Bangladesh-origin American expatriate Chairman of the company Abul Hashem disclosed this when he called on Minister for Post and Telecommunications Aminul Haque at his secretariat office yesterday.

He informed the minister that the new land phone will start operating with latest technologies from America and it will be equipped with call waiting, call forwarding, call hunting, voice mail, internet and other modern facilities.

The minister assured all out support and cooperation.

The Bay-Phones, sister concern of Westack Limited, will operate its services in Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Noakhali and Comilla areas at the initial stage targeting one lakh subscribers. The line-rent will be Tk 150 and call charge Tk 1.50 for first five minutes.

The rate of phone connection will be Tk 9000 and prospective subscribers will get phone connections within 48 hours.