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PPF Telecom Group

O2 Czech Republic

O2 Czech Republic is the largest telecommunications operator in the Czech Republic. It provides voice, internet and data services to a full range of customers: households, SMEs, large corporations, and government. With its O2 TV service, it is the largest operator of internet television broadcasting in the country.

In the Czech Republic, O2 is one of the most active supporters of digital literacy among children and young people, promoting their online safety and the use of technology in education.

Operating in a highly competitive, highly saturated telecommunications market, O2 CZ excels by combining the most affordable fixed internet, a superior mobile network, and attractive television content. While mobile telecommunications services are its main revenue stream, O2 covers with its fixed internet 99% of the Czech Republic’s inhabited territory, which makes it the largest internet provider for both businesses and households. O2 is one of the biggest players in hosting, cloud services, managed services, and ICT.

O2 CZ also focuses on developing and offering more unconventional telecommunications services, such as cybersecurity services, along with financial services such as device insurance or mobile travel insurance. Virtual operators also offer their services in the O2 CZ mobile network. In response to changing trends and market demands, O2 has launched new tariffs with unlimited data in the 5G network. O2 Spolu (“O2 Together”) is a unique offering on the market that comprises family service packages custom built by customers themselves.

O2 concentrates its attention on technological advancements and innovation. The fifth-generation network expanded to nearly 60 towns and cities across the Czech Republic in 2021. A new generation of the powerful O2 Smart Box, combining the functions of a modem, Wi-Fi router, and smart home hub, was launched. Other areas in which O2 is strongly committed include the development of artificial intelligence and big data, an area in which O2 subsidiary Dataclair.ai team specialises. O2 is also developing the financial services sector, smart city solutions and connectivity, and the autonomous mobility of the future.

"A Smart Network"

O2 Slovakia

O2 Slovakia, until 31 December 2021 a wholly owned subsidiary of O2 Czech Republic, entered the Slovak market in February 2007 as the country’s third operator. By 2021, it was serving 2.3 million customers in Slovakia. In early September 2021, the company rolled out 5G services in new locations and unveiled plans for the further building of fifth-generation infrastructure with Ericsson technology in Slovakia. Equipment of the same brand is now replacing components of the radio access network (RAN) as part of a large-scale technology upgrade in the O2 Slovakia network.

Corporate customers are catered to by O2 Business Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of O2 Slovakia, which offers a portfolio of fixed and mobile telecommunications services and ICT solutions.

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Dataclair.ai

In 2020, O2 CZ – as a major technology company – continued its research and development into artificial intelligence, which is expected to come into its own not only in telecommunications, but also in banking, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. Activities at the Dataclair.ai internal artificial intelligence center focus on advanced big data processing, machine learning, and working with neural networks.

Learn more in the section PPF and Artificial Intelligence

O2 TV

O2 TV is a core product yielding the highest level of customer satisfaction. However, the company continues to work diligently on consolidating its exclusive sports content. In addition to the complete FORTUNA: LIGA football league season and the top-flight ice hockey Extraliga, it has added a new station, Premier Sport, to transmit hundreds of live broadcasts from the English Premier League, the NFL, and the world’s most prestigious MMA organization, the UFC. For tennis fans, O2 holds television rights to the complete WTA tennis circuit until the end of 2022.

With the O2 TV service, the company consolidated its position as the most popular IPTV provider in the Czech Republic. At the end of 2021, there were 603,000 active subscriptions, including customers using O2 TV Sport Pack online and O2 TV HBO and Sport Pack. The range offered by O2 TV was expanded to include ten new TV stations during the past year.

O2 Czech Republic

Social Responsibility

Corporate social responsibility is in O2 Czech Republic’s DNA. The O2 Foundation is the oldest corporate foundation in the Czech Republic. Since its inception, it has channeled tens of millions of crowns to support thousands of young people as they pave the way for a better civil society and seek a better education.

In recent years, the foundation’s support has centered on Czech primary education, which, thanks to the O2ChytráŠkola.cz project, has benefited from increased funding to upgrade its infrastructure. The project targets the blanket introduction of digital literacy, online safety, and media literacy as topics covered in mainstream curricula.

To help combat the effects of the pandemic, O2 has offered a helping hand to both the public and the government. Its most significant actions have been the free set-up and operation of the 1212 national crisis line; the provision of mobile internet access to all tariff customers in the spring in order to ease their access to remote learning; the announcement of a CZK 5 million grant for schools and children’s homes for the digitalization of education; the offer of free mobile computer connections to schools and non-profit organizations; and assistance to the government in promoting the eRouška application.

Key Financial Statements

(EUR millions)

2020

2021

Total Assets

1,540

1,610

Equity

525

565

Revenues

1,504

1,589

EBITDA

504

561

Profit for the period

221

252

"With the help of the latest technologies, we are here to make the lives of all of our customers easier."

Jindřich Fremuth

CEO, O2 Czech Republic

Key Financial Statements

Jindřich Fremuth, CEO

Contacts

O2 Czech Republic a.s.

Za Brumlovkou 266/2
140 22 Praha 4 - Michle
Czech Republic