T-Mobile Slovakia is now offering a 30% discount on outgoing calls from any EU country to any EU country. The company has made the service free and it will be de-activated at the end of the billing period.

For activations made before 30 June, customers do not pay any monthly fee for the service; when activated after that date, EU Roaming costs US$6a month.

Tesco Mobile has lowered call rates among its customers, as well as all SMS prices. Calls to a Tesco Mobile number cost US$0.01 per minute, calls to other networks US$0.13 per minute, calls to fixed networks in 26 EU countries cost US$0.13, SMS to all Slovak networks cost US$0.08 (instead of previous US$0.13) and MMS to all Slovak networks (and e-mail) cost US$0.30.

The price of 1 MB data is US$1.37. Calls to the Tesco Mobile Customer Line cost US$0.09 a minute. The prices apply for all Tesco Mobile numbers, including SIM cards purchased in the past. They are not subject to top-up or activation of an additional service. The validity of the promotion is not disclosed in the price list; it will probably be a long-term promotion.

Telefonica Slovakia has started offering free on-net SMS to all subscribers of prepaid services O2 Fair.

The pre-requisite is a credit top-up of at least US$13. It is then automatically activated and is valid for one month. The­ promotion lasts until 30 September.

Slovak Telekom has slashed the price of Samsung Galaxy Tabs. The promotion will run until the end of May, available for both voice and data deals.

With voice subscriptions Entrepreneur 600 and 1,200, the Samsung Galaxy Tab will cost US$141.37. With More400, More1,000 and Entrepreneur 300, the price will be US$212.77, while with Tailored 7 the device will cost US$284.17.

The Galaxy Tab will be priced at US$355.57 with Tailored 5, More200, Relax 200 and Entrepreneur 150. With Tailored 3, More100, Relax 100 and Entrepreneur 90, it will be at US$498.37. For customers buying the tablet with a mobile data plan, Slovak Telecom will give a discount of US$142.80.

The tablet is also available for US$284.17 with a combination of voice and data: a voice deal of at least US$27.13 per month and data deal Mobile Internet 10,000 or Unlimited Mobile Internet and higher. The operator is also offering Sygic Aura navigation for free.

Telefonica O2 Slovakia is rebranding itself. The company is reportedly dropping “O2″ from its trade name in Slovakia, inline with the global activity of Telefonica Group.

O2 will remain the commercial brand, with products offered also unchanged.