Czech Production of Digital Telecommunication Systems

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Czech Production of Digital Telecommunication
Systems

• by Ivan Rícar
• TTC TESLA TELEKOMUNIKACE Ltd.
• Trebohostická 987/5
• 100 43 Prague 10
• Czech Republic
• tel. [phone]
• fax [phone]
• e-mail ricar_at_ttc.cz
• http//www.ttc.cz

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History of the Nineties

• 1989 Velvet Revolution in the Czech Republic,
  the beginning of political and economic
  changes
  
• Opening of the market at the beginning of the
  nineties
  
• A problem yet an enormous opportunity for
  Czech enterprises

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Problems

• pressure of foreign competition
• obsolete technology of the production
• overemployment
• export prevailingly oriented to the collapsing
  Eastern European markets

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Opportunities

• access to state-of-the-art technologies
• access to state-of-the-art component basis
• access to information technologies
• temporary comparative advantages of having a
  cheap labour and good knowledge of the home
  market

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TTC accepted new situationas a challenge

• quick establishing of ownership relations
  (management buy-out)
  
• maintaining and utilizing of high intellectual
  potential of the staff, making use of knowledge
  and experience of previous years
  
• clear vision of the management building up a
  modern manufacturing company linked to a strong
  co-operative foreign partner

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TTC MARCONI - Joint Venture
MARCONI COMMUNICATIONS
and TTC TESLA TELEKOMUNIKACE
TTC
TTC MARCONI
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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TTC group
TTC TESLA TELEKOMUNIKACE, Ltd.
Trebohostická 5
Praha 10
49
44,5
97
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TTC MARCONI, Ltd.
SATTES, Inc.
TTC TELECOM, Ltd.
TTC
TELECOM, Ltd.
Bajkalská 27
Trebohostická 5
Naskové 3
B. Nemcovej 32
B. Nemcovej 32
Bratislava
Praha 10
Praha 5
Koice
Koice
10
55,5
3
49
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MARCONI
MTU SATURN, a.o.o.t.
COMMUNICATIONS
GREAT BRITAIN
RUSSIA
ITALY
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Profit after Taxation
TTC and the Group
CZK x 1,000
60 000
TTC group
53 651
TTC
50 000
40 000
30 000
20 180
24 420
24 314
24 064
20 000
14 391
17 546
16 876
16 501
10 000
12 325
0
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
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Equity
CZK x 1,000
TTC and the Group
200 000
199 599
TTC group
180 000
TTC
160 000
140 000
145 190
120 000
100 000
102 301
92 452
80 000
77 978
72 212
60 000
61 911
50 032
40 000
45 410
20 000
28 534
0
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
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Milestones in the Company's History

• 1953 TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
  (VÚT) was established.
  
• 1958 - 1989 Incorporated in various structures of
  TESLA Corporation, VÚT fulfilled the tasks of
  the RD basis of the Czechoslovak
  telecommunications industry.
• 1989 VÚT was transformed into an independent
  state enterprise.
  
• 1991 A year of further transformation into a
  development manufacturing enterprise the
  business name was changed to TESLA
  TELEKOMUNIKACE, State Enterprise, and TTC
  trademark was introduced. PCM 30U Digital
  Transmission System was launched.
• 1992 A year of privatization TTC was purchased
  in a public auction and registered as TESLA
  TELEKOMUNIKACE Ltd. TTC 2000 Digital Switching
  System was launched.

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Milestones in the Company's History (continued)
1993 Joint ventures with foreign partners were
founded the first subsidiaries of the future
TTC Group TTC MARCONI and TTC Bratislava.
1995 Subsidiaries TESLA TELEMECHANIKA , Prague
and SATTES, Moscow, Russia, were established.
1996 Another subsidiary joined the Group - TTC
TELECOM, Koice, the Slovak Republic. TTC
purchased the TELLUS Company. 1997 TESLA TELEKOMU
NIKACE became an ISO 9001 certified
producer. All manufacturing capacities of the
TTC Group were concentrated in new premises in
Prague - Koíre. 1998 The parent company changed
its business name to TTC TESLA TELEKOMUNIKACE
Ltd. TTC Group's turnover for 1998 exceeded the
boundary of one billion crowns.
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ISO 9001
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References

• 1993 1994 Important contract with SPT Telecom
  (Czech Telecom)
  
• 1996 1997 Contract with Lietuvos Telekomas
  (Lithuanian Telecom) tender by EBRD
  
• 1994 1998 Construction of the Czech Army
  stationary network

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Join Projects of TTC and Marconi

• Complete solution of the Transgas network (Czech
  Republic)
  
• Complete solution of the Slovtransgaz network
  (Slovak Republic)
  
• Construction of the PON Passive Optical Network
  using a joint product of Marconi, TTC and CS
  Telecom, France
  
• Subcontract for the delivery of the DORIS
  Management System to complement Marconi's DLC
  systems for ETISALAT, United Arab Emirates
  
• Success in a tender by Italian Railways together
  with Marconi

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Each success is but admissionto the next round
of contest

• The basic objectives have remained the same
• highly qualified team of motivated staff
• co-operation with a strong foreign partner
• emphasis on international co-operation

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International co-operation

• export assuming new market segments
• joint development work, especially with MARCONI
  COMMUNICATIONS, leading to new joint products
  
• taking part in international, first of all
  European, co-operation the Fifth Framework
  Programme, in particular ITS (Information
  Society Technology)

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Thank you for your attention

• Ivan Rícar
• TTC TESLA TELEKOMUNIKACE Ltd.
• Trebohostická 987/5
• 100 43 Prague 10
• Czech Republic
• tel. [phone]
• fax [phone]
• e-mail ricar_at_ttc.cz
• http//www.ttc.cz