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(09 March, 2010)
In the premises of Promonte Company, on 9th March, gift cards were awarded to seven winners from the second cycle of the prize competition CHOOSE AMOUNT.
Namely, on 15th February, along with the launching of the improved electronic recharge service, the prize competition also started for all Promonte customers who decide to recharge their prepaid account in this way. The prize competition is realized in six cycles in the period from 15th February until 29th March 2010. At the moment 4th cycle is in progress and drawing of the winners for the third cycle is 10th March, in the program TVIN MIX, in IN television.
The e load service is becoming more and more popular from day to day. For the first seven days of March, 56% of total prepaid refill was done by e-load service.
The winners of the prizes in the second cycle are the owners of the following prepaid numbers:
- 069 266 922, Mahović Hatidža
- 069 579 193, Žarko Dragičević
- 069 567 588, Sanja Jaković
- 069 867 617, Lučić Radoman
- 069 566 498, Beriša Smailj
- 069 939 394, Nikola Marković
- 069 229 916, Čurović Dragana
During ceremony of delivering the gifts cards, a lot of words of gratitude and excitement could be heard.
Also, Promonte is getting a lot of positive feedback from the market regarding improved e-load service. Comments are that customers can chose whatever amount they wish and money is immediately on their “account”, it is much easier and simpler without the tape and additional typing in, frequently it happens that somebody wants to recharge someone else’s phone number and this way of recharge suits it ideally, e-load is easy and quick handling, this way of recharge enables to recharge amount that is not „rounded”, customer can chose any amount he wishes, and that means a lot.
As for e-load itself, currently we have e-load set at 1.960 point of sales.
Anyhow, we are reminding that all prepaid customers of Promonte network can participate in the prize competition (except for the users of Anywhere prepaid package), who recharge their account with 6.9 €, which qualifies them for participation in the competition. If the users recharge their account with 6.9€ several times during one cycle, they will be listed in the database the same number of times for drawing and they become potential winners of the prize – CKB gift card in the money value of 1000 Euro, which can be used in all POS terminals of Montenegrin Commercial Bank (CKB) and only for purchase of goods. Winners can not use CKB gift cards to draw money through ATMs.
The procedure for electronic recharge of prepaid account is very simple. It is sufficient that the customers, who wish to recharge their account with a certain amount, visit one of 1800 points of sale and ask for electronic recharge of the prepaid account. The new element is that customers can choose any amount of the recharge, in the range from 1 to 50 Euro, e.g. 15.6 or 33.3, or similar. After a few moments the customer receives a reply SMS that his/her account was increased by X Euro and the same SMS is received by the seller who performed the transaction.
Therefore, there are no paper confirmations on the performed recharge, it is all done electronically. Promonte, as a part of Telenor group, within the program for climate change, aim to enable their customers to be environmentally responsible, and thus to contribute with their behaviour and acting to decrease of carbon emission. The use of electronic recharge service itself can contribute to this aim, because not only that the quantity of paper that was previously necessary for printing paper confirmation is now reduced, but also there is a lower need for printing paper vouchers
(02 March, 2010)
In the premises of Promonte Company, on 2nd March, gift cards were awarded to seven winners from the first cycle of the prize competition CHOOSE AMOUNT.
Namely, on 15th February, along with the launching of the improved electronic recharge service, the prize competition also started for all Promonte customers who decide to recharge their prepaid account in this way. The prize competition is realized in six cycles in the period from 15th February until 29th March 2010. At the moment 3rd cycle is in progress, the first cycle of the prize competition is finished, and drawing of the winners for the second cycle is 3rd March, in the program TVIN MIX, in IN television.
„We are satisfied how the market reacts on improved service of e load. What make as satisfied even more is the positive feedback from salesman/saleswoman, who are our main „partners“ in this project, saying that the improved service is easy to use, there is no unnecessary stocks of vaouchers of different kind, payment is per realization, and what is the most important, customers are satisfied as there is no more voucher scratching, code typing, and they are, beside all the above mentioned things, environment responsible“ - commented Danilo Jovicevic, Indirect Sales manager, with smile on his face obviously provoked by results achieved so far.
In each cycle seven customers are awarded with the daily prize in the form of a gift card in the value of 1000 Euro.
The winners of the prizes in the first cycle are the owners of the following prepaid numbers:
- 069 252 499
- 069 259 415
- 069 624 815
- 069 430 782
- 069 417 405
- 069 999 979
- 069 221 186
The winners are coming from different parts of Montenegro: Podgorica, Nikšić, Bar, Herceg Novi. They are of different age, different background but all have common statement, that they were surprised and did not expect the prize. Some of them find out from unknown people that they won the prize, some thought somebody is joking.
One of the winners, Željko Tomašević, just said: "Promonte has always been and is still the best”.
Hairdresser from Bar, Eldijana, will use gift card to travel to her sister in Sweden.
Veselinka from Niksic gave 5 euro to her son to buy her voucher, but he came back from grocery and said: “Mother, give me 2 euros more, you could get the prize”. She listened to him and…. won the prize.
Journalist that came to film and write about winners left the Promonte premises with hope that they could be in front of cameras next time as one of the lucky winners of the first cycle is their colleague.
Anyhow, we are reminding that all prepaid customers of Promonte network can participate in the prize competition (except for the users of Anywhere prepaid package), who recharge their account with 6.9 €, which qualifies them for participation in the competition. If the users recharge their account with 6.9€ several times during one cycle, they will be listed in the database the same number of times for drawing and they become potential winners of the prize – CKB gift card in the money value of 1000 Euro, which can be used in all POS terminals of Montenegrin Commercial Bank (CKB) and only for purchase of goods. Winners can not use CKB gift cards to draw money through ATMs.
The procedure for electronic recharge of prepaid account is very simple. It is sufficient that the customers, who wish to recharge their account with a certain amount, visit one of 1800 points of sale and ask for electronic recharge of the prepaid account. The new element is that customers can choose any amount of the recharge, in the range from 1 to 50 Euro, e.g. 15.6 or 33.3, or similar. After a few moments the customer receives a reply SMS that his/her account was increased by X Euro and the same SMS is received by the seller who performed the transaction.
Therefore, there are no paper confirmations on the performed recharge, it is all done electronically. Promonte, as a part of Telenor group, within the program for climate change, aim to enable their customers to be environmentally responsible, and thus to contribute with their behaviour and acting to decrease of carbon emission. The use of electronic recharge service itself can contribute to this aim, because not only that the quantity of paper that was previously necessary for printing paper confirmation is now reduced, but also there is a lower need for printing paper vouchers.
(02 March, 2010)
Due to large interest, Promonte company has decided to continue “GIGA“ phone offer.
Customers can choose one of the attractive models that we offer, and with “Transfer“ packages they can transfer all the remaining minutes into the next month.
“GIGA“ offer will last until March 15.
(15 February, 2010)
Promonte company has promoted electronic recharge service – E- load, so that prepaid users can use this service in a faster and simpler way. At the same time, if they choose to recharge their prepaid account electronically, also to be environmentally responsible themselves and to participate in an attractive competition game.
The procedure for electronic recharge of a prepaid account is very simple. It is enough that a customer who wishes to recharge his/her account with certain amount visits one of 1800 points of sale and asks for electronic recharge of his/her prepaid account. The new element is that the user can choose any amount of recharge, in the range from 1 to 50 euro, for example 15.6 or 33.3, or similar. A few moments after that the user receives a reply SMS informing him/her that the account is increased by XY euro, and the seller who performed the transaction also receives the same SMS.
Thus there are no reply paper confirmations on the performed recharge, it is all done electronically. Promonte, as a part of Telenor group, within their program for climate changes, has the aim to provide also to their customers to be more ecologically responsible, and thus to contribute through their behavior and acting to decrease of carbon emission.
This use of electronic recharge service itself can contribute to this aim, because not only that the quantity of paper that was previously necessary for printing of the paper confirmation is reduced, but also there is a lower need for printing paper vouchers.
With the date of launching the promoted electronic recharge, we also start the prize competition for all Promonte customers who decide to recharge their prepaid account in this way. The competition will be realized in six cycles in the period from 15th February to 29th March 2010.
In each cycle we will reward seven customers with CKB gift cards in the amount of 1,000 Euro, that means 7 gift cards per each cycle.
All preapid users of 069 network can participate in this prize competition (ecept for costomers of Anywhere prepaid package), who recharge their account with 6.9€ which qualifies them for participation in this competition. If the customer recharges his/her prepaid account with 6.9€ several times during one cycle, eacht ime it will be registered in data base for prize and thus becoming a potential winner of the prize CKB gift card in the money value of 1,000 Euro, which they can use in all POS terminals of Montenegrin Commercial Bank (Crnogorska komercijalna banka – CKB) but only for purchasing goods, the winners can not use CKB gift cards to draw money through ATM network.
In the case if the prize is won by an underage person / under the age of 18 / CKB gift card will be in the name of one of the parents, or guardian or adoptive parent of the underage person, who can claim the gift card, with the obligation of submitting the birth certificate for the underage person.
Drawing of the winners will be organized through computer, in the method of random drawing of the number of customers. Drawing will be performed publically, with TV broadcast.
(12 February, 2010)
Promonte Company prepared a new campaign for all those in love.
On February 14th our customers will not have to think about the presents, because there is a surprise in Delta City waiting for them. They can buy a real present to their beloved person: HTC TATOO telephone at the price of only 57 Euros, with Transfer 550 postpaid package.
In addition to this phone, Promonte gives 1GB in Internet traffic in the following three months.
Except for this great present, our users can treat their loved ones with tattoo, which shall be portrayed by kana, with romantic motives of their choice.
(10 February, 2010)
Promonte announces revenues of 83,7 mill euro in 2009, a decline of 11% from last year. Promonte’s subscription market share at the end of December was at 37.2% with a total customer base of 465.000 customers.
 Revenues decreased by 11% from last year primarily due to lower prepaid and roaming revenues. As a direct consequence of the revenue decrease, EBITDA was 10,2% lower than 2008.
“The same trends from previous three quarters continued in last quarter of 2009. Revenues in the fourth quarter were 18.5 mill EURO, 11% lower than last year, mainly due to lower prepaid revenues and heavy competition on the market”, explained Kaaren Hilsen, CFO.
EBITDA in last quarter of 2009 was 16% lower than last year.
„2009 was a challenging year and we experienced reduced telecom spending in the economy due to the impact of the financial crisis. In spite of decreasing revenues, Promonte suceeded to run a sustainable business and invest in the furture for our customers. We have started to build an even stronger network to deliver quality and innovative services to our customers and Telenor Direct was established to improve our sales channels, with the aim to give our customers a better experince." said Christopher Laska, Promonte CEO. “Going forward, focus will be on operational excellence at the same time as providing innovative services to our customers and strengthening our quality position in the market.“
(08 February, 2010)
Visiting the Orphanage in Bijela always arouses emotions which are hard to describe.
On Saturday, February 6th, representatives of our company visited “Mladost” Home for Abandoned Children in Bijela and awarded two lap-top computers on that occasion, as well as modems for the mobile Internet and three months of free Internet access. Our wish was to enable children from the Home to have access to a source of information at any time, side by side with their peers, to be able to use the Internet in educational purposes, for aquiring knew knowledge, but also for fun and getting in touch with broader social developments, anywhere and anytime, by using the Internet Anywhere Service of Promonte.
At present there are 165 children residing in “Mladost” Home, the only institution of this type in Montenegro. In addition to a long-standing support provided by our company to this institution, our emplyees have been collecting clothes, footwear and toys on their own initiative, whishing thus to contribute personally to better living conditions for the children in the Home. Mrs. Slavica Ilić - the Home’s Assistant Director and all the children sent special regards to all the employees in Promonte.
Having regard to the joy shown by the children from the Home when in December last year the Promonte company in co-operation with the City Theatre from Podgorica organised, only for them, a performance of the play titled “The Magic Stone”, we decided to rejoice them again. Thus on Saturday, February 6th, the children enjoyed the performance of the play titled “Beauty and the Beast”.
Promonte is aware of its role and overall influence it exerts on the Montenegrin society. Our corporate values that we incorporate in our everyday business dealings do not involve only business success; they also include the overall improvement of the quality of life of the community in which we operate.
(04 February, 2010)
Regarding promotion of “Mural” Project, press conference has been held today in Promonte premises.
Our company has realized this project in cooperation with a group of 12 students of the Faculty of Fine Arts from Cetinje had an opportunity to take an exam from the subject of WALL PAINTNIG in a very unusual way, in the premises of Promonte.
At present they are students, and in the future, as we hope, they will be renowned Montenegrin artists; namely, Bojan Matunović, Jelena Iličković , Zoran Lazarević, Jelena Radulović, Jasna Isić , Marina Kuveljić, Djordje Rašović, Tea Franca, Anja Djurović, Mirjana Marsenić, Milka Delibašić and Marija Kovačević were assigned with a task to convert their inspirations, illusions and creations to artworks on interior walls of the Promonte’s office building in accordance with Promonte’s brand, vision and values. In this way they established a sophisticated way of communication with the employees and visitors to our building and enriched our working premises by making them cosier, more inspirational and unique.
"For the Telenor Group, and hence for Promonte as well, art reflects the values that we cherish – innovativeness and creativity – in a tangible and visible manner. Therefore we are always ready to encourage and support artistic projects, especially when it is possible to relate them to another of our strategic commitments – which in this case is education" said Ana Radulović, Chief Corporate Affairs officer in Promonte.
"The culture of working and business environment also forms an integral part of the corporate culture of Promonte, which complies with the Telenor Way, i.e. with the manner in which the Telenor Group operates. The concept known as Open Space, which we apply in Promonte, is a modern form of working space which enables us to improve our work, to be closer to each other with respect to flow of necessary information, but in the first place with regard to exchange of know-how. Open working space stimulates interaction among the employees and inspires creativity. The works of the students of the Faculty of Fine Arts form a collection that should live in business space but also in public space, so these works ideally fitted in our concept. Also, the Promonte employees were honoured and privileged to witness creation of works of art in their working space", stated Olga Radović, Chief Human Resources Officer in Promonte.
The initiative of Promonte to “widely open the door“ of their office building for creative ideas of the youngest artists in the field of visual arts was accepted with pleasure by the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cetinje, since it has multiple significance.
Press conference participant were Nataša Djurović - coordinator of the MURAL project, Doc. Mr. Nenad Šoškić - Dean of the Faculty of art, Mubera Kurpejović - Advisor in the Ministry of education and science and Marija Kovačević - student representative.
After the formal part of promotion, journalists and guests, accompanied with young artists, enjoyed in watching murals while conducting a tour around Promonte premises.
By supporting the sector of education in this way too, Promonte wishes to help the Montenegrin society to go ahead and to evolve, this being the foundations of our socially responsible business.
(02 February, 2010)
Promonte company constantly strives to enrich and promote their offer, so this time we have prepared a new „Giga“ offer of phones for their customers.
We highlight the „heroes“, from the offer that bring 1 GB of free traffic in each of the following 3 months:
- Samsung S3650 Corby
- Samsung S5510
- HTC HD2
- Sony Erricsson C901 Green Heart
- Samsung S5230
New offer of phones lasts until 28th February, when customers can choose one of the attractive models.
We recommend Tansfer postpaid packages, through which the customers can buy some of the models and transfer each unspent minute to the following month. There are four economical models in the offer: „Transfer 50“, „Transfer 110“, „Transfer 250“ i „Transfer 550“, that enable monitoring spending and disposing of the credit exactly how the customers want.
For more information on prices and complete „Giga“ offer, click here.
(29 January, 2010)
Promonte Company recently offered new service for our postpaid customers which allows them to receive monthly bills via e-mail.
This service is launched with aim to simplify usage of Promonte services. At the same time, new service is also environment friendly one, in terms of reduced paper usage.
For activation of this service, customer only needs to go in nearest Promonte shop and sign Request and also give valid e-mail address. Activation and usage of this service is free of charge, and in same time is very useful because customers can get their bill in fast and easy way.
Business customers can also activate this service:
- By Promonte Shop with sealed Request on official company memo and signature of person in charge.
- By sending fax on 020/401-469
- By sending e-mail on pks@promonte.com
For all additional information, customers have Promonte Customer Care service on number 1188 which is available 24 hours a day.
(18 January, 2010)
The Red Cross of Montenegro has organized a humanitarian action to assist families and individuals who suffered damage due to floods that happened in certain areas of Montenegro.
Promonte company supported this action by introducing a donor line, in order to enable all customers to give their contribution.
From 18th January to 18th February, all customers can send empty messages to number 14683. The price of each sent message is 1.17 Euro, with VAT included.
Upon completion of the humanitarian action, Promonte company will transfer all the funds collected by sending SMS messages to the account of the Red Cross of Montenegro.
(21 Decembar, 2009)
On 20th December in Delta City center, Promonte company together with the representatives of public institutions and tourist agencies celebrated the abolition of visa regime and introduction of the simplest model of roaming tariff so far.
In accordance with the non-visa regime that the European Union introduced for Montenegro and thus opening possibilities for simpler and more often travel, Promonte company has decided to facilitate the stay abroad for their customers by introducing the simplest model of roaming tariff so far.
Yesterday, many tourist agencies from Montenegro with their attractive offers attracted great attention of all those who like to travel, particularly now that there is no need for long and complex procedures for obtaining visa. The following agencies presented their offer: Nord travel, Gallileo, Lake tours, Rai tours, Planet tours, Maj tours, La bosta, Congress travel, Grand, Atlas tours, Millenium and Exit travel.
For all the citizens of Montenegro who plan to cruise the overseas wide regions, intend to expand and make business deals throughout Europe or maybe to go on tour in metropolas, Promonte company made an effort to facilitate and help them on their travels. From now on they can travel throughout Europe also with Promonte roaming that now covers the wole Schengen zone with only one unique price.
And for all those who find the whole Europe small and who want to go on a journey around the world and conquer the world, Promonte roaming has provided the possibility to be in touch with their loved ones at any moment.
Promonte company wish everyone a pleasant journey!
(11 Decembar, 2009)
Starting from today, Promonte Company offers Fixed Wireless Internet Access by WiMax network to its customers. Offer is targeted to all private and business customers in Montenegro and it provides asymmetrical Internet access from single location, whereat necessary equipment must be installed.
Introduction of these products indicates determination of Promonte to further develop broadband Internet access services, contributing in that way to the entire development of Montenegro.
At this moment, Promonte’s WiMax signal is available in 10 Municipalities: Bar, Bijelo Polje, Budva, Cetinje, Herceg Novi, Kotor, Kolašin, Nikšić, Podgorica and Žabljak.
You can submit requests for connection at all Promonte’ shops, where you can also obtain more detailed information related to this service.
(01 December, 2009)
In anticipation of lifting visa restrictions to Montenegro by the European Union and consequently, getting an opportunity more often journeys Promonte Company has decided to make traveling to its users as easy as possible by introducing the simplest model of roaming tariff listing thus far.
As from December 1st, 2009 Promonte’s users will not have to think about the most advantageous roaming partners our Company has concluded agreements with and even international zones of countries our users make calls in roaming.
In fact, roaming has never been simpler. Instead of browsing for roaming prices, which depend on the network you use and the destination you want to call, now we offer a single price to our customers for calls toward any destination, while the price depends only on which group of countries the customer is in, namely: Serbia, the Region, Europe or the World.
In other words, due to a simplified tariff setting in roaming, the price of calls and messages from now on will depend only on which of the four zones the customer is in.
(01 December, 2009)
In a biggest offer thus far, Promonte Company has planned New Year’s surprises for its users.
Postpaid users will take pleasure in latest phones, opportunity of doubled calls and 1GB of Internet traffic in three following months, in addition to Transfer Packages.
Unlimited calls in the Promonte Network for 50 cents daily or 3 Euro weekly are awaiting prepaid users.
We will provide to Internet AnyWhere users 50% more of the Internet traffic in three subsequent months.
The New Year’s Campaign commences on December 1st, 2009 and it will take by February 1st in the New Year of 2010.
Services in the grand New Year’s Campaign may be chosen by users according to their desires and needs at all Promonte’s Branches or with Promonte’s Xpress Teams throughout Montenegro.
For more information about the New Year’s offer, please call our customer service – 1188, or visit campaign pages for prepaid, postpaid or Internet Anywhere users.
(20 November, 2009)
Promonte, in cooperation with the Montenegrin Police Directorate, sets up a filter to disable access via mobile phone to thesites containing children pornography.
On 11 February 2008, GSM Association has launched its "Mobile Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Content" following the good results that was achieved in Norway. Actually, Telenor Mobil, Telenor mobile operator in Norway was the first mobile operator in the world to introduce filter for child sexual abuse content for mobile phones.
 Telecom industry needs to join ranks to prevent the spreading of child sexual abuse content through mobile phones. Several major mobile operators joined forces to expand the global outreach of the filter and prevent individuals in using mobile networks to host, access or profit from child sexual abuse content. As part of the Alliance, operators commit themselves to implement filtering technology at their global operations. And that is what we are doing today in Montenegro.
Promonte, as mobile operator, is committed to pursue Internet security in the mobile world in order to provide safe products and protect the most vulnerable in our society. Therefore, Promonte established a partnership with the Montenegrin Interpol to implement “Child Sexual Abuse Filter”. The child sexual abuse filter is a technical barrier that blocks websites containing child sexual abuse content to a mobile phone. The Telenor Group is a pioneer within this field and became the world's first telecom operator to cooperate with law enforcement authorities in creating such a filter. Following the success of the filter in our three Nordic markets, we are joining forces with other mobile operators to expand the global outreach of the filter.
We wish to restrict the market for such material and prevent accidental access by the public to child sexual abuse content. Telecommunications is a tremendous asset to children and their families. Children are keen and playful users of mobile phones. But guidance and protection is needed, otherwise children may be subjected to “cyber bullying” or harmful material on their mobiles. 3G technology opens new opportunities for mobile phones. With the advent of new technology, new challenges also arise, as well as new demands on mobile operators. 3G is no exception. In principle, users may now connect to any website via their mobile phones. By implementing the filter, we contribute to address a very serious problem, while also setting new international standards
As part of the agreement Montenegrin Interpol provides a hotline and a continuously updated list of URLs containing illegal child sexual abuse material. The partnership therefore clearly sets out that Montenegrin Interpol shall be responsible for making all assessments as to content legality. Promonte’s role is limited to providing the technical solution and managing the technical filtering process based on a block list provided by Montenegrin Interpol.
Telenor is part of Mobile Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Content, in Preamble in which it is said:
1.1. 1.1 The Mobile Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Content respects the fundamental human rights including the right of everyone to hold opinions without interference, as well as the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, and the rights concerning the respect for privacy.
1.2. 1.2 The Mobile Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Content also acknowledges that children, as a particular vulnerable group, should habve the right to be protected from exploitation by individuals or organizations wishing to consume or profit form child sexual abuse content in the mobile environment
1.3. 1.3 The Mobile Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Content is mindful of the need to ensure a proper balance between the interests of law enforcement and respect for fundamental human rights on this subject matter.
1.4. 1.4 The Mission of the Mobile Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Content is to obstruct the use of mobile environment by individuals or organization wishing to consume or profit from child sexual abuse content.
(16 November, 2009)
On Saturday, November 14th, Promonte company has organized prize assignment for the biggest phone in Delta City Center.
With the aim of contributing to preservation of environment, Promonte company launched for the first time on 1st October a one-year activity of old mobile phones recycling.
With this campaign, Promonte wishes to actively participate in solving the increasing problem of electronic waste and raising environmental awareness of the Montenegrin public.
All citizens of Montenegro can recycle mobile phones, and Promonte customers also achieve certain benefits when submitting phones for recycling.
Postpaid users who submit their phone for recycling can obtain discount of 20 Euro when buying a new one, or 300 minutes of free traffic within Promonte network. From 1st November, benefits in the form of 300 minutes of talk within 069 network or 300 SMS messages in the following 6 months can also be obtained by prepaid users.
During October, 3,403 phones were submitted for recycling. During the first month of the recycling action, there was a competition: “Biggest mobile phone”. In the following competition, both prepaid and postpaid customers of Promonte network could participate equally, and the winner was chosen by measuring the length of the phone.
The winner of this competition is Nebojša Rabrenović, who brought the phone Ericsson R250s PRO with the length of 32,5 cm. Ericsson R250s PRO is an Ericsson model that was released in 2000. it can be described as a very interesting model for that period because of many specific options. It belongs to the type of devices that are resistant to humidity, dust, kicks and falls, and thus it was suitable for all those who work in very challenging conditions. The model Ericsson R250s PRO is no longer produced.
As a prize for the biggest submitted phone for recycling, he received a new environmental mobile phone Samsung E1107 Solar.
Except for this prize, two special prizes were awarded for the most unusual mobile phone submitted for recycling. Special prizes were awarded for the phones: Technophone LTD brought by Novović Rade and Siemens S24858-H1014-A10-02, brought by Lazar Srdanović
In November, 3184 phones were submitted for recycling so far.
(13 November, 2009)
Promonte has launched another environmentally-friendly initiative by using solar and wind energy to power one of its repeater sites
Promonte is the country’s first mobile communications services provider to have started using renewable energy sources to power its repeater.
“The installation of base stations with renewable energy sources is among initial steps in our contributing to the achievement of objectives in the fields of energy efficiency and environmental protection. We hope that Promonte, as a leader in this field, will encourage other companies in Montenegro to join us in saving our environment”, said Ana Radulovic, CCAO.
Long-term environment commitment
Within the scope of its strategic determinations in activities of corporate social responsibility, Promonte pays special care to the environmental protection, beside heath and education. Being an integral part of Telenor Group, Promonte has great ambitions in fields, which deal with the environmental protection and activities for reducing global warming.
The constant user need for innovative services leads to an increased use of telecommunication networks. Although at this moment telecommunication operators are not large polluters, our base stations, towers and network components require a substantial amount of energy to ensure our customers a smooth service. In order to reduce CO2 emission we aim to increase the energy efficiency of our network operations by switching to network components with improved design for easier maintenance exploring the potential for renewable energy sources. The newest activities, relating to recently signed contract with the telecommunication equipment leader, ZTE company, in building future proof network, are also aimed at green business because one of the key factors in making such decision was also the energy efficiency which will increase by implementing the equipment of our new partner.
Keep promises
“As we promised early this spring, and keeping promises is one of our core values, we are here, in Platije canyon, in front of the first green repeater in Montenegro, that presents solar-wind hybrid system“ said Ana, “However, we experienced long process of obtaining the licenses. Having in mind that green business is becoming one of the priorities of Montenegro, such long processes can be considered a business barrier. Our recommendation is to include all subjects and to try to find together a model that would support the need of this sector for dynamics”
Cover you all
A number of factors influenced Promonte choice of Platije canyon as place for the first green repeater. The first and the basic one in everything we do are our customers who need the best and continuous coverage. The chosen location is one of the rare points of the road in Morača canyon where the signal coverage can still be improved, so that the customers feel even more secure in this road line. Apart from that, we have recognized that in this micro-location there are good conditions regarding the renewable energy sources, in this case wind and sun.
„At the same time, electric energy is not available at this moment, and the construction of such infrastructure could influence the environment in a negative way which can not be excused, specially having in mind that the repeater has relatively low consumption (700kWh annually). “ said Jovan Ivanovic, Business support Manager and explain characteristics of this hybrid system: „2 wind generators “Suprwind” with additional equipment, solar system with 8 photovoltaic modules, Aku batteries, which accumulate the surplus of energy produced. Expected production of hybrid system is 700KWh for one year what is enough for continuous repeater work and quality signal in tunnels"
One more important thing is that the project and implementation work was conducted by local company, System d.o.o., that showed extraordinary dedication and commitment to the project but as well protection of the environment.
“I have to acknowledge that it has been a great pleasure to cooperate with the people who recognized the significance of application of alternative energy sources for power-supplying of these systems. Systems such as this one have been power-supplied until now by aggregates that use liquid fuel for operation and emit significant quantities of CO2 and other toxic components into the atmosphere, and Promonte Company made a decision to apply such a solution giving in that way its contribution to exploitation of an enormous potential of Montenegro in relation to renewable energy sources and preservation of environment“ said Ljubomir Bošković, Director of the company System d.o.o.
Apart from the representatives of the Promonte Company and a great number of media, Srđan Mihaljević – Deputy Minister for Maritime Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunications as well as representatives of the Agency for Environmental Protection of Montenegro Zoran Mitrović and Mladen Đuranović were also present at today’s opening of the repeater.
(06 November, 2009)
Promonte company has prepared benefits for all prepaid users of Internet Anywhere.
The users who realize traffic of 250 MB in the period from 5th November to 30th November will get as a bonus extra 250 MB which they can spend by the end of November.
The bonus is received for the first 250 MB of the tariff traffic realized by the customer, during the campaign. Traffic realized towards free stations is not calculated as a condition for receiving the bonus: e.g.: toward My Services portal ( https://csc.promonte.com )
The users will be informed by an SMS message on the moment of receiving the bonus, as well as the moment when they spend it.
The bonus is visible on the page for checking station the Internet anywhere account, within My Services portal.
Users can get detailed information by calling the customer service on number 1188, in all Promonte shops as well as with mobile Xpress teams.
(02 November, 2009)
 In view of great interest of Montenegrin citizens Promonte Company has decided to keep on conducting the Old Phone, New Life Campaign and thus to enable prepaid users to get certain benefits by the recycling in addition to postpaid users.
Existing and new postpaid users, being natural persons are enabled to participate in the continued Campaign of returning unusable mobile phones and to get particular benefits:
- Discount of 20 Euro for purchasing a new mobile phone offered in the course of the promotional Campaign, or
- 300 minutes of free-of-charge calls in the Promonte network in following 3 months, 100 minutes monthly.
Existing and new prepaid users (except for users of the Anywhere Package) who bring in unusable mobile phone to be recycled will be granted in-situ one of the below listed benefits:
- 300 minutes of free-of-charge calls in the Promonte network in following 6 months (50 minutes monthly as from the day of being granted the entitlement to discount), or
- 300 free-of-charge SMS in the Promonte network in following 6 months (50 SMS monthly as from the day of being granted the entitlement to discount).
Users can transfer neither unused free-of-charge minutes nor SMS in a subsequent month.
Read more about this campaign on the "Recycle" page.
(29 October, 2009)
 Promonte announces revenues in the third quarter 2009 reached 25.6 million Euro. The number of subscriptions increased by 67,000 during the quarter and the subscription market share at the end of the quarter was 37%.
Revenues decreased by 13% compared to last year mainly due to reduced roaming revenues and a lower number of subscriptions. EBITDA decreased by 16% with EBITDA margin now reaching the level of 48%, which is lower than last year.
“Our revenue performance in the third quarter of 2009 was challenged by the environment around us. However, the third quarter also saw a number of activities with long term focus in order to better serve our customers’ needs and strengthen our position in the market.” said Kaaren Hilsen, Promonte CFO.
Promonte is the part of the Telenor Group is one of the world’s leading mobile operators. More details about Telenor Group and its business performance can be found on: www.telenorgroup.com
(29 October, 2009)
Promonte company has hosted students of the fourth grade from primary school “Milorad Musa Burzan“, in order to hold a common class on recycling.
In an imaginative and interesting way, the youngsters explained to the employees in Promonte the ways to protect environment and how different materials can influence its polluting.
The children had the chance to hear more about Promonte compaign “Old phone, new life“, mobile phones recycling and the projects that our company is going to support with the collected funds from the recycled phones.
The most touching moment, that provoqued tears of joy with some, was when the small fighters for environment, letter by letter, pronounced the name of our company: Profesionalni (Professional), Radni (Hard-working), Otmeni (Elegant), Moji (Mine), Odvažni (Courageous), Nasmijani (Smiling), Tačni (Punctual), Ekspresni (Express)!
After the class on recycling, the children were treated to specialties of the canteen „Primo piano“, and they were also given presents, as a thanks and in memory of this small-big day.
Promonte company have once more proven that they work on raising environmental awareness through various activities, this time with the youngest ones.
(27 October, 2009)
Promonte company has enhanced its constant offer with a wide choice of new handsets, all in the honor of the new Podgorica marathon, this year also being its general sponsor.
As of today you can find the most modern and quality handsets in the offer, which will surely satisfy all tastes: musical handset that the customer can run with, solar handset that is being charged while the user does exercise in the nature or a handset with excellent camera, which the customer can use, for example, to take a photo of the marathon winner.
The new handsets are just a small part of great Promonte assortment and the customers can buy them at exeptionally favourable prices, if they opt for one of the new postpaid packages.
All the interested can visit the closest Promonte shop or mobile Xpress team and buy one of the handsets, and Promonte company highlights these ones from its offer:
Samsung E2210, at the price of 1 euro with package Transfer 250, Samsung S5200, at the price of 43 euro with package Transfer 250 or handset Nokia N97, at the price of 310 euro with package Transfer 550.
(22 October, 2009)
 In continuation of a great action for the mobile phone recycling Promonte Company will, for the first time, offer a perfect phone to nature lovers on the Montenegrin market.
Samsung E1107 Crest Solar is the first ecological phone, the battery of which is charged with solar energy. It is sufficient that a user leaves a phone in the sun for an hour and he/she will recharge the battery enough to make call(s) for 10 minutes. Such solar phone is ideal for all those who spend a lot of time in the open or in the country where electricity and/or convenient outlets are often inaccessible.
In addition to the package Transfer 250 or Pallet PLUS 15, a user who brings in his old phone for recycling will be able to buy Samsung E1107 Crest Solar for only 1 EUR and to get 300 minutes free of charge in the Promonte network. Besides such advantage, a user may choose one of phones out of the Promonte wide-range offer and get a 20-EUR discount or 300 minutes free of charge in case that a price of the phone chosen by the user costs less than 20 EUR.
Basic characteristics of Samsung E1107 Crest Solar Phone are:
- Dimensions: 105x44x16mm
- Weight: 77g
- Monitor: 65K colour, 128x128px
- Sound: Polyphonic melodies, MP3
- Solar-cell battery
(16 October, 2009)
The Promonte company is the general sponsor of the 16th Podgorica marathon, which will be held on November 01st with the beginning at 9:30 AM.
The special promoter of this year’s marathon is Olivera Jeftić, one of the most famous world’s names in the marathon racing for women. She will run her second marathon race in Montenegro and try to win the winner’s trophy. So far, competitors from 22 countries worldwide registered their participation.
Race tracks:
Marathon, the race track length: 42.195 km. The race track is circular, covered with asphalt and flat – without any slopes: Podgorica - Golubovci - Tuzi - Podgorica (the start and the finish are at Trg Republike (the Square of the Republic), in front of the "Elmag" Business Centre.
The semi-marathon – the race track length: 21 km, the start is in Danilovgrad, while the finish is in Podgorica (Trg Republike – The Square of the Republic).
(02 October, 2009)
Could anyone wish the better title for the campaign of mobile phone recycling? We assume not. And this was just the title of the whole page article in daily "Vijesti" regarding Promonte Green business.
Yesterday, a press conference was organized in Promonte premises regarding launching of campaign OLD PHONE NEW LIFE. What is interesting about this event is that all the relevant stakeholders were present and speaking about the project: Directors of three partner institutions Institut for maritime biology, Natural History Museum of Montenegro and Forest management but as well deputy Minister of agriculture, water and forests, Advisors in Ministry of spatial planning and environment and Agency for environment protection.
“With the aim of contributing to protection of environment, Promonte has for the first time in Montenegro launched a big action of old mobile phones recycling.
By this campaign we want to contribute to the raising of ecological awareness of Montenegrin population and our partners in this project will help us. Namely, for each recycled phone Promonte will set aside a certain amount of money to help solving the three environmental issues in Montenegro: blossom of sea in The Boka Kotorska Bay, , drying of the forests in the north of the country and a lower number of birds in Skadar lake.” said Ana Radulovic, Promonte CCAO.
Mike Michel, Promonte CMO presented the commercial part of the campaign emphasizing that this is a pioneer work in Montenegro, for the first time conducted on Montenegrin market: “I hope we will see a lot of mobile phones ready for recycling. But this is also not one time campaign, customers will all the year around have the possibility to give away their old mobile phones for recycling in Promonte point of sales. Greener Solution Company is our partner and they will export all the collected phones from Montenegro”.
“I am glad that Promonte recognized forests and problems related to their drying as issue worth to support”, said Milosav Andjelic, Deputy Minster for forests and surprised all the journalists by throwing away his old mobile phone in a recycle box to give an good example to others.
More than happy were the directors of three partner institutions. They said that it is good thing that Promonte included all the parts of Montenegro in the campaign. They promise they will help in raising awareness of Montenegrin population together with Promonte by presenting the relevant projects.
“Inadequate disposal of old mobile phones is the problem in Montenegro and that is why Ministry for spatial planning and environment thinks that this Promonte activity is important contribution to the finding of optimal solution for this issue” said Igor Jovanovic, Advisor in Ministry for spatial planning and environment.
(30 September, 2009)
With the aim of contributing to protection of environment, Promonte has for the first time in Montenegro launched a big action of old mobile phones recycling. With this campaign Promonte will take an active part in solving the increasing problem of electronic waste and raising ecological awareness of Montenegrin public.
„Promonte campaign is a part of the campaign which is being implemented on the Telenor Group level under the title OLD PHONE, NEW LIFE. This is a pioneer work in Montenegro, because there were no initiatives for organized collecting and disposal of waste mobile phones. We hope that this campaign will achieve a significant success, for the benefit of all of us.” – stated Mike Michel, Promonte CMO.
 All citizens of Montenegro can recycle mobile phones. To all Promonte existing and future postpaid customers who bring their old mobile phone during the recycling action, Promonte company gives a discount of 20 Euro for the purchase of a new phone or 300 minutes of free on net traffic in the following three months.
Along with that, as an award for the effort, Promonte will enable the customers to take part in the competition for the biggest mobile phone in Montenegro. The final winner of the competition will receive a new mobile phone Samsung E200 ECO as the prize.
The action lasts from 30th September to 31th October, and the phones will be collected in all Promonte shops, with the support from Promonte Xpress teams, which will collect old phones in other points of sale.
Promonte recycling campaign is implemented in cooperation with the company Greener Solution which is exporting the phones from the country after the action and giving then NEW LIFE.
Read more about our campaign "Old phone, new life".
(21 September, 2009)
As of September 21, Promonte Company has enriched its postpaid offer with new „Prenesi" (Transfer) tariff packages.
The offer includes four packages, specifically : „Prenesi 50“, „Prenesi 110“, „Prenesi 250“, and „Prenesi 550“. Depending on which tariff package he/she opts for, the user will get a certain number of minutes for calls to the networks in Montenegro as well as a certain number of messages to the networks in Serbia and Montenegro.
The main characteristic of the new postpaid packages is that the user may transfer the unspent minutes and SMS messages into the following month, which has not been the case up to now.
In addition to the above advantages, the users of new packages may also make use of the discounts of 50% when calling F&F numbers they choose.
Together with the above packages, Promonte Company has enabled its users to buy telephones from the current very favorable offer.
(21 September, 2009)
The world of mobile communications is based on state-of-the-art solutions that continuously faces many changes. As a leader in these solutions, Promonte has delivered contemporary mobile telephony technologies to Montenegrin citizens and will continue to do so in the future.
Promonte has been recognized as having the best quality mobile network in Montenegro, covering more than 99% of the populated territory. Promonte is committed to providing quality services to its valued customers and is therefore making continuous investments in its network. In order to utilize the latest technologies, the current network equipment will be changed.
On this photo: Zoran Sekulić, Executive Director of the AECPS; Andrija Lompar, Minister of MA, Transpotation and Telecomunication; Christopher Laska, CEO of Promonte; Kenneth Fredriksen, GM of ZTE Telenor Global Business Unit; Li Manchang, Ambassador of Republic of China in Montenegro
“We will focus on installing new network elements with an emphasis on optimizing service quality and providing the best customer experience. The overall objective of this project is to establish a network for the future for our customers. Promonte is also very much focused on protecting the environment and we believe that this new network will have less power consumption than the existing one”, said Christopher Laska, Promonte CEO.
In this important work, Promonte is establishing a partnership with ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunication equipment and network solutions.
“This agreement with Promonte is a great milestone for ZTE in the European market, and we are proud to have been selected to provide them a truly future-proof mobile network. ZTE will provide Promonte the products and tools to deliver the best quality network and most innovative services in the market, which should allow them to further build their leading position in Montenegro” said Kenneth Fredriksen, General Manager of ZTE’s Telenor Global Business Unit.
By deciding to establish a partnership with ZTE, Promonte will also contribute to the development of the Montenegrin economy, as ZTE will set up a new company in Podgorica, to support its new showcase in Europe
(08 September, 2009)
 Promonte Company, starting from today, is introducing a new prepaid tariff package called „Friends“.
The main characteristic of new prepaid package, the price of which is EUR 5, is that the user gets FREE-OF-CHARGE calls to as many as 3 Favorite Numbers with the unlimited time duration of calls in the course of the following month as of the date of activation of those numbers and EUR 1 of the credit, which the user can spend in the traffic towards all the networks.
The free-of-charge communication with 3 chosen F&F (Friends and Family) numbers is activated by sending an SMS message to the number 14555.
The request to set F&F numbers is to be sent in the format: FF 069xxxxx 069xxxxxx 069xxxxxx
With the „Friends“ package, the user, after 10 sent messages, gets 5 free-of-charge ones, as well as 5Mb of internet traffic.
All the current prepaid users of Promonte network can also communicate FREE OF CHARGE with 3 Favorite Numbers. They need to select 3 persons with whom they wish to communicate without any limitation in the period of the promotion, i.e. from 08/09/2009 to 08/10/ 2009, and then to send an SMS with their numbers to 069 14555 in the format: FF 069 xxxxxx 069xxxxxx 069xxxxxx, and to have four Euros in their respective accounts, which is the cost of the activation.
(07 September, 2009)
The Council of the Agency for Electronic Communication and Postal Services adopted the first Plan of Numeration, harmonised with the Law on Electronic Communication, in May this year.
In pursuance with this decision, the Promonte Company has been assigned with new numeration, i.e. with new service numbers.
A period of parallel use of old and new service numbers is stipulated to last until October 01, 2009. After expiry of this period, only new numbers will be in use, as follows:
| VOICE SERVICES |
OLD NUMBER |
NEW NUMBER |
| Call center |
9898 |
1188 |
| Voice chat |
069 800 700 |
14070 |
| Express messaging |
1171 |
14071 |
| Voice mail |
1177 |
14077 |
| Voice mail (from another number) |
1188 |
14088 |
| Checking and top-up of an account’s balance |
147 |
14147 |
| Checking and top-up of an account’s balance |
148 |
14148 |
| SMS SERVICES |
OLD NUMBER |
NEW NUMBER |
| SMS Horoscope |
069 800 800 |
14690 |
| SMS Inquiry |
069 800 800 |
14690 |
| SMS Jukebox |
069 800 800 |
14690 |
| SMS@email |
069 800 800 |
14690 |
| SMS F&F |
069 800 800 |
14690 |
| SMS Jokes |
069 800 800 |
14690 |
| SMS Biorhythm |
069 800 809 |
14691 |
| SMS Dream book |
069 800 809 |
14691 |
| SMS Love calculator |
069 800 809 |
14691 |
|
SMS Chat |
069 800 700 |
14692 |
| WAP configuration |
069 800 802 |
14693 |
SMS voice mail activation
Tariff plan change |
1100 |
14694 |
| SMS "Call me" |
1122 |
14695 |
| SMS Phonebook |
9898 |
14696 |
| SMS ordering for "More than words" |
2222 |
14697 |
| SMS service - registration for "My services" portal |
2221 |
14698 |
| Services for WiFi codes |
49255 |
14699 |
| SMS Tariff adds |
14700 |
14700 |
(20 August, 2009)
Telenor continues to invest in Montenegro
Promonte’s partnership company, Telenor Direct MNE, has been established to further develop the availability of Promonte’s services to its customers nationwide. The new company will be the vehicle for distribution of Promonte’s prepaid packages, recharge cards and electronic top-up.
With a controlling ownership stake, Telenor and Promonte will have direct influence on the business decisions of the new company, it’s values, business culture and visual identity. The partnership with Telenor Direct MNE will ensure that Promonte’s services are delivered to the end users more efficiently, faster and more accurately, tresulting in an improved customer experience.
Telenor Direct MNE is an additional investment from Telenorconfirming that Tlenor has a long-term commitment to further develop its business in Montenegro. Telenor Direct MNE will create significant synergies, strengthen distribution capabilities and enable Promonte to focus on further development of its core business in an increasingly dynamic and competitive Montenegrin market. Telenor Direct MNE will take over the route-to-market responsibility in a defined segment and within a defined portfolio. Thanks to this establishment, the Promonte’s products will reach more customers in Montenegro.
For Telenor Direct, this step is a new recognition and approval of their total supply-chain-solution concept as a strategic platform, and a natural step to further integration and widening of the scope of business within the Telenor group. Telenor Direct, has proved to be a successful model for Telenor’s services distribution in the past. Based on Promonte’s strategy of getting closer to end-users and continuously improving customer experience, this logistics partnership with Telenor Direct MNE is a timely step forward in meeting customer and business needs. Telenor Direct MNE employs 16 people locally and will cover more than 2000+ points of sale.
By utilizing best-practices from Telenor in logistics, distribution and supply-chain-management, Promonte will be one step closer to its ambition of offering users a better customer experience, simplicity and faster access to services. Competitive and dynamic environments create a strong need for continuously improving both efficiency and proximity to market. Hence, in-sourcing and improved control of interfaces and processes towards end-users and suppliers are considered paramount for Promonte.
(19 August, 2009)
Promonte company continues with surprises for their customers.
This time we have good news for the customers of Promonte Internet Anywhere Wi-FI zones.
From August 18th to the end of September, customers will have unlimited Internet access in all Internet Anywhere zones. This benefit is available to all the customers who buy a voucher for Internet access through Anywhere zone, or order an access code through SMS message in the mentioned period.
Each of the access codes and vouchers, except for the 25 Euro vouchers, provides unlimited Internet use in the determined period: for 2 Euro voucher period of use is 1 hour, for 5 Euro voucher - 1 day, for 10 Euro voucher - 5 days. If they buy a 25 Euro voucher, customers get 25 hours of Internet use in the next 30 days.
SMS code prices are 2 and 5 Euro, for which customers also get unlimited Internet access, and the periods for use are for 2 Euro – 1 hour and for 5 Euro – 1 day.
Customers can buy vouchers in over 80 Internet Anywhere locations, as well as in our outlets or with Xpress teams.
(18 August, 2009)
As we have recently announced, Promonte company has expanded offer of “handsets that fit you“, with six new models.
Customers can choose a handset that meets their needs, and from currently available models, we recommend four new “heroes“: Nokia 7100, for 25 Euro, with package Plus 15, Nokia 7210 for 35 Euro, with package Plus 15, Nokia 6303 for 18 Euro, with package Plus 30 and Samsung E1120 for just 1 Euro, with package Plus 15.
For our new customers, we have also prepared special purchasing conditions.
Handset prices depend on the tarif package the customer is currently using, as well as on the model the customer chooses.
You can find more information on the offer here.
(04 August, 2009)
From August 6th to 8th, the International Summer Kotor Carnival will be held for the eighth time in Kotor.
This traditional manifestation, which was awarded in 2005 with the "WILD BEAUTY AWARD" of the National Tourism Organization of Montenegro as the best event, is supported this year too by the Promonte Company in the form of golden sponsorship.
At the today’s media conference, the organizers put special emphasis on their satisfaction for being supported continuously through years now by the same renowned companies and governmental and municipal bodies, which confirmed the quality of the manifestation; they also expressed great gratitude to all the sponsors.
The Carnival program commences on August 6th by the initial "abrum" manifestation and the Fishermen’s Feast in a fishermen’s settlement named Muo, to be continued on August 07th by a musical happening and presentation of carnival groups at the Square of Arms in Kotor, while the most important event, the Carnival Procession, attended by around 30,000 people every year, will start along the main city street on Saturday, August 8th, at 09 o’clock PM. The procession will be followed by the Carnival Night at the squares of the ancient city of Kotor – the night of music and masks.
More details on the International Summer Kotor Carnival may be found at the official presentation at www.kotorkarneval.com
(30 July, 2009)
In accordance with Promonte vision that we strive to be a driving force in development of mobile telephony in Montenegro and that we always offer creative, innovative and simply solutions for our customers in order to make their life easier, Promonte activated new service for automatic configuration of parameters for GPRS and MMS services that enable customers to access Internet directly via their mobile phones and share precious photos. On this way, none Promonte customers will have to think whether they have or not set the parameters for usage of these popular services.
All Promonte customers, which until now did not for any reason use their mobile phones to access Internet or share their precious moments through photos with their closest friends, family, companions, will get the possibility to do that automatically. Promonte will send to all its subscribers, who did not have this service activate already, one SMS with instruction how they could activate these services automatically. After the first message, customers will be instructed to save next two SMSs they are going to receive from Promonte, and simply by that the services will be activated. After successful configuration, customers will get MMS greeting from Promonte and on that way they will know that the service is successfully activated.
“On this way, they will automatically join 90.000 of Promonte customers who freely, anywhere at anytime via their mobile phones, enter the on line world and keep themselves up/to/date on social networking, checking e-mails or simply browsing for the latest information. More and more customers in Promonte network use their handsets to connect them to the internet when they’re out of home and that why we are offering for all customers the best experience”, said Mike Michel, Promonte CMO.
 Nebojsa Djordjevic, portfolio manager added: “Added value for all those who use Promonte mobile internet is access to the best wap portal in Montenegro which registers 30.000 visits per day. Anywhere Portal provides you multitude of entertaining and informative contents that are updated on a daily basis. You may read the latest news from the country and the world, see the weather forecast, and download various pictures, clips, music, ring tones and much more of it. We should not forget to emphasize one very important and for our customers favorable issue - mobile internet service will be charged exclusively according to the quantity of the data actually transmitted, not time spent on Internet ”.
Automatic configuration for MMS will allow customers to share beautiful moments with their friends in unique way. Simply, they are able to make photo or video clip with camera on mobile phone, add sound, write text and send everything to friends’ mobile phones or email addresses, wherever they are.
As mentioned above, this service is free of charge and will be offered to all customers that previously did not use their mobile handsets to access Internet or share photos, also for those who will replace their mobile handset with new ones as well as to new customers, which will, after inserting Promonte SIM card into mobile handset, automatically get the configurational SMS.
(23 July, 2009)
Promonte announces an increase of 24,195 subscriptions in the second quarter compared to the first quarter of 2009 and has maintained a subscription market share of 39%.
 In the second quarter of 2009, Promonte’s revenues reached 21 million euro. Whilst revenues were 11% lower than the same period last year, EBITDA only decreased by 8% due to the company’s continued focus on operational efficiency and cost control. This in turn meant that the EBITDA margin increased by 1 percentage points to 43%.
“Our revenue performance this quarter was somewhat disappointing, but was as expected taking into consideration the lower number of tourists and the impact of the current financial situation on our customers. However, we are happy with our stable customer base and would like to thank our customers for their loyalty. It is important to us that we continue to deliver a good service experience to our customers going forward, despite the challenging environment around us” Christopher Laska, Promonte CEO, pointed out.
Promonte is the part of Telenor group, the seventh largest mobile operator in the world. More details about Telenor Group business performance you could find on: www.telenorgroup.com
(23 July, 2009)
The Promonte Company has prepared new tariff additions for prepaid users.
From July 22 till August 31, all prepaid users (except users of AnyWhere prepaid cards) can activate Vikend Prica or vikend SMS tariff additions. By activating these additions at 1 euro only customers will get free of charge conversations within the Promonte network or free of charge sending of messages towards all the networks in Montenegro and Serbia.
Activation is performed by sending a free message formatted as either Vikend Prica or Vikend SMS to the number 1010.
Customers may activate and use both tariff additions at the same time. The price of each tariff addition is 1 euro only.
(20 July, 2009)
In presence of the media, Pljevlja Primary Health Care Center was presented with a mammography worth 30,000 euros.
Since the beginning of its work, the Promonte Company has recognized the health care system as the area that requires investments, for the benefit of Montenegrin citizens.
Having in mind that breast cancer is the most frequent malign disease of women in Montenegro, as well as the most frequent malign cause of death of women, Promonte decided to donate a mammography. Pljevlja Primary Health Care Center was selected as a health care institution which, in the opinion of the Ministry of Health of Montenegro, needs a mammography the most.
This valuable donation, which was announced at early spring by the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Christopher Laska, was presented to the Director of Pljevlja Primary Health Care Center by Ms Ana Radulović, the Chief Corporate Affairs officer, who pointed out as follows: "Promonte is acknowledged as a responsible member of the Montenegrin society, focusing our social responsibility strategy on three areas: health care system, education and environmental protection. We will endeavor to contribute to development of Montenegrin society in the future as well, primarily by focusing on the activities integrated in our core business.“
The Primary Health Care Center Director, Ms Vera Bojović, said that a mammography was indispensable to that health care institution, it being the most efficient measure for early diagnosing of breast cancer. She announced that Pljevlja Primary Health Care Center, after education of the personnel, would commence inviting female co-citizens for this examination.
She also pointed out that this donation was especially significant for their institution because this device would be used by citizens of the Municipalities of Žabljak and Pljevlja respectively, who previously had had to ask for that kind of health service in the surrounding cities.
(20 July, 2009)
The Promonte company has prepared a special offer for new postpaid customers.
Everyone wishing to become a Promonte postpaid customer may do so free of charge as of 11 July, without paying for the postpaid connection in the amount of 5 euros. Customers can obtain a free postpaid connection in Promonte outlets, from Promonte Xpress teams, in the offices of authorised dealers, as well as in the Post of Montenegro.
(09 July, 2009)
With presence of the representatives of almost all Montenegrin media, in front of hotel „Podgorica“ Promonte promoted new direct sales channel, Promonte Xpress.
For the first time in Montenegro, Promonte implemented new, direct sales channel called Promonte Xpress.
Having in mind that Promonte is the leader we try to be innovative in relation towards our customers, to go to them instead to wait for them to come to us. Promonte Xpress is direct sales channel through which Promonte wants to be as close as possible to its customers and thus offer the best customer experience.
15 Xpress teams with specially design stands will travel throughout Montenegro, serving all the customers needs. Promonte Xpress Teams will visit almost all Montenegrin municipalities as wll as small towns and villages and will be positioned on beaches, squares, in shoping malls, supermarkets.
Promonte Xpress will offer the same portfolio of products and services that could be found in all Promonte shops. Beside vouchers, prepaid and postpaid packages and data cards, „Handsets that fit you“ will also be the part of the Promonte Xpress offer. Three „heroes“ are in the offer at this moment: Samsung E1120, Samsung C270 and Samsung E1110.
“Through Promonte Xpress we want to be even closer to Montenegrin citizens and offer them additional qualitz and innovative ideas.
Promonte is here to help its customers and Promonte Xpress is one more step further in making the purchasing and usage of Promonte product and services even easier and even fun” emphasized Mladen Begovic, Distribution Manager in Promonte.
Beside offering the best customer experience, launching of Promonte Xpress also has contributed to the Montenegrin society. With launching Promonte Xpress, Promonte opened 40 new working places and on that way open the possibility for the 40 educated, yound, communicative and ambitious people from Montenegro to develop their careers.
(06 July, 2009)
Since July 06 the Promonte company will have launched a new concept of handsets sales in the Promonte outlets.
The current and the new customers of the Promonte network are given the possibility to select a hanset depending on personal affinities and requirements. The selection of hansets is wide and it will regularly be supplemented with new models. The prices of hansets depend on the customer's package and on the model chosen.
Regarding the currently available models, we would like to recommend Samsung C3050 priced at 1 euro with the Plus 30 package or 15 euros with the Plus 15 package; Samsung C270 priced at 1 euro with the Plus 15 package or 9 euros with the Plus 5 package, as well as Samsung E1120 priced at 1 euro with the Plus 15 package or 12 euros with the Plus 5 package customers.
The Promonte company has prepared special purchasing conditions for its new customers.
"Handset that fits you" may be paid in cash, by credit card or within the telephone bill.
(29 June, 2009)
The American Chamber of Commerce in Montenegro (AmCham Montenegro) was established last year, as an independent, political but unbiased, private business association.
The mission, goals and activities of the American Chamber of Commerce are devoted to promotion of cooperation and friendship between Montenegro and the United States, through trade, investments and economic development.
At the session held on Monday, June 22, the General Assembly of the American Chamber of Commerce elected Oliver Obradović, the Chief Executive Director of the Montenegrin Representative Office of the Microsoft Company, as the new President of the Management Board.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Promonte Company, Christopher Laska, was elected as a member of the Board with a two-year mandate. The new Management Board of the AmCham will have seven members instead of five, due to increased number of members of the Chamber, while new members will enter upon their duties on August 03.
The Executive Manager of Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Company - Crna Gora d.o.o. . Milovan Đurović is a new Vice president, Katarina Bulatović, Senior Manager - Audit from KPMG d.o.o. Podgorica is new Secretary-Treasurer. Untitled Governors with one year term are Dragana Radević, Executive Director of NGO Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development - CEED and Predrag Lešić, Chief Executive Officer DoMEn d.o.o. Podgorica. Untitled Governor with two years term, beside Christopher Laska is Svetlana Vuksanović, Country Manager Philip Moris d.o.o. Podgorica.
On the working lunch that AmCham organized with the President of the Republic of Montenegro on June 25th, the American Ambassador to Montenegro, Roderick Moore, presented to Christopher Laska Letter of thanks for ex Promonte CEO, Kare Gustad, for his contribution to work of AmCham during his mandate of Untitled Governor.
The American Chamber of Commerce stated that they would continue the activities aimed at elimination of the barriers for development of business in Montenegro.
(12 June, 2009)
Promonte company has provided new free of charge SMS service „Weather forecast“, for users who choose Promonte network after entering Montenegro.
Since Montenegro occupies 14 000 km2, in just one day users of our network can enjoy fresh mountain air, view an impressive canyon, experience the scent of a pine forest, the sparkle of clear lakes and take a dive into the crystal clear sea. They could not be surprised with bad weather conditions, because we created free of charge service SMS Weather forecast, which informs them by SMS about weather conditions in Montenegro.
The service is activated automatically, after our network is chosen, and customers will receive notification about that by SMS. Beside this message, customers will receive manual about deactivation or reactivation of the service.
(05 June, 2009)
5th of June as the World Environment Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972. The theme of this year’s jubilee is "YOUR PLANET NEEDS YOU – UNITED IN FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGES“.
During the previous two centuries, through development of industry and modern technology, humans made the greatest impact on impairment of the environment. Its protection implies all the actions taken with the aim to prevent the causes of degradation, pollution or destruction of the environment and excessive consumption of natural resources and space.
Global warming is probably one of the biggest global problems of the 21st century. Scientists ascertained that human factor, i.e. the manner in which we treat ourselves and the nature on daily basis, contributes to creation of this problem with 90%.
Promonte pays special attention to responsible conduct of business and has great ambitions in the area of environment protection as well as activities related to decrease of global warming. As a provider of communication services, Promonte does not belong to the group of heavy polluters; nevertheless, we wish to decrease emissions of carbon-dioxide (CO2) within our activities, through increase of energy efficiency of our network installations and business buildings. Also, we want to influence relevant subjects in a way that they put a special emphasis on this issue. Moreover, it is important to serve as a good example in the community, to be followed by people, and to clearly show that efficient usage of telecommunication services will save energy and reduce pollution.
The Study on Energy Efficiency of the Building, planting of the park in Block VI in Podgorica, the planned positioning of base stations with alternative sources of power supply, an internal campaign among the employees, are just some of the steps taken by the Promonte company.
Each of us, as an individual, can contribute to mitigation of this problem by his/her responsible everyday behavior. If you haven’t being doing it already, start caring for yourself and your environment as of today by doing little things, because it still isn’t too late!
Useful advices:
Plant a tree; Avoid using the substances that deplete the ozone layer; Use energy saving light bulbs; Avoid using plastic bags; Use lesser quantities of hot water; Purchase rechargeable batteries; Plug the devices that are not used at the time out of the mains; Check the pressure in your vehicle’s tyres on regular basis, since if the pressure is lower than the prescribed one by only 40kPa, the fuel consumption will be increased by about 3%; Aggressive driving is not worthwhile, because fast motion and sudden braking will save only about 4% of your time; Use the automobiles as little as possible, because walking or riding a bicycle is much healthier, cheaper and environmentally friendlier; Dish washing machine consumes less energy than manual washing up with hot water from the home’s water heater; Do not use water from a through-flow water heater, since it consumes much more energy than an ordinary water heater; Plant trees as a shield from overheating or cold winds; clamber plants are cooling the house in summer and heating it in winter; One bathing consumes as much hot water as three showering; Devices with the energy star mark consume even 10 times less energy than those who do not have this mark; Turn off the light in auxiliary premises, use one light bulb of high power instead several weaker bulbs, since a cluster of light bulbs consumes 50% more electric power; use photo cells for external illumination, which turn on only when someone enters the photo cells illumination area; Pressure cooker saves electric power and time and preserves nutritive ingredients; use a burner of the same/lesser diameter like/then the cooking dish diameter
(03 June, 2009)
In cooperation with Facebook, the Promonte Company has launched the SMS Facebook Service. Such service enables the Promonte Network users to manage their Facebook Profiles via SMS. Promonte is the first and currently the only operator in Montenegro that offers such service to its users.
 The Agreement signed between Promonte Company and Facebook in the beginning of this year allows users to manage their Facebook Profiles via mobile telephones in an advanced manner.
The MMS 2 Facebook Service launched then enabled uploading of a photo and video record directly from mobile telephone.
Owing to launching the SMS Facebook Service, users of the Promonte Network may manage their Facebook Profiles via SMS messages for the first time in Montenegro. The price of SMS to the Facebook is a standard price, depending on a tariff package.
The SMS Facebook allows the Facebook Status Management, sending of messages to Facebook friends, browsing of the Facebook by sending SMS message, adding of friends and many other things. The service may be activated via WAP or Web page.
SMS Facebook Service is activated via WAP by entering the address of m.facebook.com into the telephone browser. After entering the data in order to get registered with the User Facebook Profile, the following steps are to be observed: Settings/Account/Montenegro +382/ telephone number in the format of 69xxxxxx/Save.
Detailed information about service activation and commands applicable to the Facebook Profile Management may be found on the Mobile Facebook page.
(29 May, 2009)
Promonte has launched special tourist offer for all those who choose Montenegro as their holiday destination.
 New Tourist Pack contains: SIM card with 069 prepaid number, the instructions for SIM card usage, in addition to the Tourist Map of Montenegro and coupons that provide discounts in restaurants and many other beautiful places.
The price of New Tourist Pack is 5EUR and is included in expenditure: talks, SMS messages and other services.
New Tourist Pack provides affordable prices of talks, SMS and other services as well as special discounts for all guests from the region: Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Kosovo and Albania.
But this is not all, a special Tourist Portal has been created for those using the Tourist Pack. On the Tourist Portal, customers could find everything they want to know about Promonte Network and Montenegro, and find all relevant information first-hand: wap.bilogdje.com/turist
The Tourist Wap Portal contains: Promonte Info, Partnership program – information where and how you can use coupon discounts, Tourist agencies, Bus stations, Taxi services, Diplomatic services, Banks, Rent-a-car, Important phone numbers, National parks, Info traffic, Frontier crossings, Medical and health services, Museums and galleries, Churches and monasteries, Must-See Places, Car camps, Wellness and SPA centers, Cultural events – festivals, concerts etc, Weather forecast, Entertainment.
 Aside the Tourist Map containing marked destinations specially chosen and recommended by Promonte Host, New Tourist Pack contains also 10 coupons that enables discounts on varied services, tours and visits to many beautiful sights of Montenegro: restaurants, cafés, fast food restaurants, beauty salons, rent-a-car, tourist agencies and many others, that will provide 10% discount for all users of the New Tourist Pack package.
All venues, in which Promonte Host provided discounts for New Tourist Pack users, are visibly marked by posters and labels on the entrance. Each of the 10 coupons brings you 10% discount on mentioned places.
For starters, Promonte Host advises you to do the following:
Activate your new number, take the map of Montenegro, don’t forget to bring discount coupons with you and your vacation can start!
(28 May, 2009)
 Due to the great interest of the customers, the Promonte company decided to prolong the action of SonyEricsson MD300 modems sale at 29 Euros until the 30th of June.
In addition to the new modem, all prepaid and postpaid customers priced at 29 Euros can by a PCMCI card. The sale of the cards will run until the supplies are sold out.
The interested customers of the Anywhere Internet can by these products in Promonte outlets in Podgorica, as well as in the outlets of authorised dealers all over Montenegro.
(13 May, 2009)
Being the "Most attractive Employer" in Montengro, on Friday, May 8th we realized joint initiative with Faculty of Economics from Podgorica.
We have accepted the initiative from professors of this Faculty to welcome its students and introduce them our company and work processes.
Accompanied with the professor Lojpur, 20 students of last year of Faculty of Economics, visited our HQ and had the opportunity to see and hear how things are functioning from inside. For students, this visit was an important part of their practical program in their studies.
We have organized 2 hours of interactive program for students, which included presentations of our colleagues from different divisions of Promonte, which we believe was the best way to show them our Telenor Way working environment.
Our CHRO, Olga Radović, welcomed students and guided them through a presentation about Promonte history, Vision & Values, our goals, New way of working environment, organizational development and recruitment processes.
Eleonora Albijanić, our Corporate Communication Manager continued by talking about Corporate Social Responsibility in Telenor/Promonte, focusing on our activities in this area. Her presentation was followed with global Corporate Responsibility movie.
Students learned about the role of Commercial and Sales Division in our business, through presentation given by Goran Marković, our Marketing Communication Manager.
Students were presented how different parts of the CD are connected in a value chain in practice, starting from an idea, to a campaign. Short Djuice campaign movie was shown following the presentation.
Our Specialist from Techonolgy Division Darinko Soskić, was telling an interesting story about history of our network, its development and expansion from its start up in 1996. Darinko made his presentation very clear and simply to understand for our students, who learned how our big system is functioning from the customer point of view.
The entire session was very interactive where students posed interesting questions, and had chance to discuss with professionals about strategy, brand, working culture and processes, and our business. This event was very appreciated by students and professors who sent us number of mails thanking and complimenting for the hospitality,
The visit was concluded by pizzas and soft drinks in our cantina.
Students' impressions were excellent; they all appreciated our approach very much, as lot has been learned from these presentations. They admired our modern work environment and professional approach to costumers and business, and have expressed its great interest to be part of our company in the future.
(11 May, 2009)
Promonte Company has lately been receiving complaints from its users who, upon calling unknown numbers starting with certain international prefixes after identification of missed calls, are charged large amounts to their respective accounts.
We hereby wish to appeal to all our customers not to call unknown international numbers after identification of missed calls.
Calls to the above numbers are charged subject to the time spent, as international calls to zone 7. For the time being, Promonte Company has blocked calls to the numbers identified as fraudulent.
Please note that the postpaid customers, at their personal request, may ask for the listing of calls, which is free of charge. We would like to remind that only the customer defray the cost of phone call directed to this and similar numbers.
Additionally, we appeal to the users to report any case of fraudulent call to the Customer Service, the operators of which are at their disposal for 24 hours a day, at the free number 9898.
(05 May, 2009)
Promonte announces that even the number of subscriptions slightly decreased during the Q1 of 2009 comparing to the same quarter last year, subscription market share of Promonte increased to 39%. Promonte is strong keeping the leading position in Montenegro.
In the first quarter of 2009 Promonte registered revenue volume of 18.6 mill eur that is 10% lower than the same period last year.
"In times of global economy crisis it is very important to be flexible and adapt to market circumstances very fast. The slight decrease of revenues in Q1 happened due to lower prepaid subscription base in the very competitive market. By cutting our cost mainly through efficiency in conducting our everyday business we predict to keep our business performance stable in the time to come", said Christopher Laska, Promonte CEO.
For the first quarter of 2009. EBITDA increased for 5% comparing the same period last year and reached 7.57 mill eur. The EBITDA margin increased to 40% mainly due to reduced sales and marketing expenses as well as lower handset costs more than offset the fall in revenues.
Promonte is the part of Telenor group, the seventh largest mobile operator in the world. More details about Telenor Group business performance you could find on:
www.telenorgroup.com
(27 April, 2009)
On the 25th April a new Promonte shop was ceremonially opened on the ground floor of the Delta City centre.
The shop in the Delta City centre was ceremonially opened by the CEO of the company, Mr Christopher Laska, by ribbon cutting, who also presented himself at the end of the Fresh show as a designer of the latest collection of Promonte mobile services for the season of spring/summer 2009.
The aim of opening of such shop is to achieve clear and comprehensible presentation of services offered by our company to all the users. The new shop has available the so called "live“telephones, i.e. the models which contain a SIM card, so that users can familiarize themselves with all the features of a certain gadget on the spot.
The users also have available the "live“ area, where they can try out all the amenities of the Internet Anywhere service, as well as the telephones that make it possible to try out diverse mobile phone games.
Numerous guests enjoyed the two-hours entertaining programme, the "blue“ cocktails and the promotion actions prepared by our company for postpaid and prepaid users for the occasion of opening of a new shop in the Delta City centre.
We hope that purchase of our services will be both entertaining and informative in the future, and the users who visit the newly opened shop in the Delta City centre during the month of May can expect many surprises.
(24 April, 2009)
A shop of Promonte will be opened tomorrow, which will be located on the ground floor of the Delta City centre.
Appreciating the fact that the users of Promonte company bases are satisfied with our services, we have decided to become even closer to them through opening of a shop in the Delta City centre, as a part of a new retail format, applying a new experience of interactive relation and interactive purchase.
The new shop presents the first facility of this kind in Montenegro, which will make everyday communication even faster, simpler and funnier. Promonte endeavors to always be inspiring and innovative, providing great range of possibilities, and we are happy that Montenegrin market can experience all the advantages of Promonte new and fresh approach to the market.
 Along with the new offer and the new sales channel, Promonte offers additional quality and innovative experience of purchase in the users’ immediate environment. We are here to assist our users, and our goal is to make the purchase of our services even simpler with the new shop and through a new model of communication.
The shop will be opened tomorrow at 11 o’clock by Promonte Mobile Fresh Show, when we will present our latest collection of Promonte mobile services for the season of spring/summer 2009.
(24 April, 2009)
 Promonte Company is the general sponsor of the first Festival of Small Theatrical Companies of public preschool institutions (PPI) of Montenegro, the organizers of which are PPI „Ljubica Popović“ and Children’s Theater „Stanković“ from Nikšić.
The festival, which is called „Promonte Festić 2009“ will be formally opened in the facility of PPI „Ljubica Popović“ in Momišići on April 24, at 09:30 hours, and shall last for 3 days.
The aim of the „Festić“ is the presentation of the cultural creative endeavors of day care teachers and children as well as their pooling in our region.
Little children and day care teachers from public preschool institutions of Montenegro shall play 15 performances, which will be evaluated/rated by the jury in the following composition: Sofija Klikovac, the Director of PPI „Ljubica Popović“, Dr Saša Milić, full lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy, and the directors Goran Bulajić and Nikola Vukčević.
Entrance will be free, and the tickets will be handed out as a token to remember „Promonte Festić 2009“.
(22 April, 2009)
All prepaid and postpaid customers can buy a new model of the modem as of today - SonyEricsson MD300.
Within the offer, beside the modem SonyEricsson MD300, the users can also buy PC MCI modem at only 29 euros.
With the bigger top-up amount you will get multiply enlarged quantity of data, and thus use you ANYWHERE Internet Prepaid 50 Package in a most efficient and favorable way.
Postpaid customers can chose one of the postpaid ANYWHERE Internet Packages and one of the offered modems that meets their monthly Internet requirements. Thus, with a free connection and monthly subscription they will get an adequate quantity of data transfer.
The Internet packages and modems can be purchased in Promonte outlets in Podgorica and in the outlets of the authorised Promonte dealers in all Montenegrin cities.
(08 April, 2009)
Promonte Company is the sponsor of the Children Football School “Bubamara (Ladybug)”, which offers free-of-charge instructions in five-a-side soccer to all interested little boys.
As of the beginning of April, the Football School organizes tournaments for teams from all the towns of Montenegro, which will last until the month of July, when the competition will be held among the best ones. At such tournaments, little sportsmen will demonstrate and, with the help of the School instructors, improve their football skills and, at the same time, they will enjoy in the game and good companionship with their peers.
The participants will get medals from the organizer of the tournament and Promonte Company has provided suitable presents for them.
(01April, 2009)
As of April 1, Promonte Company is launching the campaign "Free-of-charge Minutes". The campaign is intended for all new and the existing prepaid users.
All those who, in this period, by buying a prepaid number, become new prepaid users, will get 50 free-of-charge minutes for calls within the Promonte network.
The existing prepaid users who recharge their accounts, subject to the value of their vouchers, will get a certain number of free-of-charge minutes within the Promonte network:
- With the voucher of EUR 5, a user will get 10 free-of-charge minutes,
- With the voucher of EUR 10, 50 free-of-charge minutes,
- With the voucher of EUR 25, 150 free-of-charge minutes,
- With the electronic recharge of EUR 6, 20 free-of-charge minutes.
The users may make use of the above favorable terms within 30 days from the date of activation of their cards, or as of the date of recharging of their prepaid numbers.
Promonte will reward the loyalty of the existing users of the family package by free-of-charge GPRS. The users may use free-of-charge GPRS from April 1 to May 1, 2009.
(27 March, 2009)
„Earth hour“is the name of the global campaign and one of the biggest global initiatives for climate change.
 „Earth hour“ campaign started in Sidney, Australia, in 2007, with 2.2 million houses and companies that switched off their lights for one hour. Only a year later, this event turned into a global movement, with around 100 million participants in about 35 countries.
The world sights, such as Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the Colosseum in Rome, and Coca-Cola billboard at the Times Square, were in the dark as a symbol of hope for something that is becoming an increasingly urgent problem from one hour to the next.
Promonte is the Company that has been seriously focused on this problem for quite a long time, with the aim to make impact on the awareness of its employees, citizens, and customers of its services to preserve nature, and thereby the future of all of us.
Promonte is going to support this campaign by switching off the spot lights that light up the sign, put up on the dome of its building.
We wish to invite you to take over the responsibility as well and, on March 28, at 20:30 hours, to support the fight against global warming, by switching off the lights for one hour together with the people all over the world – the Earth hour.
(18 March, 2009)
Press conference has been held today in the premises of the Institute for Childhood Illnesses on the occasion of donation of 30.000 EUR granted by the Promonte Company to the Clinical Center of Montenegro by the beginning of October 2008.
Chief Executive Officer of Promonte Company Christopher Laska, chief physician Olivera Miljanović, Director of the Clinical Center of Montenegro and Docent Dr Vesna Miranović, director of the Institute for Childhood Illnesses addressed those present.
Funds of this donation have been used to completely adapt and equip two modern apartments of the pediatric clinics in the Institute for Childhood Illnesses of the Clinical Center of Montenegro.
Chief Executive Officer of Promonte Company announced another donation in the field of health-care. Taking into account that breast cancer has been the most frequent malignant disease among women in Montenegro, as well as that it has been the most frequent cause of death for women who suffer from malignant disease, Promonte decided to donate 30.000 EUR for supply of a mamograph. In cooperation with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Care, it has been decided to donate the mamograph to the Primary Health-care Institution in Pljevlja.
Director Olivera Miljanović pointed out that Promonte Company has been deemed in the Clinical Center a very important strategic business partner. This cooperation represents for the Clinincal Center a valuable contribution as regards providing the standard of modern approach in treatment of the youngest patients: hospitals on child and its parent’s scale. Donation will enable better conditions and a more pleasant stay while being treated in this Institute.
Apart from donations, Promonte Company provides also mobile communication among 2000 of employees in the Clinical Center of Montenegro by provision of a business package.
Director of the Institute for Childhood Illnesses, Vesna Miranović said that all those who run a successful business and who share their piece of „cake“ with them, asking only for warm gratefulness in return, have been considered as its friends.
Promonte will continue to be a responsible citizen of the Montenegrin society.
(11 March, 2009)
Promont has launched a pilot project of digital inclusion with five non-governmental organizations that deal with the problem areas of persons with disabilities.
The NGO Association of the Young Ones with Disabilities of Montenegro, NGO Association of Paraplegics of Montenegro, NGO Association of Parents for Support of and Assistance to Children with Special Needs “Sunčev zrak (Sun Ray)” from Herceg Novi, NGO Association of Parents of Children with Developmental Disorders “Zračak nade (Glimmer of Hope)” from Pljevlja, and the Union of Associations of Parents of Children and Youth with Developmental Disorders “Naša inicijativa (Our Initiative)” have got, as presents, a laptop, Anywhere modem for mobile Internet, three months of free-of-charge access to Internet and, thereafter three months of access to Internet with a 50% discount from Promonte Company.
With this support Promonte wishes to empower the young ones with disabilities to take active participation in the society, particularly in the area of education, through providing them a possibility to communicate without any barriers, by using the service of Internet Anywhere.
The objective of this project is to enable the persons with disabilities to use mobile Internet anywhere, with the laptop and modem, which will make easier for them to be at the very source of information at all times and thus be included in the life of the social community to the maximum.
This activity has been planned as a long-term project. The employees of Promonte will also be involved in the project and they will, through their voluntary work, be at the disposal for advice and assistance to the persons with disabilities who will be using the service and will, with their personal examples and efforts, contribute to the development of the overall concept of social responsibility. Should the pilot project prove to be successful and useful for the persons with disabilities, Promonte will later also extend the project to other non-governmental organizations that are actively engaged in this problem area.
The success of a company is not measured just by good performance and outstanding position in the market, but also by its responsibility to the community in which it does business and to its people. The evidence of this statement is the fact that the Telenor Group, the owner of Promonte Company, is the first on the list of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. This index ranks international companies on the basis of the assessment of their overall financial, social, and environmental impact.
(11 March, 2009)
As of now, Promonte individual postpaid customers have the possibility to connect their Internet Anywhere packages to the voice postpaid connections.
The users, who connect their numbers, get the option to increase the incorporated quantity of data in the Internet Anywhere cards by 50 percent.
The users may get more information on the method of connection by calling the Customer Service: 069 9898.
Yet another novelty for the Internet users is the possibility to check the balance in the account in the remaining Mega Bytes, by way of the user portal.
The users, who wish to check their respective balances in the accounts by way of Internet, may do so by simple and free-of-charge registration via the user portal My services.
After the registration, by typing their user names and passwords, they may access the detailed information on the balances in their respective accounts.
(27 February, 2009)
Within the scope of its strategic determinations in activities of corporate social responsibility, Promonte pays special care to the environmental protection.
Being an integral part of Telenor Group, which has been ranked first in the Sustainability Yearbook and as per Dow Jones sustainability indexes for the two consecutive years, Promonte has great ambitions in fields, which deal with the environmental protection and activities for reducing global warming.
Although Promonte, as a telecommunication operator cannot generate significant effects to reducing carbon dioxide emission, but it nevertheless wishes to contribute to such universal problem within the scope of its activities through increasing the energy efficiency of its network installations and office buildings.
After having signed the Memorandum of Partnership on the Office Building energy efficiency with the UNDP last year, Promonte has decided to launch another important project that relates to the network infrastructure.
Promonte is going to implement soon the first base station with an renewable power source by way of applying a wind powered generator. The location has been already determined in the Platije Canyon. By the end of year, it is planned to install an additional base station with solar energy, as the power source.
The installation of base stations with renewable energy sources is among initial steps in our contributing to the achievement of objectives in the fields of energy efficiency and environmental protection. We hope that Promonte, as a leader in this field, will encourage other companies in Montenegro to join us in saving our environment.
(17 February, 2009)
 By performing the play ”Miss Julia“ of the National Theatre of the Republic of Srpska from Banja Luka, directed by Đurđa Tešić, the Actor’s Festival is being opened in Nikšić. In the competition program in the selection of director Blagota Eraković, another six theatrical plays from the countries formed within the region of former Yugoslavia are participating, and the festival lasts until February 23rd.
Promonte Company is for the second time the sponsor of this Festival which represents one of the most significant theatrical events in Montenegro, and which will host the representatives of major theatres from the ex Yugoslav region.
REPERTORY PROGRAM:
- 16.02. (Monday) 20 h, Stage 213,, August Strindberg, ”Miss Julia“, director: Đurđa Tešić
National Theatre of the Republic of Srpska - Banja Luka
- 17.02. (Tuesday) 20 h, Stage 213, Ingmar Vil?vist, ”Helver’s night“, director: Dino Mustafić
Chamber Theatre 55 – Sarajevo
- 18.02.(Wednesday) 20 h, Stage 213, Albert Ramsdell Gurney, ”Love letters“
Stage Gorica - Velika Gorica (National Open College)
- 19.02. (Thursday) 20 h, Stage 213, Vesna Furlanič Valentinčić, ”Mum/Mother“
director: Nick Upper, Theatre Glej - Ljubljan? and Cultural Artistic Community Zrakogled – Kopar
- 20.02. (Friday) 20 h, Stage 213, Harold Pinter, ”Birthday“, director: Krste Jovanovski
NUCK ”Anton Panov“ Naroden teatar - Strumica
- 21.02. (Saturday) 20 h , Stage 213, Matjaž Župančić, ”Couples’ game", director: Milica Kralj
Belgrade Drama Theatre - Belgrade
- 22.02. (Sunday) 20 h, Stage 213, Velimir Stojanović, ”One’s not a man unless he dies“
director: Goran Bulajić, Royal Theatre „Zetski dom“ – Cetinje
- 23.02. (Monday) 20 h, Stage 213, Mirko Kovač, ”Danilo“, director: Radmila Vojvodić
Montenegrin National Theatre - Podgorica
(16 February, 2009)
From February 16, to March 16, Promonte Company enables its prepaid users to select 3 favorite persons and to talk with them at the price of only 1 cent per minute within this period.
After this period, for all the calls to the activated selected numbers, from Promonte network, the users will get a permanent discount of 50%.
Calls to the favorite persons may be used by all prepaid users except the users of Djuice and Tourist pack tariff packages.
The service is activated by simple sending of an SMS message of the following format:
FF number1 number2 number3, to the number 069800800.
Also, you can get the instructions for activation if you call Promonte Customer Service (069) 9898.
(16 February, 2009)
As of today, Postpaid offer is extended by two new packages: Plus 50, which is intended for private users, and PRO 50, the package intended for business users.
Plus packages do not have a monthly subscription fee, because the amount of EUR 5, 15, 30 or 50 includes calls to mobile or fixed networks for national and international calls as well as SMS messages to the networks in Montenegro and Serbia.
A special advantage offered by PLUS packages are 50% cheaper calls to your favorite numbers. The new Plus 50 package implies a minute of calls within Promonte network of only 5 cents and a minute of calls to all the international zones of only 50 cents. The users of Plus 50 packages may select as many as 5 favorite numbers.
Current postpaid users can switch to any of the Plus packages by sending an SMS message to the number 1100, in the format: TP name of the tariff package.
With the new PRO 50 package, the offer for the business users has also been extended.
PRO 50 is our response to the demands of modern, business communication.
All the PRO packages are featured by the price of calls between employees of EUR 0.00, monthly subscription 0 EUR, and sending of SMS messages to the networks in Montenegro and Serbia, which is included in the paid monthly amount.
In the PRO 50 package, for the price of EUR 50, users get the lowest price for a minute of calls within Promonte network as well as the excellent price of 50 cents for a minute of calls to all the international zones.
(12 February, 2009)
The following week is going to be a period of carnival celebrations.
 For several years, Promonte has already been the General Sponsor of traditional winter carnival ceremonies held in Kotor.
From the 14th to 22nd of February, a rich and wide-ranging program will be realized for all ages, starting from child masked balls, adult masked balls, carnival “a la maka” papalada, concerts of Montenegrin singing groups, abrumas, carnival Latino party, carnival matinee, Carnival of Prčanj to the central manifestation, being a great traditional Carnival planned for the 22nd of February that will commence at 3.30 p.m.
The present traditional celebration usually gathers as many as about 30,000 visitors each year and this year, Promonte, as the General Sponsor is going to organize numerous surprises for all visitors who come to Kotor at the time of celebrations and carnivals.
You may find all details on the program at: www.kotorkarneval.com
(11 February, 2009)
Promonte announces that the business revenues in the last quarter of 2008 as well as total revenues for 2008 have been stable comparing the previous year. This is, first of all, result of good indicators when it comes to interconnection revenues which are significantly higher than the last year. At the same time, regardless favorable tariffs that Promonte offers to it’s customers, higher number of postpaid subscribers caused growing revenues in this segment on yearly level. Development of data services, known as Internet Anywhere concept, has contribute constantly to a positive trend. Launching of Djuice brand, especially when it comes to the contribution in number of subscribers, is also registered as support to Promonte stability. However, roaming and prepaid revenues were slightly down than expected, especially during summer months.
Promonte registered revenue volume of 20.7 mill eur in fourth quarter of 2009. that is on the level of revenue volume achieved in quarter fourth of 2007.
“Revenues remained stable, higher interconnection revenues compensated less intensive campaigns of selling subsidized handsets and lower roaming revenues”, explains Rada Drobnjak, Promonte CFO.
Cumulatively, for twelve months of 2008., total revenues reached 94,2 mill eur or 1% lower than total revenues in 2007.
For the fourth quarter of 2008. EBITDA in local currency increased for 20% on 7,7 mill eur comparing the same quarter of 2007. The EBITDA margin increased mainly due to reduced sales and handset related costs more than offsetting the increased interconnect costs. For 12 months of 2008. EBITDA is 39.6 mill eur, or 7% lower compared with the 12 months of 2007.
“Based on several indicators that Promonte is following up, management evaluates that this company holds stable position of the market leader during the last year. The number of subscriptions decreased by 102,000 during the fourth quarter mainly due to the end of the tourist season, what is a characteristic of tourist country as Montenegro.” - says Christopher Laska, Promonte CEO and adds: ”Official reports in Montenegro about mobile operator market hare refers to overall number of active SIM cards. Promonte also reports respecting this criteria. But, this kind of measurement is not telling a lot about success in business performance, especially not on the over saturated Montenegrin market. Therefore we are more focused on analyses of our share in total traffic and revenue share as they are much better indicators of business performance.”
At the global level, with 5,5 million new subscriptions, or 164 million in total, Telenor remained the seventh largest mobile operator in the world. More details about Telenor Group business performance you could find on: http://www.telenor.com/en/investor-relations/reports/q4-2008.jsp
(05 February, 2009)
Telenor has been ranked number one on sustainability in mobile telecommunications on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) for the second year in a row. The DJSI ranked Telenor as the industry leader among 17 mobile telecommunications companies on the combined performance on a range of economic, social and environmental criteria.
 This is the seventh year that Telenor has been ranked highly on the DJSI. The Indexes rank how well companies conduct their business based on 98 in-depth questions on economic, social and environmental aspects of Sustainability. This is the world's most comprehensive annual analysis of sustainability trends and corporate sustainability performance. The research is based on extensive internal and external documentation.
Long term investment in sustainability
Telenor’s achievement is the result of a sustained focus on improving the company’s corporate responsibility performance across the Group. “We are pleased that the DJSI recognise our long term investment in improving the sustainability of all our operations,” said Hilde Tonne, Executive Vice President, Communications and Corporate Responsibility.
Improvement needed on supply chain performance
The DJSI report recognised that Telenor still has some way to go in order to ensure sustainability across the supply chain, with a ranking of 51 per cent (compared to the industry average of 49 per cent). Telenor submitted information on the unacceptable working conditions revealed in Bangladesh as well as the comprehensive ongoing measures taken.
Compares favourably to competitors
The analysis covered a wide-range of non-financial aspects of Telenor’s business. Digital Inclusion and Climate Strategy were two areas where Telenor received a top score. “The combined score reflects that while there are areas where we need to improve, the overall sustainability performance of Telenor compares favourably to that of our competitors.” said Mai Oldgard, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Telenor Group.
(04 February, 2009)
 In the multimedia hall of the Cultural and Information Center-Budo Tomović, a press conference was held for the media on the occasion of the premiere of the new performance of the City Theater Podgorica „Instant Sexual Education”, staged by Nikola Vukčević.
The performance is played by Mišo Obradović, Branka Femić, Simo Trebješanin, Ivona Čović, Branimir Popović, Maja Šarenac...
„This is a story about growing up and cognition, parents and children, through the intrigue of two young persons whose first sexual intercourse represents the crowning feature of their life up to then – this is a play for the young ones and about the young ones, about their desolation and the need to instantly enter into the world of adults” – said the stage-manager of the play.
...”Don’t you worry, when I look after you at night, you should then sleep with a smile on your lips”... The music for the performance was selected by Nikola Vukčević, and the composition „Don’t you worry” is interpreted by Simo Trebješanin and the band Crveno i crno (Red & Black).
Promonte Company sponsored this project of the City Theater as well.
(03 February, 2009)
Up to now, monthly payment for PLUS and PRO tariff packages has included calls to all the networks in Montenegro and abroad.
Bearing in mind the desires and requirements of our users, as of today, another convenience has been introduced for the users of these packages: messages sent to the networks in Montenegro and Serbia will also be included in the monthly spending.
Select one of our PLUS or PRO packages and, as of now, you will also spend the monthly amount you will be paying on calls and on SMS messages.
(03 February, 2009)
90.000 users of Promonte’s mobile network use a mobile telephone or modem for access to the Internet. That is certainly the result of the uniqueness of Promonte in the region because it provides the possibility of access to the Internet services using the largest number of different technologies, starting from GPRS, EDGE, via UMTS, HSPA up to the speed as high as 7.2 mbps, but also using WiMax and WiFi technologies. The signal of Promonte network covers 99% of the inhabited territory of Montenegro (GSM, GPRS, EDGE) while 3G signal covers the town centers of all the Montenegrin municipalities.
 Bearing in mind the increasing popularity and the need for mobile Internet, Promonte Company has prepared a special offer for all the new users of Internet ANYWHERE package: Huawei E220 modem at a price of EUR 0 to 29, depending on the package the user chooses.
New prepaid users can buy the modem for only EUR 29. Access to the Internet is simple: The user has just to insert ANYWHERE internet SIM card in the modem, plug it in the USB port of the computer and, after a quick and simple installation, in a few seconds, the Internet world will be before him/her.
ANYWHERE Internet 50 prepaid package is available for only EUR 5 EUR, which includes 50 MB for data transmission and the account is recharged using standard vouchers of Promonte Company. Please note that the user gets multiply increased quantity of data with the higher amount of the recharge and thereby he/she can use ANYWHERE Internet prepaid 50 package in the most efficient and the most favorable way.
New postpaid customers of Promonte’s service INTERNET ANYWHERE, upon signing the contract for a period of twelve months, can get the modem free of charge with all postpaid packages, except for ANYWHERE 50, for which the same costs EUR 29 (EUR 7 is paid on the occasion of the purchase and the rest in eleven monthly installments amounting to EUR 2 each, through their monthly bills).
Postpaid customers of the service INETRNET ANYWHERE, against monthly subscription, also get the adequate quantity of data.
Just to remind you, when you use the service Internet Anywhere, only the quantity of transmitted data is paid for, and not the time spent on the Internet.
Internet packages and modems can be bought in Promonte’s shops in Podgorica and in the outlets of the authorized Promonte’s dealers in all the Montenegrin towns.
The campaign shall last until the stocks of modems run out.
(02 February, 2009)
Promonte Company enables its existing as well as new prepaid users (except to the users of Tourist and Anywhere packages) to add to their packages a certain number of minutes of calls, SMS messages or Internet traffic, at favorable prices.
 The user who has a greater need for calls, may add to his/her package the tariff add ,,Dodaj Priču,,. By activation of this tariff add, the user gets a certain number of minutes of calls at a favorable price, which may use to call the numbers within Promonte network. Three options are available: from EUR 2 (including 30 minutes of calls), EUR 5 (including 120 minutes) and EUR 9 (including 250 minutes of calls).
The tariff add “Dodaj Priču” is activated by sending the message PRICA 2, PRICA 5 or PRICA 9 to the number 14700.
The users who like to write SMS messages have the tariff add “Dodaj SMS” at their disposal, with which they get a certain number of SMS messages at favorable prices. Three options are available: from EUR 2 (including 100 messages), EUR 5 (including 350 messages), and EUR 9 (including 900 messages).
The tariff add “Dodaj SMS” is activated by sending the message SMS 2, SMS 5 or SMS 9 to the number 14700.
For the users who like to get a quantity of MB defined in advance at a favorable price, “Dodaj NET” tariff add has been created. Three options are available: from EUR 2 (including 15 MB), EUR 5 (including 50 MB), and EUR 9 (including 95 MB of net traffic).
The tariff add “Dodaj NET” is activated by sending the message NET 2, NET 5 or NET 9 to the number 14700.
The tariff adds are not related to the traffic in roaming.
(30 January, 2009)
Promonte established roaming with Maritime Communication Partner
Maritime roaming allows passengers and crew to use transparently their own mobile phones at sea, same as if they were on shore in exactly the same way as when using their phones outside of their home operator network – Promonte.
Maritime Communications Partner, owned by Telenor, is fully-licensed maritime telecommunication provider which covers more than 100 large cruises and ferries in Caribbean area, Europe and Australia/South Pacific.
 (27 January, 2009)
By singing contract between companies Promonte and Facebook, users of Promote and djuice network from now, will be able to manage their facebook profile from mobile phone on more advanced way.
Now our customers can upload photos and videos, read, write and send messages, edit their profile and change their status using the WAP and MMS service of Promonte and Facebook® Mobile.
This service is for both prepaid and postpaid subscribers who have MMS service and Facebook® profiles.
MMS to Facebook®
This service enables you to upload new content, such as photos, directly through your handset to your Facebook® profile.
Mobile access through WAP
Promonte enables you to access Facebook® Mobile portal on following address http://m.facebook.com.
In order to access it your handset must support WAP 1.2 or newer or have a mobile Internet browser. Generated data and traffic will be charged according to standard prices in your tariff plan.
If you need more information, please visit Facebook® Mobile page.
(16 January, 2009)
 As of now, the offer of Promonte Company includes yet another new postpaid tariff package Prestige.
Prestige package has been created and intended for the users who always choose the most prestigious things.
Promonte is aware of the preciousness of every minute in the present-day dynamic world and of the importance of keeping on top of the latest trends in the world of telecommunications.
By activating Prestige package, the user gets:
- Free-of-charge calls within Promonte network
- A mobile telephone of a high class
- A wireless headset
- A golden postpaid number
Prices are quoted in EUR/min, including VAT.
The tariff interval is 15 seconds.
The prices of other services, international calls, and roaming are available in the prevailing pricelist.
Internet traffic is charged per 10kb of transmitted data.
The prices in the Table do not apply to roaming.
You may also have the above benefits while retaining your existing postpaid number.
Prestige package can be bought exclusively in Promonte’s outlets in Podgorica, Nikšić, and Berane.
(24 December, 2008)
If any campaign arouses the most noble and most humane in us, then it is certainly the campaign of collecting aid for the inmates of the Orphanage in Bijela.
And so it was this time as well; however, everything took on even a wider dimension because our employees made a huge contribution to it by brining shoes, clothes, and toys. Maybe the title in a daily paper „Employees Setting an Example” is the best proof of that. Let’s be proud of it!
Traditionally, on the eve of the New Year and Christmas holidays, Promonte organizes distribution of packages for those children, as a consideration and care for the persons deprived of parental care.
Moreover, the actors of the Town Theater from Podgorica played for the children a puppet-show „Magic Stone”, the general sponsor of which is our Company.
There were also the Santa Claus, a magician as well as young singers.
At least for a moment, we felt the genuine children’s happiness, we saw smiles on their faces...
Have a look at what it looked like in a photo story.
(15 December, 2008)
From the 15th of December to the 15th of January, for all customers of Promonte network, both postpaid and prepaid ones, regardless of which tariff package they use, all calls will be free-of-charge after the second minute. The discounts shall not be valid for the users of the Djuice package and for calls in roaming.
For the price of EUR 5, all new prepaid users of the tariff packages Aktiv Plus and Priča Plus, who activate their new numbers in the period from the 15th of December to the 15th of January, shall get EUR 5 in their prepaid accounts, 50 minutes of free-of-charge calls in Promonte network up to the end of the month in which they activate their cards and, after that, additional 50 minutes of free-of-charge calls in Promonte network for the following two months.
Moreover, as of the 15th of December, Promonte is going to offer a prepaid package to the value of EUR 19, which shall imply the following: a telephone Samsung E1110, a prepaid card with included EUR 5 of credit and 50 free-of-charge minutes of calls in Promonte network for the month in which the card is activated and additional 50 minutes of free-of-charge calls in Promonte network for the following two months.
- Prices include VAT
- Free-of-charge minutes should be used up to the end of the calendar month in which they are obtained
- Unspent free-of-charge minutes cannot be transferred to the following month
- Free-of-charge minutes shall not apply to roaming
(09 December, 2008)
Christopher Laska is appointed new Chief Executive Officer of Promonte. Laska takes up his new position on 1 January 2009, succeeding Kare Gustad who will move to new international opportunities within the Group.
 "The Board of Directors is very pleased to appoint Christopher Laska as Promonte’s new CEO. His international experience within the mobile industry will be a great benefit to the company. Furthermore, his knowledge of the regional environment gained while working in Pannon and Telenor Serbia is an advantage. We welcome him as the new CEO and look forward to continue working together with him," said Jan Edvard Thygesen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Promonte and EVP Head of Central & Eastern Europe.
Extensive international experience
Christopher Laska has served as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer in Telenor d.o.o. in Serbia since 2006. Prior to joining Telenor d.o.o. he has held various positions such as project Director in Telenor’s Mobile Expansion in Central Europe and MENA (Middle East and Northern Africa); Country Manager for Telenor in Pakistan; Country Manager in Hungary and Business Development & Strategy Director in Pannon.
Mr. Laska is 38 years old. He has a BSc- Hons in Business Management from Bradford University Management Centre in the UK, as well as a post-graduate degree from the Chartered Institute of Marketing in London. Prior to Telenor he also worked for the Norwegian Embassy in London as well as Sallie Mae, Washington DC.
"I am honored by being offered this position and I’m looking forward to working in Montenegro”, said Christopher Laska.
Kare Gustad says that he will certainly miss his colleagues in Promonte and the beautiful Montenegro. “I have enjoyed very much the almost 3 years I have been with Promonte. The market here is very exciting and challenging with a mobile penetration close to 200 per cent. I wish Christopher and Promonte all the best.”
(08 December, 2008)
 It is only needed to bring your Lap top or mobile phone that supports wireless technology and come to one of location throughout Montenegro and surf, chat or download as much as you want, for free.
In order to get the code for Internet access via SMS, send a message in the format: IBG 0, to the number 49255 and you will get the feedback message with access code.
During that week, at all the sites where Anywhere zone exists, free promotional vauchers with access codes will also be available.
Access codes enable free access to the Internet during these seven days, from setting up the first connection and until December 19, at latest.
This service is in the test phase. In case of any problem, please contact our Customer Service +382699898 or by email ibgzona@promonte.com
More information on connecting to the Internet and adjusting of parametres for accessing the Internet zone you can find here.
(03 December, 2008)
The Promonte New Year offer of handsets has been launched. Provide a treat to yourself and your beloved ones: select a perfect New Year present and start the New Year with a new mobile handset.
As of 03.12.2008, Promonte Company will start selling mobile handsets: Samsung G400 Soul, Samsung L700, Sony Ericsson G502, and Nokia 1680 under preferential conditions.
The campaign is primarily intended for postpaid users of the Promonte network and major favorable terms have been provided for them, while those interested prepaid users can buy the handsets at their full price.
The offer is related to the existing postpaid subscribers who use any of PLUS packages: Classic, Plus 5, Plus 15 or Plus 30 as well as to the users of the other postpaid tariff packages (PRIMA, Blue, Blue active, and Family package). The users, who have already bought a handset in any of the previous campaigns of Promonte Company in the course of this year, will not have the opportunity to purchase them in this campaign. The price of a handset depends on the package a user selects and it starts already from EUR 1 for certain models.
The quantities of mobile handsets are limited and they will be sold in Promonte outlets and in the outlets of the authorized dealers across Montenegro.
(03 December, 2008)
 At the children’s festival „Naša radost/Our Joy“, which was held, on the 29th of November, on the main stage of the Cultural and Information Center/KIC Budo Tomović, 16 young performers participated in the contest, and 9 of them in the show.
The organizers of the festival, this time as well, took care of everything to go off ship-shape and thus, in addition to enjoying in wonderful pieces, the audience also enjoyed in the design of the stage, which was embellished by the children’s choir „Zvjezdice/Little Stars“ dressed in Promonte aprons.
The award for the best music went to the composer Marko Klepić, whose song „Najbolje je reći sve/It Is Best to Tell Everything“ was performed by Maša Vujadinović, who was awarded as the youngest participant of the festival. Zlatko Jovović won the award for the best lyrics, and his song was interpreted by Katarina Bogićević and „Čudno stanje/Funny State“ band. Katarina also won the award for the stage appearance. Mina Kostić sang the song „Leptirići sestrice/Sisters Butterflies“, for the arrangement of which Aleksandar Saša Tamindžić was awarded. Jovana Jokić won the first award for the interpretation with the song „Zvijezda na jastuku/A Star on the Pillow“, while the second award went to Milan Vukilić for the song „Slatka trema/Sweet Stage Fright“, and the third one to Vladimir Čabak for the song „Kad je sretnem/When I Encounter Her“.
Promonte Company, which is already traditionally the general sponsor of the festival, prepared numerous awards, both for the participants of the festival and for the children from the audience.
(01 December, 2008)
 World AIDS Day, the 1st of December, this year, in all the countries – members of the United Nations, is marked through the campaign under the title „STOP AIDS. Let Us Fulfill the Commitments Made. Take over the Initiative!“. This time, the global campaign is particularly targeted at the leaders in societies and at their role in the fight against this disease, which worldwide took almost 3 million lives in the course of 2005 and, in the same year, over 4 million persons were infected with HIV. AIDS is the problem, which calls for a major engagement on all levels of a society. It is indispensible that every member of the society gives his/her contribution to the response to HIV, so that the number of persons who carry this virus in Montenegro remains on a low level. The leaders, the elected senior officials in the society, in this case, should demonstrate responsibility and take over the decisive role.
This year as well, Promonte Company is the general sponsor of the activity of the non-governmental organization CAZAS, which marks the 1st of December within the National Campaign, which is launched in the entire territory of Montenegro. The prime mover of the Campaign on the national level is the Republic AIDS Commission, while CAZAS is one of the partners participating in its carrying on. This year, the campaign will last in the period between the 17th of November and the 10th of December and will be based on two main segments: fight against the stigma and discrimination, and the work with vulnerable groups.
In addition to the humanitarian concert, which was held in the coffee shop Nice Vice in Podgorica on the 30th of November, at which Boris Novkovic performed, within the plan of the campaign, CAZAS will realize numerous activities across Montenegro: ,,Travelling Van’’, the production and distribution of the informative, educational, and promotional materials, lectures, and forums at the faculties of the University of Montenegro, media, and sports activities.
(01 December, 2008)
With ANYWHERE Internet packages, Promonte Company has enabled its customers easy and simple access to Internet.
We offer new benefits to our postpaid and prepaid users of Internet packages.
The users of postpaid Internet Anywhere packages, in December 2008 and in January 2009, will get doubly higher flow, which will be included in their monthly subscription.
The users of Anywhere 50 packages will have 100 MB of included traffic instead of 50 MB, those who, according to the monthly subscription, have 500 MB, will have 1000 MB, those with included 1.5 GB will have 3 GB, and the users of Anywhere 3000 will have 6 GB instead of 3 GB, which they get according to the subscription.
The promotion also applies to the users who have merged Internet Anywhere packages with their basic subscription, which they use for calls. The traffic, which is included in monthly subscription, must be used up to the end of the current month, i.e. it cannot be transferred to the following month.
The quantity of data, which is included in the monthly subscription, cannot be used in roaming.
Prepaid Internet Anywhere users who, in the course of December, realize traffic of 500 MB, will get a bonus of 500 MB, which should be used by the end of the month.
The same promotion for prepaid Internet Anywhere users will also be valid in January.
(28 November, 2008)
 The press conference of “Naša radost” Children Music Festival was held in the multimedia hall of “Budo Tomović” Cultural and Informative Centre yesterday.
Mr. Aleksandar Milošević, director of the Festival, Ms. Zoja Đurović, art director, and Eleonora Albijanić, Corp. Comm. manager of “Promonte”, spoke at the conference.
This year, “Naša radost” Children Song Festival will be held on Saturday, November 29, in the great hall of “Budo Tomović” Cultural and Informative Centre at 12.00 pm. The event will be reprised on the same day at 06.00 pm. This year, 16 compositions will participate in the competitive part of the festival.
The jury of experts will decide on awards for the best composition, the best text, the best arrangement, the interpretation awards and special awards for the youngest participant and for the best stage performance.
The special guests of the Festival will be this year’s winners of the most prestigious children festival from the region (Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro).
The Festival is organized by the Muicipality of Podgorica and by the Public Institution “Children’s Alliance”, while “Promonte” is traditionally a general sponsor of the Festival.
(19 November, 2008)
The American Chamber of Commerce in Montenegro (AmCham Montenegro) is now established as an independent, political but non-partisan, private business association. Mission, goals and activities of AmCham are dedicated to promoting mutual cooperation and friendship between Montenegro and United States through trade, investment and economic development. AmCham strives to advance American commercial interests, as well as interests of international, local and other forward looking companies that stand for responsible corporate citizenship and share our values.
In addition to promoting Montenegro and advantages of its emerging market to potential foreign investors, AmCham Montenegro will seek to cooperate with the Montenegrin government in improving the business environment for investment. AmCham Montenegro supports the acceleration of Montenegro's integration path with the European Union and entry into the World Trade Organization. AmCham Montenegro will promote good “corporate citizenship" and business practices. Serving as an information point, AmCham Montenegro will develop a series of business-oriented activities to facilitate interaction between American, international and local companies.
“I believe AmCham will be a powerful body to influence the authorities and others in Montenegro to develop the business environment in a positive direction. AmCham’s values and business conduct principles are very in line with those of Telenor and Promonte. As a stock listed company – Telenor also has a large number of US investors”, says our CEO Kare Gustad who is a member of the Board of Governors of AmCham.
More details about AmCham Montenegro could be found on www.amcham.me
(19 November, 2008)
From November 18th to December 5th you can use Anywhere wireless Internet free of charge.
It is only needed to bring your Lap top or mobile phone that supports wireless technology and come to one of 34 location throughout Montenegro and surf, chat or download as much as you want, for free.
In order to get the code for Internet access via SMS, send a message in the format: IBG 0, to the number 49255 and you will get the feedback message with access code.
During that week, at all the sites where Anywhere zone exists, free promotional vauchers with access codes will also be available.
Access codes enable free access to the Internet during these seven days, from setting up the first connection and until December 5th, at latest.
This service is in the test phase. In case of any problem, please contact our Customer Service +382699898 or by email ibgzona@promonte.com
More information on connecting to the Internet and adjusting of parametres for accessing the Internet zone you can find here.
(18 November, 2008)
Prepaid users from now on have the possibility of electronic recharging of their accounts.
 Recharging can be done in POS terminals of New Ljubljana Bank (NLB) and Montenegrin Commercial Bank (CKB), and also at bank machines of Montenegrin Commercial Bank, currently at 522 locations.
Recharges are in denominations of 1, 3 and 6 euro.
For more information on electronic recharging of the account, as well as on locations where you can do it, please call our customer service number 9898.
(17 November, 2008)
All prepaid Internet Anywhere users who in the period from 14th to 30th of November obtain traffic of 250MB, will get the bonus of 250MB they can use by 30th November till midnight.
Traffic obtained towards free pages is not included in additional 250MB.
Status of the account and remaining bonus the users can check through page: https://csc.promonte.com/DataPackage.aspx
User name is the number of prepaid Internet Anywhere card, and password is PIN code.
(17 November, 2008)
Company Promonte , besides dialing code 069, from Monday 17.11.2008. will offer to its postpaid customers the dialing code 063.
Customers have the possibility to select six digit number that is suitable to them. In this way, Promonte in Montenegro becomes the only mobile operator with two prefixes.
Customers can select the luxury number or number on request, which is not in the offer. At the disposal they have six digit numbers with new prefix |