Europe
Romania : Connex Vodafone is pleased to announce that 3G services
are now available to customers in 7 new cities - Baia Mare, Satu Mare,
Alba Iulia, Bistrita, Turda, Bacau and Buzau, for a total of 22 cities.
This brings the penetration rate of 3G services to approximately 30%
from Romania's population.
"One year after introducing
3G in Romania, we are happy to make these innovative services available
for customers in 22 cities all over the country. With over 135,000
3G users, Connex Vodafone's 3G offering has proved to successfully
respond to the various communications needs of both corporate customers
and consumers. We are committed to further enhance our 3G proposition
with exciting new services like Vodafone Live! that will bring additional
value to our customers", said Liliana Solomon, Chief Executive
Officer, Connex Vodafone.
Connex Vodafone 3G is a
high capacity network that provides Connex Vodafone subscribers with
access to a wide range of new generation services. In addition to
video calling, consumers can enjoy mobile television and the exciting
content on the Play portal - music video clips, movie trailers, football
videos from division A matches and, more recently, live broadcasts
of football matches.
Business customers in the
cities with 3G coverage can now benefit from the advantages brought
by the newly launched Vodafone Mobile Connect. This worldwide top
connectivity solution for laptop users offers our 3G customers fast
and easy access to the Internet and office applications like e-mail,
Intranet, calendar, telephone agenda editor, SMS or data traffic monitoring,
with up to 384 kbps data speeds.
For small and medium size
enterprises, Connex Vodafone offers 3G MultiOffice, combining in one
package a superior Internet access solution powered by 3G, free minutes
of national and group calls included, as well as special equipment
for voice and data services access.
The promotional launch
offers bring even more advantages to our 3G customers, such as free
video calling minutes, data traffic for fast Internet access and MMS
included, together with an range of nine 3G handsets at special prices.
Connex Vodafone customers
traveling abroad can use roaming services over 3G in 15 countries:
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, France, UK, Greece,
Spain, Israel, Belgium, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Sweden and Finland.
Connex Vodafone, a subsidiary
of Vodafone Group Plc., had 6,131,839 customers, as of December 31,
2005. Vodafone is the world's largest mobile community with equity
interests in 27 countries and Partner Networks in a further 31 countries.
Providing a full range of mobile telecommunications services, including
voice and data communications, Vodafone currently serves 179.3 million
proportionate customers worldwide.