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Telecom Offers Free Mobile Plan For A Year

Monday, 3 September 2007, 4:33 pm
Press Release: Telecom New Zealand

Telecom Offers Free Mobile Plan For A Year

Why talk to one mate when you can talk to 3 million? From today, Kiwis can take advantage of New Zealand's first free mobile plan offer.

The offer, available to 31 October, gives customers a free mobile calling plan for a whole year when coupled with one of Telecom's most popular landline and calling plans.

The free mobile offer is open to all Telecom Homeline or Anytime customers using some of Telecom's Talk It Up fixed line calling plans for 12 months.

Telecom's Adrian Littlewood says the free mobile plan offer is available on three new mobile plans launched today, as well as some of Telecom's other popular mobile plans.

"The new mobile plans are called Freetime and offer loads of minutes for calling on weekends and weekday evenings in particular, so customers can make the most of their free time to catch-up with friends and family," said Mr Littlewood.

The new Freetime plans launched today that qualify for the free mobile plan offer are:

FREETIME 125
* $20 per month
* 100 off peak minutes to Telecom Mobiles and any landline
* 25 off peak minutes to non-Telecom mobiles
* $0.99 calling rate outside of included minutes.

FREETIME 300
* $30 per month
* 250 off peak minutes to Telecom Mobiles and any landline
* 50 off peak minutes to non-Telecom mobiles
* $0.89 calling rate outside of included minutes.

FREETIME 600
* $40 per month
* 500 off peak minutes to Telecom Mobiles and any landline
* 100 off peak minutes to non-Telecom mobiles
* $0.79 calling rate outside of included minutes.

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Each Freetime plan is eligible for $10TXT making them excellent value for customers who text during the day and prefer to talk at night or on the weekend says Mr Littlewood.

"The great thing is customers are able to take advantage of New Zealand's best value-for-money texting and can now combine it with New Zealand's best value-for-money calling," said Mr Littlewood.

Customers wishing to take advantage of the free mobile plan offer should go into their local Telecom retail store. More information can be found at www.telecom.co.nz

ENDS

DETAILS OF FREE MOBILE PLAN OFFER

$30 credit per month applied to customer's mobile plan costs or a $20 credit will be applied per month for Freetime 125. Customer needs to subscribe to Talk It Up Downunder, Talk it Up NZ and Overseas to be eligible.

The mobile plan credit is applicable to new Freetime mobile plans as well as Flexi Mytime, Flexi Anytime or any Go Anytime mobile plan for 12 months or more.

One offer per Telecom account, landline and mobile need to be on the same Telecom account. Customers need a Telecom network capable mobile.

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