From today EuroTel offers its customers a new service, EuroTel NetCall-55. EuroTel NetCall-55 was developed with emphasis on affordability and simplicity in use. Another competitive advantage of this new service is the number of countries to which the customer can call by using the EuroTel NetCall-55 service.

The continuous improvement of Internet technology now makes it possible for the international IP network to provide sound quality that is comparable with traditional networks for a fraction of the cost of traditional international calls. The customer can choose whether to take advantage of the lower costs of the EuroTel NetCall-55 service or to place calls abroad using the standard method.

"Through EuroTel NetCall-55 we provide our customers with the least expensive method for calling abroad. All of this, while maintaining high quality sound, we consider to be very substantial," said Ed Kingman, EuroTel's managing director, on the occasion of the introduction of the new service.

The great advantage of the new EuroTel NetCall-55 service is its easy accessibility and its simplicity of operation. The customer doesn´t need to think about which group of countries the number being called is located in; in order to use the service, all one needs to do is to dial 55 instead of the traditional 00, followed by the number being called, beginning with the numerical prefix of the country.

"Convenience for the customer is our highest priority, and for this reason we spare no efforts in developing new services. Therefore, the simplicity and accessibility of the EuroTel NetCall-55 service is another advantage that only we offer. EuroTel's advanced technology very significantly simplifies access for our customers to the services we offer. Proof of this lies in the fact that one needs only to dial 55 to use the EuroTel NetCall-55 service," Ed Kingman added.

EuroTel NetCall-55 is immediately accessible for all EuroTel customers, with no registration required and no activation fees.

Customers can enjoy significant savings when calling abroad, thanks to the low prices of the EuroTel NetCall-55 service. For example, a one-minute call to the US or Canada costs a EuroTel GSM Global or T!P services customer 9.50 CZK plus VAT. This same low price applies for calls to many other countries, such as Great Britain, Germany, France, Slovakia, and Italy.

EuroTel NetCall-55 is also accessible for prepaid GO service customers. Above all, international calling to all of Europe, the US, and Canada is incomparably least expensive with EuroTel GO prepaid service! A one-minute call to the US or Canada thus costs a GO customer very lowest 10 CZK, including VAT. The same price applies for GO customers for calls throughout Europe, which is the least expensive offer for international calls, more than 33% lower than the mobile competition's offer.

And last but not least, EuroTel NetCall-55 offers the greatest number of countries to which the customer can call with the lowest costs. Only with EuroTel NetCall-55 customers can call their business partners or friends in Russia, China, Taiwan, Bulgaria, Brasil, India, Thailand and many other countries, and at the same time significantly save their money.

EuroTel Praha Ltd is a joint venture of SPT TELECOM Inc. (51%) and Atlantic West B.V. (49%). Atlantic West B.V. is equally owned by Bell Atlantic (NYSE:BEL) and MediaOne International, which is a part of MediaOne Group (NYSE:UMG).


Prague, 28 July 1999