State-owned Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd on Wednesday announced the lowest cellular tariff of 80 paise a minute for post-paid users within its own network and Rs 1.20 to other cellular phones with a monthly rental of only Rs 100.
The company has also lowered STD charges to a flat rate of Rs 2.40 a minute irrespective of distance and network, an effective reduction of 50 per cent in highest distance slab.
"We are not levying any hidden cost like additional monthly subscription charges. Even in pre-paid category, our customers would be at advantage as they get Rs 240 worth of talktime in a Rs 324 card," MTNL chairman R S P Sinha said.
The new tariffs for pre-paid users has been proposed at 90 paise a minute within its own network and Rs 1.50 on other phones.
For calls on fixed network and WLL phones, MTNL has announced Rs 1.50 a minute for pre-paid users and Rs 1.20 for post-paid subscribers.
In another customer friendly move, MTNL has reduced the tariffs for fixed-line subscribers while making calls to cell phones by way of increasing the pulse duration to 90 seconds from 60 seconds now.
Sinha also said that capacity in the GSM-based cellular services has been expanded to meet the growing demand. The new tariffs will come into effect from October 2.
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