Most minor and major Slovak operators, now offer rates up to 20Mbit/s. The base speed is set at 5Mbit/s with upload speed up to 512kbit/s. Deutsche Telekom AG (owns 51%) (Slovak brand – Telekom) with state (owns 49%) control all end user telephone lines. Telekom in 2012 upgraded capacity of DSLAMs and is preparing for VDSL2 technology. July 31, 2013 was announced by Telekom to offer VDSL from 1 September with speed up to 50/5 Mbit/s. Also it will be offered by alternative ISPs.