TMobil wins second GSM tender

"It was very satisfying," said a triumphant Klaus Tebbe, head of TMobil, from his office in Bonn Thursday night. "We've had a lot of success with international bids. We will try our best to convince everyone this was the right decision."
TMobil is 85% owned by DeTeMobil, the mobile telephone arm of Deutsche Telekom, which recently won a similar tender in Poland. In Germany, DeTeMobil commands 56% of its market. Economy Minister Karel Dyba's announcement Thursday ended a feverish face-off that began last summer and pitted global telecom giants against each other. Dyba said TMobil won the tender because it offered the lowest rates to users and pledged to offer service to 60% of the population by September.