Customers of Živnostenská banka can use T-Mobile GSM Banking

• T-Mobile customers can use direct banking in seven banks
• Customers of ÄŚSOB, eBanka, Poštovní spoĹ?itelna and Živnostenská banka can exchange their standard SIM cards for banking SIM cards for an attractive price
  

Prague, 10 October 2002 â?" Today, Živnostenská banka launches its MiniBank, a modern system of GSM Banking, developed in cooperation with T-Mobile. With this service, T-Mobile customers banking with Živnostenská banka can manage their accounts via their mobile phones. T-Mobile customers can use direct banking in seven banks in the Czech Republic.

â?śWe were the first national operator to start offering the direct banking service in the summer of 1998. T-Mobile still keeps its leading position in this field. Our customers can use direct banking in seven banks. No other national operator provides such an extensive offerâ?ť, says JiĹ?í Hájek, RadioMobil spokesman.

T-Mobile GSM Banking allows customers to manage their bank accounts actively anywhere and any time just via their mobile phones. Thus, customers can easily gain the latest information about their account balance, payments, and exchange rates, give bankerâ??s orders (one-off or permanent), or make time deposits. At present, T-Mobile GSM Banking is supported by ÄŚeská spoĹ?itelna, ÄŚSOB, eBanka, GE Capital Bank, Poštovní spoĹ?itelna, Union banka and Živnostenská banka.

Direct banking is available for both contract customers and Twist card users. The service is very easy to control. To use the service, customers need to have a SIM card with a banking application (banking SIM card) registered with a particular bank. Customers who still use standard SIM cards can have them exchanged for banking SIM cards in the T-Mobile retail shops for a fee of CZK 400. The existing phone numbers plus phonebook entries will remain unchanged.

T-Mobile customers who have their bank accounts at ÄŚSOB, eBanka, Poštovní spoĹ?itelna and Živnostenská banka can have a 50% discount when exchanging their standard SIM cards for a banking type. Thus, they will pay CZK 200 only. Moreover, after activating T-Mobile GSM Banking, the bank credits this amount to the customersâ?? accounts or provides discounts on its services.

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RadioMobil is the first and so far the only national operator in the Czech Republic to bring its customers the benefits arising from membership in a global telecommunications group, T-Mobile International. For more information, visit www.t-mobile.cz

T-Mobile International, one of Deutsche Telekom AGâ??s four strategic divisions, is one of the worldâ??s leading international mobile communications providers. Deutsche Telekomâ?? subsidiaries and affiliated companies today serve more than 69 million mobile customers worldwide. T-Mobile is the first transatlantic mobile communications provider utilizing the digital GSM wireless technology standard. In October 2002, T-Mobile was awarded Best Mobile Operator in the category Europe, Middle East and Africa by the jury of the World Communication Awards 2002. For more information, visit www.t-mobile.net.

Contact:
JiĹ?í Hájek
Corporate Communication Manager
RadioMobil a.s.
Tel: +420 603 400 130
Fax: +420 603 620 106
E-mail: press@t-mobile.cz

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.

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