UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of September 2004

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140
53113 Bonn
Germany
(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F [X]        Form 40-F [ ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes [ ] No [X]




EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Report and the financial information contained herein is being filed in compliance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information" (SFAS 131) as a result of a subsequent change in composition of certain of our segments. Specifically, as a result of the transfer of responsibility for the investment in the joint venture Toll Collect GmbH ("Toll Collect") from T-Com to T-Systems effective as of April 1, 2004, SFAS 131 requires that we recast prior year financial statements to conform to the restructured segment composition. Accordingly, we have made changes to page F-7, "Statement of Segment Reporting", and "Note (36) Segment Reporting", to the financial statements previously filed in connection with our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003. Such change is not required by German statutory reporting and filing regulations. All other information contained in these financial statements remain unaffected by this change in segment composition, except that the report of independent registered public accounting firms thereon has been reissued to include these changes.

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DEFINED TERMS

The term "Report" refers to this Report on Form 6-K for the six-month period ended June 30, 2004.

Deutsche Telekom AG is a private stock corporation organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. As used in this Report, unless the context otherwise requires, the term "Deutsche Telekom" refers to Deutsche Telekom AG and the terms "we," "us", "our", "the Company" and "Group" refer to Deutsche Telekom and, as applicable, Deutsche Telekom and its direct and indirect subsidiaries as a group. Our registered office is at Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140, 53113 Bonn, Germany, telephone number +49-228-181-0. Our agent for service of process in the United States is Deutsche Telekom, Inc., 101 East 52nd Street, New York, N.Y. 10022.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Report contains forward-looking statements that reflect the current views of our management with respect to future events. Forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "estimates," "aims," "plans," "will," "will continue," "seeks" and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, and therefore you should not place too much reliance on them. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement in light of new information or future events, although we intend to continue to meet our ongoing disclosure obligations under the U.S. securities laws (such as our obligations to file annual reports on Form 20-F and periodic and other reports on Form 6-K) and under other applicable laws. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond our control. We caution you that a number of important factors could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other factors: the development of demand for our telecommunications services, particularly for new, higher value service offerings; competitive forces, including pricing pressures, technological changes and alternative routing developments; regulatory actions and the outcome of disputes in which the company is involved or may become involved; the pace and cost of the rollout of new services, such as UMTS, which may be affected by the ability of suppliers to deliver equipment and other circumstances beyond our control; public concerns over health risks putatively associated with wireless frequency transmissions; risks associated with integrating our acquisitions; the development of asset values in Germany and elsewhere, the progress of our debt reduction program, including its degree of success in achieving desired levels of liquidity improvement and proceeds from disposals; the development of our cost control initiatives, including in the area of personnel reduction; risks and uncertainties relating to benefits anticipated from our international expansion, particularly in the United States; the progress of our domestic and international investments, joint ventures and alliances; our ability to gain or retain market share in the face of competition; our ability to secure and retain the licenses needed to offer our services; the effects of price reduction measures and our customer acquisition and retention initiatives; the availability, term and deployment of capital, particularly in view of our debt refinancing needs, actions of the rating agencies and the impact of regulatory and competitive developments on our capital outlays; and changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates. If these or other risks and uncertainties (including those described in "Forward-Looking Statements," "Item 3. Key Information — Risk Factors" and "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Factors Affecting Our Business" contained in our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2003 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) materialize, or if the assumptions underlying any of these statements prove incorrect, our actual results may be materially different from those expressed or implied by such statements.

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DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


  Page
Report of Registered Public Accounting Firms as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 and for the three years ended December 31, 2003   F-2  
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three years ended December 31, 2003   F-3  
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2003 and 2002   F-4  
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three years ended December 31, 2003   F-5  
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the three years ended December 31, 2003   F-6  
Statement of Segment Reporting (Restated) as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 and for the three years ended December 31, 2003   F-7  
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements   F-8  
Schedule of Consolidated Noncurrent Assets as of December 31, 2003   F-8  

F-1




REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMS

To the Board of Management and Shareholders of Deutsche Telekom AG

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Deutsche Telekom AG as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity, cash flows, and segment reporting for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Deutsche Telekom AG at December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in Germany.

As discussed in the Summary of Accounting Policies note to the financial statements, the Company changed its basis of presentation of the statement of operations in 2003.

Accounting principles generally accepted in Germany vary in certain significant respects from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Information relating to the nature of such differences is presented in Notes 41 through 44 to the consolidated financial statements.

March 11, 2004,
except for Note 36 as to which the date is August 9, 2004.

Ernst & Young
Deutsche Allgemeine Treuhand AG
Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft
Stuttgart


(Prof. Dr. Pfitzer) (Hollweg)
Wirtschaftspruefer Wirtschaftspruefer
PwC Deutsche Revision
Aktiengesellschaft
Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft
Frankfurt am Main
(Frings) (Laue)
Wirtschaftspruefer Wirtschaftspruefer

F-2




CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS


    For the year ended December 31,
  Notes 2003 2002 2001
    (millions of €)
Net revenue   (1   55,838     53,689     48,309  
Cost of sales   (2   (31,402   (44,477   (29,766
Gross profit         24,436     9,212     18,543  
Selling costs   (3   (13,505   (13,264   (11,675
General and administrative costs   (4   (4,976   (6,062   (5,622
Other operating income   (5   4,558     3,901     6,619  
Other operating expenses   (6   (5,084   (14,915   (5,078
Operating results         5,429     (21,128   2,787  
Financial income (expense), net   (7   (4,031   (6,022   (5,348
Results from ordinary business activities(1)         1,398     (27,150   (2,561
Income tax benefit (expense)   (8   225     2,847     (751
Income (loss) after tax benefit (expense)         1,623     (24,303   (3,312
(Income) loss applicable to minority shareholders   (9   (370   (284   (142
Net income (loss)         1,253     (24,587   (3,454
Earnings (loss) per share in €         0.30     (5.86   (0.93
(1) Including other taxes in accordance with the classification of the statement of operations by the cost-of-sales method.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


    As of December 31,
  Notes 2003 2002
    (millions of €)
Assets
Noncurrent assets
Intangible assets   (13   45,193     53,402  
Property, plant and equipment   (14   47,268     53,955  
Financial assets   (15   3,190     4,169  
          95,651     111,526  
Current assets
Inventories, materials and supplies   (16   1,432     1,556  
Receivables   (17   5,762     6,258  
Other assets   (18   3,162     3,392  
Marketable securities   (19   173     413  
Liquid assets   (20   9,127     1,905  
          19,656     13,524  
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges   (21   772     771  
          116,079     125,821  
Shareholders' equity and liabilities
Shareholders' equity
  (22            
Capital stock   (23   10,746     10,746  
Additional paid-in capital   (24   50,092     50,077  
Retained earnings   (25   248     248  
Unappropriated net income (loss) carried forward from previous year         (24,564   23  
Net income (loss)         1,253     (24,587
Cumulative translation adjustment account         (8,017   (5,079
Minority interest   (26   4,053     3,988  
          33,811     35,416  
Accruals
Pensions and similar obligations   (28   4,456     3,942  
Other accruals   (29   11,247     12,155  
          15,703     16,097  
Liabilities   (30            
Debt         55,411     63,044  
Other         10,451     10,541  
          65,862     73,585  
Deferred income         703     723  
          116,079     125,821  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

F-4




CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


  For the year ended December 31,
  2003 2002 2001
  (millions of €)    
Net income (loss)   1,253     (24,587   (3,454
Income applicable to minority shareholders   370     284     142  
Income (loss) after taxes   1,623     (24,303   (3,312
Depreciation and amortization   12,884     36,880     15,221  
Income tax (benefit) expense   (225   (2,847   751  
Net interest expense   3,776     4,048     4,138  
Net gains from the disposition of noncurrent assets   (792   (428   (1,106
Results from associated companies   247     430     547  
Other noncash transactions   (699   1,144     (1,146
(Increase) decrease in capitalized working capital(1)   (542   184     428  
(Increase) decrease in accruals   1,584     1,410     (136
Decrease in other working capital carried as a liability(2)   149     101     761  
Income taxes (paid) received   88     (15   10  
Dividends received   39     63     115  
Cash generated from operations   18,132     16,667     16,271  
Interest paid   (4,481   (6,112   (4,779
Interest received   665     1,908     442  
Net cash provided by operating activities   14,316     12,463     11,934  
Cash outflows for investments in
— intangible assets
  (844   (841   (1,021
— property, plant and equipment   (5,187   (6,784   (9,847
— financial assets   (373   (568   (498
— consolidated companies   (275   (6,405   (5,695
Cash inflows from disposition of
— intangible assets
  24     14     208  
— property, plant and equipment   1,055     1,304     1,146  
— financial assets   1,569     1,130     3,514  
— shareholdings in consolidated companies and business units   1,510     697     1,004  
Net change in short-term investments and marketable securities   (18   226     4,440  
Other   466     1,187     1,384  
Net cash used for investing activities   (2,073   (10,040   (5,365
Changes in short-term debt   (9,214   (10,012   (10,266
Issuance of medium and long-term debt   6,951     11,677     13,949  
Repayments of medium and long-term debt   (2,879   (3,472   (6,589
Dividends paid   (92   (1,582   (1,905
Proceeds from exercise of stock options and warrants   15     1      
Change in minority interests   (7   (47    
Net cash used for financing activities   (5,226   (3,435   (4,811
Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash and
cash equivalents
  (43   (14   (26
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   6,974     (1,026   1,732  
Cash and cash equivalents, at beginning of year   1,712     2,738     1,006  
Cash and cash equivalents, at end of year   8,686     1,712     2,738  
(1) Change in receivables, liabilities, other assets, inventories, materials and supplies and prepaid expenses and deferred charges.
(2) Change in other liabilities (which do not relate to financing activities) and deferred income.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

F-5




CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY


      Consolidated shareholders'
equity generated
        Minority interest
millions of € Capital
stock
nominal
value
Additional
paid-in
capital
Retained
earnings
Unappr. net
income (loss)
carried
forward
Net income
(loss)
Cumulative
translation
adjustment
account
Shareholders'
equity in. acc.
with consol.
bal. sheet
Treasury
shares(1)
Total Minority
interest
capital
Cumulative
Translation
adjustment
account
Total in acc.
with cons.
bal. sheet
Consol.
shareholders'
equity(1)
Balance at Jan. 1, 2001   7,756     24,290     1,159     44     5,926     (761   38,414     (7   38,407     4,667     (365   4,302     42,709  
Changes in the composition of the Group                                                         808           808     808  
Dividends for 2000                     (1,877               (1,877         (1,877   (33         (33   (1,910
Unappropriated net income carried forward               3,992     1,934     (5,926                                          
Increase in nominal value of capital stock   2,990     25,704                             28,694           28,694                       28,694  
Loss after taxes                           (3,454         (3,454         (3,454   142           142     (3,312
Difference from currency
translation
              28                 (811   (783         (783         88     88     (695
Balance at Dec. 31, 2001   10,746     49,994     5,179     101     (3,454   (1,572   60,994     (7   60,987     5,584     (277   5,307     66,294  
Changes in the composition of the Group                                                         (1,586         (1,586   (1,586
Dividends for 2001                     (1,539               (1,539         (1,539   (43         (43   (1,582
Unappropriated net income (loss) carried
forward
              (4,915   1,461     3,454                                            
Stock issued for the
acquisition of
VoiceStream/Powertel
        83                             83           83                       83  
Loss after taxes                           (24,587         (24,587         (24,587   284           284     (24,303
Difference from currency
translation
              (16               (3,507   (3,523         (3,523         26     26     (3,497
Balance at Dec. 31, 2002   10,746     50,077     248     23     (24,587   (5,079   31,428     (7   31,421     4,239     (251   3,988     35,409  
Changes in the composition of the Group                                                         (123         (123   (123
Dividends for 2002                                                         (102         (102   (102
Unapproriated net income
(loss) carried forward
                    (24,587   24,587                                            
Stock issued on exercise of stock options, warrants and exchange rights         15                             15           15                       15  
Income after taxes                           1,253           1,253           1,253     370           370     1,623  
Difference from currency
translation
                                (2,938   (2,938         (2,938         (80   (80   (3,018
Balance at Dec. 31, 2003   10,746     50,092     248     (24,564   1,253     (8,017   29,758     (7   29,751     4,384     (331   4,053     33,804  
(1) Treasury shares are included within marketable securities in the consolidated balance sheets.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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STATEMENT OF SEGMENT REPORTING (RESTATED)


    Net
revenue
Revenue
between
segments
Depreciation
and
amortization
Net
interest
income/
(expense)
Income/
(loss)
related to
associated
and
related
companies
Income/
(loss)
before
income
taxes
Segment
assets
Segment
investments
Segment
liabilities
Employees(2)
  (millions of €, except employee figures)
T-Com(1)   2003     25,116     4,090     (5,169   (315   31     4,690     29,030     2,324     4,214     139,548  
    2002     26,491     4,068     (5,539   (562   (304   3,604     33,782     3,273     13,120     153,065  
    2001     26,427     3,401     (5,444   (346   (509   4,673                          
T-Mobile(1)   2003     21,572     1,206     (5,196   (992   97     831     50,025     3,813     17,617     41,767  
    2002     18,339     1,396     (27,285   (1,005   (427   (23,754   57,655     5,766     20,224     38,943  
    2001     13,101     1,536     (6,324   (3,008   (204   (6,441                        
T-Systems(1)   2003     7,184     3,430     (1,499   (39   (447   (581   5,665     708     4,649     42,108  
    2002     6,895     3,594     (2,616   (98   (20   (1,990   6,646     3,551     5,268     43,482  
    2001     7,121     3,700     (1,372   102     13     (389                        
T-Online(1)(3)   2003     1,662     189     (430   110     90     104     1,532     116     212     2,637  
    2002     1,391     193     (435   128     (265   (471   1,797     170     119     2,536  
    2001     1,027     113     (416   164     (381   (820                        
Group Headquarters & Shared Services   2003     304     3,964     (881   (2,874   (3   (4,071   10,631     455     41,334     25,203  
    2002     573     3,838     (1,298   (2,510   (1,093   (4,690   12,978     551     34,539     17,870  
    2001     633     4,481     (1,447   (1,102   (375   402                          
Reconciliation(1)   2003     0     (12,879   291     334     (23   425     (1,232   (349   (3,255    
    2002     0     (13,089   293     (1   135     151     (1,332   (149   (844    
    2001     0     (13,231   (218   52     246     14                          
Group   2003     55,838     0     (12,884   (3,776   (255   1,398     95,651     7,067     64,771     251,263  
    2002     53,689     0     (36,880   (4,048   (1,974   (27,150   111,526     13,162     72,426     255,896  
    2001     48,309     0     (15,221   (4,138   (1,210   (2,561                        
(1) According to new structure (see note (36) Segment Reporting)
(2) Average number of employees for the year
(3) Figures are calculated in accordance with German GAAP, as applied throughout the Deutsche Telekom Group, and differ from those published in the reports of T-Online International AG under International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS")

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SCHEDULE OF CONSOLIDATED NONCURRENT ASSETS


  Acquisition or production costs Depreciation, amortization, and write-downs Net carrying amount
millions of € Jan. 1,
2003
Translation
adjustment
Changes
in the
composition
of the
Deutsche
Telekom
Group
Additions Disposals Reclassi-
fications
Dec. 31,
2003
Jan. 1,
2003
Translation
adjustment
Changes
in the
composition
of the
Deutsche
Telekom
Group
Additions Disposals Reclassi-
fications
Write-ups Dec. 31,
2003
Dec. 31,
2003
Dec. 31,
2002
Intangible assets                                                                                                      
Concessions, industrial and similar rights and assets, and licenses in such rights and assets   40,774     (4,055   (79   681     752     297     36,866     16,937     (2,022   (62   2,157     728     (22   0     16,260     20,606     23,837  
    of which: UMTS licenses   15,371     (483   0     0     0     0     14,888     4,254     (223   0     597     0     0     0     4,628     10,260     11,117  
    of which: FCC licenses   20,273     (3,398   14     20     17     (16   16,876     9,909     (1,712   0     516     16     0     0     8,697     8,179     10,364  
    of which: GSM licenses   741     (4   0     0     0     0     737     206     (1   0     48     0     0     0     253     484     535  
    of which: other assets   4,389     (170   (93   661     735     313     4,365     2,568     (86   (62   996     712     (22   0     2,682     1,683     1,821  
Goodwill   46,875     (4,331   (41   150     969     0     41,684     17,439     (1,934   (41   2,521     814     0     0     17,171     24,513     29,436  
Advance payments   134     1     0     2     14     (48   75     5     0     0     0     4     0     0     1     74     129  
    87,783     (8,385   (120   833     1,735     249     78,625     34,381     (3,956   (103   4,678     1,546     (22   0     33,432     45,193     53,402  
Property, plant, and equipment                                                                                                      
Land and equivalent rights, and buildings including buildings on land owned by third parties   18,779     (99   (2   199     1,288     423     18,012     7,417     (25   (1   743     600     87     8     7,613     10,399     11,362  
Technical equipment and machinery   86,460     (1,490   (3,954   2,267     1,786     1,658     83,155     48,426     (506   (2,588   6,700     1,630     (38   1     50,363     32,792     38,034  
Other equipment, plant, and office equipment   6,573     (189   (256   456     466     253     6,371     4,287     (100   (226   763     365     (26   0     4,333     2,038     2,286  
Advance payments and construction in progress   2,274     (184   (19   2,629     78     (2,583   2,039     1     0     0     0     0     (1   0     0     2,039     2,273  
    114,086     (1,962   (4,231   5,551     3,618     (249   109,577     60,131     (631   (2,815   8,206     2,595     22     9     62,309     47,268     53,955  
Financial assets                                                                                                      
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries   310     (2   39     9     33     (1   322     161     0     32     22     11     0     0     204     118     149  
Loans to unconsolidated subsidiaries   58     0     (57   0     0     0     1     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     1     58  
Investments in associated companies   3,151     (409   (28   607     503     (44   2,774     558     (41   (8   94     88     (43   84     388     2,386     2,593  
Other investments in related companies   1,488     (14   0     4     852     45