Matrix Cellular, provider of telecommunicationsolutions for Indians travelling abroad, Monday said it has launched a newservice under which customers can avail 30 minutes of free calling time from USand Britain after paying Rs.499 upfront.
"Indian customers are very apprehensive when it comes to using mobileservices abroad for the enormous amount of charges involved. Through this planwe want to break that tendency," Arun Batra, chief executive officer,Matrix Cellular told IANS.
Under this plan, people going to the US will have to pay an additional $1 perday apart from the activation charges and those travelling to Britain will berequired to pay only the upfront Rs.499. The mode of payment would be throughcredit card and it will be a post-paid connection.
Currently, using an Indian number on international roaming, a customer has topay around Rs.140 per minute to make calls from Britain and around Rs.250 aminute from US.
The company has also launched data plans offering 3GB data services per monthfor $45 for customers going to US and a 10 pound plan offering 200 MB dataservices for customers going to Britain.
A Matrix SIM card will enable customers to save on their international roamingexpenses by making free calls to India, the company said.