Drillisch: These brands belong to the group

Drillisch-Aktiengesellschaft is one of the groups with many brands that most of us know without knowing that they are subsidiaries of the group. We'll tell you what these are among other things.

The brands under Drillisch

1 & 1 Drillisch Aktiengesellschaft, based in Maintal, is already 60 years old and is based in the mobile radio sector. Most of them are resellers who operate in the Telekom, Vodafone or e-network. With around 12 million customers, the group is one of the top 4 German wireless service providers with sales of € 2, 755.3 million (September 30, 2019) and 3, 082 employees (September 30, 2019).

• In 2017 Drillisch AG was taken over by United Internet (1 & 1), which has held the majority of the group since then. 1 & 1 is a well-known provider of internet, internet services and mobile communications.
• Drillisch Online GmbH is known for brands such as 1 & 1, yourfone, smartmobil.de, winSIM, PremiumSIM, simply, maXXim, DeutschlandSIM, sim.de, eteleon, discotel, M2M, handyvertrag.de or Galaxy Experte.
• Drillisch Logistik GmbH previously owned the well-known "The Phone House Telecom GmbH", which operated shops in many cities for the sale of mobile phone and internet contracts.
• There are also brands like IQ-optimize or Mobile Ventures, which offer services in the mobile radio sector.
• In 2021, 1 & 1 Drillisch AG plans to launch its own 5G network, which is a novelty for the group.

History of the group

In 1957 the group started in Maintal as a business for main antenna distributors, communication and monitoring systems under the name of Hugo Forster OHG. Drillisch Vertriebs- und Servicegesellschaft Nachrichtenentechnik mbH was founded in Maintal in 1983.

• Both companies sold similar products in the field of radio and mobile technology such as C-network devices, warning systems, radio message receivers, fax machines and later devices for the D-network.
• Drillisch AG was founded in 1997 as a service provider by Jochen Drillisch, Marc Brucherseifer and Nico Forster. This was the beginning of the Drillisch group.
• The company went public in 1998. At that time, mainly mobile phones and fax machines were sold, but tariffs for the Mannesmann mobile radio were also increasingly sold.
• In 1998 Drillisch received a landline license, in 1999 Internet by Call was offered. In 2000 the fixed network license had to be ceded to avoid bankruptcy and in 2001 Drillisch AG was even for a short time for sale.
• In 2004 Drillisch UMTS sold products through the subsidiaries Alphatel and Victorvox.
• In 2011, Deutsche Telekom ended a cooperation with the Drillisch subsidiary Simply. In 2014 Telefónica was won as a new partner with the company MS Mobile.
• In 2017, the company was taken over by United Internet and merged with its division 1 & 1.

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