Jul 03 2008
ISPAI trims telephone bills: local calls free, STD at 15p/min!
The Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) is going to provide free local calls whereas STD calls can be as cheap as 15 paisa per minute if and only if the government allows unrestricted domestic internet telephony.
ISPAI claims that the telephone bills will be drastically trimmed all because of the ubiquitous internet. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India will decide on this matter within a couple of months.
The Internet Service Providers (ISPs) explained that the within the network of a particular ISP, local calls will be free and it will cost 10 paisa per minute for inter ISP network. The ISPAI also revealed that if one makes a call on a mobile or a fixed land line from an IP phone, the STD call rates can be offered at a mere 50 paisa per minute.
Moreover, ISD call rates can come down to 50 paisa per minute on the same IP network and 75 paisa on other IP networks. The ISPAI consists of members such as Net4, HCL, Sify, Tulip IT services among others.
Through the IP telephony, a call to foreign countries like America or Europe costs much cheaper at 95 paisa per minute.
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