BTCL Call Rate and other Facility

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BTCL Call Rate and other Facility [Jul 01 2009 03:03:59]
According to the latest decision, the billing rate for BTCL to BTCL call anywhere in Bangladesh at any time will be 30 paisa per minute. There will be no peak or off-peak hours. The flat rate for both NWD and local calls will come into effect from July 1. The BTCL subscribers will be charged 65 paisa for calling mobile phone or other PSTN (Private Switching Telephone Network) phones. Again there will be no peak or off peak hours in this case also. BTCL will provide land line connections free of charge for three months from July 1, 2009 and waive line rental charges in a bid to boost connectivity in rural areas. Optical fiber connections will also be installed at the upazila and village level to encourage cyber caf� and call centre businesses to be set up for creating employment opportunities too. The free land line connections will be provided on a first come first served basis throughout the next three months though the deal will not be available in areas without exchanges. The new BTCL call rate of 30 paisa per minute will also come into effect from July 1, while other operators will have a rate of 65 paisa per minute. The new call rate will be inclusive of monthly line rental, which will effectively be waived for all BTCL users from Wednesday. Meanwhile, the government will spend $211 million to expand state-owned Teletalk's mobile phone network across the country. According to the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, BTCL has an estimated 872,000 customers, while Teletalk has 11 lakh customers countrywide. The state owned by Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) in its latest bid to compete with the private telecom players on the market knocked down call charges at uniform rates for all parts of Bangladesh. It is a great offer for BTCL subscribers.