Press release

Telefónica O2 Slovakia added in the 1st quarter of 2009 as many as 40 thousand new customers. In a year-on-year comparison it represents an increase in total number of customers by 27 %. A significant group is made up of customers, who brought their mobile number to the O2 Slovakia network from a different operator. In this quarter, the number of these customers surged almost 30 times more vis-à-vis 1th quarter of 2008. A successful expansion of the O2 customer community testifies thus to an ongoing high interest in the O2 Fér offer.

“The community of O2 customers in Slovakia grows each day and we are very pleased about it. Customers welcomed our fair offer and are satisfied with our services. It was confirmed that O2 Fér is a product that fulfills requirements of our clients even in the current economic situation. We will keep introducing products that don’t force clients to binding and provide them with convenient prices of calls, SMS, and data. The evidence is also the recently introduced data package O2 Data Neobmedzene that enables all O2 customers to use data transmission and Internet in the O2 Slovakia network without any limitations at a price of only € 6 per month,“ commented the Chief Executive Officer of Telefónica O2 Slovakia Juraj Šedivý.

Customers Constantly on the Rise

Using the methodology of customer reporting on 3-month basis, the number of O2’s active customers in Slovakia reached at the end of the 1st quarter of 2009 altogether 366 thousand. To a considerable extent, the increase was driven mainly by a 59% year-on-year growth in the number of customers using the invoice-based payment to 118 thousand. The number of customers paying for the services in form of credit recharge reached as at March 31, 2009 248 thousand representing a 16 % growth year-on-year.

Higher Revenues

In the 1st quarter of 2009, the company’s revenues also recorded growth by 40 %. This gives evidence to the fact that in reaction to the O2 Fér offer the O2 customer base keeps expanding and improving its quality.

For more detailed information on the O2 Fér and O2 Data Neobmedzene offers go to the Internet site www.sk.o2.com.

Telefónica O2 Slovakia - contacts

RENÉ PARÁK
Media Relations Manager – Spokesman
Telefónica O2 Slovakia s.r.o.
rene.parak@o2.com
m +421 949 02 00 12 

PETER STACH
Senior Account Manager
AMI Communications Slovakia, spol. s r.o.
peter.stach@amic.sk
m +421 948 88 47 86

All press releases of Telefónica O2 Slovakia are available on our website: www.sk.o2.com.

About Telefónica O2 Slovakia, s.r.o.

Telefónica O2 Slovakia entered the Slovak market of mobile operators on the basis of the decision issued by the selection committee of the Telecommunication Authority of the SR as of 25.8.2006. The license includes the rights to use the frequencies GSM 900 MHz, GSM 1800 MHz, UMTS and 28/29 GHz for the period of 20 years for the purpose of providing telecommunication services in the Slovak Republic. The company launched its commercial operation on 2.2.2007. The company is gradually introducing the offer for the whole spectrum of customers. Within the international group Telefónica, Telefónica O2 Slovakia belongs to the group Telefónica Europe.

About Telefónica Europe

The company Telefónica Europe consists of the mobile networks operators in Great Britain and Ireland, and also of integrated operators of fixed and mobile networks in Germany and the Czech Republic. All these operators present themselves to their local customers under the brand-name Telefónica. Telefónica Europe is the holder of 50% share in the joint stock companies Tesco Mobile in Great Britain and Tchibo Mobilfunk in Germany; At the same time it is also 100% holder of the company Be, the leader in providing broad band services in Great Britain. To the group also belongs the operator of fixed and mobile services on the island Man – the company Manx Telecom.

Telefónica Europe, belonging to the group Telefónica, has its headquarters in Slough in Great Britain, it has more then 43 million customers in fixed and mobile networks.

About Telefónica

Telefónica is one of the world’s largest telecommunications operators by market capitalisation. Its activities are centred mainly on the fixed and mobile telephony businesses, while its broadband business is the key growth driver underpinning both. It operates in 25 countries and has a global customer base of 260 million. Telefónica’s growth strategy is focused on the markets in which it has a strong foothold: Spain, Europe and Latin America. Telefónica is a 100% private sector company with its shares listed in Madrid and other stock exchanges and more than 1.5 million individual shareholders.

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