Batelco, Bahrain’s leading Telecommunications Company is delighted to announce the winners in Week 6 of its very popular SMS Challenge which is offering massive cash prizes. The Challenge began on 29 April and will run for 88 days until 25 July. Throughout the competition period there will be numerous opportunities for customers to win cash prizes from $500 up to $50,000 as part of the total prize fund of $162,000.
In total, there will be 64 daily winners of $500 cash prizes, 11 weekly winners of $2,500 cash prizes and one very lucky winner who will walk away with the grand prize of $50,000 on July 25th. Additionally, an extra prize of $25,000 will be awarded mid-way through the challenge and furthermore, each week, $2,500 will be awarded to the participant with the highest number of accumulated points for that week.
For week 6, the daily winners of $500 each are Layla Ebrahim Hasan, Abdulmalik Abdulqader, Isa Turki, A.Aziz Mohd Saleh and Jamal Ghuloom Jamal. The winner of the $2,500 weekly prize in the lucky draw was S. Shubber Ahmed Ali Al Mosawi while Zainab Hameed Mohd Ali was the winner of $2,500 for the most accumulated points for week 6, with a total of 3666660 points.
Batelco’s customers can participate in the challenge by sending ‘B’ to 95555 to receive quiz questions and mobile content as well as music from Sama3ni for every SMS sent. For each correct answer, the participants will earn 20 points, while incorrect or invalid answers will give them 10 points. Cost of participation is 490 fils per SMS. Please visit smschallenge.batelco.com for more information and winner announcements.
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1. The husband of Zainab Hameed Mohd Ali who was the winner of $2,500 for the highest accumulative points in the 6th Week of the fun challenge, poses for a photo
2. S. Shubber Ahmed Al Al Mosawi, the winner of $2,500 in the Batelco Challenge lucky weekly draw
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This press release has been issued by Batelco Corporate Affairs department.
For further information, please contact Batelco Public Relations Office
Public.Relations@btc.com.bh / Fax +973 17611898
About Batelco
Batelco Group, is headquartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain and listed on the Bahrain Bourse. Batelco has played a pivotal role in the country's development as a major communications hub and today is the leading integrated communications’ provider, continuing to lead and shape the local consumer market and the enterprise ICT market. Batelco has been growing overseas via investing in other market-leading fixed and wireless operators.
Batelco Group has evolved from being a regional Middle Eastern operation to become a major communications company with direct and indirect investments across 16 geographies, namely Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Maldives, Diego Garcia, St. Helena, Ascension Islands, Falklands, Monaco and Afghanistan.
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