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Pune , May 22

BPL Mobile, on Sunday, announced that effective May 23 its subscribers in Maharashtra and Goa would enjoy local dialling on calls to Mumbai.

A company release said that following a Department of Telecommunications directive, BPL Mobile will offer local calling rates on mobile calls between Mumbai and Maharashtra (including Goa). Now both post-paid and prepaid subscribers will no longer have to pay STD charges on all calls between Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa and subscribers can now dial the number directly without `0' prefix for all calls to Mumbai.

Commenting on the introduction of local dialling facility, Mr B.P. Singh, Chief Operating Officer (West), BPL Mobile, said, "As per the telecom policy, Mumbai and Maharashtra have been licensed as two separate circles thus resulting in metro and circle licenses. Now with the DoT directive, BPL Mobile subscribers will enjoy the benefit of making local calls to Mumbai. The local dialling facility would serve regional communities of interest; enable ease of dialling and result in significant savings for our subscribers in Maharashtra and Goa."

At present, calls between Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata and the rest of the respective States and between East and West Uttar Pradesh are treated as STD calls.

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