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Wed, May 12, 2010 Elephant Talk Announces MVNO Hosting Agreement With T-Mobile
SCHIPHOL, THE NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - May 12, 2010) - Elephant Talk Communications, Inc. (
As part of the agreement, T-Mobile will be introducing new mobile services to the Dutch consumer market. To implement and operate the new service offerings, T-Mobile has chosen Elephant Talk's MVNE platform based on the competitive advantages Elephant Talk's platform contains including increased functionalities, and the ability to integrate new and existing services for customers without having any impact on the systems connectivity for the end users.
"This new service offering is an important extension of the T-Mobile portfolio, both from a customer perspective where it reflects a high quality, no nonsense service proposition, and from a company perspective where it will contribute considerably to the growth targets set for the coming years," commented, Mr. Bart Weijermars, CEO of T-Mobile Netherlands BV. "The only way to succeed in the highly competitive mobile market is combining quality, reliability, and low prices in a single offering. More specific details on this specific service offering will become available before launch."
"The relationship between T-Mobile and Elephant Talk goes back a long time, as our first Mobile Operator connection was completed with T-Mobile," said, Mr. Martin Zuurbier, CTO of Elephant Talk. "Our relationship has since grown into a successful partnership and we now have mutual confidence that our combined platforms will be able to support the exciting service offerings ready to be debuted by T-Mobile. Elephant Talk's platform is distinctive as it supports both post-paid and prepaid mobile plans and we allow customers to migrate seamlessly. This ability of combining the current payment options needed an intelligent migration feature and we are pleased our platform was able to facilitate this on behalf of T-Mobile."
About T-Mobile
4.6 million consumers and business customers in The Netherlands use the mobile solutions of T-Mobile (end of year 2009). In 2008 T-Mobile Netherlands had a turnover of 1.807 billion Euros. T-Mobile Netherlands BV is part of Deutsche Telekom AG, one of the world's leading companies in communications. T-Mobile owns a state of the art mobile network for voice and data services. With regard to quality and speed it is one of the best and most innovative networks in Europe.
About Elephant Talk Communications
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