A record number of T-Mobile employees helped this year

• 445 employees including members of the management have taken part in T-Mobile's volunteer program this year
• More than 1,100 employees have participated in the program in the four years of its existence

Prague, 11 December 2008 - This has been the most successful year of the "One Day for People in Need" volunteer project with a record 445 participants. The program allows all employees to spend one working day helping people in need. Over the past four years, T-Mobile employees have spent a total of 1,100 days working for the non-profit sector.

???One Day for People in Need' is becoming increasingly popular. The number of participating employees has increased by almost fifty percent compared to last year," says Jitka Chocová, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager at T-Mobile, adding: "Further proof of the program's success is the fact that many other Czech companies have been inspired by this project and decided to implement a similar program as well."

T-Mobile employees organized, for example, a sports day for the clients of Vendula Letohrádek - a crafts manufacture for people with special needs, participated in cleaning the maternity hospital in Podolí and did gardening work at the Charlotte Masaryk Children's Home. Among this year's participants were also members of T-Mobile's top management, who helped to build a new playground at the "Centre for All" in Nymburk.

The "One Day for People in Need" program has been running at T-Mobile since 2005. Within this project, employees may spend one working day paid by the employer helping to people in need or contributing to activities of public benefit. In the program's first year of pilot operation, more than 100 employees participated. One year later 260 employees and last year more than 300 employees took part. Including this year's 445 participants, more than 1,100 T-Mobile employees have participated in the program.

More information is available here.

T-Mobile Czech Republic, a member of the international telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom, has almost 6.2 million customers, the number-one operator in the Czech market. T-Mobile is an integrated operator: in addition to telecommunications services, it offers comprehensive ICT solutions not only for companies, but also for other organizations and individuals. It provides outstanding services in the high-speed network, which was proved repeatedly by benchmark testing performed by umlaut (former P3) with Best-in-Test seal.

T-Mobile Czech Republic places emphasis on taking a responsible approach to the environment and society. It adheres to fair business practices, helps beneficial applications and services to see the light of day, supports non-profit organizations, small businesses and individuals, and lends a helping hand whenever crisis situations arise. The company’s employees serve as volunteers in many places across the entire Czech Republic.

More information about the company is available at www.t-mobile.cz, www.t-press.cz (the portal for journalists) and www.t-mobile.cz/pomahame (information on the company’s CSR activities).

Contact details of the press unit: press@t-press.cz.