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AKTEL cuts call tariff

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
AKTEL yesterday slashed call tariff from 33 up to 50 per cent for its different mobile phone packages.
Telecom Malaysia International Bangladesh (TMIB), the service provider of AKTEL, has reduced tariff to Tk 2 from Tk 3 per minute for Mobile Plus and Mobile Link packages.
This is 33 per cent less than the previous rate, the TMIB's General Manager (Marketing) Yussli Yusoff told reporters at a press conference in Dhaka.
He said the company has also lowered the charges for inter-zonal calls generating to other operators' mobile phones by 33 per cent.
Besides, the monthly rent was reduced by 20 and 17 per cent for Mobile Link and Mobile Plus packages, he added.
AKTEL has also offered each subscriber 50 per cent reduced call charges for three numbers.
The company has also launched a new campaign to draw more subscribers. Announcing the tariff cut and new campaign "AKTEL Reach Out", Yusoff said AKTEL will continue to reduce call charges and offer more attractive packages in future to increase its subscribers base with better service.
Yusoff said the company has introduced a 'Night Bird Talk Plan'
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applicable for calls made from 11:00pm to 8:00am when the airtime tariff for outgoing calls will be Tk 0.75 per 30-second and incoming charge from BTTB will be Tk 0.50 per 30-second.
All new tariffs were made effective from yesterday excepting the 'Frequently Called Number' and 'Night Bird Talk Plan' which will be implemented on August 16.
AKTEL is the third mobile phone operator in the country to announce tariff cut after GrameenPhone and CityCell Digital.
The press conference was attended, among others, by Salahuddin Kasem Khan, director of TMIB, Fazlur Rahman, director coordination, Rosdi Bin Mustafa, chief financial officer and M A Ahsan, head of marketing of the company.
AKTEL, which covers 35 districts, currently has some 2.20 lakh post-paid and pre-paid subscribers. The company is expecting to rope in 50,000 more subscribers under the new campaign, AKTEL Reach Out, which will remain valid for two months.