Twist Direct-Dial Roaming Services Available in a Growing Number of Countries of the World

• The Twist direct-dial roaming is now available to Paegas Twist users also in the PL-PLUS network of the Polish operator Polkomtel
• In countries where the CAMEL technology can be used, RadioMobil customers make 40% of all roaming calls
• Paegas Twist users have the possibility to telephone and send SMS messages from 89 countries from the networks of 204 operators

The Twist direct-dial roaming services based on the CAMEL technology (so-called 100% roaming) that allows Twist customers to roam without having to call back are becoming available in more and more countries of the world. Until now, the users of the prepaid Twist services could in such an easy way call and send text messages from three countries: Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In mid-May this year, another country was added to this list â?" Poland. In the above states RadioMobil customers make nearly 40% of all roaming calls.
RadioMobil was the first operator not only in the Czech Republic, but together with the German T-Mobil even the first one in Europe, to introduce the CAMEL technology (Customised Applications for Mobile Networks Enhanced Logic) based on the so-called intelligent networks. Since then the number of operators offering roaming services on the principle of this progressive technology has been growing, and a lot of others are working on the implementation of the CAMEL standard. With CAMEL, the customers can use the prepaid Twist services with the same convenience as in the national network.

â?žRadioMobil is the only operator offering services based on the CAMEL technology,â?ś explains JiĹ?í Hájek, spokesman for RadioMobil. â?žOur customers have already grown accustomed to the services based on state-of-the-art technologies ensuring a high level of user comfort. The hundred-percent roaming allowing for the transfer of basic user data between the networks of different operators is undoubtedly one of them and it will be implemented in the networks of the majority of operators in the future.â?ś

For the Paegas Twist users who need to use the services of roaming partners whose networks do not support direct-dial roaming yet, RadioMobil offers the less convenient solution of a back call roaming. Nevertheless, in both cases the customers can telephone and send the so popular short text messages.

Countries in which roaming without the need for a back call is available:

Country	Operator	Name of the network on the phoneâ??s display
Poland	Polkomtel	PL-PLUS
Germany	T-Mobil	D1
Austria	Maxmobil	A max.
Switzerland	Swiscom	Swiss GSM

Advantages of Twist direct-dial roaming in comparison with other roaming solutions for prepaid services

• Direct number dialling: The user can make use of the phoneâ??s memory, does not need to key in any codes in front of the number he/she is dialling
• Immediate connection: It is not necessary to wait for a back call, the connection proceeds in the same way as if calling in the national network
• Short number dialling: Even if abroad, the Paegas Twist users can take advantage of short number dialling in the same way as in the national network (e.g. the numbers: 3311 - Voicemail, 333 - Paegas Asistent)
• Credit: The customer always knows his/her up-to-date credit immediately â?" it can be found out either by directly inserting *101# or by calling the Credit Info on 4601 free of charge
• Recharge: If the customer needs to top up his/her credit, he/she can use the possibility of a direct recharge without having to call the recharge line via the code *102*. If the customer decides to recharge via the recharge line, the call from a foreign country is free of charge.

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 more than 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 - 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 CMobil consortium. Other shareholders of CMobil are: STET Mobile Holdings N.V. (12 %) and PVT a.s. (0.7 %). The international CMobil consortium now owns 60.8% of RadioMobil whose second biggest shareholder is the company ÄŚeské radiokomunikace.

Today, the Paegas GSM network covers over 99% of the Czech population and 99.8% of first class roads. Only during the year 2000 the number of transmitters increased by 750 and thus reached 2500 by the end of the year. Last year, investments only in the network exceeded nine billion crowns. RadioMobil customers may use their mobile phones in networks of 203 operators from 89 countries of the whole world (124 various locations altogether). By the end of February 2001, more than 2,000,000 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.

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