Employees by operating segment

Group headcount decreases slightly

The Group headcount fell slightly by 0.7 percent compared with the end of the previous year. In our Germany operating segment, the number of employees declined by 4.0 percent compared with the end of the previous year. Employees continued to take up socially-sensitive offerings to ease the Group’s staff restructuring activities, such as early retirement and partial retirement. The total number of full-time equivalent employees in the United States operating segment increased by 4.0 percent compared to December 31, 2023, primarily due to an increase in retail employees to support the growing customer base of T-Mobile US and the acquisition of Ka'ena in the second quarter of 2024. In our Europe operating segment, the headcount was down slightly by 0.5 percent compared with the end of 2023, in particular in Greece. The headcount in our Systems Solutions operating segment was down 1.3 percent against year-end 2023, mainly due to a workforce reduction in traditional infrastructure business. The headcount in the Group Headquarters & Group Services segment was down 5.5 percent compared with the end of the previous year, mainly due to the continued staff restructuring measures, in particular within the Technology and Innovation Board of Management department and at Vivento.