Paegas Twist Now Offers Unique Solution for Instant Card Recharge in ATM Machines

• Fast recharge of Twist cards using bank card directly from an ATM, without needless bills and calls
• Customer is automatically informed about the transaction by an SMS text message
• Thanks to ATM recharge, the customer may receive up to 400 crowns of free credit

RadioMobil is the first to come to the Czech market with the easiest way to recharge prepaid cards using ATM machines. Practically every owner of any of the most widely used payment cards can quickly and easily recharge any mobile phone that uses the prepaid Paegas Twist service. Unlike with other already existing systems, a customer of Paegas Twist has to neither wait until a bill is printed, nor call the recharge line manually. In addition to that, s/he gets up to 400 crowns for free, because each recharge using ATM automatically adds 10 per cent to the credit amount.

â?śRecharging Twist cards using ATM is the easiest way of recharging prepaid cards in the CR. You just follow instructions on the ATM screen and the phone is recharged in a moment. There is no need to care about any recharge number, you only have to know the number you want to recharge, and the system will take care of everything else,â?ť said the spokeswoman of RadioMobil Tereza Kakosová.

The recharge procedure is really very simple: You insert your payment card into selected ATM machines and choose the option Mobile Phone and then Twist Recharge. After that you just enter a phone number (nine digits â?" no zero in the front), and select a credit from 200 to 4000 KÄŤ. The owner of the recharged phone automatically gets an SMS message confirming the recharge, and also another number to receive the confirmation SMS can be entered during the transaction. Eventually, the ATM machine will confirm the transaction and print a recharge bill. If the user needs a tax document too, s/he may request it at the Info Line (just by giving an authorisation code from the bill issued by the ATM) and s/he will receive it by mail, or s/he may obtain it in any Paegas brand shop after presenting the ATM bill.

RadioMobil is one of the first GSM network operators worldwide to introduce a correspondingly simple recharge of prepaid cards using ATM machines. It has done so in co-operation with the largest Czech bank ÄŚSOB, which gradually implements it in its ATM network. The system is currently being installed in ATM machines all around the Czech Republic. Implementation in selected ATM machines is already complete, and the number of ATMs offering easy recharge of the prepaid Paegas Twist cards is going to increase in the following weeks. An updated list is available on the web site and at the Paegas Info Line. â?śWe could almost start talking about convergence of telecommunications and the banking sector â?" it started with Paegas GSM Banking, and this new service further develops our close and successful co-operation with banking houses,â?ť remarked Tereza Kakosová.

The joint-stock company RadioMobil is the operator of a GSM 900/1800 MHz network called Paegas. Since 1996, when RadioMobil entered the Czech market and brought in competition, it obtained almost two million customers. RadioMobil sells prepaid services under the brand Paegas Twist, which is the most successful prepaid service in the Czech market, providing its users with a whole range of services such as data and fax connection, GSM Banking based on the SIM Toolkit standard, Paegas Assistant services, access to WAP services and furthermore it offers a free e-mail ClickBox Easy. Paegas Click is another brand of RadioMobil, focused on customers with Internet or WAP access. At www.click.cz they can easily configure services as well as for instance use a comprehensive e-mail box based on the unified messaging technology.

RadioMobil belongs to the Deutsche Telekom Group â?" one of the worldâ??s biggest telecommunication operators. Through its subsidiary company T-Mobil (Deutsche Telekomâ??s mobile operator) it owns 87.3 % in the consortium CMobil. Other shareholders of CMobil are: STET Mobile Holdings N.V. (12 %) and PVT a.s. (0.7 %). The international consortium CMobil is, together with ÄŚeské radiokomunikace, a shareholder of RadioMobil. In 2001 CMobil is going to enforce an option that will increase its stake in RadioMobil from the existing 49 % to 60.8 %.

Today, the Paegas GSM network covers over 99 % of the Czech population and 99.8 % of first class roads. RadioMobil customers may use their mobile phones in networks of 200 operators from 88 countries of the whole world (121 various locations altogether). By the end of 2000, more than 1,850,000 customers were using Paegas services.

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).

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