Call Santa Claus!

Prague, 15 November 2001 â?" From today, all mobile phone users in the Czech Republic have the opportunity to leave a message for Santa Claus using their mobile phones. This is possible thanks to a new RadioMobil Christmas service called Santa Claus Line.

â?śOur aim is to make the choice of presents easier for adults and help children (but not only them) fulfil their Christmas dreams. With our Santa Claus Line we want to make children happy at Christmas time. All they have to do is to borrow their parentsâ?? mobile phones for a while and their Christmas wishes will be heard,â?ś says JiĹ?í Hájek, RadioMobil spokesman.

After dialling 0603 12 24 12, the caller will hear Santa Claus who will sing a Christmas carol and promise to convey the wish to the person whom it is intended and who can fulfil it. The caller will then tell Santa Claus his or her wish and hang up. In thirty minutes, an SMS message from Santa Claus will be delivered to the same phone. The phone owner will be asked to call 0603 12 25 12 from the same phone. On this number, the caller will again be welcomed by Santa Claus who will tell him or her that some of his relatives or friends has left a message with a Christmas wish for him. Then the caller just hangs up and can set out for Christmas shopping.

The Santa Claus Line is based on the mailbox principle. Individual mailboxes are identified by the callerâ??s phone number and are mutually uninterchangeable. Each phone has one mailbox and has not access to any other one. An unlimited number of messages can be saved in the box. Maximum length of one message is 3 minutes. The messages can be listened to repeatedly, deleted or the user can have the next message replayed. The mailbox contains the messages in chronological order, from the oldest to the newest one.

The service is accessible for clients of all three national operators and will operate until 10 January 2002. Calls to both numbers are charged as standard calls to Paegas network numbers. Incoming SMS messages are free of charge.

T-Mobile Czech Republic, a member of the international telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom, has almost 6.2 million customers, the number-one operator in the Czech market. T-Mobile is an integrated operator: in addition to telecommunications services, it offers comprehensive ICT solutions not only for companies, but also for other organizations and individuals. It provides outstanding services in the high-speed network, which was proved repeatedly by benchmark testing performed by umlaut (former P3) with Best-in-Test seal.

T-Mobile Czech Republic places emphasis on taking a responsible approach to the environment and society. It adheres to fair business practices, helps beneficial applications and services to see the light of day, supports non-profit organizations, small businesses and individuals, and lends a helping hand whenever crisis situations arise. The company’s employees serve as volunteers in many places across the entire Czech Republic.

More information about the company is available at www.t-mobile.cz, www.t-press.cz (the portal for journalists) and www.t-mobile.cz/pomahame (information on the company’s CSR activities).

Contact details of the press unit: press@t-press.cz.