In a surprising and exclusive move for the Romanian market, the mobile operator Cosmote announced the traffic offering of unlimited and free internet for using the application WhatsApp Messenger. The offer is available for customers with a subscription and those who have prepaid cards, the traffic made in the application being unlimited and not charged. Unfortunately, only subscribers who sign one of the new subscriptions Cosmote Free or activate one of the options Cosmote Mobile Free or Connect Mobile+ will benefit from free traffic, the promotion being available until January 15 2014.
You can find more details in the press release below.
COSMOTE Romania exclusively offers unlimited traffic, free of charge, within the WhatsApp application
Bucharest, November 28, 2013
Nowadays, people use instant messaging more and more because it makes it easier and faster for them to keep in touch with family and friends. COSMOTE Romania introduces a new promotional offer exclusively on the Romanian market, providing customers with a subscription and prepaid cards with unlimited traffic, not charged, within the WhatsApp application, one of the most popular multi-platforms that offers users the opportunity to exchange for free of messages, images and audio content.
"Billions of messages and photos are exchanged between WhatsApp users around the world every day, and the rapid flow of information has become a very important need for customers who want to share news with family, friends and colleagues. The exclusivity on the local market proves that the operator COSMOTE Romania is continuously innovating, so that customers can fully enjoy the opportunity to communicate in real time offered by technology", said Mathias Hanel, Commercial Executive Director of the Residential Segment Romania.
"Our mission is to enable people to communicate with their friends and loved ones around the world," said Jan Koum, co-founder and CEO of WhatsApp, Inc. "We are delighted with the partnership with the operator COSMOTE Romania, through which we provide an advantageous offer to our common users in Romania. This partnership allows us to leverage COSMOTE's presence on the Romanian market and continue the significant expansion of WhatsApp as a global leader in the mobile communication segment," he added.
Subscribers who activate one of the new tariff plans from the COSMOTE Free portfolio or any extra option Connect Mobile Free or Connect Mobile+ will automatically benefit from unlimited traffic in the WhatsApp application, for the duration of the Christmas promotional offer. The new promotional offer is available to new customers until January 15, 2014.
Also, COSMOTE prepaid service users who activate the Super Unlimited, Travel Pack, Premium, Smartphone 12 or Smartphone 15 extra option during the promotional period will automatically benefit from free WhatsApp traffic. Additionally, customers who choose extra options other than those previously mentioned can benefit from unlimited traffic within WhatsApp by activating, in addition, a Connect Mobile extra option or a new stand-alone WhatsApp extra option, during the promotional period.
Those who choose Connect Mobile 500 MB (5 euros), Connect Mobile 750MB (6,5 euros) or Connect Mobile 2GB (9 euros) will automatically receive unlimited and free traffic within WhatsApp, while customers who activate Connect Mobile 150MB ( 3 euros) can benefit from the promotional offer by activating, in addition, the new WhatsApp extra option.
The stand-alone WhatsApp extra option is recurring, and for 1,5 euro credit/month it offers unlimited traffic within the WhatsApp application.
More details are available here.
