Turn-Key Projects Deutsche Telekom'S New Strategy for Rapidly Providing a Communications Infrastructure in Eastern Germany

Abstract

Following Germany's reunification on October 3rd, 1990, Deutsche Telekom's experienced staff from the west embarked on the task of setting up 14 new telecommunications offices in eastern Germany. They quickly realized that the situation in eastern Germany was comparable to that in western Germany 20 years ago. Only 10 people out of a 100 had a telephone. In addition, the switching, transmission and cable technology dated back to the 1 930s.