Telcos launch festive schemes Two major telecom operators, the Nepal Telecom (NT) and Ncell, have both launched promotions targeting the festivals of Dashain, Tihar and Chhath. Their offerings range from the selling of handsets, to the bundling of services, to discounts in voice and data services during the festival period. With the NT’s offer, customers can enjoy a 50 percent discount on SMS within its network, while pre-paid and post paid mobile users of GSM and CDMA get a discount of 10 percent on the existing tariff, from Oct 10-18 and Nov 2-9. Similarly, the company has reduced the call tariff on landlines, CDMA (pre-paid and post-paid) fixed, and VSAT service to 90 paisa, down from Rs 1 per minute, for the festivals. In the data segment, the NT is providing a 20 percent discount on CDMA EVDO data services. Similarly, it is giving a 50 percent discount to customers purchasing a three month WiMax service package during Oct 6 to Nov 9. The company is also promoting 50 paisa per minute to customers who receive international calls during the period of Oct 10 to Nov 9, according to the NT press release. For users of CDMA pre-paid and post-paid, making calls within the NT network will also get a bonus amount. Customers spending Rs 1-10 will get a bonus Rs 1, Rs 11-20 (Rs 2), Rs 21-30 (Rs 3) and those who spend above Rs 30 will gain a bonus Rs 5. The company has also cut down charges for making international calls using access codes such as 1424 and 699. The NT users can make a call to Australia for Rs 7.75 per minute (excluding taxes) using the access code 1424, from Oct 10 onward. NT says the charge for calls to China and Hong Kong are fixed at Rs 3 per minute, UK and Banglade-sh Rs 4, Kuwait and Bahrain Rs 8, France, Norway and Belgium Rs 8, India Rs 2.90 (using the access code 699) and Rs 60 per minute for the Maldives. Ncell has launched the ‘Ncell Load Festival ’ offer, under which customers can acquire a Micromax set loaded with Ncell’s special service packs at low rates in the festive season. Customers can buy a Micromax X 085, loaded with Ncell services, worth Rs 3,600 for just Rs 1,449. Likewise, the Micromax X 267 model pack worth Rs 4,451 is available for Rs 2,219, while the Micromax Ninja A54 pack can be bought for just Rs 6,399. Normally, the Ninja pack costs Rs 9,987. The new campaign will be in place until December 4, with both existing and new Ncell prepaid and postpaid customers benefiting from the campaign, according to the Ncell press release. In each pack of Ncell’s service bundle with the Micromax handsets, customers will get an Ncell SIM card, 30 minutes of talk time and 30 free SMS within the Ncell network. In addition, customers will get data worth 10 MB, 40 MB and 100 MB free for 12 months, depending on the handsets the user buys and the monthly balance recharged.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:41:49 +0000