Codetel has announced that it is reducing the price of calls of up to two minutes from public telephones to RD$1.00. The company says that the measure seeks to assist those using public telephones for emergency calls. It also announced that the service known as Secretel will be available for Cibao Central (Santiago, Moca, Puerto Plata, La Vega, San Francisco de Macorís and Sosúa). Secretel, an electronic secretary, will next cover the cities of La Romana and San Pedro de Macorís as well as those areas in Santo Domingo like Herrera and Ozama.