New Delhi, May 29: In an effort to take the WLL service providers head on, Airtel today announced a new tariff for STD call on cell-to-cell at 50 paise a minute for subscribers in the tariff plan `Freedom 599`. The new STD tariffs, however, would not be applicable in the Delhi and Mumbai metros, moreover, the customers would have to subscribe to the new tariff plan by paying monthly charge of Rs 50.

As per this plan, the subscribers can call upto 100 minutes of STD calls on cell-to-cell at the rate of 50 paise a minute while beyond 100 minutes the charges would be Rs 1.99 per minute, a Bharti press release said.

The new tariff would be applicable only for the post-paid subscribers.

The company also announced a new scheme providing Nokia handset (model 3315) along with new cellular connection with an initial payment of Rs 5715. Under this scheme, the subscribers will also get free talk time worth Rs 100 every month for a period of two years, the release said. Bureau Report