NT slashes call tariff
KATHMANDU, SEP 16 -
Nepal Telecom (NT) has slashed its tariff for making calls from basic telephone service (landline, CDMA fixed and VSAT) and subscription charge of CDMA Skyphone service. The changes will come into effect from Sunday.
The CDMA skyphone subscription, which currently costs Rs 1,135, will be available for Rs 600 including a talk time worth Rs 500. Similarly, the tariff for making calls from basic telephone service to GSM and CDMA network of the company has been slashed by 50 percent to Rs 1 per minute from existing Rs 2, said an NT press release.
As a promotional scheme, NT has also cut down tariff for making calls from one zone to the other within the same basic telephone service network. Now, it will charge Rs 1.50 during business hour (8 am-6 pm) from existing Rs 2 per minute. Likewise, the state-owned company has decided to waive the penalty for outstanding bills of basic telecom service until the end of the last fiscal year if customers clear their bills within mid-December 2011.
Recently, NT had slashed data charges by 33 percent to 10 paisa per 100 kb for using data through GPRS, PDSN, EVDO and 3G technologies. Earlier, the company was charging 15 paisa per 100 kb.
Source: Kantipur
Nepal Telecom (NT) has slashed its tariff for making calls from basic telephone service (landline, CDMA fixed and VSAT) and subscription charge of CDMA Skyphone service. The changes will come into effect from Sunday.
The CDMA skyphone subscription, which currently costs Rs 1,135, will be available for Rs 600 including a talk time worth Rs 500. Similarly, the tariff for making calls from basic telephone service to GSM and CDMA network of the company has been slashed by 50 percent to Rs 1 per minute from existing Rs 2, said an NT press release.
As a promotional scheme, NT has also cut down tariff for making calls from one zone to the other within the same basic telephone service network. Now, it will charge Rs 1.50 during business hour (8 am-6 pm) from existing Rs 2 per minute. Likewise, the state-owned company has decided to waive the penalty for outstanding bills of basic telecom service until the end of the last fiscal year if customers clear their bills within mid-December 2011.
Recently, NT had slashed data charges by 33 percent to 10 paisa per 100 kb for using data through GPRS, PDSN, EVDO and 3G technologies. Earlier, the company was charging 15 paisa per 100 kb.
Source: Kantipur
