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NEW DELHI, JUNE 1
State-run telecom operators MTNL and BSNL have slashed national roaming charges to Re 1 for incoming calls and Re 0.40 for outgoing calls within any visiting network as part of a new post-paid plan to be launched on June 3.
The monthly rental for the plan has been fixed at Rs 550. The subscribers will also get 300 minutes of free talktime for receiving calls.
The users after exhausting the free talktime would have to shell out Re 1 for incoming calls and Re 0.40 for outgoing calls within any visiting network, BSNL CMD A K Sinha and his MTNL counterpart R S P Sinha told reporters here today.
However, outgoing calls to networks outside the visiting state will be charged at Re 1.
Both the operators are expecting 20-25 per cent jump in their traffic with this scheme.
Communications Minister A Raja, who was present on the occasion, said private operators are expected to follow BSNL and MTNL in reducing roaming charges.
Asked if roaming charges would become zero, Raja said: "It will be done in future. Today is the first step towards it."
Raja's predecessor Dayanidhi Maran had planned to abolish the domestic roaming charges on the occasion of his party (DMK) President M Karunanidhi's birthday on June 3.
BSNL also introduced a calling card -- Callnow, which will enable users to make ISD calls to the US and Canada at Rs 1.75 per minute and to the Gulf countries at Rs 6.75 per minute. The card is available for Rs 2,000 and comes with free talktime of the same amount.
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