International calls to the US and Canada would now cost just Rs 1.75 per minute from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited phones as against Rs 7.20 a minute at present.
BSNL has launched a calling card -- CallNow - which allows BSNL and MTNL's landline subscribers to make much cheaper ISD calls to the US and Canada.
While for some other destinations like France, Russia, the UK and South East Asia, the rates would vary from Rs 3.25 to Rs 4 a minute, depending on the denomination value of CallNow cards, Kuldeep Goyal, CMD of