Batelco Announces Winners in Talk for FREE Promotion

Published January 11th, 2007 - 07:47 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Batelco, Bahrain’s first choice Mobile Operator, has announced the third batch of postpaid mobile customers who have won 25,000 FREE minutes of calls in Batelco’s ‘Talk for Free’ promotion.

The five lucky winners are Ismail Mohd Ali Ismail, Mariam Saad Hassan Al Muhsini, S. Ali Ameen Ismail, Sh. Saba Al Khalifa, Nabeel Ahmed Abbas Akbar.

The promotion will continue for the next two months with 5 mobile postpaid customers each month winning an amazing package offering 25,000 free minutes of local calls.

During the promotional period, residential mobile postpaid customers receive one entry into the draw for each minute of local calls they make. The total number of winners in the five month long promotion will be 25 with 625,000 FREE minutes of local calls being given away, valued at a total of BD20,000.

Batelco offers postpaid mobile packages to suit the needs of all its customers. The packages include Freetime 20, Freetime 100, Freetime 400, Freetime 1000, Freetime 2000, Valuetime 200, Freetime Students and Special Needs and Corporate Staff Packages. These Freetime and Valuetime packages offer up to 2000 FREE minutes and up to 100 FREE SMS, depending on the package. In addition, with calls as low as 20 fils per minute, a Batelco Freetime or Valuetime package is hard to beat.

“Talk for Free presents a unique opportunity and is a great way for Batelco to reward its long term residential postpaid mobile customers,” said Batelco Corporate Affairs General Manager Ahmed Al Janahi.

The 25,000 Talk for Free minutes will remain valid for 12 months and can be used for national calls on Batelco mobile and Batelco fixed line numbers. For more information and terms & conditions visit www.batelco.com or call 196.

About Batelco

Batelco is proud to be celebrating its 25th Anniversary as Bahrain’s leading Telecommunication Company. Serving both the corporate and consumer markets in the most liberalised and competitive market in the Middle East, Batelco is committed to delivering cutting-edge telecommunications to its customers in Bahrain and MENA. Batelco is driven by an enthusiasm for delivering the best customer experience based on innovation, affordability and reliability of products and services.

With significant operations in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Egypt, the Batelco Group provides voice and data services over fixed, wireless, and internet platforms, systems integration and enterprise solutions to Government and Corporate clients.

Batelco’s specialised services cover the full spectrum of telecommunications solutions for residential and business customers and spans a comprehensive array of mobile services, international roaming, high speed Internet connections, WiFi, MPLS IP-VPN network provisioning and management, Datacoms services and high-tech, reliable fixed line services. Batelco is currently migrating to an all IP network as part of its ‘Broadband Bahrain’ national project. This major investment reflects Batelco’s commitment for excellence which has reinforced Bahrain’s position as a leading communication hub. The Company’s shares are listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange. In September 2006, Batelco had a total capitalization of approx US$ 3.3 billion.