Following on the decision of the Office of Utilities Regulation to lower interconnection rates, from $5 to $1.10 effective July 1, Cable & Wireless (C&WJ), today announced a one rate of $2.99 per minute for all pre-paid calls to any domestic and select international numbers, effective midnight tonight.
The standard Talk EZ Prepaid customers will enjoy the $2.99 per minute rate – billed on a per second basis – for local calls as well as the USA, Canada and landlines in the U.K. The Talk EZ plan is the default option for all new LIME customers, existing subscribers may activate the plan by dialling *123*1# from any mobile phone.
Garfield Sinclair, CEO, Cable & Wireless Jamaica and Cayman revealed that the TALK EZ prepaid plan will also extend to calls made to subscribers on its rival competitors’ network, Digicel.
Coming down from $6.99 per minute – the new cross network rate of $2.99 represents a 60% reduction in the cost to call across networks for its mobile subscribers. Digicel customers currently pay up to $14.20 per minute to call the C&WJ network, the CEO said.
Sinclair further announced an offer for persons wishing to capitalize on the company’s new rate adjustment with an in-store deal that will see customers receiving a free Alcatel 296 handset and a free SIM card with the purchase of $1000 pre-paid mobile call credit. The two-day offer will be available at C&WJ stores island-wide from Friday, June 7 to Saturday, June 8.
C&WJ, which has emerged as the clear mobile value provider, announced a dramatic rate cut in on and off-network calls on June 14 last year, when the Office of Utility Regulation (OUR) issued its Interim Determination to reduce the Mobile Termination Rate from $9 to $5 per minute.
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