Segment reporting

The following table gives an overall summary of Deutsche Telekom’s operating segments and the Group Headquarters & Group Services segment for the first three quarters of 2020 and 2019.

For further information, please refer to the section “Development of business in the operating segments” in the interim Group management report.

With effect from July 1, 2020, TC Services and Classified ICT, portfolio units previously assigned to the Systems Solutions operating segment, as well as Telekom Global Carrier (TGC) and Network Infrastructure (NWI), which had formerly been disclosed under the Europe operating segment and the Group Headquarters & Group Services segment respectively, and which together form the business area designated Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier (DTGC), have been combined in the Germany operating segment. Prior-year comparatives in the segments affected have been adjusted retrospectively in segment reporting.

For further information, please refer to the section “Accounting policies.”

In accordance with the Company’s own principles of segment management, when loans with embedded derivatives are granted internally to Group entities, the derivative component is recognized separately in the creditor company’s financial statements and measured at fair value through profit or loss.