Amman- May 1st, 2006
Fastlink, one of MTC group companies, the leading telecommunications operator in the Middle East & Africa, launched a dual SIM service, where subscribers can own two numbers on one SIM card, without having to use two different mobiles.
"The service, the first of its kind in the Kingdom, is designed to make it easy for subscribers to own two numbers by using a dual SIM card," Said Fastlink Mobile Data Services Manager Ziad Al-Masri. The service enables subscribers to separate business calls from personal calls.
Subscribers to this service can designate two lines, one for business calls and the other for personal calls to contact family and friends. The lines can be of Postpaid or prepaid cards.
Al-Masri expected that the service will attract a large number of customers; whether those who use prepaid cards or postpaid lines because it easy to use.
Fastlink which has the widest customer base in the Kingdom, with over two million subscribers launched an array of new services. This include" Twin SIM" service which enables subscribers to stay in constant contact and safety by giving them the liberty of using their car phone without the inconvenience of shifting the SIM card back and forth between telephone sets.
The company has also provided pre-paid card subscribers with lucrative offers at competitive prices and fixed rates. These include school and university students offer, and a corporate offer such as Kalam and Kareeb, and others packages which the company continues to offer for its subscribers.
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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
MTC is the pioneer of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East and now a major player on the African continent. 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 six Middle Eastern and 13 sub-Saharan African countries with 7000 employees, we provide a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 15 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, in Sudan as Mobitel and in 13 sub-Saharan countries in Africa as Celtel: Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (Code; Tele), MTC's market capitalization exceeded US$12 billion as of April 1st 2006. 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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