OREANDA-NEWS. March 11, 2011. VOLIA, Ukraine’s leading national telecommunications provider, has announced that Mr. Andreas Bamberg has joined the company’s top management team as Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and as a member of the Management Board.

In this position, Mr. Bamberg will be in charge of the company’s technical strategy and vision, the design and implementation of VOLIA’s network and in ensuring the high quality of service delivery.

"I am excited to transition to this new role at a time when VOLIA is broadening the extent of its services and introducing new technologies all over Ukraine. This is a unique opportunity for me to apply my experience to enhance great technical potential of VOLIA as a leading Ukrainian telecommunication company," said Mr. Bamberg.

"Andreas has agreed to strengthen our team in the Technical area. He is given company-wide responsibility for current and future product and services strategy and offering to ensure the company’s technology strategy serves its business strategy. I am confident that Andreas, with his unique expertise and experience with some of the largest telecommunication companies in Europe will bring additional value to our management team" said Mr. Eric Franke, CEO & First Vice President of VOLIA.

Andreas Bamberg joins VOLIA from UPC—Cablecom, the largest broadband cable operator in Switzerland, where he has served as Director Network Operation. Prior to that, Mr. Bamberg held executive roles in the telecommunication unit of Deutsche Bahn Vodafone Germany (former Mannesmann Arcor), and Firstmark-LambdaNet.