This works out to eight cents a second, and with billing on a per second basis, users will only be billed for the time that they talk, the company said.
The rate is applicable to calls made to fixed and mobile numbers in India.
The service is offered through Lanka Bell’s ‘Dial 15’ service and allows subscribers to make calls without using IDD (International Direct Dial) calling cards, the company said.
"This provides a substantial saving to Sri Lankan businesses with interests in India, as it enables them to make calls at any time of the day for a very low rate," Lanka Bell Managing Director Prasad Samarasinghe said.
The new calling rate together with the company’s recent introduction of multi-party call conference facility will give businesses a chance to be in touch with their associates or branches in India more often, he said.
"This will also benefit home subscribers who have their loved ones working or studying in India."
The latest price reduction is part of the company’s effort to ‘pass on’ the benefits of its three-billion rupee investment to connect Sri Lanka to the FLAG undersea fibre optic cable network, Samarasinghe said.
Lanka Bell subscribers enjoy a service that pays them for the incoming IDD calls they receive on their Lanka Bell phones.
Lanka Bell is the largest CDMA ‘fixed line’ provider in the country with 1.2 million subscribers.
Sri Lanka's fixed and mobile telecom operators have slashed charges in recent years in a price war brought on by increased competition.
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