Bharti Airtel introduces new calling rates for Bangladesh and Nepal

India second largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel has announced new ISD call charges for Bangladesh and Nepal.

After this new revision calls to Bangladesh will now be charged at only Rs 2.99 per minute (versus Rs 12 per minute earlier) representing a reduction of 75 percent. Calls to Nepal will now be charged at Rs 7.99 per minute (versus Rs 13 earlier) representing a reduction of approx 40 percent.

However this facility is currently available to Airtel prepaid mobile users, and which the company claims this is the most affordable in the industry and eliminate the need for buying additional ISD packs to make calls to Bangladesh and Nepal.

Ajai Puri, COO - Bharti Airtel said: "At Airtel, we strive to offer great value along with a world-class service experience to our customers. These new calling rates will further simplify tariffs and eliminate the need for special ISD packs for making calls to these neighboring countries. Airtel retail and business customers will benefit immensely from these reduced rates and we are confident this will further drive the consumption of minutes on these routes."

These new ISD rates will provide a major fillip to the growing socio-economic cooperation in the region, benefiting migrant population and businesses alike.

Airtel serves over 280 million mobile customers across the length and breadth of India. It offers exciting prepaid packs that bring the benefit of unlimited calling, large dollops of data and bundled content. Airtel has been consistently rated as the fastest network by multiple globally renowned platforms.

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