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GTS wins EMEA Partner of the Year Award from Cable&Wireless Worldwide

Warsaw, 23rd July 2010 - Cable&Wireless Worldwide, a global leader in communications services, has awarded GTS Central Europe its prestigious ‘EMEA Partner of the Year 2010’. Presented at the C&W Worldwide Partner Event 2010 in London on July 6th, the award is a pure testimony to our focus on providing superb telecom services and non-standard solutions in the region, truly meeting our partner’s needs.

Simone Marcomini, Head of Carrier Buying Europe & US, Cable&Wireless Worldwide, commented: "We are fully satisfied with our partnership with GTS. Their exceptional network coverage combined with their focus on continued improvements in service delivery, great flexibility in terms of solution, pricing and technical support makes GTS a most worthy recipient of our ‘EMEA Partner of the Year’ award. We look forward to continuing to work with them in the future".

Commenting on the award, Artur Ostrowski, Senior VP, Head of International Services at GTS, said: "This is a great acknowledgment of the value we bring to our partner, while also reflecting the commitment of the GTS team in supporting C&W Worldwide. I’m very happy to see how our cooperation has developed over the past few years. The ultimate goal of GTS is to provide our customers with the best services and easy communication on all levels. To be named ‘EMEA Partner of the Year’ means that our efforts have been appreciated".

GTS has an extensive regional fibre network throughout the CEE region with nodes in major European cities, enabling C&W Worldwide to allocate their POPs in GTS premises. In addition, GTS, as a key partner of C&W Worldwide in Central Europe, delivers integrated telecom services across more than twenty European countries, all based on the robust GTS network and enabling unrivalled coverage in CEE.

About GTS Group
GTS Central Europe (GTS) is a leading provider of integrated telecommunications solutions in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. GTS has an extensive regional fibre optic network throughout the CEE region with network extensions to neighbouring countries such as Austria, the Balkans, the Baltic States, Russia, Turkey and the Ukraine. In the CEE countries of Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania, GTS has deep metro networks which enable voice, data, IP, MPLS and broadband communication services for local business customers as well as telecommunication carriers, mobile operators and content providers. GTS was awarded the "Best Wholesale Offering" of Central and Eastern Europe award by the Capacity magazine in 2005, 2007 and 2009. In 2009, the GTS generated revenues of EUR 384.5m and EBITDA of EUR 86m.

GTS is owned by a consortium of private equity investors, led by Columbia Capital and M/C Venture Partners, both US-based investors with extensive experience in the communications and technology-enabled services sectors, and Innova Capital, a leading private equity group focused on Central Europe. HarbourVest Partners, Oak Investment Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners round out the Consortium. More information is available via www.gtsce.com.

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