World Phone, an Internet telephony company, has introduced a Rs 1,500 monthly package, offering international calls to US and Canada at 50 paise per minute.

The company has launched Internet telephony unlimited plans to US, UK, Australia and Canada, which will be available at Rs 1,500 per month, it said in a statement.

MTNL [Get Quote] has also launched Voice over Internet Telephony services where call charges to the US, UK, Canada and Australia are Re 1 per minute.

World Phone's new service will allow consumers to connect to subscribers in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and many other countries for a fixed monthly subscription without using a computer, the company said in a statement.

Subscribers will get a regular telephone with an international virtual number, which, if directly plugged into a DSL or broadband Internet connection, allows them to make unlimited international calls to the country of their choice.

The packages include unlimited US and Canada calls with Rs 1,500 a month. Other packages are unlimited calls to the US, UK and Canada at Rs 2,000 a month and unlimited US, UK, Canada and Australia calls at Rs 2,500 per month.

World Phone has also introduced basic plans like Basic US at Rs 750 a month, Basic US and UK at Rs 950 per month and Basic US and Australia package at Rs 1150 a month.