STD calls for Re 1 from March 1

My India February 12th, 2006

I still dont beleive my eyes that I am reading this news…is this really happening?

BSNL and MTNL have announced the new One India tariff plan, dropping STD rates by as much as 50 per cent for 35 million fixed line users and 15 million cellular subscribers.

The new plan will enable users make STD calls at Re 1 a minute to anywhere in India. Local calls too will now cost Re 1 for three-minute duration.

E-telephone users who opt for the new plan will have to pay a higher monthly rental of Rs 299 and will get no free calls. For post-paid mobile users, BSNL-to-BSNL local calls will now cost 40 paise a minute.

All other calls including local calls to private operators’ networks and STD calls will be at Re 1 a minute. BSNL has also launched for pre-paid card users a new plan, which offers local calls within the network at 60 paise a minute.


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2 Comments to “STD calls for Re 1 from March 1”

  1. K.Rajeev | February 12th, 2006 at 2:39 pm

    This is not going to help the common user, as hike in rent is almost double.ie Now the city users are paying Rs.180 as rent with 50 free calls. The new one India plan costs Rs.169 extra for the 50 calls. And one is not going to make 340 STD calls to compensate this hike. Instead they can reduce the rent to Rs99 and STD calls for Re.1

  2. shyam | February 15th, 2006 at 4:25 am

    Thanks Rajeev, I also feel that this is a trick to fool people.

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