SARBHANG

By M B Subba

in GELEPHU

Gelephu residents until recently went to Dadghari, a small town outside the border to make a call to India at the local rate there. But with the introduction of a mobile PCO in the town, calls to India can be made at a very cheap rate from within the town.

The new service, which has found immense popu­larity among both the resi­dents and Indian nationals working here, has been possible using Indian SIM card in the cell phone. “It is saving time and money because we do not have to go to Dadghari to make a call in India,” a Gelephu resident said.

“It was very costly to make a call to my children studying in India at the international rate and I used to go to Dadghari most often,” said BB Rai. “The frequent strikeS in Dadghari was also anotherproblem.” But all that has been solved now.

The service provider, Mahesh, is most of the time found hanging around near the old taxi parking, as his cell phone catches the network from there. He says a recharge of Rs.1,000 voucher lasts for three months.

The mobile PCO run by the Indian national working in a private firm in Gelephu provides the service at the rate of Nu.2 per minute. Making a call to India would otherwise costs Nu.5 in Dadghari and Nu.10 per minute in Gelephu through landline connection.

To make the service at the cheapest pos­sible rate, Mahesh has launched a power card in his SIM. Power card is a package, after purchase of which makes the call rate through cell phones cheaper.

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