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Oskar Mobil a.s. was a telecommunications company in the Czech Republic between 1999 and 2005. The company was purchased by Vodafone in 2005 and changed its name to Vodafone Czech Republic a.s.〔("EU OKs Vodafone To Buy Czech Telecom Co Oskar Mobil" ) 25 May 2005 ''Cellular-News''. Retrieved 23 July 2012〕 After an extended and intense tendering process,〔Andress, Mark. ("Telecom beauty parade ends" ) 18 August 1999 ''Prague Post''. Retrieved 24 July 2012〕 a third GSM dual-band 900/1800 MHz license was awarded to a consortium led by TIW (operating in the Czech Republic under the name ClearWave, N.V.) in Prague on September 29, 1999.〔http://www.vodafone.cz/about_en/press/press_news.htm?lang=en&id=7&year=1999〕 Five months later on March 1, 2000, Oskar went live as Cesky Mobil a.s.〔(''Cesky Mobil a.s. (Oskar Mobil)" ) Retrieved 24 July 2012〕 The company was the third GSM network in the Czech Republic. Karla Stephens was its first official employee and served as Chief Commercial Officer. In the coming years, Oskar continued to grow at pace, settling at 17% market share with 1.83M customers by 2005.〔("Roger that" ) 3 February 2005 '' Prague Post''. Retrieved 23 July 2012〕 Stephens was promoted to COO ("Chief Oskar Officer") in 2002. Her tenure as COO did not go unnoticed by the Czech media and telecommunications industry analysts. Oskar was the recipient of numerous awards in its six years on the Czech market, including the Rhodos Image Award - Telecom for 2003–2005, the World Communication Award (2001–2002, 2003, 2005)〔(World Communication Awards ) Retrieved 24 July 2012〕 and the League of American Communications Professionals' Vision Award (Best Annual Report) for (2001, 2003 and 2005).〔("LACP Award Programs" ) Retrieved 25 July 2012〕 Stephens herself also earned a Stevie Award (2005) for Female Entrepreneurs in EMEA.〔(''2005 Stevie Awards Winners & Finalists" ) Retrieved 25 July 2012〕 Rumors of financial trouble at TIW〔("Oskar parent faces cash crunch" ) 16 October 2002 ''Prague Post''. Retrieved 24 July 2012〕 forced Oskar to eventually undertake a massive corporate debt refinancing late in 2004. Fortunately for Stephens and Tolstoy, the debt refinancing was a tremendous success. There was speculation as to which telecommunications giant, Orange or Vodafone, would make their move into the Czech market. Oskar was bid on solely by Vodafone and a deal was struck on March 15, 2005 for an estimated $860M-$1.3B,〔("movers shakers" ) 7 April 2005 ''Prague Post''. Retrieved 25 July 2012〕〔Kenety, Brian. ("Britain's Vodafone to buy Oskar Mobil in Czech record-breaking deal" ) 17 March 2005 ''Radio CZ''. Retrieved 24 July 2012〕 a return of over 100% for the TIW investors and a giant victory for senior management. Vodafone continues to perform well in the Czech market. In 2010, the company gained its three millionth customer and competition with T-Mobile and O2 remains as fierce as ever.〔("Iconic Impressions" ) ''Prague Post''. Retrieved 20 July 2012〕 ==Former Executives== *Karla Stephens-Tolstoy, former Oskar CEO; current Tokii CEO〔Eichler, Leah. ("Like it or not, maternity leave hurts your career." ) 14 October 2011 ''The Globe and Mail''. Retrieved 11 July 2012〕 *Muriel Anton, former Oskar Vice President (Finance); current Vodafone Czech Republic a.s. CEO〔("Interview with Muriel Anton, CEO of Vodafone on Doing Business in the Czech Republic" ) 21 March 2011 ''Czech Marketplace''. Retrieved 25 July 2012〕 *Andre Jerome, former Oskar Vice President (Legal and Regulatory)〔("Changes on the Czech mobile market" ) 19 July 2005 ''CEE IT and Telecom''. Retrieved 25 July 2012〕 *Mario Mele, former Oskar Vice President (Marketing)〔("Aqua America" ) ''Market Watch''. Retrieved 25 July 2012〕 *Igor Prervosky, former Oskar Vice President (Brand)〔(''Oskar to introduce VPN Company unlimited" ) 29 September 2003 ''TelecomPaper''. Retrieved 25 July 2012〕 *Fran Hansen, former Oskar Vice President (Human Resources) *Ann Hofvander, former Oskar Vice President (Sales)〔("Oskar Vodafone has 2 million customers ) 23 Friday 2005 ''TelecomPaper''. Retrieved 25 July 2012〕 *Andreas Laukemann, former Oskar Vice President (Planning) *Fred Hrenchuk, former Oskar Vice President (Technology)〔("Mobile broadband is just around the corner in Central Europe: Siemens supplies EDGE technology to Oskar Mobil in the Czech Republic" ) 14 December 2004 Siemens Enterprise Communications. Retrieved 25 July 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oskar Mobil a.s.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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