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Media release<br />
<strong>SOCAR</strong> Energy<br />
Switzerland GmbH<br />
Media Rel<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
T +41 (0) 44 266 67 88<br />
F +41 (0) 44 266 67 00<br />
M press@socarenergy.com<br />
www.socarenergy.com<br />
Zurich, April 4, 2013<br />
<strong>Free</strong> <strong>Internet</strong> <strong>access</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>service</strong> st<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
<strong>SOCAR</strong> is equipping its biggest <strong>service</strong> st<strong>at</strong>ions in Switzerland with free <strong>Internet</strong> <strong>access</strong><br />
The new premium brand in the Swiss energy business is expanding its customer <strong>service</strong>: In<br />
collabor<strong>at</strong>ion with Swisscom, <strong>SOCAR</strong> is equipping the migrolino shops in its main <strong>service</strong><br />
st<strong>at</strong>ions with free <strong>Internet</strong> <strong>access</strong> (Public Wireless LAN – PWLAN). The first 15 hotspots are<br />
already installed and up-and-running. The next few months will see up to 50 <strong>SOCAR</strong> <strong>service</strong><br />
st<strong>at</strong>ions across Switzerland offering Public Wireless LAN.<br />
<strong>SOCAR</strong> customers can enjoy up to two hours’ free <strong>Internet</strong> surfing per day.<br />
<strong>SOCAR</strong> provides inform<strong>at</strong>ion on the l<strong>at</strong>est <strong>service</strong> st<strong>at</strong>ions to offer free <strong>Internet</strong><br />
<strong>access</strong> on the exclusive St<strong>at</strong>ion Finder App (for iOS and Android mobiles and<br />
tablets) and the company website www.socarenergy.com. These <strong>service</strong> st<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
are also recognisable by the WiFi logo displayed on the petrol price signs.<br />
Swisscom customers using the <strong>SOCAR</strong> <strong>service</strong> st<strong>at</strong>ions can dial into the network<br />
directly via WiFi without having to log in. Users with a mobile phone from another<br />
provider enter their phone number on the login page and the password for free<br />
<strong>Internet</strong> <strong>access</strong> is then sent to them via SMS.<br />
For media enquiries, please contact<br />
<strong>SOCAR</strong> Energy Switzerland<br />
Press Office<br />
Telephone: +41 44 266 67 88<br />
E-mail: press@socarenergy.com<br />
Fax: +41 44 266 67 00<br />
<strong>Internet</strong>: www.socarenergy.com
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About <strong>SOCAR</strong><br />
<strong>SOCAR</strong> Energy Switzerland (www.socarenergy.ch) is active in the Swiss market with various business areas in<br />
the oil and gas market (downstream business): Retail with more than 160 <strong>service</strong> st<strong>at</strong>ions (63 of which are<br />
company owned), Industrial & Wholesale, Supply & Distribution and Avi<strong>at</strong>ion. <strong>SOCAR</strong> has entered a partnership<br />
with the Migros subsidiary migrolino for the area of <strong>service</strong> st<strong>at</strong>ion shop business. <strong>SOCAR</strong> Energy Switzerland is<br />
headquartered in Zurich and employs around 900 people throughout Switzerland.<br />
<strong>SOCAR</strong> Energy Switzerland is a <strong>SOCAR</strong> (St<strong>at</strong>e Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, www.socar.az) company.<br />
Azerbaijan established <strong>SOCAR</strong> in 1993 with the aim of central management of the country's entire oil and gas<br />
industry. <strong>SOCAR</strong> employs more than 80,000 people, most of whom work in Azerbaijan but many are also<br />
employed in Eastern European countries.