4 lakh new Teletalk SIMs by November

The company has already sold 264,000 SIMs. The work is in full swing to expand the network for the fresh connections.

Teletalk sources said the company would release a package named 'Rural Package' by the next month to make the mobile phones easy and available to the rural people of Khulna, Rajshahi and Chittagong.

Under the package, the people of the regions can buy a SIM for Tk 900. However, they will have to buy a Tk 300 card in addition to the SIM.

Teletalk Managing Director (MD) Engineer M Obaidullah told BSS that the Rural Package would be released to reach the mobile service to the low-income people of the country excepting Dhaka.

He said the call rate of the package would be Tk 2.40 per minute in peak hours, Tk 1.80 per minute in off-peak hours and 60 paisa per minute between Teletalk to Teletalk in off-peak hours.

"As part of our commitment to providing best customer service, we are going to launch seven customer care centres across the country," he said.