RIYADH, 10 August 2005 — Mobily, the new mobile provider in the Kingdom has further reduced its international call rates from today.
Calls to Egypt have been reduced to SR 1.70 while rates to Pakistan, India and Bangladesh have been slashed to SR 1.90 per minute. Calls to United States and United Kingdom will be SR 1.80 and 2.30 per minute respectively. Philippines will be 2.30 per minute.
The new rate is applicable for customers who register their favorite international numbers. “The rate is applicable at all times throughout the week,” Humoud Al Ghobaini, Chief of Corporate Communications of Mobily told Arab News.
He added that the calls are being charged by seconds not by minutes. By applying this new tariff, he said the company is providing a variety of choices to all segments of the market.
Mobily has signed an agreement for international roaming with more than 255 mobile operators in 150 countries. The new additions include, Macau, Luxembourg, Denmark and Columbia.
Philippines will be added soon to the international roaming list, he said. At present Mobily prepaid customers enjoy full international roaming facilities in United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt.
