Nepal Telecom Friday announced tariff cuts on incoming calls on both ‘pre paid’ and ‘post paid’ mobile services.

According to Radio Nepal, the reductions will come into effect on 15 June. The new rate for calling to a post-paid mobile phone from a general telephone between 8:00 am to 8:00 pm will be Rs 1.00, down from the current price of Rs 1.80. Similarly, the new rate for pre-paid mobiles will be Rs 1.20 from Rs 2.34.

Along with the reductions in tariffs, incoming calls to the pre-paid mobile phones from 8pm in the to 8am will be free, this service was already provided on the postpaid mobiles.

There are about 136,000 cell phone users in the country right now. Nepal Telecom is improving its infrastructure and upgrading its services to increase the number of cell users.