BSNL offers free calls for telephone e-bills

State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has taken a step toward paperless telephone bills or electronic bills to attract consumers offering 10 free units per month.
"We are trying to send telephone bills on e-mail as a greener initiative. Customer who decide to accept paperless telephone bills will get 10 free units per month as incentive," Calcutta Telephones CGM Gautam Chakraborty said here today.
This would help in reducing postal delays of telephone bills and reduce cost, Chakraborty said speaking at an interactive session with the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Calcutta Telephones had taken several measures to cut cost and boost revenue by raising tariffs after reeling under financial constraints.

"We have decided to levy rental of Rs 140 on free phones offered earlier on main phone line with broadband connection," Chakraborty said, adding that consumers with phones with bills below Rs 500 would have to pay the Rs 140 or would be disconnected.
There were total 38,000 free phones of which 2,500 phones generated revenue of less than Rs 500 a month.