New Delhi: Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) on July 24 announced entry into international long distance telephony with ISD call to US and UK costing just Rs 4.80 per minute.

The service would be available from personal computer (PC) to phone for 168 countries in the brand name "Bol-Anmol".

The tariffs for US, UK, Canada, Singapore and Australia have been fixed at Rs 4.80 per minute for an ISD call from PC to phone in these countries, MTNL chairman and managing director Narinder Sharma told reporters while launching the service.

The new service, however, would benefit only PC holders but would give an option to make a call on phone connection on the terminating end.

The tariffs for other destinations would be different, Sharma said, adding this tariff is in addition to Internet usage tariff and local telephony charges as applicable.

The Internet telephony would be available in Delhi and Mumbai from July 24 while for rest of the country, MTNL has applied for a licence to start services through its 100 per cent subsidiary Millennium Telecom.

Millennium Telecom is an "A" category Internet service provider (ISP) for the country, Sharma said, adding, "We hope to procure the licence within a month and soon after that we will start offering services."

PTI