'Action' gives subscribers free service until year end

Wataniya also announced that it will provide unlimited 'Action' service to all new subscribers for a special promotional price from 1st October until 31st December, 2003.

"Since its launch in July 2003 , the service has enjoyed tremendous response and uptake in the market has been successful thanks to the ongoing rollout of new Action services every week which offer subscribers unmatched value by any mobile operator in the region," said Fuad Al Ablani, Assistant GM, Wataniya Telecom. "We want to continue to build on this success and deliver even more value by refreshing our offer through more surprises and exclusive benefits to the Kuwaiti mobile market."

Available to all Wataniya post paid and pre-paid "Xpress" customers with GPRS and MMS featured mobiles, Action is the Middle East's most diverse range of advanced multimedia and entertainment lifestyle service. Subscribers to the service today can send and receive photo messages, access Qu'ranic verses, Blue Mountain Arts e-cards, wallpapers, movie previews, Garfield, Ziggy and Heathcliff comics, Arabic comics, screensavers, cartoons and horoscopes, compose and send greeting cards and access the Internet as well as their email accounts (from Hotmail to Yahoo and other popular local providers). Action also delivers the CoolZone service, which provides Kuwaiti mobile users weekly updates on the world's latest fashion and lifestyle accessories through their MMS-enabled handsets.