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February 22, 2001
Internet & Data Services for Less Prices in Palestine
Tariff Reductions by Paltel
As Paltel's (Palestine Telecommunications Co.) primal concern is focused on spreading the vital services of the Internet & the Data transmission services among all customer segments without exception and connecting every home and each educational, governmental and commercial institution with the latest advances in technology, the company is offering new reduction campaigns effective as of 1 January 2001.
The new tariff reductions include:-
- Digital Leased Lines (DLL): mostly benefiting banks, institutionsÂ…etc especially those with multi-branches, allowing a discount reaching 55% on installation fees and 68% on subscription fees.
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs): with reductions of 21% on installation fees and 34% on subscription fees besides the additional 8% granted as regular reduction incentives.
- Schools & educational institutions: with Internet installations declining to US$167.5 and subscriptions to US$200 (VAT not included).
- Above all, 43% discount is being offered on fixed-line local calls within peak hours; i.e. charges after the 8th minute/call declined from 3 to 6 Agoras ($0.07to $0.14).
- Accordingly, traffic charges per accessing Internet dropped to $0.50 (2.07NIS) peak time/hour compared to $0.87 (3.63NIS) before this unique offer (i.e. a reduction of about $0.37 (1.56NIS) per hour is being offered, VAT not included) thus encouraging Internet access between the times 8:00am to 8:00pm.
- Frame Relay enjoyed the reductions as well.
Thus, Paltel is hitting the advanced telecommunications and information technology fast lane, with more data transmission services under way, as ATM, ADSLÂ…etc.
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