Batelco Announces Extra Benefits for Broadband Customers

Manama, Bahrain: Batelco, Bahrain`s largest telecom, is delighted to announce its best news so far this year for its Broadband internet customers. Subscribers who sign a one year contract for their Batelco Broadband package will benefit from higher speed or higher threshold usage depending on their package, with no change in the rates they already pay. The fantastic new Broadband packages are available for all new as well as existing customers.

The great new deals are available for all Batelco’s Broadband packages priced at BD15 and above. Customers who already subscribe to Batelco’s BD15/1MB Package can benefit from a boost in speed of up to 3MB under the new deal, while subscribers to the current 2MB and 4MB Packages can enjoy a boost in speed up to 6MB and 8MB respectively.

Similarly, customers who subscribe to Batelco’s top three packages will beneift from a big increase to their usage thresholds. Customers who subscribe to Batelco’s 8MB/60GB, 10MB/80GB and 16MB/100GB Consumer Broadband Packages now have the option to increase their usage threshold to 90GB, 120GB and 150GB respectively and download to their heart’s content at their top speed, for no additional cost.

Additionally, as a further enhancement, the throttle speed of the BD15 and BD20 packages will be increased from 256Kb and 512Kb respectively to a fantastic 1MB, meaning all subscribers to these packages will benefit from unlimited usage with a mimumun speed of up to 1MB. These unbeatable new Broadband Packages are available for existing customers and new customers who sign a one year contract with Batelco. All of Batelco’s Consumer Broadband Packages, starting from BD10 only, will still be available as non-contract packages also.

This is the third big Broadband announcement from Batelco in 2011. In February all Batelco Broadband customers received automatic upgrades to benefit from a combination of faster speeds, higher thresholds and lower prices while in February Batelco introduced a new BD12/1MB package to augment its lineup.

“This is great news for our customers and is delivered as part of Batelco’s ongoing review of its products and services, which are developed to meet the changing needs of our customers ,” said Batelco Group General Manager Media Relations Ahmed Al Janahi. “We place the needs of our customers as a key priority and listen to their feedback in order to deliver products and services that improves their communication facilities,” he added.

Existing Broadband customers who want to benefit from the boost in speed or an increase in their threshold limits are invited to visit any of Batelco’s Retail Shops to complete the required formalities. New customers are also invited to visit any Batelco Retail Shop to subscribe and start benefitting from Batelco’s reliable Broadband internet services, noting that registration is free for all new subscribers.

For details about Batelco’s full range of Broadband packages or any of Batelco’s products, services and current promotions, please visit www.batelco.com or visit any Batelco Retail Shop or phone 196.

This press release has been issued by Batelco Corporate Affairs department. For further information, please contact Batelco Public Relations Office Public.Relations@btc.com.bh / Fax +973 17611898