FIXED LINES CAN RECHARGE MOBILE TELEPHONES
3.4.2006
ČESKÝ TELECOM and Eurotel customers can now recharge their mobiles through fixed lines. Both firms will launch this exceptional service, which enables Eurotel pre-paid Go card users to replenish their credit through the use of monthly billing for fixed lines, on April 3, 2006. In April and May, the amount of every recharge will be increased by 10% as a bonus.
“The new service represents another one of the synergic effects of ČESKÝ TELECOM and Eurotel. In addition to convenience it also provides prepaid Go card users the benefits of deferred payments for their mobile telephone usage. Furthermore, they can monitor their calling expenditures clearly with one telephone bill,” stated Michal Žilka, Executive Director for Content Services and Business Development, ČESKÝ 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 Internet are being prepared. The customer does not require cash; they pay for their credit increase through their monthly statement. Activating and operating the service is free of charge.
The service can be activated through the aforementioned toll-free line on 800 123 456; the customer only needs to know the reference number of the line from which they are calling. This reference number is presented on every statement for telecommunications services. Further use of the service for recharging Go credit is protected by a PIN code that the customer creates during the activation process.
Then the customer simply needs to call 800 123 456 at any time. After entering their PIN code, the amount of the credit recharge, and the mobile telephone number that is to be recharged the customer’s credit is increased. Every month it is possible to recharge one or more telephone numbers with up to CZK 1,500 of credit. The minimum amount is CZK 200.
Martin Zabka
Spokesperson
ČESKÝ TELECOM, a. s., 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 one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world in terms of market capitalisation. Its activities are centered mainly on the fixed and mobile telephony businesses with broadband as the key tool for the development of both.
The company has a significant presence in 19 countries and a customer base that amounts more than 180 million accesses around the world. Telefónica has a strong presence in Latin America, where the company focuses an important 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 and São Paulo.
