Employees by operating segment

Group headcount remains at the previous year's level

The Group’s headcount remained more or less stable compared with the end of the prior year. In our Germany operating segment, the number of employees declined by 3.9 % against the end of the prior year. Employees continued to take up socially responsible instruments as part of staff restructuring activities, such as partial retirement. The total number of full-time equivalent employees as of December 31, 2025, in our United States operating segment increased by 7.5 % compared to December 31, 2024, which includes the impact of the acquisition of the UScellular Wireless Business in the third quarter of 2025 as well as the acquisitions of Vistar Media and Blis in the first quarter of 2025. In our Europe operating segment, the headcount fell by 4.5 % against the end of 2024, due in particular to the sale of the Romanian mobile business as of October 1, 2025. The headcount in our Systems Solutions operating segment was down 2.2 % against year-end 2024, mainly due to a workforce reduction in traditional infrastructure business. The headcount in the Group Headquarters & Group Services segment was down 4.4 % compared with the end of the prior year, mainly due to the continued staff restructuring measures.