Paktel GSM’s local call tariff structure gains in Pakistan
Pakistan Times Business & Commerce Desk

KARACHI: Pakistan’s pioneering cellular company, Paktel’s latest GSM Network has gained immense popularity with the public for its efficient service and reliability and for the most economic tariff structure in the country.

The new rate structure applicable to all GSM pre-paid and post-paid packages introduces LOCAL CALL RATES COUNTRYWIDE.

The drastic reduction has created a big price difference in the traiff structures of Paktel GSM and other operators.

Following the immense popularity of Paktel GSM’s local call charging facility, one of Paktel’s competitors had also followed suit and decreased their rates for their customers.

However, the reduction have been made on rates charged with in the network only whereas Paktel offers local call rates on all calls with in its own network as well to other mobile phone networks and PTCL, thus making Paktel GSM’s tariffs more attractive.

Calling from Paktel GSM to a PTCL number or any other mobile number is cheaper than calling from any other source.

A five- minute nationwide call to a PTCL number from Paktel GSM would cost Rs 23.9 while within the PTCL networks costs Rs.30.0. This is 25.5 percent higher than Paktel GSM.

“This huge gap is solely because we charge local calls across networks.” Mr Akbar Khan National Marketing Manager Paktel said, “When Paktel GSM customers dial ant other mobile phone anywhere in Pakistan, normal interconnect charges of just Rs 2 per minute are added to this and when a PTCL number is dialed anywhere in Pakistan Rs 2.01 per five minutes are charged. This rate makes Paktel GSM the most economical bet since no distance-based charging is done at all.”●