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Telefónica O2 Presents Eurotel Live! Summer Offer
Prague, 1st August 2006 – to make the summer more enjoyable for its customers Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, a.s. now offers free of charge sports coverage, selected Welcome Melodies for CZK 10 and more Garfield 2 movie features.
Between 1st August and 30th September 2006 customers can test iDNES sports coverage for free, they can choose MMS or SMS version of the service.
iDNES SMS Sports coverage
iDNES SMS Sports coverage brings daily scores of the football and ice-hockey national teams, of clubs playing European leagues, world records, important achievements of Czech athletes in other sports disciplines, complete results of the football and ice-hockey extra-league, and other sports highlights and lowlights.To order the service just send SMS in format A SPORT SMS to the following number 999888.
iDNES MMS Sports coverage
The latest sports coverage in one MMS per day comments on a featured event; the message includes a brief text, image and possibly also audio commentary. The features include primarily football league, international games, ice-hockey, sports championships, Grand Slam and Davis Cup tournaments, golf, Formula 1 and rallies.To order the service send SMS in format A SPORT MMS to the following number 999888.
Customers who visit Eurotel Live! web and wap portal can download one of ten selected Welcome Melodies for just CZK 10 until the end of August.
List of selected melodies:
| Christina Aguilera – Ain´t No Other Man | UM | 20566 |
| Outkast – Mighty O | UM | 20571 |
| Beyonce - Check On It | UM | 20581 |
| Shakira – Hips Don´t Lie | UM | 20509 |
| George Michael – An Easier Affair | UM | 20532 |
| Buty – Pusinka na prdel | UM | 20595 |
| Dara Rolins – Túžim | UM | 20594 |
| J.A.R. – Superpéro | UM | 20596 |
| Žlutý pes – Tu-tu | UM | 20597 |
| Petr Bende – Nad horů svítá | UM | 20365 |
Garfield fans will enjoy a new, broader, Garfield portfolio presented by Telefónica O2 including new wallpapers, MMS pictures and a JAVA game featuring the new Garfield 2 movie coming to cinemas on 10th August 2006. For more information visit www.garfield.cz website.
About Telefónica O2 Czech Republic
Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, a.s., is the first integrated operator in the Czech Republic formed on 1 July 2006 by the merger of the leading fixed line operator, ČESKÝ TELECOM, a.s., and the strongest mobile operator, Eurotel Praha, spol. s r.o., into a single telecommunications organization. The organization is now operating nearly eight million lines, both fixed and mobile, making it one of the world’s leading providers of fully converged services.
Telefónica O2 Czech Republic offers the most comprehensive portfolio of voice and data services in this country. A special attention is paid to the exploitation of the growth potential, in particular the data and Internet business. Telefónica O2 Czech Republic operates the largest fixed and mobile network including a unique 3rd generation network, CDMA (for data) and UMTS, enabling the transport of voice, data and video.
Furthermore, Telefónica O2 Czech Republic offers the largest network of WiFi hotspots in the country. Telefónica O2 Czech Republic is part of the O2 Group within Telefónica SA. It will adopt the O2 brand for all consumer-facing activities.
About O2
O2 comprises mobile network operators in the UK and Ireland, along with integrated fixed/mobile businesses in Germany and the Czech Republic. It also owns 50% of the Tesco Mobile and Tchibo Mobilfunk joint venture businesses in the UK and Germany respectively as well as having 100% ownership of Be, a leading UK fixed broadband provider. In addition, the group includes O2 Airwave, which supplies secure digital communications to the emergency services and other public safety organisations.
O2, a Telefónica company, is headquartered in Slough, UK, and has more than 35 million customers across Europe.
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 186 million accesses around the world. Telefonica 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.
