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15th May 2006 - T-Mobile UK announced two initiatives to
further drive take-up and usage of the mobile Internet.
The first is the launch of "web’n’walk professional",
which is today the UK’s most competitive flat rate mobile
Internet tariff, and the second is the launch of T-Mobile’s
new mobile broadband ready web’n’walk card (also
known as HSDPA).
"web’n’walk professional" offers users
flat rate access to the Internet at near broadband speeds
(up to 384kbps upload and download) for an extremely competitive,
low fixed price that is 2.5 times cheaper than the nearest
competitor’s offering.
The card is mobile broadband ready, which will allow customers
to experience speeds of up to 6 times faster than current
3G speeds when the service is available later this year. In
addition, as the web’n’walk data card is quad-band,
it will now work in more countries, including the USA. The
web’n’walk card includes 12 months access to T-Mobile’s
Wi-Fi service in the UK, giving users access to over 1,000
T-Mobile HotSpots.
Customers wishing to access the mobile Internet using their
laptop will pay just GBP 17 per month (+VAT) using the web’n’walk
data card, and will receive a free web’n’walk data
card if they select either an 18 or 24 month contract. Alternatively,
customers wanting to access the Internet via a handset can
do so from the range of T-Mobile web’n’walk devices
by simply adding web’n’walk professional to their
existing Flext, Relax or Business 1-Plan tariff for just GBP
8.50 per month (+VAT). The service is compatible with most
web’n’walk devices, such as the Nokia N70 or SDA
II, the BlackBerry 8700g and the MDA compact II, Vario and
Pro.
Simon Ainslie, Director of Sales commented on the launch:
"T-Mobile’s web’n’walk professional price
plan, along with our other web’n’walk plans, makes
Internet access on the move a reality. Until today’s
announcement cost has been a barrier to customer take-up.
Now there really is little comparison in the market."
Ainslie continues: "Today’s announcement is the
latest in T-Mobile’s drive to offer customers simple,
straightforward price plans with true, outstanding value.
With such an offering we are helping laptop users to access
the information they want, whilst helping them to effectively
control their mobile communications spend."
The new web’n’walk data cards as well as the web’n’walk
professional price plan are available through all T-Mobile’s
channels.
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