History of our Company
32 years of United Internet
1&1 Drillisch
Successful 5G frequency auction with a total price of EUR 1.07 billion
IONOS
Rebranding of 1&1 Internet SE after completing the integration of ProfitBricks
World4You
Takeover of the Austrian web hosting market leader
affilinet
Transfer of affilinet into AWIN
Drillisch
Merger of 1&1 Telecomminication and Drillisch (United Internet share in the new 1&1 Drillisch AG: 73%)
ProfitBricks
Takeover of the cloud hosting specialist
Strato
Takeover of the #2 in German web hosting market
Warburg Pincus
Strategic partnership and 33% stake in Business Applications Division
Tele Columbus
Acquisition of approx. 25% stake of the second largest German cable network operator
Drillisch
Acquisition of an equity stake of approx. 20%
home.pl
Acquisition of the Polish webhosting market leader
Versatel
Takeover of Versatel GmbH
Arsys
Takeover of the Spanish webhosting and cloud specialist
De-Mail
Start of the De-Mail service and the sector’s initiative “E-Mail Made in Germany”
Mobile Internet
Start of the mobile Internet business with 1&1 All-Net-Flat
mail.com
Takeover of the US service mail.com
AdLink Internet Media
Disposal of AdLink Internet Media
united-domains
Acquisition of one of the leading domain registrars in Europe
ULL
DSLcomplete packages from 1&1. Separate telephone connections by Deutsche Telekom are no longer required
Versatel
Strategic investment of 25.05%
twenty4help
Disposal of twenty4help
Fasthosts
Acquisition of the largest webhoster in Great Britain
United Internet Media AG
Founding of United Internet Media AG, under which the portals WEB.DE, GMX, mail.com and 1&1 are marketed
WEB.DE
Acquisition of the e-mail service WEB.DE
InterNetX
Acquisition of InterNetX – one of the largest providers of domains, webspace and hosting products for resellers
Entry into the Austrian market
The 1&1 web hosting business starts in Austria
Start of R-DSL
Resale of DSL lines to complement Deutsche Telekom's telephone lines via the 1&1 brand
Entry into the US market
Market entry of the 1&1 brand through a 100-day pre-launch phase: free webhosting for 3 years to establish the brand
New data center
New high-performance data center goes live in Karlsruhe, with room for more than 25,000 servers
Sedo
Investment in the leading market place for domains
Entry into the British market
1&1 web hosting business starts in the United Kingdom
Entry into the French market
1&1 web hosting business starts in France
affilinet
Acquisition of affilinet GmbH and expansion of expertise in affiliate marketing
IPO
IPO of AdLink Internet Media
Start of T-DSL
Bundle marketing of Telekom DSL connections and 1&1 Internet tariffs
1&1 becomes United Internet
1&1 Internet AG & Co. KGaA renamed as United Internet AG: 17 independent subsidiaries are combined under the umbrella of Holding
GMX
Founding of the e-mail service
Schlund+Partner
Acquisiton of the German webhosting market leader
IPO
as 1&1 Internet AG & Co. KGaA as of March 23, 1998
New 1&1 logo
Introduction of new 1&1 branding
M.I.P. Zweibrücken
Opening start-up center
Internet Service Provider
1&1 with own access based on dial-up connections
1&1 Online Dialog
Foundation of 1&1 Online Dialog GmbH (later AdLINK)
Btx plus
Development of Btx to premium service Btx plus by 1&1
Btx
1&1 repositioned Btx
Service provider for large customers
Marketing and sales partner for IBM, Compaq and Deutsche Telekom
twenty4help
Foundation of the customer care service providers for IBM, Apple, Microsoft and other ITC companies
Teletex marketing
Cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Post and Telecommunications
1&1 as marketing partner
Cooperative marketing for software companies by the start of “1&1 Software-Börse” on April 21, 1988