MTNL Rs1 Calls to USA : MTNL US Calling

India telecom industry is full of competition with each telecom provider offering something new each day. Finally the war seems to be now shifting towards international calls with MTNL initiating the new price cuts. MTNL USA Plans are very cheap and are not to be missed.

ISD tariffs for its GSM and 3G subscribers were slashed by MTNL few days back. MTNL is now offering Rs 1/min calls to many countries which include China, US, Canada, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore. This rate is effective from July 1st 2010. The earlier price of MTNL for these countries was 6.20-9.20 per minute so this is a huge drop. MTNL US Calling is now at just Rs 1 per minute.

Similarly, call rates will be Rs 3 per minute from Rs 12 per minute to countries like Argentina, Bahrain, Cyprus, Jordan, South Korea, Malaysia and Sweden. and that to countries like Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Columbia, Indonesia, Iraq, Russia, Taiwan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam will come down to Rs 5 minute from Rs 18. The new offer is a promotional one and valid for a period of 3 months. This is part of a scheme to effect reduction in call rates to 26 countries.

According to MTNL CMD, MTNL is expecting Rs 10-15 crore revenue addition through their ISD rate reductions, which, in all, include 26 countries through volume growth. About 1-2 lakh more subscribers are expected to add to their existing 50 lakh user base base on account of this.

This step by MTNL should start the move of international rate reduction in India telecom. Lets see, what other major like Airtel, Vodafone, Tata and Reliance has to offer. The day should not be far when you will be able to make international calls at local rates !!