STD calls to cost less as TRAI slashes network charge by about 50%Long distance domestic calls are set to become cheaper as TRAI today slashed a network charge that one operator pays to another for carryin...
24 Feb, 2015, 06.25 PM IST
With free roaming, telcos may be forced to lower STD ratesIndia's 890 mn mobile phone users could end up paying local call tariffs for STD calls, if roaming charges are abolished by telcos.
21 Jan, 2013, 07.06 AM IST
- End of STD era? BSNL offers inter-state calls at local rates
BSNL said that calls made by its subscribers to landlines of any operator across the country will now be treated as local calls & charged a...
01 Dec, 2010, 11.23 AM IST
- BSNL does away with STD tariff for landline calls
66% fall in std call rates made from BSNL landline phones.
01 Dec, 2010, 05.13 AM IST
- Tata Indicom launches STD calling tariff at 30 paise per minute
In order to tap huge STD call market in India, estimated at 1.5 bn minutes per month, cellular operator, Tata Indicom announced its new off...
10 Aug, 2010, 05.37 PM IST
- Tata Tele offers STD calls cheaper than local calls at 30p/min
Intensifying the ongoing tariff war, Tata Teleservices on Thursday announced half a paise per second tariff for domestic long distance (STD...
05 Aug, 2010, 04.27 PM IST
- MTS slashes STD rates to one paise/sec
Sistema-Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) mobile telephony services brand MTS today said it has slashed its STD rates to one paisa per second, inte...
14 Oct, 2009, 10.35 PM IST
- Telecos' 'revolutionary' plans come with a catch
Did you know that Tata Teleservices’ ‘revolutionary concept’ of duration-free calls, where the user is charged Re 1 for every local call an...
28 Sep, 2009, 01.47 AM IST
- Free local calls, STD at 15p/min if govt allows net telephony
ISPAI claims that STD calls can be offered at 15 paise/minute & local calls can be free on the same network, if government permits net tele...
24 Jun, 2008, 08.00 AM IST
- BSNL slashes STD rates by up to 50%
Following in the footsteps of private telecom operators, state-owned BSNL on Monday said that it will cut mobile and fixed-line STD call ra...
10 Jun, 2008, 12.09 AM IST
- Tata Teleservices launches new tariff vouchers
Tata Teleservices today launched two special tariff vouchers for its pre-paid and post-paid customers with reduced STD and roaming charges ...
28 May, 2008, 06.48 PM IST
- Spice Telecom reduces STD, roaming rate
Private sector operator Spice Telecom followed other operators and reduced roaming and STD rates, but the subscribers would have to opt for...
22 May, 2008, 10.38 PM IST
- MTNL cuts STD rates to Rs 1.25 per minute
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd has reduced STD rates to Rs 1.25 per minute, moving a step ahead of the private telcos.
17 May, 2008, 07.31 PM IST
- Idea cuts STD, roaming rates
Idea Cellular has slashed STD charges to Rs 1.30 per minute, matching the lowest long distance call rates being offered by Vodafone Essar.
10 May, 2008, 12.59 AM IST
- Bharti, Hutch raise local call rates
Bharti Airtel & Hutch have have also increased local SMS rates to Rs 1.20 per message for all users, both prepaid and postpaid, from Re one...
13 Aug, 2007, 03.40 PM IST
- Ring of joy: STD rates to fall 60%
Prices of domestic STD calls are set to fall sharply. BSNL is planning to reduce STD call rates by 60%.
03 Oct, 2006, 12.36 AM IST
- Reliance to charge local rates for STD calls on FWPs
Reliance Communications on Monday announced a new tariff for its fixed wireless subscribers, under which it will charge local call rate of ...
03 Jul, 2006, 03.40 PM IST