T-Mobile Czech Republic: Highest customer adds for three years in a row

Public 27.01.2005 in category Press News / Financial and Operational

Total customer numbers rose by 10.5% year on year
Further significant increase in the contract customer segment

Prague, 27 January 2005 - For three years in a row, T-Mobile Czech Republic recorded the highest increase of the customer base. At the end of 2004, T-Mobile provided services to a total of 4.36 million customers, which represents a year-on-year increase of more than 400 thousand customers. The operator further reinforced its leadership position in the area of contract (post-paid) customers, increasing their number by 24.3% to the current total of 1.1 million. Its market share in terms of customer numbers remains at 40.4%, while the overall penetration in the Czech mobile market amounts to nearly 105%.

"It would not be enough just to say that we are pleased with the results we have achieved," T-Mobile's Managing Director Roland Mahler comments on the positive results, adding: "The fact that the highest number of customers have chosen T-Mobile for three years in a row proves that we are able to offer them what they want and need."

For the third year in a row, T-Mobile achieved the highest year-on-year customer additions; during these three years, the customer base increased by more than 1.5 million. In 2004, the highest customer additions were recorded in the second and fourth quarter. In June 2004, T-Mobile acquired the millionth contract customer. By the end of the year, the number of contract customers further increased by more than 100 thousand to reach the current total of 1.1 million customers. The number of customers using the pre-paid Twist service increased by 6.4% to 3.25 million.

T-Mobile Czech Republic	31 December 2003	31 December2004	Change %
Number of customers	3 947 415	4 359 980	+10.5
post paid	888 975	1 104 630	+24.3
pre-paid	3 072 200	3 255 350	+6.4

Since 2002, T-Mobile Czech Republic a.s. has been part of the T-Mobile International group. In 2004, T-Mobile International increased its customer base in majority shareholdings by 8.1 million from 61.0 million to 69.2 million customers. Mobile companies (T-Mobile Hungary, T-Mobile Croatia and Mobimak) in which Deutsche Telekom has a majority stake via its investments in foreign telecom operators account for additional 8.1 million customers. Net customer additions at T-Mobile International were 1 million higher than last year, which counts for the same growth of about 13% as in 2003.

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About the Company
T-Mobile Czech Republic has been operating in the Czech market since 1996. As of 30 September 2011, almost 5.4 million customers were using T-Mobile services.

T-Mobile operates a public mobile communications network on the GSM and UMTS standards. Since 1 January 2008, T-Mobile has been offering fixed data and voice telecommunications services. In 2009, T-Mobile extended its portfolio to include ICT services and, since November 2010, the operator also offers the T-Mobile TV satellite television service.

T-Mobile has always focused on the quality of offered services. Independent tests have repeatedly confirmed that T-Mobile is the quality leader in 2G and 3G (UMTS FDD) data services, as well as in GSM voice services.

Since its establishment, the company has placed emphasis on excellent customer service and proper conduct towards business partners, employees and the environment. T-Mobile has received, among other awards, the VIA Bona 2009 award for the involvement of its employees in philanthropic and volunteer activities.

T-Mobile is a member of the international telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom. Thanks to the group’s international presence, customers can count on the worldwide availability of their favourite services and enjoy uniform, favourable prices of calls when abroad.

For more information about the company, please visit t-press.cz or www.t-mobile.cz.