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is the best site in terms of quality and cost and then the other becomes redundant .”
By the end of the network integration process Telefónica Deutschland will have transferred a total of 7,700 mobile telephone sites to Deutsche Telekom . “ This will have benefits all round ,” Carbajo adds . Telefónica Deutschland can use resources that would have been needed for the elimination of these overlapping locations on the rapid LTE expansion instead . In general , dismantling redundant network sites is not only expensive , but also takes time and ties up personnel . Normally , any existing property leases have to be cancelled and equipment has to be expertly dismantled .
By the end of this process Telefónica Deutschland will be able to offer its customers an optimised network with more than 25,000 sites . “ We have our criteria for selecting the best sites from the coverage point of view , www . telefonica . de 47