{
  "id": 18283938,
  "title": "Telecommunications: Telekom wants to buy back shares worth two billion euros",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/telekommunikation-die-telekom-will-aktien-im-wert-von-zwei-milliarden",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-05T09:28:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/it-internet/quartalszahlen-telekom-will-aktien-fuer-zwei-milliarden-euro-zurueckkaufen/100266647.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The Deutsche Telekom plans to increase its dividend by 10% to €1.10 per share, following the success of its US subsidiary T-Mobile. The company also announced a share buyback program worth up to €2 billion. Despite reporting a 5.5% increase in revenue to €31.1 billion and a 12.7% rise in adjusted net profit to €3.0 billion for the July-September quarter, the company's shares fell over 1% on Thursday. The company's debt burden rose to €134.2 billion, a €1.7 billion increase from the end of last year.",
  "summary": "A plus in sales and profit in the third quarter, higher targets for the full year, a higher dividend: Telekom is delighting its shareholders. In the background, the company is pursuing further plans.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Der Standard Wirtschaft",
        "title": "Nine billion euros in profit in the first half-year: ÖGB wants to ask banks for money",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/neun-milliarden-euro-gewinn-im-halbjahr-ogb-will-banken-zur-kasse",
        "published": "2026-11-03T13:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}