Detail of press release from 19. 2. 2007

Prague; February 19, 2007 – At the end of January there was concluded the contract between and by GTS Novera, a nationwide telecommunication operator, and City of Uherský Brod upon which GTS Novera is to build up a metropolitan communication network. The network will interconnect local administration buildings as well as institutions under the city administration. Furthermore, the network will provide the citizens of Uherský Brod with a broadband Internet access. There will be placed 35 common computers and one Internet information stall to common buildings. GTS Novera has already put into operations similar metropolitan networks in Plzeň or Bílina and quite recently in Vsetín.

“We are going to commence the network build-up by the end of February. The network is believed to be completed and accepted by the City officials in the middle of June,” said Mr. Tomáš Budník, a Commercial Division Director, GTS Novera. “Besides the interconnection of municipal subjects the metropolitan network shall also include the broadband Internet access provided to the citizens through publicly available computers and one information stall. Moreover, we are going to offer WiFi connectivity at selected places. We believe that both the City of Uherský Brod and its citizens will benefit from this network,” he added.

“The metropolitan network build-up in our city is aimed to simplify the communication among individual metropolitan subjects as well as reduce our telecommunication costs. It will help our citizens to get connected to the broadband Internet. As a part of the Internet project there will also be built up an Internet center in the Cultural House, in which there will be installed eight common computers,”said Mr. Ladislav Kryštof, Mayor of the City of Uherský Brod. “GTS Novera will build up the network and ensure the Internet connectivity afterwards. The city plans to operate the network itself through its IS/IT department,” he added.

GTS Novera a.s., together with Extra NET s.r.o., won the public tender invited by the city administration at the end of last year. The costs for the network build-up amount to CZK 14.162 million (VAT exclusive). This project is co-funded by European Union (66.7 % of total amount is covered by European Fund for Regional Development covered and 10 % come from the state budget within Joint Regional Operational Programme).

A part of the metropolitan network will be realized through optic-fiber cables, the rest through wireless transmission systems. The optic-fiber network will interconnect a total of eleven sites while there will be built up a wireless network at additional twenty sites. The interconnection of buildings of local authorities and institutions under the city administration will be realized within the frequency bands 13 GHz through 38 GHz and 3.5 GHz respectively. Unallocated 2.4 GHz frequency band a.k.a. WiFi will be used for the connection of end-users as it not only provides an easy Internet access but it is financially affordable as well.

On GTS Novera

GTS Novera is a nationwide telecommunication operator providing a comprehensive portfolio of voice, data and Internet service with a quality level guaranteed. The company was established in 2005 upon a merger of two leading alternative telecommunication operators, namely GTS CZECH and Aliatel. In 2006 it succeeded in completing an acquisition of additional three alternative telecommunication operators that had been doing business on the Czech telecommunication market, namely Contactel, Telenor Networks and Nextra. The company is a part of a powerful international telecommunication group GTS Central European Holding B.V., which is a leading provider of telecommunication services within the Central European region. The current headcount is about 500.

For more information please contact our Contact centre.

Information service for media is supported by:

Lucie Řeřichová

Ondřej Micka

back