Cheap phone plan on offer

A NEW telephone plan has been released aimed at the small business market. For $29.87 a month, customers receive:

*l 19.8¢ untimed local calls and 16.5¢ neighbourhood calls;

* $2.20 capped fixed to mobile calls 7pm to midnight, seven days a week;

* A flat STD rate of 19.8¢ per minute, with an 18.7¢ connection fee;

* 30.8¢ per minute fixed to Telstra mobile calls and a 44¢ per minute fixed to non-Telstra mobile calls plus an 18.7¢ connection fee; and

* Reduced international rates starting from 21¢ per minute to the UK, the US, New Zealand, Ireland and Canada.

Telstra director small business marketing David Scribner said the company was trying to offer more attractive pricing.