Nepal Telecom has slashed tariff on its mobile phones by about 13 percent effective Wednesday.

According to the new tariff, calling through post-paid mobile will cost Rs 2.40 per minute, down from Rs 3 per minute between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., while it will be Re 1 per minute, down from Rs 1.50 per minute between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. on working days. The call tariff will be Rs 1 throughout on Saturdays.

Similarly, new call tariff on pre-paid mobiles has been reduced to Rs 3.20 per minute from Rs 3.50 per minute between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. and Rs 2 from Rs 3 per minute between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. and on Saturdays.

NT also reduced call tariff for CDMA and pre-paid Skyphone to Rs 2.70 per minute between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. and Rs 2 in between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. and Saturdays.

The charges are exclusive of 13 percent VAT and 12.5 percent telecom service charge.

The charges have been reduced according to the order given by parliamentary committee some months ago. nepalnews.com ia Feb 13 08