BSNL cuts STD rates by 47% on fixed-line phones beyond 500 km
By Our Corporate Bureau | 03 Mar 2003
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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 TRAI’s [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.”
