BSNL merges UP, Uttaranchal service areas

Close on the heels of merging Uttar Pradesh east and west circles into a single service area to place all calls within the state on a local call footing, the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd today merged the Uttranchal service area with that of UP.

"All calls within UP and those between UP and Uttranchal will now be treated as local calls. The STD-barred telephone subscribers within the three service areas can also access this facility by using the '95' group dialing facility," said a BSNL release.

Mobile to mobile, landline to mobile and landline to landline calls within these service areas will be treated as intra-circle calls from May 25, and will be accessible to all customers including the STD-barred customers without dialing '0', the release added.