Paegas Will Allow Customers to Use Audiotex Services

• Users of Paegas services can call audiotex numbers with the 0609 code as well
• Prices of audiotex services will be the same as calls from a fixed line

Starting 9^th May RadioMobil lets its customers call audiotex services provided at the special-charge 0609 dialling code. Service operators will offer individual audiotex services using advertising in magazines and TV programs, and the customer can choose from these by selecting phone numbers given in the advertisements. Operators are obliged to give prices of individual services according to standard price-lists valid also in the fixed network. "Our customers can now use a wide spectrum of various services, which excluded audiotex until now. Customers always appreciate a wide offer and we try to give them freedom of choice," said the spokeswoman of RadioMobil Tereza Kakosová. "Quality does not hide only in technologies, but also in the approach towards customers."

A customer who uses an audiotex service at an 0609-number will be charged according to the selected service and its given price. Standard customers will pay for audiotex services on their Bill of GSM Paegas Services (the customer can see the amount in the column "Audiotex services" on the bill and also on the detailed bill). The amount spent on calls will be subtracted from the credit of customers who use the Paegas Twist service.

So far RadioMobil has closed a contract on providing audiotex services with two operators, whose services will be accessible in the Paegas network. Other providers will follow gradually. The provider is always responsible for the quality and content of the audiotex.

It will be possible to block the audiotex service at customers phone request. The customer is then informed about the blocking by an announcement of the switching centre: "Tento hovor není dovolen. Prosím kontaktujte oddÄ?lení péÄŤe o zákazníky sítÄ? Paegas." (This call is not allowed. Please contact Paegas customer care department). Companies using more mobile phones have the audiotex calls blocked automatically, and they have the possibility to ask the info line to unblock selected numbers for them.

 

RadioMobil Incorporated is the operator of the most dynamically growing GSM network in CR. During 1999 over 500 thousand new customers decided for its services, which is the highest number in the history of mobile communications in CR. The Paegas GSM network that RadioMobil operates belongs to the most technologically developed networks in the world and has no competitor in a whole range of services on the Czech market.

Only in the Paegas network really all customers, not excluding prepaid Paegas Twist card owners, can use the most modern services: free data and fax connection, GSM Banking, WAP based services, Paegas Asistent and others. So far only RadioMobil offers the possibility of ordering services via the internet or view the bill thanks to the Paegas Info Profil service. They can always be sure they chose the most effective operator on the Czech market.

The RadioMobil Company can fully rely on its shareholders: ÄŚeské radiokomunikace 51 % (after enforcing the option its share will decrease to 39.2 % during 2001) and the consortium CMobil - 49 % (60.8 % respectively). The consortium CMobil is: T-Mobil - a 100 % subsidiary company of Deutsche Telekom (84.55 %), TIM - Telecom Italia Mobile (12 %); other shareholders are SKS - SpoĹ?itelní kapitálová spoleÄŤnost a.s., TMP - TelekomunikaÄŤní montáže Praha a.s., PVT a.s.

The Paegas GSM network today covers over 99 % of the Czech population and 99.8 % of first-class roads. Customers can use a Paegas GSM mobile phone in networks of 171 operators from almost 80 countries of the whole world. In 1999 RadioMobil invested more than 5.5 billion crowns in its network, and for 2000 it plans investments exceeding 10 billion. At the end of March 2000 over 1 050 000 customers were using the 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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