PTCL Announces An Increase in Prices from 1st April

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has increased the domestic calling rates. The new tariff will become effective from 1 April.

According to details, PTCL has raised the PTCL to Landline/Vfone and PTCL to Mobile tariffs while the cost of PTCL to Other Networks (WLLs, etc) will remain unchanged at Rs. 2/min.

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Here is a detailed breakdown of the latest tariffs that will be applicable from next month.

Network	Old Tariff	New Tariff	Change in Tariff
Landline/Vfone	Rs. 1.30/min	Rs. 1.50/min	Rs. 0.20
Mobile	Rs. 2.50/min	Rs. 2.65/min	Rs. 0.15
Other Networks (WLLs, etc)	Rs. 2/min	Rs. 2/min	Rs. 0.00

Note that these prices are exclusive of taxes.

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Frequent callers will not be affected much though, since the Freedom packages still cost the same, offering free on-net, mobile and international calls.

Here are the detailed features of Freedom Voice Packages.

Features	Freedom 500	Freedom 1000	Freedom 3000	Freedom 5000	Freedom 8000
On-net calls	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Other mobile minutes	200 Mins	700 Mins	2000 Mins	4000 Mins	8000 Mins
International dialing minutes (Zone 1 destination)	–	200 Mins	200 Mins	400 Mins	800 Mins
VAS Bundle	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
Monthly Charges	Rs. 500/-	Rs. 1,000/-	Rs. 3,000/-	Rs. 5,000/-	Rs. 8,000/-

Last month, PTCL also announced its official presence on WhatsApp to better connect with customers and provide them with a convenient and customer-friendly communication platform.

To contact PTCL on WhatsApp, customers need to first save the PTCL WhatsApp number, which is 033 1218 1218, and then send a message on this number to get the required service.