Cestovatel add-on: free incoming calls while abroad

  • Free incoming calls for T-Mobile customers who use the Cestovatel add-on
  • Offer valid from 15 January to 31 March for all users of this roaming add-on

Prague, 8 January 2007 - For all its customers who use the Cestovatel (Traveler) roaming add-on, T-Mobile has prepared a new price benefit that will come into effect on 15 January. Incoming calls abroad will be completely free of charge. Up to now, T-Mobile customers have been charged a call set-up fee for these calls. The promotion is valid until 31 March 2007 and relates to both current and new users of Cestovatel.

The Cestovatel (Traveler) roaming add-on is a unique offer in the Czech market that is provided to all tariff customers of T­Mobile. Calling from abroad with Cestovatel is priced at almost the same rate as in the Czech Republic. And from 15 January, all Cestovatel users, both new and current, will save money when receiving incoming calls while abroad. They will not be charged the set-up fee of CZK 29 excl. VAT (CZK 34.51 incl. VAT) until 31 March this year. All T-Mobile networks will then allow free-of-charge reception of incoming calls.

Thanks to Cestovatel, customers calling from abroad do not need to worry about their phone bills. This is also clearly evident in the roaming statistics. The average length of incoming calls of those who use Cestovatel rose by an impressive 187 percent. Cestovatel users are also keen on calling from abroad - the length of outgoing calls almost doubled. And even more significant was the increase in the total number of minutes that customers called while abroad, which was 110 percent for outgoing calls and a remarkable 262 percent for incoming calls.*

The Cestovatel add-on can be used in 11 countries where T-Mobile operates. Calls, SMS and data transmissions have been significantly cheaper for customers in Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Great Britain, the USA and Poland (ERA GSM network). The only condition is that they must use the T-Mobile network in the countries to which they travel.

The activation and use of Cestovatel are absolutely free of charge. Travelers who call within a foreign country or to the Czech Republic pay an initial call set-up fee of CZK 29 excl. VAT (CZK 34.51 incl. VAT) while the per-minute charge of their calls is as low as CZK 4 excl. VAT (CZK 4.76 incl. VAT). All post-paid customers of T-Mobile can activate the Cestovatel add-on.

Note: *The data apply to post-paid customers - residential.

Cestovatel add-on

  Per-minute price of calls + call set-up fee
Excl. VAT  Incl. VAT
Outgoing calls  CZK 4.00 / min. + CZK 29.00  CZK 4.76 / min. + CZK 34.51
Incoming calls** CZK 0.00 / min. + CZK 0.00 CZK 0.00 / min. + CZK 0.00 
SMS CZK 5.00 CZK 5.95 
GPRS Internet  CZK 0.10 / kB CZK 0.12 / kB 
WAP CZK 0.60 / kB CZK 0.71 / kB
Activation CZK 0.00  CZK 0.00
Monthly fee CZK 0.00 CZK 0.00

Note: **Price during the promotion, valid from 15 January to 31 March 2007.


 
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).

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