Addressing the seminar on behalf of Melita Business, Corporate Services Manager Antoine Sciberras commented that a good starting point for those seeking to move their business online is to understand that an online business runs on principles very similar to the traditional bricks-and-mortar retail business. “First and foremost you want to make sure that your ‘shop’ is as close as possible to your customers. A business owner also wants to ensure that his outlets can handle the traffic, especially when very busy, without affecting the customer experience.”

During his presentation, Ing. Sciberras guided the audience through the basic steps that a business goes through when moving or expanding to the online world. He stressed the importance of ensuring that business owners should not look only at the aesthetics but also the infrastructure used to ensure that customers can access information quickly and in a safe way. “When taking your business online it is important to choose a hosting provider – which would be referred to as a data centre, or co-location service, that ideally stands as close to your client base as possible. If you’re operating in Malta, your clients will have a better experience if the website is hosted locally. The provider you choose should also be robust and large enough to handle your traffic – online visitors don’t have the patience to wait for minutes until your page loads. Everything needs to happen in less than seconds.”

Melita has a dedicated business support team catering for businesses, ranging from self-employed to large international organisations. Apart from standard telecommunications services, Melita Business also offer co-location, dedicated point-to-point connectivity as well as international IP connectivity. Melita is the only operator in Malta to be connected to a Tier 1 Internet operator directly in Milan hence ensuring optimum connectivity to the rest of the world.

 For more information about Melita Business and for assistance on how Melita can assist your online business visit http://business.melita.com or call the dedicated line 27273535.

Customers browsing the Music Club of Melita’s OnDemand! Club will also find the latest hits from artist like Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and many more.

OnDemand! Club is available for free to all Home Entertainment Pack customers and is an international service operated by the same company that delivers services to renowned names such as Virgin Media in the UK and Kabel Deutschland in Germany.  Apart from offering a great selection of music videos, this service gives customers access to a fantastic selection of titles including hit TV series, movies, and children’s shows at no extra charge. And if you’re a movie buff, you can rent the latest blockbuster on MovieRentals OnDemand!, or favourite classic from Hollywood from just €1.49 and watch it as many times as you want for 48 hours. Melita OnDemand!:the revolutionary new way of watching what you want, when you want.

For more information visit ondemand.melita.com

This special offer is limited to the first 500 customers to switch and connect to Melita Mobile!

“Melita has consistently proven to be the best value mobile provider in Malta. This is confirmed by the thousands of customers that are regularly switching to Melita Mobile as well as by the official statistics that show that our clients talk much more, for less cost. The new Unlimited Value plans build on the same premise. They give you whatever you love, only more of it”, commented Michael Darmanin, Director of Marketing at Melita.

The newly launched Unlimited Value plans offer different options aimed at addressing different customer needs – from the occasional users to the power users. These new plans, which are subject to a 24 month agreement, start from just €20 per month and include massive bundles of calls, SMS and mobile internet. Clients can either choose one of the fantastic discounted 3G handsets or benefit from even more discounts if they bring their own phone.

To learn more about Melita Mobile tariff plans click here or any of our outlets and authorised resellers.