Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Call Card Free Service for Asians - VSNL

Starting August 21st, VSNL, part of the Tata Group, will reportedly offer a new facility christened "Trueroots International Calling Service" to people of South Asian origin (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) residing in the US that will allow them securely and economically connect with their near and dear ones back home.

VSNL claims the new service will offer superior voice quality and error-free connectivity sans a physical calling card or hidden/extra charges.

The calls will be conducted on VSNL's extensive global fibre optic network. While the rates are not yet revealed, VSNL officials said these would be competitive to the South Asian countries concerned.

For the South Asian community residing in USA, they can purchase "Trueroots" online through a Web portal www.trueroots.us else call VSNL customer service directly.


The service is on 24x7, 365 days of the year, according to the company. "Trueroots" offers advanced features such as a prepaid recharge option that allows recharging a calling account through a credit card.

Other features include: instant recognition of calling line ID for PIN-less dialling from up to 5 registered phone numbers, the ability to make up to 3 follow-on calls without having to redial the access number, speed dial capabilities for up to 5 frequently dialled numbers, and last number redial.


VSNL says as part of Trueroots, account holders will soon have access to exclusive voice services, special offers, and incentive discounts through the Web site. One of these services to be launched soon will offer entry to a leading entertainment hub that will allow customers gain access to premium content such as full length movies including Bollywood, TV series, sports coverage, video games, music downloads, karaoke, and so on.

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