Petr Stajner appointed VP & Head of Wholesale Voice Services at GTS CE
Warsaw/Prague, July 21, 2009
Mr. Petr Stajner, former director of the wholesale and external relations division in GTS Novera, has been appointed
Vice-President and Head of Wholesale Voice Services for GTS Central European Holding B.V. (GTS CE), a leading Central
European telecommunications operator. In this newly created position, Petr Stajner will be responsible for developing and
managing the national and international wholesale voice business of the entire GTS CE Group. He will be based in Prague,
Czech Republic.
"Setting up a common leadership for our entire wholesale voice organization is part of GTS CE strategy to consolidate and unify wholesale operations of the group,"" explained Mr. Adam Sawicki, CEO of GTS CE, and added: "GTS CE has a very strong position in both national and international wholesale voice business. Combination of existing interconnects, contracts, developed international business and local expertise gives the Group unique competitive advantage not only in the CEE region. We still see an opportunity to even better coordinate and manage multiple voice products and pricing strategy across the Group in order to leverage our potential to the maximum. Petr Stajner with his long time experience in both national and international wholesale business management is well equipped to bring this part of our business into the next level of its development."
Petr Stajner (41) graduated from the School of Electrotechnical Engineering and Computer Sciences of the Czech Institute of Technology in Prague where he specialized in telecommunications and from University of Technology in Delft, Netherlands. During his over-18-year career in the telecommunication industry he worked in several positions in the Czech mobile operator Eurotel and the Czech incumbent Cesky Telecom (both Telefónica O2 now). Within the GTS CE Group, Petr has worked for GTS Novera, a Czech filial company of the Group. He joined GTS Novera in 2005 upon the merge with an alternative fixed line operator Aliatel where he worked since 2002. Recently, Petr has been appointed Vice-President and head of Wholesale Voice Services for the entire GTS CE Group. In his position, Petr is responsible for developing and managing the national and international wholesale voice business of the entire GTS CE Group.
