Tata frees up local calling

The local mobile rates will now be free, with Tata Indicom introducing a direct plan under which there will be no charges on calls within the company's network, while 49 paise will be charged for calls to other mobile operators.

Launching a pre-paid mobile card of Rs 325, in which the talk time is worth Rs 150, Tata Teleservices' President (Consumer Business) Naresh Malhan said, "Consumers will get the local mobile call free of cost to other Tata Indicom phones. These free calls are not limited to any number, they are unlimited.”

While, local calls from Tata Indicom mobiles to other fixed lines would cost 99 paise, STDs would cost around Rs 2.4.