The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has lowered tariffs for international subscriber dialing calls by 75 per cent.
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BSNL has introduced special tariff vouchers (STVs) for various foreign countries thereby offering its users lower tariffs for making international calls to countries such as France, Germany, UK, US, Canada and Singapore etc.
The operator has introduced STVs in the range of Rs 23 to Rs 41 for pre-paid customers whereas post-paid users will have to pay a fixed monthly charge (FMC) of Rs 20 to Rs 40 for availing benefits under the plan.
With an STV of Rs 41, prepaid customers will be charged Rs 1.49 per minute for each call to countries such as US, Canada and Singapore. Post-paid customers can avail the same offer by paying FMC of 40. Text messages under the offer are priced at Rs 3. Prepaid users availing STV priced at Rs 38 will be charged Rs 4.49 per minute for each call to countries such as France, Germany and UK. Post-paid users will have to pay FMC of
Rs 35 for availing similar benefits.
Under the third STV, priced at Rs 27, the prepaid users will be charged Rs 2.99 per minute for making calls to countries such as Bangladesh, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Thailand. The tariffs for prepaid users making calls to Australia have been pegged at Rs 6.49 per minute. The post-paid subscribers will have to pay an FMC of Rs 23 for availing the benefit offered by lower tariff charged under the STV. The local text messages under the STV are priced at Rs 3 per SMS.
