Softwareload is a software download portal owned wholly by German communications company Deutsche Telekom. The Softwareload.de site was launched in Germany in November 2006, followed by Softwareload.at in Austria and Softwareload.ch in Switzerland. Softwareload launched its Softwareload.co.uk site in the United Kingdom in autumn 2009. In April 2010 the Softwareload.com site was launched across the EU27 along with a European Union-wide mobile software store offering thousands of titles for instant download. The company is based in Darmstadt, Germany.