PRESS RELEASE

Rotkreuz, 5 August 2021

The first apprentice began his training at mobilezone in 2001. Training at mobilezone is still a success story 20 years later: This year, 43 apprentices successfully completed their training and 51 apprentices began their training throughout Switzerland. In addition, the trainee programme is entering its second round.

Training the specialists of tomorrow is a long-standing tradition at mobilezone - and is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Since 2001, in addition to the apprenticeships business management, logistics and IT (system technology), retail trade apprenticeships were added in 2008 and in 2020 specialist for customer dialogue and IT specialist (application development). Just under 300 apprentices have completed their training successfully at mobilezone in the last 20 years.

Successful qualifications and course start for the new apprentices
At mobilezone this summer, 39 apprentices completed their apprenticeships successfully in retail trade, two as commercial clerks, one in IT and one in logistics. Over 75 per cent of the successful graduates are taken on by mobilezone and further employed in the company. As a result, mobilezone has exceeded the goal it set in its sustainability strategy of taking on two-thirds of the successful apprentices in permanent employment.

Moreover, 51 new apprentices will begin in the new training year: Forty-six retail trade specialists, three commercial clerks, one IT specialist (application development) and one customer dialogue specialist. Overall, mobilezone currently employs 132 apprenticeships throughout Switzerland: Roger Wassmer observed, "Completing their training is probably the most important of many professional milestones for many young people. We congratulate the graduates on their successful qualification and heartily welcome the new apprentices."

Trainee programme to be continued
In August 2020, mobilezone began the pilot project of its trainee programme with "mobilezone Pioneers". At this time, six university graduates had begun a half-year traineeship in "Management Support". A year later, four of them are still employed in the company. mobilezone is building on this success and has once again appointed five trainees. The goal of the trainee programme is to recruit top-performing young talent and integrate them in the company as well as to offer the candidates the opportunity for personal further development in a practical working environment and in the end become the experts of tomorrow.

Media contact
Gregor Vogt
Director Marketing & Customer Experience
mobilezone ag
mobilezoneholding@mobilezone.ch

About mobilezone
Founded in 1999, mobilezone holding ag (ticker symbol SIX: MOZN) had sales of CHF 1,237 million and a net profit of CHF 34.5 million in the reporting year 2020, making it the leading independent Swiss and German telecommunications specialist.

The mobilezone group employs around 1,000 employees at the locations in Rotkreuz, Urnäsch, Zweidlen, Berlin, Bochum, Cologne and Münster. Its product range includes a complete assortment of mobile phones and tariff plans for mobile and fixed-line telephony, digital TV and Internet from all providers. Providing independent consulting and services for private and business customers, providing repair services and supplying specialist retailers round out its product range. The services and products are provided online via various web portals and in over 120 shops of its own in Switzerland.
www.mobilezoneholding.ch/en