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Vodafone Malta & Aramex ink integrated logistics services agreement

On 08.10.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Aramex, the global logistics solutions provider, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Vodafone Malta, the leading mobile telecommunications operator in Malta, to manage Vodafone’s logistics in Malta.

As part of the agreement, Aramex will provide a range of integrated logistics services to Vodafone including network logistics, retail distribution, logistics management and support among other services. This agreement with Vodafone Malta further expands Aramex’s growing portfolio of telecommunications companies worldwide.
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GO launches BlackBerry on prepaid & PAYG tariffs in Malta

On 08.04.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: GO, Malta’s leading quad-play provider, has just introduced BlackBerry® on prepaid in the local market. GO’s BlackBerry® on prepaid will be available as from 22 July. As a result GO’s customers who are on a prepaid/Pay As You GO mobile tariff can experience the amazing BlackBerry® solution whilst on the move – at very low rates. GO has come up with various packages and customers can go for the package just right for their pocket and best suited to their lifestyle requirements.

For as little as €9.99, Pay As You GO customers can get their prepaid BlackBerry® internet service for a duration of 10 days – just less than €1 a day – and stay in touch via Instant Messaging, emails, news, GPS Maps – and much more – at the same time keeping full control of their subscription. Meanwhile Blackberry® on prepaid from GO comes also at only €24.99 with a service window of 30 days and, €65.99 for 90 days and €120 for 180 days.

As part of the launch offer, customers who opt for the 90-day subscription automatically receive a 25% discount while those who take the 180-day subscription get a rebate of no less than 50%. This means that customers can use BlackBerry® internet service for as low as €10 a month for a six month period.

Speaking about the newly introduced Blackberry® on prepaid from GO, Norbert Prihoda, Chief Operations Officer at GO said: “We are the first local mobile provider to launch BlackBerry® on prepaid and we are proud of doing so. This is a unique opportunity for our prepaid customers and I suggest they just go for it and subscribe to the service! The initiative spotlights GO’s ongoing innovation and its commitment to provide its customers with the best and latest services at the most affordable prices.” (more…)

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GO extends summer mobile offers (Malta)

On 08.03.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: With the scope of enhancing the great summer experience for its customers, GO is extending its special summer offers for mobile that will now run on to 31 August 2009. This will give customers the chance to make the most of summer fun and also to take advantage of the best mobile service in the local market at the most affordable prices.

New customers who connect to GO and top up with €20 or more by the 31 August 2009 get 1000 free minutes and 1000 free SMS to all GO mobile numbers. An extra 1000 free SMS will also be given to these customers for any subsequent top up of €10 or more made until 28 February 2010. Those customers who connect and top up with €10 or more will benefit from 1000 free SMS to all GO mobile numbers and for top ups of €10 made after that will also award the customer an extra 1000 free SMS. The free 1000 minutes and 1000 SMS are valid for a 30-day time period. (more…)

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Vodafone Malta offers free SMS to prepaid subscribers

On 07.31.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Between today and Sunday, 2 August 2009, Vodafone prepaid and new customers applying for one of the Knock Out Plans at the Farsons Great Beer Festival will receive four months of free SMS to be used to all Vodafone local mobile numbers.

Furthermore, depending on the tariff plan chosen from the Knock Out Plans, customers can get a free phone or a discount on a large selection of mobile phones.

The Knock Out Plans are three Pay Monthly Plans: the Lightweight, Middleweight and Heavyweight that start from as little as e20 per month. These give Vodafone customers different bundles of minutes to any fixed and mobile lines which best suit their needs. Customers can also get free calls and SMS during weekends and evenings. Additionally customers may also add extra value SMS and fixed line bundles to benefit from even cheaper rates.

Visit www.vodafone.com.mt for the full terms and conditions. Alternatively, contact Customer Service on 247 from your Vodafone for free or dial 9999-9247 from any other line.

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Vodafone UK slashes roaming tariffs for business subscribers travelling in Europe

On 07.11.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news:

For a flat fee of £20 per person, per month, businesses using their phones in Europe can now stay in touch with colleagues and customers for the same price as making a call at home
With Vodafone Europe receiving calls abroad is now FREE
Vodafone continues to help customers to stay in touch through a range of voice, data and email whilst abroad with a suite of services.

Vodafone UK business customers now have even more ways to reduce their roaming and international call costs with the introduction of Vodafone Europe.

By adding Vodafone Europe for £20 per person, per month, customers can make business calls and texts in 12 European countries and make International calls from the UK for 5p per minute. Sending texts costs 5p per message and there is no charge for taking incoming calls. Calls are billed by the second, offering the best possible value.

“Our business customers have told us keeping in touch with customers – be it by voice, data and email whilst overseas – is vital in giving them a competitive edge” says Peter Kelly, Enterprise Director, Vodafone UK. “By adding Vodafone Europe to our suite of roaming options, customers can make decisions in real time, knowing they have greater budget control and clarity on what they and colleagues are spending when using their phones abroad.” (more…)

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Melita Mobile introduces cheapest mobile roaming rates in Malta

On 07.04.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news:For the first time ever in Malta, Melita Mobile is introducing the cheapest mobile rates for roaming in EU countries after the Company decided to go one step further than mandatory EU regulations by setting its new roaming tariffs a year ahead of EU requirements and ahead of other local mobile operators.

Melita Mobile announced a significant reduction on all voice, SMS rates for roaming within EU countries. Calls made from any EU country to another, now cost 47 cents (VAT included) for the first 30 seconds and then on a per second basis. . Incoming calls on Melita Mobile cost 18 cents (VAT included) per minute while roaming in any EU country.

The reductions are applicable from 1st July. SMS rates have also been reduced to 13 cents (VAT included)whilst roaming in any EU country.
“Here’s another reason why mobile users should join Melita Mobile, especially those who travel very often. We are living up to our cheaper, simpler, better promise across all our mobile services and products to the extent of introducing even cheaper roaming rates ahead of EU requirements. According to EU obligations, we could have introduced our present roaming rates in 2010, however Melita Mobile chose to offer all its subscribers an even cheaper roaming service from now,” said Mr Daniel Galea, Melita’s Product Manager for Mobile services.

Besides having the cheapest mobile roaming rates for EU countries, Melita Mobile also offers 30% cheaper local call rates, a flat rate of 10cents per call to all Melita Mobile and Melita fixed-line numbers for the entire duration of all your calls, no time windows on pre-paid credit, per second billing and the convenience of a single monthly bill for all services.

Moreover, Melita Mobile offers the only reliable video calling services in the Maltese Islands at the same call rate as voice calls.
“The new roaming rates makes our roaming rates the cheapest in Malta” added Mr. Galea.

Melita offers a worldwide network of roaming services with some 600 third party mobile operators across the globe in over 200 countries, through an agreement with Italian giant Telecom Italia.

Roaming services are available both on Pay Monthly plans (by contract) and on Pre-Paid plans (by topping up).
“We have invested a lot of money to ensure that Melita Mobile subscribers have access to full mobile roaming facilities in any part of the world and we want to make sure that these facilities are offered at the cheapest prices,” said Mr Galea.

For further information on Melita Mobile, log on to www.melita.com

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Vodafone Portugal launches summer roaming promotion

On 06.29.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone Portugal customers will be able to make calls on the networks of Vodafone operators in 19 countries, including the leading destinations in the European Union, for the price of the first minute in their national tariff. The offer applies between 1 July and 30 September 2009.

To benefit from this campaign, customers simply need to call 1222, activate Vodafone Travel and subscribe to the Summer Promotion. As from 1 July, subscribing customers will benefit from special terms from the date they subscribe until 30 September.

Vodafone operators can be found in the following countries: Albania, Australia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Subscribing to the offer costs €4.90 (including VAT).

This promotion is part of the differentiation strategy of Vodafone’s roaming service aimed at making it even more competitive and attractive to customers, both by reducing prices and by launching new tariffs and services that meet its customers’ varied usage profiles.

For further information, please contact Vodafone Portugal’s Corporate Communications, Governance Support and Social Responsibility Department on +351.210.915.219 (phone), +351.210.915.480 (fax) or by e-mail at press.pt@vodafone.com.

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Go launches WiMax service (Malta)

On 06.15.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Go, Malta’s leading mobile operator, has launches its broadband Internet offering over WiMax, providing wireless Internet access to its subscribers. The move is seen towards offering a full range of hi-tech services.
The new service is a part of Go’s ever expanding suite of offering Internet service, giving subscribers a wider range of services to choose from, enabling them to go for technologies that best suit their communications requirements.
Speaking about WiMAX, GO Operations Chief Norbert Prihoda, said: “GO is proud of being the market-leader for the provision of a total communications solution to its customers. The launch of WiMAX proves that we are truly committed to satisfying the modern-day telecom needs of our customers at large – even the most demanding. WiMax is a yet another addition to GO’s ever-expanding range of top-notch services that run on cutting-edge technology.”

For more information about the service, visit www.go.com.mt

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Vodafone Malta offers free SMS until 31 August

On 06.01.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone Malta has introduced a new offer which will enable the subscribers to send unlimited SMS’ to nearly 200,000 Vodafone subscribers this summer.
To register to the offer, the prepaid subscribers will have to send a free SMS to 16200 with the acronym ‘SMS’ or through the My Vodafone section of Vodafone’s website for just e2 per week. Subscribers can re-apply to keep benefiting from the offer.
Knock Out and Smart + subscribers will be able to send unlimited SMS at a cost of e5 per month. To apply, pay monthly subscribers can call 247 from their Vodafone or visit one of Vodafone’s Retail Outlets. Pay monthly subscribers who are currently benefiting from the 500 SMS add-on to all Vodafone numbers will have their bundle automatically extended to unlimited at no extra cost.
The offer is valid from 31 May to 31 August. For further information subscribers can visit www.vodafone.com.mt or contact Customer Service on 247 from their Vodafone or on 9999 9247 from any other number.

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Go Mobile launches promotion to reward subscribers (Malta)

On 05.18.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Go Mobile, the Maltese mobile operator has introduced a new promotion to reward its subscribers with EUR 1 in credit for every one hour of incoming calls from any network. The offer, which is limited to EUR 25 of credit per month, is available to all prepaid Go Mobile until 30 June. The subscribers who want to participate in the promotion can send a SMS to 5070 0255 for EUR 1. Free credit received during May will be awarded during the first week of June, where as credit accumulated in June will be awarded during the first week of July.
Subscribers are informed about the amount collected from credit via SMS. To continue using the service in June, the subscribers will have to reply to the SMS which offers details about their promotion credit (EUR 1). For EUR 0.05, subscribers can get promotion credit details by sending a blank SMS to 5070 0256.

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