New RadioMobil Regional Centre Foundation Stone Ceremonially Laid in Hradec Králové Today

Hradec Králové, 30 August 2001 - Managing Director of RadioMobil, Mr Roland Mahler, today ceremonially started the main part of the construction of the new Regional Centre of RadioMobil (RCR).

By the end of June, a building with four above-ground floors and one underground floor will grow in the Hradec Králové part generally known as Aldis. The total floor area of the building will reach 12,000 m2. After the completion of the construction a Paegas InfoCentre and one of the companys information technology centres will have their seat in the RCR premises.

Paegas InfoCentres provide information, advice and services to the existing as well as potential Paegas customers. They work non-stop 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Every day they process on average 40,000 different requests. There are two regional infocentres at the moment - in Prague and Louny. "The continuing growth in customer numbers and the effort to offer higher and higher quality of services were the reasons for building another, a third, infocentre," says JiĹ?í Hájek, RadioMobils Corporate Communication Manager. Nearly 500 employees will work in the Hradec Paegas InfoCentre after its completion, especially infoline operators and team co-ordinators.

An IT operation department and a large software development department will be part of the RCR. From the very beginning, the Centre will be equipped with state-of-the-art hardware and software and its technological premises will provide maximum security for the operation of key systems. The IT Centre will offer employment to a hundred of technical specialists, especially IT specialists, system integrators and programmers.

The RCR will thus offer 600 new jobs within two years, especially to secondary school and university graduates.

Along with the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone also a new website was put into operation today. From today, all interested people can thus learn more about the new project of the RadioMobil Regional Centre in Hradec Králové and its current status at www.paegas.cz/HK.

About RadioMobil
The joint-stock company RadioMobil is the operator of a GSM 900/1800 MHz network called Paegas. It has been operating in the Czech market since 1996. RadioMobil is a member of Deutsche Telekom Group - one of the worlds biggest telecommunications operators. Through its subsidiary company T-Mobile (Deutsche Telekoms mobile operator) it owns 92.136% in the CMobil consortium. Other shareholders of CMobil are: STET Mobile Holdings N.V. (7.164%) and PVT a.s. (0.7%). The international CMobil consortium now owns 60.8% of RadioMobil whose second biggest shareholder is the company ÄŚeské radiokomunikace. Today, the Paegas GSM network covers over 99% of the Czech population and 99.8% of first class roads. RadioMobil customers may use their mobile phones in networks of 212 operators from 91 countries of the whole world. 2,243,000 customers were using Paegas services as of 30 June 2001.

 
About the Company

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.