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United Internet (Buy, €28, +77%) 1&1 (Buy, €26, +120%) 3Q24: Guidance cut on increasing mobile competition

1&1 has reported soft Q3 results, with service revenue growth stalling in an increasingly competitive German mobile market. The company has cut the service revenue guidance (again) and has caveated the EBITDA guidance (now conditional on winning compensation for the network outage in May). In this Quick Take we review the retail trends and mobile network build progress.
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United Internet AG

United Internet AG is a Germany-based Internet service provider (ISP) and holding company of the United Internet Group. The Company's products and technical services are divided into two key segments. The Access segment comprises narrowband, broadband and mobile access subscriptions, including the corresponding applications. The Applications segment includes such applications as home pages, e-shops, Personal Information Management applications, group work, online storage and office software. The Application segment also includes the operations of the Company's brands Sedo and affilinet, which serve customers performance-based advertising and sales possibilities. The Company's brand portfolio also includes GMX, WEB.DE, 1&1, united-domains, Fasthosts and InterNetX. In addition, the Company develops Internet based applications, such as cloud applications. The Company acts primarily via its wholly owned subsidiary 1&1 Internet AG, and Sedo Holding AG, in which it holds a majority stake.

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Ben Rickett

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