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Telecommunications Marketing - Promotions & Offers Info-Tech - Telecommunications BSNL slashes registration fee for connection — Offers hefty festive discounts Our Bureau
New Delhi , Oct. 21
BSNL has offered hefty discounts on various types of telecom services including the lowering of registration charges on basic telephone to Re 1 from the existing Rs 1,000. "The discounts are for a limited period. We are sure that millions of our existing and new subscribers will benefit immensely from this festive offer," Mr A.K. Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director, BSNL, told reporters here. For the cellular segment, BSNL announced huge discounts on pre-paid recharge coupons through which a subscriber would get four recharge coupons at a cost of three. For the post-paid connections, activation charges have been waived. The discounts are on offer till December 31 this year. The corporation has also announced waiver of installation charges of Rs 600 on every new basic phone connection. BSNL would be spending up to Rs 50 crore on the various festive offers. In order to popularise Internet penetration for the broadband, it announced reduction in access rates by up to 60 per cent besides lowering the rental for ISDN lines to Rs 400 a month and for an ISDN PRI connection to Rs 1,750 a month from Rs 5,000. BSNL has announced free Virtual Calling Cards of different denominations for subscribers paying their bills regularly.
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