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EXHIBIT 23.12
CONSENT OF MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
Board of Directors
Powertel, Inc.
1239 O.G. Skinner Drive
West Point, Georgia 31833
Members of the Board:
We hereby consent to the use in the Registration Statement of Deutsche
Telekom AG ("DT") on Form F-4 and the Registration Statement of VoiceStream
Wireless Corporation ("VoiceStream") on Form S-4 and in the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus of DT, VoiceStream and Powertel, Inc., which is part of the
Registration Statements, of our opinion dated August 26, 2000 appearing as Annex
F to such Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and to the description of such
opinion and to the references to our name contained therein under the heading
"Summary", "The Deutsche Telekom/Powertel Merger and the VoiceStream/Powertel
Merger -- Background of Deutsche Telekom/Powertel Merger and
VoiceStream/Powertel Merger" and "The Deutsche Telekom/Powertel Merger and the
VoiceStream/Powertel Merger -- Opinion of Powertel's Financial Advisor". In
giving the foregoing consent, we do not admit that we come within the category
of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, nor do we admit that we are experts with respect to any
part of such Registration Statement within the meaning of the term "experts" as
used in the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
By:/s/ Scott W. Matlock
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Scott W. Matlock
Managing Director
New York, NY
December 5, 2000
