TDE.L Regulatory News (TDE)

3 Jan 2006 07:00

Cesky Telecom A.S.02 January 2006 > PRESS RELEASE - 2. JANUARY 2006 > DUE TO IMMENSE INTEREST, CESKY TELECOM IS EXTENDING ITS WINTER OFFER FORINTERNET CONNECTIONS Owing to the success and immense interest shown by new customers, CESKY TELECOMis extending its special offer for INTERNET EXPRESS broadband Internetconnections, which includes a modem, broadband Internet activation and the firstmonth of connectivity all for a symbolic fee of three koruna, until January 15,2006. "If the current trend continues, we will know the names of three hundredthousand subscribers in February of this year," says an evidently optimisticSimon Burckhardt, Chief Marketing and Sales Officer - Residential Segment -CESKY TELECOM. During the attractive winter offer, the number of CESKY TELECOM's INTERNETEXPRES broadband Internet connections through telephone lines has increased bynearly 15%. "We have been successful among new customers thanks to the INTERNET EXPRESwinter offer. Since its introduction on November 7, 2005, an average of over1,300 new subscribers per working day have ordered the service , and this numberis still growing," adds Mr. Burckhardt. Thus far, the most successful period interms of incoming orders has been the 47th week of 2005, when CESKY TELECOM tooka total of 7,350 orders. Current statistics show that broadband Internet was apopular gift under Christmas trees in many households. Customers can verify whether they can have Internet Express installed on aspecific phone line by means of a regularly updated Internet application orthrough SMS. To verify availability by means of an SMS message, simply send anSMS in the form of EXPRES XXXXXXXXX (where XXXXXXXXX is the telephone number ofthe fixed line in question) to 724 185 184. The customer will receiveinformation about the availability of the Internet Express service on the fixedline in question in the form of an SMS message. For further information, please contact: MARTIN ZABKAPress SpokesmanTel: +420 271 463 359Fax: +420 271 469 896e-mail: tiskovy.odbor@ct.cz CESKY TELECOM, a. s., a member of the Telefonica Group, is the leadingtelecommunications company in the Czech Republic. Through its subsidiary companyEurotel Praha, spol. s r.o., it also has a significant presence in the Czechmobile services market. Further information about the firm and the services itoffers is available at www.telecom.cz, which was rated as BestWeb 2003 in theWebTop100 survey. Signum Temporis has consistently awarded CESKY TELECOM for being one of thedomestic capital market's most transparent firms in terms of providinginformation. Based on an open vote of specialists, members of the press and anine-member committee, CESKY TELECOM placed first in 2003, just as it did in2001. CESKY TELECOM ranks among the most prominent firms on the Czech capital marketin terms of capitalization and trading volumes. Its shares are also traded onthe London Stock Exchange in the form of GDRs. CESKY TELECOM's credit rating isthe highest a Czech corporation can receive from top international ratingagencies. About Telefonica Telefonica is Europe's leading integrated telecom company and second biggest inthe world. Its activities are centred mainly on the fixed and mobile telephonybusinesses with broadband as the key tool for the development of both of these. The company is operating in 40 countries and together with CESKY TELECOM has acustomer base that amounts to more than 140 million access. Telefonica has astrong presence in Latin America, where the company concentrates part of itsgrowth strategy. Telefonica is a 100% listed company, with more than 1.5 million directshareholders. Its share capital currently comprises 4,921,130,397 ordinaryshares traded on the Spanish Stock Market (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao andValencia) and on those in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, New York, Lima,Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo and the SEAQ International Exchange in London. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange