New Delhi: BSNL's 5.8 crore telecom service subscribers stand to benefit as the PSU announced a 40 per cent reduction in the ISD rates to Sri Lanka and a 20 per cent cut to Middle East countries from next month.
From October 1, a BSNL subscriber will have to pay Rs 7.20 a minute for a 10 second pulse rate from the current Rs 12 a minute, a statement from the company said adding the revised rates would apply to all calls from fixed line, mobile, WLL (M) as well as PCOs and Trunk Calls.
For West Asian countries like Kuwait, Baharin, UAE, Oman, Qatar, rates have been reduced from Rs 12 a minute to Rs 9.6 a minute and the pulse rate has been increased from the existing six seconds to 7.5 seconds.
"The sector of Sri Lanka and West Asian countries have the maximum call traffic from India. The tariffs have been reduced to offer customers a good choice and to be ahead of competition", the company said.
Private cellular operators currently offer ISD rates of Rs 9.99 a minute to West Asia with some of the operators offering Rs 8 a minute to the same destination under some of their plans. But none them offer an unifies package of same rate for calls from fixed lines, mobile and WLL phones.
BSNL's latest rate cut is likely to start another round of price war in the ISD segment on this busy traffic route of West Asia, where a sizable Indian population stays.
BSNL has about 3.8 crore fixed line subscribers and a little over two crore mobile subscribers.
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