Tiscali joins Telethon partners team: the fund raising starts on-line

Cagliari, 22nd November 2007 - Tiscali, the independent telecommunication company, from this year supports Telethon fund raising and begins with its innovative contribution.

Thanks to the new partnership, all Tiscali customers will be able to actively participate in one of the most important national fund raising campaign, calling from landline the number 48548 and, for DSL customers, visiting www.tiscali.it/telethon. In both cases the amount (5 euro) will be charged directly in the Tiscali bill.

Waiting for the TV marathon (14-16 December) since today Tiscali DSL customers can support Telethon researchers donating on Tiscali portal.

The procedure is simple: on www.tiscali.it/telethon it is possible to access the pages dedicated to the project, where Tiscali customers can insert their DSL contract User ID and Password and make their own donation.
Voice services customers will be able to make telephonic donations form 1st to 31st December, calling from landline the free number 48548.

“Telethon is an exceptional initiative” says Cristiana Mura, Head of Communication of Tiscali Italia Consumer Department, “and we are honoured to be part of Telethon team for the first time. Particularly, we have contributed offering our portal potential both for broaden the project visibility and to simplify and extend donation conditions at disposal of our customers, wishing an increasing number of people can contribute to Telethon scientific research progress towards the cure of muscular dystrophy and other genetics diseases as well”.