Cell Phone Firm Slashes Call Tariff

The Ufone on Friday announced Rs 2 reduction in its outgoing calls and Ps 50 cut in the short message service (SMS) from February 5. He said only Rs 1.5 on outgoing calls would be charged after 10pm onwards. In addition, the Ufone prepaid customers would benefit from the lowest SMS rates as every SMS sent to any Ufone number would now be priced at Re 1 only.