Editing E-Plus (section)

=== Developments since 2006 ===
In February 2006, after the [[EGSM900]]-band, which was in military use before, had become available in late 2005, the German regulation authority ''[[Federal Network Agency]]'' assigned two 2 x 5&nbsp;MHz channels to E-Plus and [[O2 Germany]]. In return, E-Plus and [[O2 Germany]] had to give up some [[GSM1800]] frequencies to two competitive operators [[T-Mobile International AG|T-Mobile]] and [[Vodafone]]. The first [[EGSM900]]-[[base station]]s ([[cell site]]s) started operation in April 2006. In March 2007 E-Plus outsourced deployment, management and maintenance of its network to [[Alcatel-Lucent]] and thereby transferred 750 employees to the latter company.

E-Plus provides network access to numerous [[Mobile virtual network operator|virtual operators]], such as [[Base (mobile telephony provider)|Base]], [[Blau Mobilfunk]], [[Aldi|ALDI Talk]], [[Simyo]], [[Viva (TV station)|VIVA]], [[Jamba!|JambaSIM]]. It also owns and operates AY YILDIZ, a mobile brand aimed at the [[Turks in Germany]], offering affordable calls to [[Turkey]] and roaming in Turkish networks.

E-Plus was the first company to introduce [[i-mode]] in Germany.

At the end of February 2014, E-Plus and [[ZTE]] announced that ZTE would take over Managed Services of E-Plus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cellular-news.com/story/64647.php |title=ZTE Takes Over Managed Services for Germany's E-Plus |publisher=cellular-news |date=2014-02-26 |accessdate=2014-03-05}}</ref>

On March 5. 2014, E-Plus started commercial LTE service in [[Berlin]], [[Leipzig]] and [[Nuremberg]] by using 10&nbsp;MHz out possible of 20&nbsp;MHz bandwidth of the 1800&nbsp;MHz frequency.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teltarif.de/e-plus-base-lte-start/news/54731.html |title=E-Plus: Ab sofort LTE für alle Kunden ohne Aufpreis nutzbar |language=German |publisher=teltarif.de |date=2014-03-05 | accessdate=2014-03-05}}</ref>

On March 12. 2014, E-Plus announced the launch of [[Wideband audio|HD Voice]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eplus-gruppe.de/brillanter-klang-e-plus-startet-hd-voice/ |title=Brillanter Klang: E-Plus startet HD Voice |language=German |publisher=E-Plus Gruppe |date=2014-03-12 |accessdate=2014-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101225636/http://eplus-gruppe.de/brillanter-klang-e-plus-startet-hd-voice/ |archivedate=2014-11-01 }}</ref>

On July 1. 2016, LTE was shut down by its new owner Telefónica Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.teltarif.de/e-plus-lte-abschaltung/news/64166.html |title=E-Plus: LTE von E-Plus: Telefónica schaltet Netz sukzessive ab |language=German |publisher=teltarif.de |date=2016-07-03 |accessdate=2016-01-02}}</ref>