Hutch introduces 'Rate Cutter'

Shankar Bali, CEO of Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. handing over the 1st Rate Cutter to the oldest Hutch customer Ravi Fernando of Hotel Booking Services, at the inauguration of the Hutch Rate Cutter.

Mobile operator Hutch launched its 'Rate Cutter' to the Sri Lankan market. The Hutch rate cutter offers customers the opportunity to make outgoing calls to other networks at a low rate of Rs. 1.50 a minute for a period of thirty days once purchased and activated.

"This is the first time that the concept of 'cutting' the tariff has been used creatively in promoting a company's offering", said Sanjaya Senarath, General Manager Marketing of Hutch.

"We have always believed in adding value to our clients lives in refreshingly and are proud, to have done so once again with the introduction of the rate cutter", he said.

"Our passion is to bring in simplicity and openness to communication which in turn will provide unlimited freedom to our clients", said Shankar Bali the CEO of Hutch Sri Lanka.

"For instance with the rate cutter someone does not have to spend time agonizing over what numbers he calls often or who his best friends are, all he has to do is activate it and talk! With more than 15 years of experience in Telecommunications Bali was the COO of a leading Indian Mobile Operator before taking up his post in Colombo.

"To provide convenience and continuous connectivity to its subscribers Hutch already connects incoming calls to subscribers who even have a zero balance in their accounts."