25th Sep 2006 12:00
Telefonica O2 Czech Republic, A.S.25 September 2006 Press release Telefonica O2 Is the First Operator In the Czech Market to Offer Incoming Calls Abroad For Free (0 CZK per min) Prague 25th September 2006 Telefonica O2 Czech Republic has become the only mobile operator in the Czechmarket to offer free of charge incoming calls for customers roaming abroad. Theintroduction of new tariffs under the names My Europe and My Europe SMS servicesfollows the successful restructuring of roaming service fees presented in Junethis year. My Europe - free incoming calls Targeted to businesses and customers who travel frequently abroad, the My Europeoffering is designed to deliver outbound call savings and provide free incomingcalls. For a monthly subscription fee CZK 299 (excluding VAT), any customer cansubscribe now and receive incoming calls for free in six European countrieshighly travelled by businessmen and all Czechs. The service is offered tosubscribers when calling in Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Austria, Great Britainand Spain regardless of which roaming partner network is used. O2 customers donot have to worry on which network they roam - incoming calls are free and alloutbound calls to local destinations and back to the Czech Republic are chargedat a reduced rate CZK 18.90/min (excluding VAT), representing up to 46 %discount. The new My Europe tariff applies to outgoing calls made in a foreign country andcalls directed to the Czech Republic, calls directed to Czech numbers, and toincoming calls customers receive in the listed countries. Other calls, SMS andMMS will be charged according to the standard International Roaming prices. Tobe able to activate the service customers must use or activate InternationalRoaming - Per Zone Billing service. The My Europe offering is designed primarilyfor business customers but all O2 customers on post-paid tariffs will be able toactivate the service. "After delivering reduced roaming prices within Europe for our customers duringthe summer months," comments on the new offering Matts Johansen, MarketingDirector for Business Segment, and he adds: "We are now pleased to bringtangible benefits desired by our business customers and frequent roamers byproviding them increased utility of their mobiles while they roam withoutworrying about the cost.." My Europe SMS - cheap SMS in all networks Another new My Europe service - My Europe SMS - is designed for business andcorporate customers. After subscribing the service for CZK 99 excluding VAT permonth, customers will get a great SMS rate - CZK 5.90 per SMS excluding VAT(i.e. they will pay 41 % less than the price list rate). The service will beavailable in all mobile networks in Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Austria, GreatBritain and Spain, no limitations will apply. For more details about roaming services visit www.cz.o2.com. Contact for further information: MARTIN ZABKA Press Spokesmantel: 800 163 342 (800 1 MEDIA)fax: 271 469 896e-mail: [email protected] http://www.cz.o2.com/ About Telefonica O2 Czech Republic Telefonica O2 Czech Republic, a.s., is the first integrated operator in theCzech Republic formed on 1 July 2006 by the merger of the leading fixed lineoperator, EESKY TELECOM, a.s., and the strongest mobile operator, Eurotel Praha,spol. s r.o., into a single telecommunications organization. The organization isnow operating nearly eight million lines, both fixed and mobile, making it oneof the world's leading providers of fully converged services. Telefonica O2 Czech Republic offers the most comprehensive portfolio of voiceand data services in this country. A special attention is paid to theexploitation of the growth potential, in particular the data and Internetbusiness. Telefonica O2 Czech Republic operates the largest fixed and mobilenetwork including a unique 3rd generation network, CDMA (for data) and UMTS,enabling the transport of voice, data and video. Furthermore, Telefonica O2Czech Republic offers the largest network of WiFi hotspots in the country. Telefonica O2 Czech Republic is part of the O2 Group within Telefonica SA. Itwill uses the O2 brand for all consumer-facing activities. In allcommunications this will be supported ty Telefonica's endoresement. About O2 O2 comprises mobile network operators in the UK and Ireland, along withintegrated fixed/mobile businesses in Germany and the Czech Republic. It alsoowns 50% of the Tesco Mobile and Tchibo Mobilfunk joint venture businesses inthe UK and Germany respectively as well as having 100% ownership of Be, aleading UK fixed broadband provider. In addition, the group includes O2 Airwave,which supplies secure digital communications to the emergency services and otherpublic safety organisations. O2, a Telefonica company, is headquartered in Slough, UK, and has more than 35million customers across Europe. About Telefonica S.A. Telefonica is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world interms of market capitalisation. Its activities are centered mainly on the fixedand mobile telephony businesses with broadband as the key tool for thedevelopment of both. The company has a significant presence in 19 countries and a customer base thatamounts more than 186 million accesses around the world. Telefonica has a strongpresence in Latin America, where the company focuses an important part of itsgrowth strategy. Telefonica is a 100% listed company, with more than 1.5 million directshareholders. Its share capital currently comprises 4,921,130,397 ordinaryshares traded on the Spanish Stock Market (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao andValencia) and on those in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, New York, Lima,Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo. 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