Payback scheme for Lanka Bell IDD callers

Lanka Bell will pay its subscribers for every overseas call they receive through the IDD Payback scheme launched on Wednesday.

Managing Director, Lanka Bell, Prasad Samarasinghe said over one million Sri Lankan homes and offices connected through Lanka Bell will receive credit through the payback scheme.

"Subscribers of Lanka Bell phones will earn 50 cents for every minute of the call.Customers could earn over Rs. 1,500 a month on incoming IDD calls", Samarasinghe said.

He said subscribers will see the difference being connected to the world's largest terabit fibre optic cable system. The company has invested Rs. 3 billion to connect Sri Lanka to the FLAG undersea fibre optic cable network.

The global FLAG network comprising over 66 stations in over 50 countries has the highest point of presence in the world.

The cable provides clear international connectivity around the globe, linking key business markets.

LF