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Telecel gives away 43 prizes in Go to Brazil Bhora promotion
21 May 2014 at 14:28hrs | Views
A total of 43 Telecel subscribers were today (Wednesday) presented with cellphones, World Cup football jerseys and cash prizes they won in the Go to Brazil Bhora promotion.
Two subscribers each won a Sony Xperia V cellphone while 15 were announced winners of genuine football jerseys of countries participating in the World Cup. Twenty-six others won cash prizes of $500 each. The money was deposited into their telecash accounts.
Cash prize winner Josa Magiya was visibly excited when his name was announced as one of the cash prize winners. He said when he initially heard about the promotion he was sceptical about it but decided to enter the promotion.
"I feel happy to have won one of the prizes today. When I first heard about the promotion I thought it was just a way of robbing us of our money but it has proved to be a genuine promotion and Telecel an honest company.
"I am going to tell my friends and encourage them to also play. I will also keep playing because I want the $10 000 cash prize," he said.
Some participants in this promotion, including Raymond Rosenberg, who won a cash prize of $500 and a cellphone, and Mejury Mavunga, who won a jersey, had won cellphones, a laptop and a VW Polo vehicle in previous promotions.
"Telecel has really proved genuine," said Mejury Mavunga, who won a VW Polo and a Samsung Galaxy S2 cellphone in the Win Big promotion last year
"I will keep playing in this promotion until I win the $10 000 cash prize," she said.
Telecel Zimbabwe marketing director Octivius Kahiya congratulated the winners and thanked all the participants for their support.
"Thank you for the support you have given the product and the brand. It is you who make us exist. Without you and your support there is no company called Telecel," said Mr Kahiya.
"Thank you for participating in this promotion and congratulations. I hope one of you will go to Brazil because you are all still in the running for the final draw.
"Now that you have won, tell someone. Go and tell your friends about us. Tell them the good work that Telecel is doing. Tell them we are genuine," she said.
"If you have issues with your network, tell us. Tell us where we are doing it wrong and how we can improve. We are in this together," she said, adding that Telecel had more promotions planned.
There are two ways of participating in the Go to Brazil Bhora promotion.
Subscribers can send a free text message with the letter "B" to 33330. After sending the message, subscribers receive points every time they recharge their phones with airtime. The more airtime loaded for calls, the more points earned, which increases the chances of winning prizes.
Twenty points are awarded for newly activated Telecel prepaid lines as well as for reactivated lines. A one dollar recharge earns 10 points. Two dollars earns 30 points. A five dollar recharge earns 100 points, while a $10 recharge earns 250 points and $20 earns 600 points. This way of participating in the promotion is open to pre-paid subscribers only.
The other way of participating in the promotion, which is open to both pre-paid and post-paid subscribers, is to send a blank text message to 33566. Every time subscribers do this, they receive three questions related to football for them to answer at a cost of 25 cents.
A correct answer earns the subscriber 10 points, while five points are awarded for incorrect answers.
The Go to Brazil promotion runs until August 8.
Source - MHPR
