Eurotel Introduces Unlimited Mobile Access To The Internet For One Monthly Rate
Prague, 31.3.2003
Customers can also save up to 75% when working with email or online
Prague, March 31 2003 - Starting tomorrow, Eurotel Praha customers can take advantage of a new ´Data Nonstop´ program of mobile data services and discounts. For a fixed monthly fee, Eurotel contract customers can receive unlimited GPRS access to the Internet. Further, both Go prepaid and regular contract customers, who can thus save up to 75 per cent, will receive significantly reduced rates on all existing data connections.
"Data usage will grow as wholistic consumer solutions are created by operators. We have the technology, services and content from our partners, now we are focusing on more convenient pricing, " explains Garrison Macri, the chief commercial officer, "This year a line of telephones with a graphical user menu will appear on the market, which should be on of the last steps to make data services available to our customers. " We will pre-configure these handsets for data usage and make access to content easier via our mobile media web portal," added, Macri.
Thanks to HSCSD and GPRS technologies, the access to the data services in Eurotel's network is as fast as the common access via fixed telephone connection. Eurotel offers its customer's information and entertainment from several dozens of its partners, such as the world-known trademarks Sony Music, Warner Bros, Reuters, NHL or Playboy. However, most of its partners are the strongest Czech trademarks, such as Česká televize, TV Nova, ČTK, Bonton Film, the Czech National Ice Hockey Team, Mafra publishers, Ekonomia, Ringier or Právo.
In the preceding years, Eurotel introduced a number of new services, such as SMS Chat, GSM Infotext, GSM Banking, multimedia messages, video news, Internet access and e-mail access due to which a mobile telephone is more than a device for calls and text messages. For this year, Eurotel is working with various manufactures including Sony/Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung and Siemens to launch of new telephones with a graphical user interface making the use of the data services easier.
For mobile data transmissions via HSCSD Fast, the discount is a 68 percent reduction from CZK 6.50 to 2.10 per minute. Also, Go users will now be able to use GPRS Instant - previously only available for WAP with prepaid services - to access the Internet for the low rate of just CZK 0.03 per 1kB of transmitted. The discounted rates apply to all prepaid customers until June 30, 2003, both during peak times and outside them.
Also starting tomorrow, Eurotel is extending its discount on evening data connections for contract customers. Until June 30, 2003, customers using Eurotel HSCSD Instant pay only CZK 0.50 per minute, a 75 percent reduction from the normal price. Customers using Eurotel GPRS Instant pay just CZK 0.01 per 1kB - a 67 percent reduction. The offer is valid for both new and existing Eurotel customers and applies to all data tariffs except WAP. The off-peak discount applies between 8.00 p.m. and 8.00 a.m. from Monday to Friday. (The discount does not apply during weekends and holidays.)
Finally, Eurotel is also lowering prices by 50 percent for three months on the SMS Data Plus tariff. This mainly benefits company customers working with large volumes of SMS messages and data transmissions via GPRS.
Eurotel is the only Czech mobile operator offering its customers a choice between GPRS and HSCSD.
Eurotel Praha, spol. s r.o. is the largest provider of wireless voice and data services in the Czech Republic. In January 2003, the company exceeded 3.89 million customers. Eurotel's GSM (900/1800 MHz) and T!P (450 MHz) networks cover 99 percent of the Czech Republic's more than 10 million residents.
In addition to regular postpaid tariff services, Eurotel offers prepaid cards under the Go brand and a full range multimedia services and content including video, MMS, voice, WAP, and SMS. Eurotel is the only mobile operator in the Czech Republic to offer two cutting-edge technologies for mobile (wireless) data transfer. General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data (HSCSD) are available to both postpaid and prepaid customers. Eurotel's high quality services include SuperSound technology, which ensures clean voice connections, and 274 roaming partners in 127 countries worldwide.
Eurotel has been awarded the ISO 9001:2000 certificate based on international standards of quality. Independent auditors have confirmed that Eurotel has built an operational system that guarantees quality, stability, and consistent service.
Eurotel Praha, spol. s r.o. is a limited liability company owned by Český Telecom, a.s. (51%) and Atlantic West B.V. (49%). Atlantic West B.V. is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T Wireless Services (NYSE: AWE).
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