3rd Apr 2006 10:45
Cesky Telecom A.S.03 April 2006 > PRESS RELEASE - 03.04. 2006 > FIXED LINES CAN RECHARGE MOBILE TELEPHONES CESKY TELECOM and Eurotel customers can now recharge their mobiles through fixedlines. Both firms will launch this exceptional service, which enables Eurotelpre-paid Go card users to replenish their credit through the use of monthlybilling for fixed lines, on April 3, 2006. In April and May, the amount of everyrecharge will be increased by 10% as a bonus. "The new service represents another one of the synergic effects of CESKY TELECOMand Eurotel. In addition to convenience it also provides prepaid Go card usersthe benefits of deferred payments for their mobile telephone usage. Furthermore,they can monitor their calling expenditures clearly with one telephone bill,"stated Michal Zilka, Executive Director for Content Services and BusinessDevelopment, CESKY TELECOM. The new service is easy to use. It is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.Credit can be increased by using a self-service telephone line on 800 123 456.Options that enable customers to recharge their mobiles through SMS and Internetare being prepared. The customer does not require cash; they pay for theircredit increase through their monthly statement. Activating and operating theservice is free of charge. The service can be activated through the aforementioned toll-free line on 800123 456; the customer only needs to know the reference number of the line fromwhich they are calling. This reference number is presented on every statementfor telecommunications services. Further use of the service for recharging Gocredit is protected by a PIN code that the customer creates during theactivation process. Then the customer simply needs to call 800 123 456 at any time. After enteringtheir PIN code, the amount of the credit recharge, and the mobile telephonenumber that is to be recharged the customer's credit is increased. Every monthit is possible to recharge one or more telephone numbers with up to CZK 1,500 ofcredit. The minimum amount is CZK 200. For further information, please contact: MARTIN ZABKA Press Spokesman Tel: +420 271 463 359 Fax: +420 271 469 896 e-mail: [email protected] CESKY TELECOM, a. s., a member of the Telefonica Group, is the leadingtelecommunications company in the Czech Republic. Through its subsidiary companyEurotel Praha, spol. s r.o., it also has a significant presence in the Czechmobile services market. Further information about the firm and the services itoffers is available at www.telecom.cz, which was rated as BestWeb 2003 in theWebTop100 survey. Signum Temporis has consistently awarded CESKY TELECOM for being one of thedomestic capital market's most transparent firms in terms of providinginformation. Based on an open vote of specialists, members of the press and anine-member committee, CESKY TELECOM placed first in 2003, just as it did in2001. CESKY TELECOM ranks among the most prominent firms on the Czech capital marketin terms of capitalization and trading volumes. Its shares are also traded onthe London Stock Exchange in the form of GDRs. CESKY TELECOM's credit rating isthe highest a Czech corporation can receive from top international ratingagencies. About Telefonica Telefonica is Europe's leading integrated telecom company and second biggest inthe world. Its activities are centred mainly on the fixed and mobile telephonybusinesses with broadband as the key tool for the development of both of these. The company is operating in 40 countries and together with CESKY TELECOM has acustomer base that amounts to more than 140 million access. Telefonica has astrong presence in Latin America, where the company concentrates 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, Sao Paulo and the SEAQ International Exchange in London. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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