Batelco Provides High Value Mobile Packages

August 12, 2015

**Designed to Suit All Mobile Broadband Customer Usage Needs**

Batelco, the Kingdom’s leading communication solutions provider continues to develop and evolve its Postpaid and Prepaid packages to meet the varying needs and usage patterns of its customers.

A terrific range of postpaid packages over Batelco’s 4G network delivers superfast speeds of up to 150 Mbps with thresholds dependent upon the package chosen. Regardless of the selected package, all customers will enjoy full speed Internet, download and streaming until they fully consume their set thresholds, after which FUP (Fair Usage Policy) will be applied with lower speeds. This is a common practice applied by telecom operators the Bahrain and worldwide to ensure and enhance the experience of customers that have not yet consumed their data threshold.

Batelco’s Postpaid customers have wide range of packages that better suits their usage needs such as the valuable Smart 12 package which comes with 16GB and unlimited calls for BD12 only or alternatively add one of Batelco’s wide range of data bolt-ons and continue to use the data connection at full speed on the current package.

Batelco’s prepaid mobile customers also have an extensive range of packages created especially for them to provide mobile internet on the go and give them flexibility and control over how much they spend on data usage. Among the many psckages is the very popular SimSim Turbo priced at just BD1 per week to benefit from 4G data with 2.5GB weekly threshold and also unlimited on-net calls and SMS, 50 minutes of off-net calls and additionally free minutes on international calls to selected destinations. To enjoy the Turbo service, send ST to 88188.

Both postpaid and prepaid customers can check their usage and remaining threshold through the link – portal.batelco.com/boost – to see their usage details and also explore the various options available to boosts their service. Alternatively, they may call *888# to access the package menu. Full details about Batelco’s postpaid and prepaid mobile services are available on batelco.com or from any Batelco Retail Shop or by phoning Batelco Helpdesk on 196.

Batelco as one of Bahrain’s largest shareholding companies, continues to invest millions of dinars into providing new and upgraded services that benefit its customers and the country. The Company is listed on the Bahrain Bourse and its shareholders receive dividend payments. Batelco, as a good corporate citizen, annually contributes significant funds to the community as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility program which benefits a wide range of initiatives across the sports, educational, health and social/cultural fields. For the first half of 2015 Batelco committed around BD1 Million to various initiatives.