download speeds of up to 500Mb/s and upload speeds of 50Mb/s without fibre access. Deutsche Telekom's wider ultra-capacity network plan targets download capacity of 1Gb/s per cell at 90% of mobile sites and fibre links to 85% of sites.

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