Press releases (Year 2005)
“BITE Latvija” enters Latvian telecommunications market with a new prepaid service TOXIC
September 13, 2005
Telecommunications company SIA “BITE Latvija” starts commercial services in Latvia on September 15th by launching new prepaid service TOXIC. Designed to meet the expectations of every user of mobile connection, TOXIC will set the new standards of competition in the market: it distinguishes by good price, easy usage and wide possibilities to use the mobile Internet services.“TOXIC represents good choice of prices for local and international calls, SMS and MMS services as well as “BITE Plus” opening new spaces of the Internet in a mobile phone”, – says Jesper Theill Eriksen, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board of “BITE Latvija”.
TOXIC users will be paying for calls among each other only 0,05 Ls per minute, for SMS – only 0,01 Ls; calls to other networks in Latvia will cost 0,15 Ls per minute, SMS – 0,05 Ls. Those who are fond of spending free time using the modern mobile technologies, love extreme emotions and crazy spirit will be invited to dive into the space of Internet with “BITE Plus” – its prices starting only 0,30 Ls for a day; for a month of unlimited browsing they will pay only 3,00 Ls.
According to J.T. Eriksen, the mobile Internet services offered by TOXIC should easily “infect” all modern people who like to freely choose their way of communicating and having fun. “Especially simple usage, no megabyte charging with the possibility to choose the connection fee and easily accessible information for customers on “BITE Plus” web and wap pages – all this compose a hot novelty in the Latvian market,” – says CEO and Chairman of the Board of “BITE Latvija”. He expects it will help to form a growing group of TOXIC users.
“BITE Plus” differs from other services similar in the country with its possibility to browse a highly popular web portal DELFI in a mobile phone, to choose from 300 different mobile games. It offers a wide range of sources of daily used information – both in Latvian and Russian languages - and is the only official source for true-sound (MP3 format) Latvian music ringtones. “BITE Latvija” will ensure easy usage of “BITE Plus” services - TOXIC users will be sent automatic “BITE Plus” phone settings via SMS. All TOXIC users will be able to try out “BITE Plus” services for one day free of charge.
In the start kit TOXIC users will find all the information about the service in Latvian, Russian and English. Webpage www.toxic.lv will be open from September 15th.
