Reliance slashes prepaid tariff

MUMBAI: Reliance Infocomm has announced a reduction in its prepaid tariffs by about 60 percent on Reliance IndiaMobile. The company claims that it is also offering virtually double the talktime available on competing prepaid services.

Under this new tariff structure, local and intra-circle calls from RIM Prepaid to any Reliance India Mobile (Prepaid and Post Paid) and Reliance India Phone (FWP/FWT) is reduced to Rs 0.99 (from Rs 2.49) and to other GSM operators and landlines to Rs 1.79 (from Rs 2.49 — Rs 2.99). For a RIM user the "Friends and Family" circle is extended to a community of Reliance customers.

All inter-circle calls from RIM prepaid to any RIM or FWP/FWT anywhere in the country will now cost only Rs.1.79 (from Rs.2.99) and to other GSM operators and landline, it will cost only Rs.2.49 (from Rs.2.99 — Rs.3.99).

Announcing the new RIM prepaid tariffs, Reliance Infocomm Wireless Products and Services president SP Shukla said, "All existing as well as new RIM prepaid customers can avail of the new tariff benefits when they recharge with a new prepaid voucher of Rs 325."

RIM Prepaid customer can also roam on home tariffs across India. When roaming, out going calls will be charged at home tariff, whereas incoming calls will be charged at Rs 1.79 per min. Voice mail retrieval will be at reduced home tariff rates of Rs 0.99/minute.

RIM Prepaid customers will also have access to 1234 SMS-based services and a host of call management services like three-way conference call and caller line identification. It also offers a single toll free customer care access number across the country with an option of 9 different languages.