The telecom operator Tata Docomo said on Friday that it has reduced roaming rates for calls and SMSes by up to 75%.

“Tata Docomo customers will now pay less for both local and STD calls on national roaming. On roaming, for all outgoing local calls, now the customer has to pay 80 paise per minute from the earlier Rs 1 per minute,” the company said in a statement.

“For incoming calls on roaming, the customer will be charged 45 paise per minute from the earlier 75 paise per minute,” the statement said.

Tata Docomo customers will be charged Rs 1.15 per minute for STD calls during the roaming, the earlier charges Rs 1.5 per minute. The customers will have to pay 25 paise per local SMS when in roaming instead of Rs 1 charged earlier and for STD or national SMS customers will have to pay 38 paise as against Rs 1.5 per SMS levied earlier.