DNA Prepaid application wins an international innovation award

Hosted by the Global Telecoms Business (GTB) Summit, the annual Telecoms Innovation & Technology Summit brings together telecommunications industry experts to discuss new innovations and trends. The Summit also celebrates the industry’s most innovative projects. This year, DNA and Comptel were awarded in the Consumer Service Innovation category.

Using the award-winning DNA Prepaid application, customers can purchase internet access directly through their Android smartphones. The new FWD solution automatically opens up a list of available mobile data connections when the smartphone user accesses an application that requires internet access. The user can then select from the list a suitable time-based data package and immediately access the Internet using the maximum network speed without any speed limitations. The time-based packages range from 10 minutes to 60 days.

“This solution really makes it easy to use mobile data. Our customers can see how much they are paying for data without having to understand mega- or gigabytes or to think about the right connection speed. The application has been designed with complete customer focus. We are exited to be the first operator in the world to launch this innovative yet simple service for our customers,” said Cedric Kamtsan, Vice President, Handset Business, DNA.

“This award demonstrates that our solution is highly innovative and customer focused. Consumers have adopted it because the offering is easy to understand and competitive. FWD provides operators with a unique solution for digital product creation, dynamic pricing and marketing”, said Comptel’s head of FWD unit Harry Järn.

FWD also works as a self-service app for prepaid customers, allowing them to quickly check the subscription’s balance, phone number, subscription type and the expiry date. FWD can be downloaded free of charge from the Google Play application shop for Android phones. An iPhone version of the application will follow later this year.

Further information for the media:

Cedric Kamtsan, Vice President, Handset Business, DNA Ltd, tel. +358 44 906 2377, cedric.kamtsan@dna.fi
DNA Corporate Communications, tel. +358 44 044 8000, viestinta@dna.fi
Harry Järn, Chief FWD, Comptel Oyj, tel. +358 50 462 7871, harry.jarn@comptel.com

DNA Ltd is a Finnish telecommunications group providing high-quality voice, data and TV services for communication, entertainment and working. DNA is Finland’s largest cable operator and the leading pay TV provider in both the cable and terrestrial networks. For DNA, the key area for growth in the Corporate Business is the new way of working, independent of time and place, facilitated by smart mobile devices, diverse communication services and rapid connections. In 2015, DNA recorded a turnover of EUR 828.8 million and an operating profit of EUR 73.1 million. DNA Ltd has more than 3.7 million mobile communications and fixed network customer subscriptions. The Group also includes DNA Store, Finland’s largest retail chain selling mobile phones. For more information, please visit www.dna.fi, Twitter @DNA_fi, @DNA_Business, @DNA_Palvelu and Facebook.