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To: quartersawyer who wrote (31512)	1/24/2003 7:50:04 AM
From: quartersawyer	Respond to of 196612

India-- Free Cell-to-Cell Incoming Calls a Hogwash Ravi Shekhar Pandey Friday, January 24, 2003 The cell operators seem to be taking consumers for a ride after announcing that they are making all cell-to-cell incoming calls free. The free mobile to mobile incoming calls appears to be a hogwash as mobile users will have to pay a fixed monthly rental to avail of this "free" offer. While mobile subscribers on post-paid connections have been asked to pay for Rs. Rs 49 per month as fixed charges, pre-paid subscribers would have to pay anywhere between Rs. 13 to Rs. 25 depending on what their operator charges. Even though many of the operators are still to make an announcement to this effect, they are very much likely to do so by February 1 when this "free" incoming regime would come into effect. Moreover, since BSNL (which has around a million subscribers and which is likely to become India’s number one GSM service provider very soon) and MTNL (which has around 2.5 lakh [250,000] subscribers) are not a party to this regime. Ravi Shekhar Pandey voicendata.com ------------------------------- tougher than usual for dull marketing ploys