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MTNL announces cut in mobile phone charges

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Lifetime pre-paid and post-paid mobile connections

NEW DELHI: Like other mobile operators, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited too has announced a steep reduction in the subscription charges for lifetime pre-paid and post-paid mobile connections, besides offering attractive tariffs under the new scheme.

Announcing this here on Monday, MTNL (Delhi) Executive Director A. K. Arora said the Trump Jeevansathi lifetime pre-paid connection would now be available at just Rs.475 (including taxes) instead of Rs.900 (excluding taxes) earlier.

Besides getting free incoming for lifetime (till the current license is valid) and full talk-time on subsequent charges, a subscriber will also get Rs.50 talk-time at the time of taking the connection.

While all local outgoing calls to MTNL mobiles will be charged at 90 paise per minute, Rs.1.50 per minute will be charged for local calls made to other phones. Similarly MTNL will be charging a flat rate of Rs.1.75 on STD calls.

"These tariffs are much cheaper compared with other operators. Moreover, in our case the minimum recharge required is just Rs.100 every six months, while for other operators it is Rs.200 every half-yearly," said Mr. Arora, adding that existing pre-paid subscribers can also avail of this scheme by buying a lifetime recharge coupon worth Rs.450 (excluding taxes),

Mr. Arora said Dolphin Jeevansathi lifetime post-paid connection had also been made attractive by reducing its one-time upfront payment from Rs.800 (excluding taxes) to Rs.450 (excluding taxes). Here the call charges will be 80 paise per minute on calls made to MTNL mobiles, Rs.1.20 per minute for calls to other phones and Rs.1.75 for STD calls.

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