and many more valuable prizes of 2008 Inbound Roaming Promo
Kuwaiti traveler Maha Al Huwaidy has heard many stories about travelers finding the unexpected valuable prizes. Little did she think she would find her prize in the form of a Porsche Boxster car in Bahrain?
Maha won her car during a recent raffle draw for users of Zain Bahrain Inbound Roaming service and admits that she was 'struck speechless' by the prize.
"It's a really great, trendy car and I never thought I would own one!" she exclaimed, "I travel often to Bahrain and always use the Zain Inbound Roaming service for its great value and excellent reception and connectivity. The new brand name just adds to the charm because I think it really connect with the colors and the image."
The Porsche Boxster is the second car to be given away in the great 2007 promotion for Zain's Inbound Roaming service. The first car, a BMW Z4 was won by German user Louthean Nelson who sold it and donated the proceeds to charities in Bahrain through Zain.
Rowaida ElAraby Roaming Manager of Zain (Bahrain), said "For 2008, will offer more rewards scheme further and there will be a weekly $1000 prize and the very popular high-value car as a top prize in December and we will announce it shortly.
Based on a raffle ticket system, the Inbound Roaming Rewards programme is unlimited: the more you roam on the Zain (Bahrain) network, the more raffle tickets you get, so the higher your chances are of winning throughout the year," explained.
One raffle ticket is allocated to those who meet any of the following four criteria: 10 minutes of international calls, 10 minutes of local calls, 10 SMS messages sent or 1MB of data used. Each month, one winner is selected at random from among the raffle ticket holders.
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About Zain Group (www.zain.com )
Zain (formerly MTC) is a leading emerging markets player in the field of telecommunications aiming to become one of the top ten mobile groups in the world by 2011. Zain was established in 1983 in Kuwait as the region's first mobile operator. Since 2003, it has grown significantly becoming the 4th largest telecommunications company in the world in terms of geographic presence with a footprint in 22 countries spread across the Middle East and Africa.
As of 8 September 2007, Zain became the company's new corporate master brand name. Currently, the company is present in 7 Middle Eastern and 15 sub-Saharan African countries with over 15,000 employees, providing a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 42.4 million active customers (as at 31 December 2007).
In the Middle East the company operates under the Zain brand name in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and Sudan. In Lebanon the company operates as mtc-touch. Zain plans to commence operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2008.
In Africa, Zain operates under the Celtel brand (www.celtel.com) in 14 sub-Saharan African countries namely: Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The company's mobile telecommunications operations in Ghana will begin in 2008.
The Zain brand is wholly owned by Mobile Telecommunications Company KSC, which is listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (Stock ticker: ZAIN). The company had a market capitalization of over US$28.4 billion on 28 January, 2008.
About Zain Group
Zain (formerly MTC) is a leading emerging markets player in the field of telecommunications aiming to become one of the top ten mobile groups in the world by 2011 in terms of market capitalisation. Zain was established in 1983 in Kuwait as the region's first mobile operator. Since 2003, it has grown significantly becoming the 4th largest telecommunications company in the world in terms of geographic presence with a footprint in 22 countries spread across the Middle East and Africa.
As of 8 September 2007, Zain became the company's new corporate master brand name. Currently, the company is present in 7 Middle Eastern and 15 sub-Saharan African countries with over 15,000 employees, providing a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 42.5 million active customers (as at 31 December 2007).
In the Middle East the company operates under the Zain brand name in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and Sudan. In Lebanon the company operates as mtc-touch. Zain plans to commence operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2008.
In Africa, Zain operates under the Celtel brand (www.celtel.com) in 14 sub-Saharan African countries namely: Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The company's mobile telecommunications operations in Ghana will begin in 2008.
The Zain brand is wholly owned by Mobile Telecommunications Company KSC, which is listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (Stock ticker: ZAIN). The company had a market capitalization of over US$26.5 billion on 31 December, 2007.
For more information www.zain.com or contact:
Hind Abdul Salam
Tel: +973 3603 1358 / 36030358
Fax: +973 3603 1994
© Press Release 2008
