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title: Outgoing local calls are cheap
date: "2003-05-12T12:00:00Z"
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wp_id: 918
description: I tracked the costs for outgoing local calls in India, ranging from Rs 0.40 for landline-to-landline to Rs 1.99 for cell-to-landline connections, highlighting the price variations across networks according to Economic Times data from 2003.
keywords: [telecommunications, india, local calls, call rates, landline, cell phone, economic times]
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The cost of an outgoing local call (at least, as of today) is:\
Rs 0.40 for landline-landline\
Rs 0.80 for landline-WLL\
Rs 1.20 for landline-cell\
Rs 1.75 for cell-cell\
Rs 1.99 for cell-landline\
[via ET](http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=46103375)