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NEWS
Business Standard, 1st May 2004
Calling in Rupees
Calling home from a foreign country used to be an expensive proposition and in the old days most people simply stayed out of touch when they
were travelling. Nowadays life's a lot easier. Firstly, the cost of making international calls has fallen through the floor. Secondly, there are cheap phone cards available in most western countries that make calling cheaper than ever before.
Now, Net4India, one of the country's leading IP communications services companies has introduced the Phonewala International Traveller Calling Card. It's a pre-paid card that can be used across 28 countries around the world to make international calls.
So if you are about to visit North America, Europe or South-east Asia, you can buy a card for Rs. 100, Rs 250 or Rs 1000 in India and then use it to make calls from there. You just need to dial the access code for the country from which you are making the call followed by the telephone number you are dialling. As soon as you dial the access code you will be informed of your balance.
Net4India claims calls are almost 80 percent cheaper when made with their card. For example, a one minute call from London to Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai or Chennai will cost Rs. 15 with a Phonewala card and Rs 32 (it's around 40 pence) on a BT card. It will cost Rs 18 per minute to call from London to any other city in India. The card can be used to dial to any toll-free number from any pay-phone in the country you are calling from. It can also be used for dialing to any local telephone number in that country. |
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