Telenet Has 600,000 Fixed Line Customers
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PRESS RELEASE Telenet has 600,000 fixed line customers Mechelen, 11 September 2008 – Today Telenet recorded its 600,000 th fixed line customer. The success of Telenet in the area of fixed line telephony is chiefly the result of solid innovation power and well-thought out product development: Telenet was the first company in Belgium to introduce flat-fee phone formulae to the market with FreePhone and FreePhone 24. Last week Telenet launched FreePhone Europe as part of the new Shakes. With 600,000 customers Telenet now has a penetration of nearly 25% of the Flemish market. Approximately one in four Flemish families makes a call using a Telenet fixed line. “The fixed phone line continues to be popular with the middle-aged and seniors”, emphasises Dann Rogge, Director of Product Marketing Telephony and Internet at Telenet, “but we are now seeing an increase in the number of young families opting for a fixed line again. Comfort, operating certainty and a low price are the deciding factors in their decision to go for a fixed line. Young families want to be able to reach each other "as a family" at all times, and they want to be able to do so at an attractive price. That’s not possible with just one subscription for a mobile phone, because at the end of the day a GSM is a very ‘individual’ device and significantly more expensive than a fixed line phone". New phone product: FreePhone Europe. On 8 September the new Telenet Shakes were launched. FreePhone Europe has been introduced for all combinations with a phone product. FreePhone Europe is a new rate plan that allows customers to make free calls to all fixed lines in Belgium and Europe * during off- peak hours. With the introduction of Shakes and FreePhone Europe Telenet plans to continue stirring up the competition – in the fixed line sector too - and further develop the structure of its telephony business. About Telenet Telenet is a major provider of media and telecommunication services. Telenet focuses on the provision of cable television, high-speed Internet and fixed and mobile phone services primarily to residential customers in Flanders and Brussels. Under the brand name Telenet Solutions, the company also provides services to businesses in Belgium. Telenet is listed on the Euronext stock exchange in Brussels. Contact : TELENET, Stefan Coenjaerts, Tel : 015/33 50 06, GSM : 0499/57 76 47 * All countries in the European Union plus Andorra, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino and Switzerland. .