Confidence
9- Information type
- The transaction changes direct control over German fixed-mobile network infrastructure and business-access operations inside United Internet's telecom portfolio.
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1&1 announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire 1&1 Versatel from United Internet through the purchase of all shares in United Internet Management Holding SE, with a purchase price of about EUR 1.3 billion.
Public source record
1&1's official German announcement states that the supervisory board approved the share purchase agreement and that 1&1 assumes Versatel assets, network infrastructure and roughly EUR 950 million of loan liabilities.
Public source record
United Internet disclosed the intra-group sale of United Internet Management Holding SE, including its wholly owned subsidiary 1&1 Versatel, to 1&1 AG; the sale takes economic effect at the end of 30 November 2025.
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The EQS ad-hoc notice records the related-party context under German stock corporation law, the purchase of United Internet Management Holding SE shares and the economic effective date of 30 November 2025.
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1&1 Versatel identifies itself as a business-customer telecom specialist, a subsidiary of 1&1 AG, with more than 68,500 km of fibre routes and own network infrastructure in around 350 German cities.
Public source record
United Internet describes 1&1 as operating and expanding its O-RAN-based 5G mobile network and using the 1&1 Versatel fibre network for broadband and fixed-line connectivity.
Public source record
Heise independently frames the transaction as United Internet bundling fixed-line and mobile network infrastructure under 1&1.
news
Dentons says it advised 1&1 on the EUR 1.3 billion acquisition of Versatel from United Internet and confirms the share-purchase structure and 30 November 2025 effective date.
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United Internet's 2025 annual report treats the transaction as a material 2025 event and states that the total acquisition cost for 1&1 amounts to EUR 1.546 billion.
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Last updated: 2026-08-27