Deutsche Telekom

telekom.deTechnology, telecoms and services

DAX 40

Level: 1; Basic web presence
Agent readiness score: 24
AEO score: 32
AI mention rate: 43%

Deutsche Telekom achieves 2nd of 6 in its sector for AEO score, scoring 32. AI engines name the brand in 43.3% of answers, with Gemini doing so in 60% of responses. The agent readiness score is at level 1 (web fundamentals) with 24 points; link headers, markdown negotiation, llms.txt, content signals and an API catalogue are not yet in place.

The next three steps

1Content Signals
Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.
A step toward level 2
2Markdown negotiation
Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.
3llms.txt
Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

Compared with Technology, telecoms and services

Agent readiness24
Industry median 28 · rank 4 of 6
AEO score32
Industry median 31 · rank 2 of 6
Mentions in AI answers43
Industry median 29 · rank 3 of 6
Visibility19
Industry median 30 · rank 5 of 6
Citations2
Industry median 2 · rank 3 of 6
Sentiment94
Industry median 65 · rank 1 of 6

Agent readiness level

0Not yet agent-ready
1Basic web presence
2Bot-aware
3Agent-readable
4Agent-integrated
5Agent-native

To reach level 2:

Content Signals

Areas

Discoverability73
Content accessibility0
Bot access control32
APIs, auth and MCP0

Every check

Discoverability

robots.txtPartly met
Publish a valid robots.txt with crawl rules and a Sitemap line.
Top sites: 98%
SitemapPassed
An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.
Top sites: 88%
Link headersNot met
Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.
Top sites: 0%
DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present
Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.
Top sites: 5%

Content accessibility

Markdown negotiationNot met
Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.
Top sites: 2%
llms.txtNot met
Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.
Top sites: 15%

Bot access control

AI bot rulesPartly met
Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.
Top sites: 99%
Content SignalsNot met
Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.
Top sites: 2%
Web Bot AuthNot present
Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.
Top sites: 0%

APIs, auth and MCP

API CatalogNot met
List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.
Top sites: 0%
OAuth discoveryNot met
Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.
Top sites: 1%
OAuth Protected ResourceNot met
Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.
Top sites: 1%
auth.mdNot met
Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.
Top sites: 0%
MCP Server CardNot met
Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.
Top sites: 0%
A2A Agent CardNot met
Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.
Top sites: 0%
Agent SkillsNot met
Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.
Top sites: 0%
WebMCPNot met
Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.
Top sites: 1%
ARD manifestNot met
Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.
Top sites: 0%

AI crawler rules (robots.txt)

Training

GPTBotallowed
ClaudeBotallowed
Anthropic-AIallowed
Google-Extendedallowed
GoogleOtherallowed
Applebot-Extendedallowed
Meta-ExternalAgentallowed
FacebookBotallowed
Bytespiderallowed
CCBotallowed
AI2Botallowed
Cohere-AIallowed
Claude-Weballowed
Omgilibotallowed
Diffbotallowed

OAI-SearchBotallowed
Claude-SearchBotallowed
PerplexityBotallowed
Applebotallowed
Amazonbotallowed
YouBotallowed
Timpibotallowed

Assistant

ChatGPT-Userallowed
Claude-Userallowed
Perplexity-Userallowed
DuckAssistBotallowed
MistralAI-Userallowed

Agentic commerce

x402Not present
MPPNot present
UCPNot present
ACPNot present
AP2Not present

Protocols that let AI agents shop and pay by themselves. They don't count toward the level.

Agent readiness score 24 · coverage 100% · checked on 19/09/2026 · www.telekom.de

Mentions per AI engine

AIOpenAI5/15 · 33%
Sentiment: 50% positive, 50% neutral, 0% critical
CClaude6/15 · 40%
Sentiment: 25% positive, 75% neutral, 0% critical
PPerplexity6/15 · 40%
Sentiment: 46% positive, 54% neutral, 0% critical
GGemini9/15 · 60%
Sentiment: 29% positive, 71% neutral, 0% critical

Spotlight: Gemini

60%9 of 15 answers name Deutsche Telekom

„Lohnt sich ein Kombipaket aus Internet, Festnetz und TV wirklich für Privathaushalte?“

Ob sich ein Kombipaket aus Internet, Festnetz und TV (oft als „Triple-Play“ bezeichnet) für einen Privathaushalt lohnt, lässt sich nicht pauschal mit Ja oder Nein beantworten. Es hängt stark vom persönlichen Nutzungsverhalten und den aktuellen Marktpreisen ab. Hier sind die wichtigsten Vor- und Nachteile im Überblick, die bei der Entscheidung helfen: Vorteile von KombipaketenSparhandySparhandyKombi-Flat: …

AI answer as returned, unverified and shortened.

Gemini names instead

Bundesnetzagentur
Glasfaser-Internet
LAN-Kabel
PC
Laptop
Spielekonsolen
WLAN
Netflix

Sources: vodafone.de, verivox.de, rtl.de, finanztip.de, check24.de, blau.de

Share of voice

1&17.9%
Deutsche Telekom4.5%
EWE1.7%
PYUR0%
Vodafone Deutschland0%
o2 Telefónica Deutschland0%

Most cited sources

1.handelsblatt.com31
2.verivox.de22
3.vodafone.de22
4.finanztip.de18
5.check24.de13
6.o2online.de12
7.rtl.de12
8.tag24.de10

Own domain's share of all citations: 1.7%

Every question and answer

Question (original German)	AIOpenAI	CClaude	PPerplexity	GGemini
Welche Anbieter bieten Internet und Mobilfunk ohne langfristige Vertragsbindung an?
Was sind gute Optionen für mobiles Internet im ländlichen Raum ohne Festnetzanschluss?
Wie viel kostet ein leistungsstarker Internet- und TV-Anschluss durchschnittlich monatlich in Deutschland?
Was tun, wenn der Internetanschluss trotz Glasfaser langsam ist?
Lohnt sich ein Kombipaket aus Internet, Festnetz und TV wirklich für Privathaushalte?
Wie gehe ich vor, wenn beim Umzug der neue Internetanschluss nicht funktioniert?
Ist es sinnvoll, für den mobilen Internetzugang auf ein Unlimited-Volumen zu setzen?
Was sind die Vor- und Nachteile von DSL gegenüber Glasfaser für zuhause?
Welche Internetanbieter sind empfehlenswert für Glasfaseranschlüsse im deutschen Markt?
Gibt es günstige Einstiegstarife für mobiles Surfen mit 5G in Deutschland?
Welche Internetgeschwindigkeit brauche ich für Home-Office und Videokonferenzen?
Was sind die besten Mobilfunkanbieter für schnelles 5G in Deutschland?
Wie unterscheiden sich Prepaid- und Vertragstarife für Mobilfunk in Deutschland?
Welche Alternativen gibt es zu klassischen Kabelanschlüssen für Fernsehen?
Welche Mobilfunktarife sind am besten für Familien geeignet?

Brand named, positive
Brand named, neutral
Brand named, critical
Only competitors named
Brand not named
No answer

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Audit completed on 19 September 2026. Methodology

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