Insite of the huge expat community in Middle East, ISD call rates to the Middle East(Kuwait, Baharin, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar) were still expeinsive. BSNL afraid of Reliance Telecom's Falcon project today slashed call rates on the route to Rs9.6/Minute from Rs12.0/Minute from any BSNL phone(LandLine/Mobile/WLL) with a pulse of 7.5 seconds. That means if you talk for 7.5 seconds or lesser time you only pay Rs1.20 + Taxes.