Amman- Sunday March 19, 2006

Due to the increasing demand on its GPRS added value services, Fastlink, one of MTC group companies the leading telecommunications operator in the Middle East & Africa, launched a new service for its subscribers to help them activate GPRS settings on their mobile phones. This technology will be activated when the SIM card is inserted into the new mobile phone, or when exchanging mobiles, or by simply sending a free-of charge- SMS  with the word SET to number 95000.

Each subscriber will get the GPRS settings that match his/her mobile phone. The latter defines which services could be activated.

Fastlink GPRS service covers 95 per cent of the populated areas in the Kingdom. Also, it allows subscribers to carry out several applications including the colored motion picture messages, browsing the internet, sending and receiving email and Live Video Streaming.

"Due to the increased demand on the information services provided by Fastlink, the company has launched this service so that each subscriber can benefit from GPRS services directly and without any difficulties," said Fastlink Data Services Manager Mr. Ziad Al-Masri. The mobile phone, he added, has turned into a multi-tasked tool and has become a channel of information. 

"Fastlink has always been keen on providing all services for its subscribers based on simple methods and affordable by all segments of society," he said, adding that the company will

Continue to keep up with the latest technological developments that will contribute to enhance the mobile phone penetration in the Kingdom.  

Fastlink has the widest customer base in the Kingdom, with over two million subscribers. It is the first to introduce the GPRS and MMS technology into Jordan. It is also one of the first companies in the region to introduce the EDGE technology representing the new generation 2.75. 

Fastlink network covers 99.9 per cent of the populated areas in Jordan. The volume of investments in the company has reached 190 million USD between 2003-2005. The company provides its services via more than 1400 mobile stations. The network uses state of the art technology in partnership with leading companies such as Motorola and Siemens.

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About Fastlink
Jordan Mobile Telephone Services Company Ltd. "Fastlink", founded in 1995, was the first operator to introduce mobile phone services into Jordan. In just a few years, the company earned its reputation as the most progressive telecom operator in the region in terms of competitiveness and readiness to adopt new technologies and deploy cutting-edge services. Since its inception, Fastlink has tallied subscriber growth at an exponential rate, with the number of users currently exceeding 2 million subscribers. Through more than 1,700 cell sites, Fastlink covers the entire populated area of the Kingdom. In January 2003, Mobile Telecommunications Company K.S.C. (MTC) acquired Fastlink in what was considered the largest single acquisition in the Middle East area, and the largest private sector investment in Jordan.

For more information, please visit our site, www.fastlink.jo

MTC Group
Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) is the pioneer of mobile services in the Middle East and now a major player in Africa. We began life in 1983 in Kuwait as the region's first mobile operator, and since the initiation of our "3x3x3" expansion strategy in 2002, we have expanded rapidly.

As a leading mobile and data services operator in five Middle Eastern and 14 sub-Saharan African countries with 6500 employees, we  provide a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 14 million individual and business customers.

We operate in Kuwait and Bahrain as mtc-vodafone, in Jordan as Fastlink, in Iraq as mtc atheer, in Lebanon as mtc touch, and in 14 sub-Saharan countries in Africa as Celtel: Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia and most recently Madagascar.

Listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (Code; Tele), MTC's market capitalization exceeded US$13 billion as of December 31, 2005.  

For more visit, www.mtctelecom.com

For More information, please contact:
Ms. Suha Halaseh - Fastlink
Media Relations
Tel: 00962 6 5828100  Ext: 2016
Fax: 00962 6 5817077
Email: Suhah@Fastlink.com.jo

Ms. Rasha Tubeileh- Fastlink
Media Relations
Tel: 00962 6 5828100  Ext:3224
Fax: 00962 6 5817077
Email: Rashat@Fastlink.com.jo

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