TDE.L Regulatory News (TDE)

26 Jul 2005 08:45

Cesky Telecom A.S.26 July 2005 PRESS RELEASE Number of High-Speed Mobile Internet Access Customers Passes 50.000 on Eurotel's CDMA Network Prague, 26th July 2005 - The number of customers using Eurotel's high-speedCDMA2000 1xEV-DO mobile Internet and data access technology today passed Fiftythousand customers. With expanded coverage and capacity provided in July by theaddition of 4 new CDMA base stations to Eurotel's network, Eurotel confirmed atthe same time its commitment to provide quality Internet access to allcustomers. Since April 2005 thanks to "Eurotel Internet" service customers canchoose from the widest range of Internet access speed and budget optionsavailable in the Czech Republic today. " We're pleased to see the continued rapid growth of customers, who arediscovering Eurotel's comprehensive Internet and email access services providedwithin the "Eurotel Internet" offering introduced by Eurotel in April of thisyear," said Andrei Torriani, Chief Marketing Officer of Eurotel Praha, spol. sr.o. " The rapid growth of our CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network demonstrates Customersfind it easier than ever to select and use our Internet services without havingto worry about the technologies involved. Our Internet Mobil, Internet Doma,Internet Pro and Internet Kombi portfolio of choices remains the mostcomprehensive in the Czech Republic today and provides something for everyone nomatter what their budget, location or speed requirements might be," he adds. The expansion of the Eurotel's network based on the CDMA2000 1xEV-DO technologyfollowed an expert evaluation of the current network traffic and areas in whichan increasing strong level of interest in Internet services has been observed.Expanded coverage and capacity have been deployed in Plzen, Hlinsko, Choteborand Bystrice pod Pernstejnem. Commercially Launched at the end of August 2004,Eurotel's CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network provides high speed wireless dataconnectivity with coverage currently provided to over 80 % of the population ofthe Czech Republic by 266 CDMA base stations. For more information on Eurotel's Internet service visit www.eurotel.cz, Eurotelbrand stores or contact customer service by phone. Eurotel Praha, spol. s r. o., reported more than 4.4 million customers in itsnetwork at the end of June 2005. The mobile telephone networks of Eurotel 900/1800 MHz and 450 MHz cover a territory which has 99 percent of the populationof the Czech Republic (more than 10 million people). Eurotel holds a UMTSlicense for the operation of 3rd generation mobile services. As well as services for post-paid customers on billed tariffs, Eurotel offersprepaid cards under the brand name Go and a full range and content ofmulti-media services, including video, MMS, voice services, WAP and SMS. Eurotelis the only mobile operator in the Czech Republic which offers the two mostadvanced GSM (wireless) data transfer technologies. General Packet Radio Service(GPRS) and GSM High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data (HSCSD) are available tocontractual customers and customers with prepaid services. Eurotel as the firstoperator in Europe offers the CDMA2000 1xEV-DO high speed Internet access in its450 MHz network. The high quality of Eurotel services includes SuperSoundtechnology, which ensures a clean voice connection and 392 roaming partners in156 countries around the world. Eurotel, the winner of the 2004 Czech Republic National Quality Award, providesthe top quality telecommunications services; the fact has been confirmed by theinternational quality certificate ISO 9001:2000. The company as the onlytelecommunications operator in the Czech Republic was also awarded the followingcertificates - ISO 14001:1996 Environmental Management, OHSAS 18001:1999Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, and BS 7799-2:2002Information Security Management. Independent auditors of management systemsconfirmed that Eurotel had established operation systems that ensure quality,efficiency, reliability and protection of information relating to the entirerange of services provided nationwide. Eurotel Praha is a limited liability company (spol. s r. o.), and is owned(100%) by CESKY TELECOM, a. s. For further information please contact: Eurotel Praha, spol. s r. o. Diana Dobalova Media spokesperson +420 720 70 44 00 diana_dobalova@eurotel.cz This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange