RadioMobil named most-respected telecommunications company in Czech Republic

The GSM mobile-telephone network operator RadioMobil topped the Czech TOP 100â??s 1998 ranking of most-respected firms in the Czech Republic in the category of telecommunications and postal services. The victory is RadioMobilâ??s second so far this year, having received recognition earlier in the week as the most innovative GSM operator in the world at the International Congress of the Association of GSM Operators.

â?śWe are particularly pleased that this is already the second time this year our services have received positive recognition,â?ť said RadioMobil press spokeswoman Tereza Kakosová. â?śEvaluating quality is always considerably more difficult, and more subjective, than judging quantitative indicators, and when a company occupies the top spot in two different, independent, quality-based competitions, itâ??s an indicator not only of excellent services but that the rules of both competitions are objectively formulated. These awards are of great importance to us, but they are also good news for the Czech TOP 100 Most Respected rankings, which are in their first year on the Czech market,â?ť Kakosová added.

Czech TOP 100 has compiled a ranking of the most important Czech firms in terms of turnover annually for several years. Though considered the most widely respected ranking of its type on the Czech economic scene, its primary function is to evaluate companies by size â?? and so by quantity. The gap in quality-based evaluation on the Czech market was filled by the Czech TOP 100 Most Respected ranking, in which an expert panel weighed nine qualitative criteria, such as product quality, innovation, openness of information and effectiveness of communication. The competition provides a comprehensive, in-depth view of the Czech market through the eyes of the nearly 5,000 experts who judged some 550 companies this year.

The RadioMobil joint-stock company is the operator of the GSM network called Paegas. Its largest shareholders are ÄŚeské radiokomunikace a.s., with 51 percent, and the international consortium CMobil, which holds a 49 percent share. CMobil is made up of the German operator T-Mobil (Deutsche Telekom), the Italian operator TIM, PVT, TelekomunikaÄŤní montáže Praha and SpoĹ?itelní kapitálová spoleÄŤnost.

In February of this year, RadioMobil garnered two prestigious quality-based awards, the first as the most innovative GSM network operator in the world at the International Congress of the Association of GSM MoU, and the second as Czech TOP 100 rankingâ??s Most Respected Company of 1998 in the field of telecommunications and postal services.

The Paegas GSM network today covers more than 96 percent of the population of the Czech Republic. Customers can now take their Paegas mobile phones to 62 countries around the world and utilize the roaming services of 115 operators. In January 1999, more than 400,000 customers were using the services of the Paegas GSM network.

 
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.