RCN's New Sweepstakes Helps Customers to Win an Authentic Jersey from Their Favorite Soccer Team
June 15, 2010
(WORLD CUP TECHNOLOGY)
With the official launch of 2010 FIFA World Cup, RCN Corporation (News - Alert) recently announced a new sweepstakes for its customers. This sweepstakes provides customers with an opportunity to win an authentic jersey from their favorite international soccer team. In addition, the company offers text alerts that include daily results and reminders for matches.
Mike Roddy who is the senior vice president of marketing at RCN said that "As the worldwide popularity and excitement generated by this classic soccer competition continues to explode, RCN is enhancing its coverage of the games and spreading the spirit of the 2010 FIFA World Cup by offering this sweepstakes opportunity to our customers. The promotion lets customers tell us their favorite soccer team, and then they are entered to win an authentic jersey from that team."
Customers are able to participate in the sweepstakes online by visiting www.rcn.com/watchthecup. Participants can select from a list of teams and specify their favorite jersey size. One winner is selected from every RCN's markets. These markets include Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley, Pa., New York City, Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C. Company plans to announce the winners by July 30.
RCN Corporation provides all-digital and high definition video, high-speed Internet, and first-class voice services to residential and small-medium business customers. Apart from that, it offers high-capacity transport services to carrier and large enterprise customers.
Besides exclusive English-language coverage by ESPN (News - Alert) and Spanish-language coverage by Univision, customers are able to watch thrilling actions of the 2010 FIFA World Cup by using RCN's high-speed Internet that ensures online streaming of all games.
"Since this global soccer competition only happens once every four years, we share in the excitement and wanted to do something special. So we created a campaign enabling anyone to get mobile updates of the daily scores and match highlights in English or Spanish. Fans can text the word 'CUP' to receive English-language or 'MUNDIAL' for Spanish-language alerts to 88228 and keep up with all the latest action from South Africa courtesy of RCN", added Roddy.
RCN offers fiber-based high-capacity data transport services via its RCN Metro Optical Networks (News - Alert) business unit. Its services are offered to big commercial customers, mainly large enterprises and carriers.
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Edited by Alice Straight
