Selected financial data of the Group
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| Revenue and earningsa | 
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| Net revenue | 
 | 26,877 | 26,393 | 1.8 | 79,860 | 73,377 | 8.8 | 100,999 | ||||
| Of which: domestic | % | 26.4 | 22.8 | 
 | 23.2 | 24.7 | 
 | 24.5 | ||||
| Of which: international | % | 73.6 | 77.2 | 
 | 76.8 | 75.3 | 
 | 75.5 | ||||
| EBITDA | 
 | 10,468 | 10,615 | (1.4) | 31,298 | 27,581 | 13.5 | 38,633 | ||||
| EBITDA (adjusted for special factors) | 
 | 11,139 | 11,102 | 0.3 | 32,714 | 29,936 | 9.3 | 40,374 | ||||
| EBITDA AL | 
 | 8,723 | 9,133 | (4.5) | 26,313 | 23,638 | 11.3 | 33,178 | ||||
| EBITDA AL (adjusted for special factors) | 
 | 9,661 | 9,692 | (0.3) | 28,323 | 26,065 | 8.7 | 35,017 | ||||
| EBITDA AL margin (adjusted for special factors) | % | 35.9 | 36.7 | 
 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 
 | 34.7 | ||||
| Profit (loss) from operations (EBIT) | 
 | 3,466 | 3,107 | 11.6 | 10,672 | 8,704 | 22.6 | 12,804 | ||||
| Net profit (loss) | 
 | 889 | 817 | 8.8 | 3,705 | 2,487 | 49.0 | 4,158 | ||||
| Net profit (loss) (adjusted for special factors) | 
 | 1,313 | 1,509 | (13.0) | 4,627 | 4,072 | 13.6 | 5,715 | ||||
| Earnings per share (basic/diluted) | € | 0.19 | 0.17 | 11.8 | 0.78 | 0.52 | 50.0 | 0.88 | ||||
| Adjusted earnings per share (basic/diluted) | € | 0.27 | 0.32 | (15.6) | 0.97 | 0.86 | 12.8 | 1.20 | ||||
| Statement of financial position | 
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| Total assets | 
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 | 273,355 | 265,292 | 3.0 | 264,917 | ||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 
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 | 78,861 | 72,034 | 9.5 | 72,550 | ||||
| Equity ratio | % | 
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 | 28.8 | 27.2 | 
 | 27.4 | ||||
| Net debt | 
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 | 130,375 | 124,521 | 4.7 | 120,227 | ||||
| Cash flowa | 
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| Net cash from operating activities | 
 | 9,233 | 7,338 | 25.8 | 25,620 | 16,445 | 55.8 | 23,743 | ||||
| Cash capex | 
 | (4,666) | (4,763) | 2.0 | (21,260) | (12,880) | (65.1) | (18,694) | ||||
| Cash capex (before spectrum investment) | 
 | (4,362) | (4,490) | 2.9 | (12,932) | (11,512) | (12.3) | (16,980) | ||||
| Free cash flow (before dividend payments and spectrum investment)b | 
 | 4,895 | 2,897 | 69.0 | 12,818 | 8,867 | 44.6 | 10,756 | ||||
| Free cash flow AL (before dividend payments and spectrum investment)b | 
 | 2,940 | 1,634 | 79.9 | 8,290 | 5,347 | 55.0 | 6,288 | ||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | 
 | (6,380) | (4,048) | (57.6) | (22,687) | (15,302) | (48.3) | (22,649) | ||||
| Net cash (used in) from financing activities | 
 | (5,582) | (6,573) | 15.1 | (10,094) | 4,661 | n.a. | 7,561 | ||||
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| Fixed-network and mobile customers | 
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| Mobile customersa | 250.5 | 241.5 | 3.7 | 237.9 | 5.3 | ||||||
| Fixed-network lines | 27.4 | 27.4 | 0.1 | 27.3 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Broadband customersb | 22.2 | 21.7 | 2.2 | 21.5 | 3.3 | ||||||
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