What is GSM InfoText? To put it briefly, GSM InfoText is information. Information for everyday practical use, information which influence the success of your business, and information for free time and entertainment. GSM InfoText is based on short text messages which ensure ordering and delivering information and also credible information sources and regular updates of the offered information. Starting on April 1, each GSM Global user with an activated Text Service which facilitates sending short text messages will be able to begin taking advantage of this new service. You can order GSM InfoText since it is automatically available to all Text Service users. And GSM InfoText is completely free of charge in the month of April! What kind of information can you get with GSM InfoText? Information for your entertainment Do you want to have a good time with your friends or colleagues? Have your biorhythm and that of your friends sent to you and compare your momentary physical, emotional, and intellectual abilities. The vast database of jokes, aphorisms, and Murphy’s Laws from which you can also draw ”fresh” information, are also good for a laugh. Everyday information Weather forecast--The weather forecast provided by the Hydrometeorological Institute in Prague will simplify your making plans for next week. Regularly updated weather forecasts are available for the Czech Republic and seven regional forecasts for various areas. Transportation information--You are surely familiar with the situation when thanks to a traffic jam or road closing you arrived late to a meeting or missed the departure for vacation. GSM InfoText can help you avoid such unpleasantries. Up-to-date information on road closures and transportation restrictions (transporting oversized loads, fairs, festivals) will simplify your choosing another route or setting aside a sufficient time reserve. When traveling abroad, you will surely appreciate information on waiting periods for personal and freight transportation at border crossings, as well as the price of unleaded and diesel gasoline in various European countries. Aid abroad--EuroTel Praha wants to be close to you even in unanticipated situations which may arise during your stay abroad. Via GSM InfoText, you immediately get the address and telephone number of the Czech embassy in any country and the emergency number as well. Planner--Using your GSM mobile phone, you can have a message sent with specific wording (e.g. ”Buy wife flowers for our wedding anniversary”) on the entered time and day. A message created in this way may be delivered to your number or another GSM mobile phone. Information from the business world ČTK news--Do you want to be immediately and seriously informed on up-to-date events in the Czech Republic and the world? Thanks to the on-line connection of GSM InfoText to the ČTK news, brief political and economic updates will regularly be delivered to your GSM mobile phone so you’ll always be ”in the picture.” News for the financial world--Timely and reliable information means a lot in the business world. Being directly tied to the Prague Stock Exchange and the RM-SYSTEM enables you to find out the most recent value of your stocks, the change compared to the last exchange rate, or the value of the PX-50 index. And what else--you can also set a value for specific stocks so that you’ll be informed automatically by GSM InfoText if they exceed it either in the up or down direction. ČNB foreign exchange rates--The daily foreign exchange rates provided by the Czech National Bank will bring precision and ease to your price calculations in closing business deals with a foreign partner. How to use GSM InfoText abroad? It was already mentioned that some information provided by GSM InfoText is designed for your stay abroad. It generally stands that all GSM InfoText information services may be used abroad. This is conditional on your having activated roaming with the operator in the given country and that the operator offers the short text message service. How to get the information? Simply. Each type of information is allocated its own key word. For instance, the key word for weather is POC, biorythmes BIO, and border crossings HRA. You order the desired information by creating a short text message with the given key word and sending it to the GSM InfoText service telephone number. The request thus gets to the central GSM InfoText database where the information is searched for and sent back to your mobile phone via a short text message. And all that in just a few seconds! What is needed to use GSM InfoText services? Fulfillment of two prerequisites--you must have a suitable mobile phone and have activated the Text Service. Your mobile phone must be capable of receiving and sending short text messages. You activate the Text Service necessary for facilitating the transmission of short text messages by filling out the Change Application enclosed in this piece of mail. In conclusion... There is no doubt that short text messages and the services associated to them have a huge future. The Text Service and the new GSM InfoText service by EuroTel Praha are only the beginning. And as you will soon find, a very promising beginning.