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From Monday morning, 22nd March 1999, EuroTel GSM Global and EuroTel GO customers can use
their mobile phones for free national calls and for free SMS messages in the Prague Metro.
As of the March 19, when EuroTel together with the other operator started the operation of
the EuroTel GSM Global network at the most frequent stations I.P.Pavlova, Můstek
and Museum stations, customers can call and receive calls or send and receive SMS
messages.
From today EuroTel offers to its customers free calls and free SMS during the next
30 days in the Metro in those three stations - I.P.Pavlova, Můstek and Museum, while on
the platform.
"Quality coverage and quality of calls - that is the competitive advantage of
EuroTel. Within the frame of this pilot project, we want all of our customers to try our
Metro coverage. We have installed the most advanced technology available and we need to
understand both customer usage and system performance," said the Managing
Director of EuroTel, Ed Kingman, on the occasion of this pilot project.
"EuroTel is by the customer base the recognized leader and largest operator on
the Czech market. Our goal is to continue to be the leading company as regards to quality
of coverage and to provide value for money services. Metro coverage demonstrates that we
continue to fulfill this obligation," emphasized Ed Kingman.
1. Initiative to cover Metro was brought by EuroTel, when in the spring 1996 EuroTel
started first technical Metro measurements.
2. In September 1996 EuroTel started negotiations with Dopravní podnik hl. m. Prahy about
conditions of GSM technology installation.
3. In November 1996 Dopravní podnik hl. m. Prahy asked EuroTel to include second operator
in technical solution.
4. In March 1997 "Sdružení Metro" association was established, EuroTel and the
Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic became its members; the purpose was to ensure
coverage of the underground Metro spaces by EuroTel GSM Global signal and by the signal of
mass radio network of the Ministry of Interior.
5. RadioMobil joined "Sdružení Metro" association later on in November 1997
and EuroTel was delegated to control the project.
EuroTel negotiated the conditions with Dopravní podnik, ordered the construction, and is
in charge of the financial means of the "Sdružení Metro" association. The
functional operation of the GSM networks is monitored from the EuroTel Network Management
Center in Olšanská street. This center is the central point for network monitoring and
for controlling all the processes in the network. It operates 24 hours a day and
guarantees effective, consistent and very reliable operation. EuroTel has invested large
amounts of financial means in establishment and operation of the Network Management
Center. The technology can bear the most exacting criteria and comparisons; this was one
of the reasons why EuroTel was entrusted to monitor the whole project.
Even today EuroTel works to extend the coverage in other Metro spaces.
"Everything we do every day is motivated by the wish to fully satisfy our
customers. The total number of our customers proves that the customers prefer quality
services provided by EuroTel. We are proud that it was EuroTel who brought the whole
project to the successful close, since it proves the quality of our services. Once again
EuroTel proved by this step that it belongs among the leading world operators in mobile
communications, because only the most advanced networks offer the Metro coverage,"
added Ed Kingman.
EuroTel Praha, spol. s r.o., is a joint venture of SPT TELECOM, a.s., (51%) and Atlantic
West B.V. (49%). Atlantic West B.V. is a company with an equal share of Bell Atlantic
(NYSE:BEL) and MediaOne International, which is a part of MediaOne Group (NYSE:UMG)
Prague, March 22nd, 1999 |
For further information,
please contact:
EuroTel Praha Ltd.
Iva Taťounová
Tel.: 02/6701 1193
Fax: 02/6701 1195 |
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