How many years can an aardvark live? Call 1183!

• T-Mobile Assistant 1183 marks nine years of helping customers
• The service is available from all over the world, to all Czech clients
• Not only information but also secretarial and interpreting services included

Prague, 13 August 2008 - It has been nine years since T-Mobile Assistant 1183 started helping the users of all Czech networks and foreign visitors to the Czech Republic. The service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Dozens of operators are ready to answer various questions in Czech, English and German. Millions of calls have been handled during the existence of the service.

"We really try to answer any question, although it is sometimes very difficult," says Daniel Votápek, T‑Mobile's Vice President Category and Product Management, adding with a smile: "People have asked us how many years a hippo can live, when Napoleon was born or how many people live in Madagascar."

T-Mobile Assistant 1183 offers a wide range of information: It is able to look up a phone number (and connect the caller if so desired), find out when a train to Pohledské Dvořáky and a bus to Oskořínek leave, recommend a cultural event as well as provide traffic information or a weather forecast. The information databases are constantly extended and updated.

In addition to providing useful information, T-Mobile Assistant 1183 also offers a number of other services. It is able to set up a conference call with up to thirty participants or provide professional interpreting and translation services in 40 languages. T-Mobile Assistant 1183 serves as an efficient secretary with a pleasant voice who will wake up the customer in time, look up the desired information, plan an important phone call or type up a text and send it to the requested address.

Most callers contact 1183 on Mondays and Wednesdays; the busiest days are those before the summer holiday season and in December. The average call length is just under one minute. The most frequent answers concern phone numbers, addresses and transport connections.

A unified rate - CZK 14.90/minute + a set-up fee of CZK 14.90 (the prices include VAT) - is charged for the basic T-Mobile Assistant services to all customers, irrespective of the tariff plan they use. The service is also available to customers of other mobile and fixed networks. For a complete price list and further information, see www.1183.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.

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.