Change At The Helm of T-Mobile Slovensko

Public 19.01.2007 in category Press News / International

Robert Chvatal to leave T-Mobile Slovensko as of March 1, 2007; nominated to become a Managing Director of T-Mobile Austria
Milan Vasina nominated to succeed Robert Chvatal subject to Board approval

BRATISLAVA, January 19, 2007 - Robert Chvatal, the Managing Director of T-Mobile Slovensko ("The Company" or "T-Mobile Slovakia") and member of the Company's Board of Directors will leave T-Mobile Slovensko at the end of February 2007. Chvatal is nominated to become the Managing Director of T-Mobile Austria starting March 1, 2007. He decided to accept the nomination to this challenging position from T-Mobile International Executive Management Board. Subject to T-Mobile Slovakia Board of Directors' approval, Robert Chvatal will be succeeded by Milan Vasina, the current Chief Marketing Officer of the Company.

Robert Chvatal started his tenure with T-Mobile Slovensko in May, 2002, by being promoted from the position of the Marketing Director and member of the Board of Directors of T-Mobile Czech Republic.

"Robert Chvatal successfully led the rebranding efforts at T-Mobile Slovakia, which was not just a change of names but a full integration into T-Mobile International. I look forward to the opportunity to continue working with him in his new position. Also, I am happy to be able to nominate Milan Vasina - the current Marketing Director of T-Mobile Slovakia - a well known face - as his successor," said Hamid Akhavan, CEO of T-Mobile International, commenting on management changes at T-Mobile Slovensko.

During his almost five-year tenure with T-Mobile Slovensko, the Company under Chvatal's leadership achieved several important milestones and witnessed steady improvement in performance in most key parameters.

Between 2002 - 2006, T-Mobile Slovensko has been continuously improving its SIM market share vs. Orange Slovensko to reach the current estimated 45%. The year 2006 was the most successful both in terms of revenues and EBITDA, with an ending customer count of 2.2 million and share of contract customers in total base reaching 44%.

Robert Chvatal led the re-branding process from EuroTel Bratislava to T-Mobile Slovensko in 2005, which resulted in full integration into T-Mobile International group. In line with the international structure, Chvatal also supported the organizational structure of the Company being transformed into the matrix organization aligned by both segments and functions.

At the end of last year, T-Mobile Slovensko capitalized on the entry of the 3rd mobile player into the Slovak market by closing a long-term national roaming deal with Telefonica O2. The outgoing CEO was also instrumental in putting together a business concept for the introduction of Qualcomm`s Flarion Flash-OFDM wireless broadband technology in Slovakia. This resulted in the world's first nationwide commercial deployment and T-Mobile Slovakia took the lead in the mobile broadband market.

Chvatal's focus in the past two years was on the company culture. He championed the company realignment towards service culture, putting customer centricity at the core of the company's endeavors and focusing on execution.

Michael Guenther, chairman of the Board of Directors, T-Mobile Slovensko thanked Robert Chvatal for his tenure with the company in Slovakia and stated on the occasion: "In the five years at the helm of T-Mobile Slovakia, Robert Chvatal increased the company's profitability and overall performance and hands over a highly successful business to his nominated successor, Milan Vasina."

"My current feelings combine sadness and satisfaction. On one hand it makes me sad to part with our excellent team, to leave the tough competitor and leave the country in which I felt truly at home. On the other hand, I feel satisfaction stemming from having been able to personally share in the success of T-Mobile in Slovakia and from being entrusted to manage another venture from T-Mobile International group. I am grateful to all my colleagues from T-Mobile and Slovak Telekom, business partners and customers in Slovakia for their support. I am fully aware of the fact that I would not be where I am without people that surround me. New challenges are awaiting me ahead, but I will never forget the time spent in Slovakia," said Robert Chvatal, announcing his departure to his co-workers this morning.

About T-Mobile Slovensko, a. s.
T-Mobile Slovensko, a. s., is a leading telecommunications company that provides mobile communication and mobile data services in Slovakia. T-Mobile Slovensko, a. s., is 100% owned by Slovak Telecom, a. s., a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG (Frankfurt, Amtlicher Handel: DTE / NYSE: DT).

As of September 30, 2006 T-Mobile Slovensko, a. s., served more than 2 million customers. T-Mobile Slovensko, a. s., is the only mobile operator in the Slovak Republic to offer its customers mobile internet access using the four high-speed data transmission technologies - GPRS/EDGE, Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi), UMTS/HSDPA and FLASH-OFDM.

T-Mobile Slovensko, a. s., is the first mobile operator to have rolled out in Slovakia the MMS services and EDGE-based data service. In October 2005 T-Mobile Slovensko delivered world's first nationwide commercial rollout of FLASH-OFDM technology.

For more information about T-Mobile Slovensko, a. s., please visit www.t-mobile.sk.

About T-Mobile International
T-Mobile International is one of the world's leading companies in mobile communications. As one of Deutsche Telekom`s three strategic business units, T-Mobile concentrates on the most dynamic markets in Europe and the United States. By HY 2006, more than 90 million mobile customers were served by companies of the Deutsche Telekom group. And all that over a common technology platform based on GSM, the world's most successful digital wireless standard. This also makes T-Mobile the only mobile communications provider with a seamless transatlantic service.

T-Mobile also is partner of FreeMove, an alliance formed by four of Europe's leading mobile companies - Orange, TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) T-Mobile and TeliaSonera - to help their customers communicate as easily while travelling abroad as they do at home.

For more information about T-Mobile International, please visit www.t-mobile.net.

About the Company

T-Mobile Czech Republic has been operating in the Czech market since 1996. As of 30 June 2010, almost 5.5 million customers were using T-Mobile mobile services.

T-Mobile operates a public mobile communications network on the GSM standard in the 900 and 1800 MHz bands and is also authorized to operate a UMTS network. Since 1 January 2008, T-Mobile has been providing high-speed internet connection services based on ADSL technology and offering voice services via a public fixed-line electronic communications network. At the end of 2009, T-Mobile extended its portfolio to include ICT services.

Since its establishment, the company has placed emphasis on the quality of offered services, excellent customer service and proper conduct towards business partners, employees and the environment. T-Mobile 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 take advantage of unified, favourable prices of calls when abroad.

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