t-online.de is a German news portal, owned and published by digital multi-channel media company Ströer. It reaches over 179 million visits per month^[1] coming from 29 million unique visitors.^[2] The editorial team is located in Berlin.

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T-Online

Company type	Subsidiary
Founded	September 1995; 28 years ago (1995-09)
Headquarters	Berlin , Germany
Products	News Portal
Parent	Ströer

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In 1995 Deutsche Telekom renamed the Bildschirmtext (BTX) service as "T-Online". In Spring 2000, T-Online became the first major ISP in Germany to offer a flat-rate dialup plan for consumers. This was important because local telephone calls in Germany, including dialup access to ISPs, were not offered on a flat price per call (i.e., unlimited) basis. The flat-rate service was also offered to customers with ISDN connections at the same price as for analog service. In spring 2001, T-Online announced the demise of the flat-rate dialup plan but offered a flat-rate DSL plan in its place.

Deutsche Telekom (T-Online) was the monopoly Internet Service Provider (ISP) for the German Internet until its privatization in 1995, and the dominant ISP thereafter.^[3] Until the 21st century, Deutsche Telekom controlled almost all Internet access by individuals and small businesses in Germany.^[3]

The website t-online.de was taken over by digital multi-channel media company Ströer in 2015. In addition to acquiring a major news site, the synergy enables Ströer to publish T-Online editorial content via a network of public video screens in shopping malls as well as train and subway stations.^[4]