Deutsche Telekom's decision to merge its fixed-line and mobile divisions in Germany could boost its mobile revenues by hundreds of millions of euros, a leading executive at the firm said yesterday, reports Reuters. According to Niek Jan van Damme, head of sales and services at the German telecoms giant, some 29 million households in Germany are Deutsche Telekom customers and 58 percent of those have only fixed-line connections. "If we can tap into at least 1 percent and add wireless that could raise revenue by a three-digit million-euro sum," he said without adding details. Deutsche Telekom – which owns the T-Mobile brand – announced in February that it is to integrate its domestic mobile and fixed businesses in order to pursue a more regional focus, noting at the time that "the distinction between our fixed-line and mobile operations will be abolished." Van Damme said that the benefits from the reorganisation will start to kick in next year.