COSMOTE e-value Kerameikos Office Building,

BUSINESS: 327 PRACTICES
OTE Group is the largest technology company in Greece. It is one of the top listed companies with respect to capitalization on the Athens Stock Exchange and is also listed on the London Stock Exchange. Deutsche Telekom holds 52.77% of OTE’s share capital and the Greek State holds 7.61%. In 2023, OTE Group employed 10,590 people.
Under the unified commercial brand COSMOTE and its key message “a better world, for all”, OTE Group offers a wide range of services: fixed-line and mobile telephony, broadband services, pay-TV and integrated ICT solutions. The Group is also active in maritime communications and real-estate, as well as in e-payments, online food delivery and the digital insurance market. Abroad, the Group operates in the mobile telecommunications market of Romania.
Sustainability is integrated into the Group’s business strategy and operations as a key priority. The Group’s Sustainability strategy is fully aligned with that of Deutsche Telekom Group, focusing on four priorities: Climate Neutrality, Circular Economy throughout the Value Chain, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities at Work, and Digital Society for all.
Read more: www.ote.gr, www.cosmote.gr.
OTEestate ended up to the selection of the building at Kerameikos, owned by the OTE Group since 1959, which remained unexploited and began its renovation.
Companies of the OTE Group:
Cosmote e-Value provides integrated Contact Center services, since 1999. The aim is to support daily the most famous brands to communicate with their customers, building relationships of trust at every interaction, through every communication channel.
OTE Estate was founded in 2000, when the whole real estate property of OTE Group was transferred, aiming at its management and exploitation.
History:
The erection of the complex started in 1959 and its parts were being completed gradually by new erections until 1975.
The complex hosted at first the Computerized Center of OTE, which was serving the whole country, afterwards until 2015, the Printing center of OTE operated in the complex.
Building data and Challenges
The complex is constituted by 4 independent buildings, having a surface of 10.850 m2 which communicate.
Ground plot: 2.856 μ2
Courtyard: 700 m2
Interior spaces: 6.500 m2
625 agents positions, more than 1.200 employees, meeting rooms, career center, rest-areas, mechanical & auxiliary spaces.
The building disposes an orientation system which allows the easy wandering in the complex (wayfinding).
One of the oldest quarters of Athens having a history, which goes back to the Homer and the geometric period. That is how the names INNER-OUTTER of the buildings were inspired, since Kerameikos was divided in IN and OUT Kerameikos during the antiquity.
The Signage of the building is also inspired by the myth of Ariadne’s String, which helped Thisseas find his way through the Labyrinth after having killed Minotaur.
With respect to the environment and the society, the new building upgrades the civil environment, while the local market is strengthened at the same time. The employees are growing in a modern and ecological environment. The big grade of their satisfaction, results from the answers to a mini research they took part:
Kerameikos
OTE Estate
“Go to center” was a series of events, which took place in order to welcome 1200 employees to their new offices. Dj, Christmas bazaars, photo booth and special treats made the occasion unforgettable.
The high level (almost 100%) of employees’ job satisfaction in the new building stems from their responses to a mini survey conducted by the company one year after.
The “sustainable building”:
Energy & Atmosphere
Materials, Sources & Water Management
Quality of Internal Environment
No Connection with Global Goals found