GTS CE Buys Dial Telecom

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- GTS Central Europe (GTS),an infrastructure-based telecommunications operator and provider of datacentre services in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), acquired Dial Telecom a.s.(Slovakia). Dial Telecom’s customer base and metropolitan optical networkin Bratislava will greatly enhance GTS Slovakia’s ability to service customersthroughout the Slovakia. Dial Telecom (Slovakia) is a provider of completeportfolio of voice, data and internet services. The acquisition will strengthen theGTS footprint not only in Slovakia, but in the whole CEE region. GTS will integratethe Dial Telecom customers and product offerings into its existing Slovakoperations, creating a combined business with total annual revenues reachingnearly € 50 million.

“This acquisition will lead to further consolidation of the telecommunications market inSlovakia, and will at the same time strengthen our position as a leading operator anda significant player on CEE telecommunications market providing services to corporatecustomers. After recent acquisitions in Romania and Hungary earlier this year, GTSconfirms its position as a leading market consolidator in the CEE region,” said AdamSawicki, Group CEO of GTS Central Europe.

This merger will bring a new, wider and higher-quality range of services to GTS’s corporatecustomer base and allow the Company to more effectively focus on specific customerrequirements, as well as significantly expand its existing metropolitan optical networkin Bratislava.

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