World Phone, an Internet telephony company, has introduced a Rs 1,500 monthly package, offering international calls to US and Canada at 50 paise per minute.

The company has launched Internet telephony unlimited plans to US, UK, Australia and Canada, which will be available at Rs 1,500 per month, it said in a statement.

MTNL has also launched Voice over Internet Telephony services where call charges to the US, UK, Canada and Australia are Re 1 per minute.

World Phone's new service will allow consumers to connect to subscribers in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and many other countries for a fixed monthly subscription without using a computer, the company said in a statement.

Subscribers will get a regular telephone with an international virtual number, which, if directly plugged into a DSL or broadband Internet connection, allows them to make unlimited international calls to the country of their choice.

The packages include unlimited US and Canada calls with Rs 1,500 a month. Other packages are unlimited calls to the US, UK and Canada at Rs 2,000 a month and unlimited US, UK, Canada and Australia calls at Rs 2,500 per month.

World Phone has also introduced basic plans like Basic US at Rs 750 a month, Basic US and UK at Rs 950 per month and Basic US and Australia package at Rs 1150 a month.

Courtesy : Expressindia.com

India's largest software and services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday said outsourcing to the country would continue, even as the company plans to raise the charges for new clients.

Outsourcing firms in India are witnessing a fall in margins due to appreciation in rupee, which is trading below the Rs 40 a dollar mark, with falling margins. Companies have to reconsider the fee they charge from customers amidst a worry that outsourcing to the country may witness a fall.

Though, there are no plans for TCS to lower or raise billing rates for existing clients, new clients would be charged more, TCS managing director and chief operating officer S Ramadorai told reporters on the sidelines of a conference.

"We will hold the billing rates for sure. I don't think we would be reducing the billing rates," he said. However, new contracts will come at higher rates, he said.

The reason for TCS opting higher rates is because of the appreciation of rupee against the dollar and the potential subprime implication, Ramadorai pointed out.

Ramadorai was confident that outsourcing of jobs to India would continue despite higher wages and attrition in the industry.

"Outsourcing will continue. Even with the increase in wages in India by 14 or 14.5 per cent a year, we are still competitive upto the foreseeable future till 2011-12."

Margins can have an implication, but outsourcing is going to be there, he added.

Courtesy : Expressindia.com