The Hindu Business Line : Reliance Comm provides 7.37 lakh lines in rural areas

Chennai April 29 As part of the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), Reliance Communications has provided telephone connections to over 7.37 lakh new subscribers in 203 short distance charging areas covering over 40,000 villages as on March 31, 2007, according to a press release.

The schemes introduced in these regions include Three-year free incoming with new fixed wireless phones (FWP) at Rs 1,299; Two -year free incoming with new FWP at Rs 999; Two-year free incoming with renewed FWP at Rs 699 and full talk time using top up vouchers of Rs 75 and Rs 275. All these schemes charge 80 paise a pulse for a call, said the release. Further, local calls are charged 80 paise for three minutes for fixed line and WLL (mobile) and Reliance handsets while it is 80 paise a minute for other mobile handsets.

Inter circle calls carry a flat rate of 80 paise for 30 seconds across categories while intra circle calls attract 80 paise a minute on fixed line and WLL (mobile) and 80 paise for three minutes on a Reliance handset.

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