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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.1



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form F-4 of Deutsche Telekom of our report dated March 27, 2000
relating to the consolidated financial statements of Deutsche Telekom as of
December 31, 1999 and 1998, and for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 1999, incorporated by reference to the Deutsche Telekom
Annual Report on Form 20-F, which incorporates said financial statements to the
Deutsche Telekom Annual Report 1999 filed on Form 6-K dated April 19, 2000. We
also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Registration Statement.

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of VoiceStream Wireless Corporation of our report dated
March 27, 2000 relating to the consolidated financial statements of Deutsche
Telekom as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and for each of the three years in
the period ended December 31, 1999, incorporated by reference to the Deutsche
Telekom Annual Report on Form 20-F, which incorporates said financial
statements to the Deutsche Telekom Annual Report 1999 filed on Form 6-K dated
April 19, 2000. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading
"Experts" in such Registration Statement.

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Forms S-8 (Nos. 333-31086, 333-31088, and 333-31090) of
VoiceStream Wireless Corporation of our report dated March 27, 2000 relating to
the consolidated financial statements of Deutsche Telekom as of December 31,
1999 and 1998, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1999, incorporated by reference to the Deutsche Telekom Annual Report on Form
20-F, which incorporates said financial statements to the Deutsche Telekom
Annual Report 1999 filed on Form 6-K dated April 19, 2000.

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Forms S-8 (Nos. 33-52550, 33-91734, 33-52552, 333-09768 and
333-45522) of Powertel Corporation of our report dated March 27, 2000 relating
to the consolidated financial statements of Deutsche Telekom as of December 31,
1999 and 1998, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1999, incorporated by reference to the Deutsche Telekom Annual Report on Form
20-F, which incorporates said financial statements to the Deutsche Telekom
Annual Report 1999 filed on Form 6-K dated April 19, 2000.


/s/PwC Deutsche Revision
   Aktiengesellschaft
   Wirtschaftsprufungsgesellschaft


Frankfurt am Main

October 4, 2000