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T-Mobile launches new International Pass

Introduction of new International Pass gives prepay customers better rates calling abroad

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London, 3 March 2010:T-Mobile launches its new International Pass for prepay customers on 8March, allowing customers to stay in touch with friends and family around the world from as little as 5p per minute.   

 

The International Pass gives excellent call rates to over 50 popular countries, with up to 75% off calls to mobiles, up to 50% cheaper calls to landlines and 25% lower text rates than before.  T-Mobile is unbeaten for voice calls (pence per minute) against rival mobile network operators to their Top 10 countries*. The International Pass will be available to all new and existing customers on pay as you go, and will benefit from similar rates to pay monthly customers on International options.  Customers already on the Pass will automatically get the new rates from 8 March.  Any other customers wanting to take advantage of these special rates should text INT to 441 free of charge.

 

Jonathan Senior, prepay marketing manager at T-Mobile said: We now offer some outstanding International rates on pay as you go, with calls to many countries starting at 5p per minute. The new International Pass lets our customers enjoy lower priced calls and texts to friends and family abroad, on top of their great value local calls.

 

Jonathan continues: Best of all, there are no confusing rules or entry requirements like some of our competitors, all our customers can simply opt in with a free text.ť

 

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* T-Mobile’s 10 most popular countries: Australia, France, Germany, Ghana, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, USA

 


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About T-Mobile UK

T-Mobile is one of the world’s largest mobile operators with more than 151 million customers worldwide and is the service provider of choice for 17.2 million customers in the UK. T-Mobile offers a range of innovative products and services, and continues to innovate with new devices such as the Android™-based smartphone, the T-Mobile G2, and the T-Mobile Pulse, the UK’s first Android™ handset available on pay as you go. T-Mobile has pioneered the mobile internet, and operates an award-winning 3G network with speeds of up to 4.5Mbps. As a pioneer of deep network sharing in the UK, T-Mobile is continuously improving population coverage for 3G services and will operate the best 3G network by the end of 2010.

 

For more information about T-Mobile UK, please visit www.t-mobile.co.uk