ONCE AGAIN, EUROTEL AND ČESKÝ TELECOM ARE PARTNERS OF THE KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
25.4.2006
Prague, April 25, 2006 – This year, Eurotel Praha, spol. s r.o., together with its parent company ČESKÝ TELECOM, a.s., will once again be partners of the year’s biggest film event – the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Both companies have prepared a wide range of services that will make time spent at the festival simpler and more pleasant for its visitors. These services include a unique mobile ticket reservation system for individual screenings, an abundant selection of mobile services connected with the event, as well as activities that will take place directly on the sites of the screenings.
“We truly appreciate that fact that every year we can be a part of an event as significant as the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. This exhibition of films, comparable with the festivals in Cannes, Berlin and Venice, brings the best of the film world’s most recent offerings to the Czech Republic. We are pleased to participate in this and to provide film buffs with services that will make reserving tickets easier, thus making their time at the festival more pleasant,“ stated Jaroslav Kubišta, Executive Director for Public Affairs, Eurotel Praha, spol. s.r.o.
Just as in previous years, this year both companies have prepared a bountiful offer of services created for festival goers. For a long time, one of the most popular has been the mobile ticket reservation system for individual screenings. Last year around 30 000 tickets were reserved through the use of this system. Visitors will be able to reserve tickets through WAP and Eurotel customers can also do so by way of SMS. Furthermore, WAP pages with information about the KVIFF will be prepared; these pages will provide users with updated programs and news from the festival, as well as, for instance, timetables for public transportation, information about accommodation options, and weather forecasts.
As the long-term official supplier of Internet and communications services for the KVIFF, ČESKÝ TELECOM is once again preparing an Internet café for festival goers. It is also offering amusement in the form of the Game Zone, where visitors can relax and play computer games. The operator is also providing the most state-of-the-art and the fastest Internet connections at the festival using ADSL, CDMA, and GPRS technologies.
For further information, please contact
MARTIN ŽABKA
Press Spokesman
tel: 800 163 342 (800 1 MEDIA)
fax: 271 469 896
e-mail:tiskovy.odbor@ct.cz
About Eurotel
Eurotel Praha, spol. s r. o., is the Czech Republic’s leading mobile telecommunications operator, providing comprehensive mobile voice and data services to over 4.67 million customers (December 2005). The company was founded in 1991 and, owing to the quality of its services, the range of the solutions it provides, its level of innovation, and its customer care, it is number one on the Czech market.
In co-operation with its 100% owner, ČESKÝ TELECOM, a. s., it offers the most comprehensive portfolio of voice and data services in the Czech Republic, supported by a unique combination of fixed and mobile telephony. These services are available for both tariff and pre-paid customers. Eurotel has also held the leading position in the corporate segment of the Czech market for a long time.
In the Czech Republic, Eurotel operates NMT and networks as well as a unique 3rd generation network – a CDMA2000 1xEV-DO data network and a brand new UMTS network that enables the transmission of data, voice, images and video. Together with ČESKÝ TELECOM it also operates the country’s largest network of WiFi hotspots.
Eurotel was awarded the prestigious Employer of the Year award in 2003; in 2004 it placed second among mobile operators in the same assessment. Eurotel also holds an internationally-recognised ISO 9001:2003 quality management system certificate and is the only Czech telecommunications operator to have been awarded the ISO 14001 environmental management system certificate. The company also holds certificates for occupational safety and health and for information security. Eurotel is the only operator to have been awarded a certificate for being a Health-Supporting Business, which it received in 2005. In 2002 Eurotel incorporated a foundation that supports several projects, especially those aimed at children and youth throughout the country, every year.
About ČESKÝ TELECOM
ČESKÝ TELECOM, a. s., a member of the Telefónica Group, is the leading telecommunications company in the Czech Republic. Through its subsidiary company Eurotel Praha, spol. s r.o., it also has a significant presence in the Czech mobile services market. Further information about the firm and the services it offers is available at www.telecom.cz, which was rated as BestWeb 2003 in the WebTop100 survey.
Signum Temporis has consistently awarded ČESKÝ TELECOM for being one of the domestic capital market's most transparent firms in terms of providing information. Based on an open vote of specialists, members of the press and a nine-member committee, ČESKÝ TELECOM placed first in 2003, just as it did in 2001.
ČESKÝ TELECOM ranks among the most prominent firms on the Czech capital market in terms of capitalization and trading volumes. Its shares are also traded on the London Stock Exchange in the form of GDRs. ČESKÝ TELECOM's credit rating is the highest a Czech corporation can receive from top international rating agencies.
About Telefónica
Telefónica is Europe's leading integrated telecom company and second biggest in the world. Its activities are centred mainly on the fixed and mobile telephony businesses with broadband as the key tool for the development of both of these.
The company is operating in 40 countries and together with ČESKÝ TELECOM has a customer base that amounts to more than 140 million access. Telefónica has a strong presence in Latin America, where the company concentrates part of its growth strategy.
Telefónica is a 100% listed company, with more than 1.5 million direct shareholders. Its share capital currently comprises 4,921,130,397 ordinary shares traded on the Spanish Stock Market (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia) and on those in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, New York, Lima, Buenos Aires, São Paulo and the SEAQ International Exchange in London.
