BSNL Slashes STD Rates Up To 50% - June 10, 2008

BSNL announced a 40-50 per cent reduction in STD charges of cellular services under various plans.It also announced to slash the call charges of landline services by 50 per cent.Under the landline services, STD rates have been reduced from Rs 2.40 to 1.20 paise per minute to all networks in general and ''sulabh'' plan. Roaming charges under prepaid and postpaid services have also been revised.Earlier this year, private telecom operators like Airtel and Vodafone had reduced their STD and roaming charges.