RadioMobil Gained the Crystal Disc 2001 Prize
Prague, October 19, 2001 â?" The Crystal Disc 2001 Prize was awarded yesterday to the RadioMobil Company for its ClickBox service. The Crystal Disc competition forms a traditional part of the accompanying program of INVEX, International Fair of Information and Communication Technologies that took place for the 11th time this year. The FAIR AGENCY company is the enunciator and organizer of the competition.
The Academy of Information and Communication technologies composed of academic representatives, branch associations and users representatives participates in the evaluation of the competitions exhibits. Mr. Prof. RNDr. JiĹ?í Zlatuška, CSc., Rector of Masaryk University in Brno, was the chairman of the evaluating academy for the year 2001. Of the total number of 66 registered exhibits, 31 were nominated for the Crystal Disc. The prize was awarded to nine of them. RadioMobil is the only telecommunication operator to have won the prize this year.
"I am very pleased we were given that prestigious appreciation," says Mr. Roland Mahler, General Manager of the RadioMobil Company. "The fact we obtained Crystal Disc for the ClickBox service re-affirmed our position as an innovator. Actually, we are the only operator on the Czech market and one of the first in the world who offers services based on the technology of future called speech synthesis. I am also glad that our clients are the first ones to take advantage of this technology that, in future, will fully enable easy and comfortable control of appliances by human voice."
The ClickBox Service
ClickBox is a universal mailbox based on the unified messaging principle where all formats of messages (voice, fax, e-mail) are gathered at one place and are mutually transferable. All messages in ClickBoxu are saved as data files and can be further processed: replayed, modified, viewed, re-sent to other addresses or phone numbers etc. The access to the mailbox also has universal character. It can be accessed both by means of Internet at the address www.click.cz and through a cellular phone by a call to 3322, or through clickw@p.
ClickBox, as one of the first services in the world, offers the users a revolutionary novelty â?" voice control and reading of text in the cellular phone. Thanks to the voice control, the client can move in the mailbox and to put on its functions by means of simple and logical orders (e.g. "e-mails", "next one", "read", "delete"). Of course, voice-frequency dialing can also be used to control the mailbox. Reading of text gives the client the possibility of having the headline, or even the whole content of the e-mail, read through the cellular phone. It is possible to select Czech or English pronunciation for reading.
ClickBox can be taken advantage of by every tariff client of the Paegas network who registers for the service. The activation fee is 90 CZK, the client pays a monthly lump sum of 90 CZK. The functions of text reading and voice control form standard part of ClickBox without any other fees. Twist clients have the possibility of using the free ClickBox Easy service which also newly enables.
About the Company
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.