BT yesterday announced a new package of offers to cut the price of its
telephone calls. From July, the company will increase the time allowed
per unit for calls to North America and Europe.
The move means a fiveminute cheap rate call to France, for instance,
will cost #1.26 instead of #1.39, excluding VAT.
BT said customers would also benefit from an automatic discount once
their bill reached #50. Previously, phone users had to run up a bill of
#75 or more to qualify for the discount. Phone watchdog Oftel said the
offers would have little effect on people who did not use their phone
frequently.
It calculated the total effect of this year's price changes by BT --
the company announced others in January -- would be to increase the bill
of a typical residential customer by 2.3%, 1.6% below inflation. BT is
tied to a formula which restricts its price increases to the inflation
rate minus 6.25%.
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