BSNL cuts STD rates by 47% on fixed-line phones beyond 500 km
By Our Corporate Bureau | 03 Mar 2003
New Delhi: The government-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has announced a 47-per cent cut in domestic long-distance rates on fixed line phones beyond 500 km.
We have received TRAIs [Telecom Regulatory Authority of India] approval and have slashed the STD rates to Rs 4.80 a minute from the existing Rs 9 per minute, says BSNL chairman and managing director Prithipal Singh. For distance up to 500 km, BSNL has not changed the rates.