The Dominican communications company (CODETEL), which owns the public telephones in Santo Domingo, says that callers will now be able to use the Comunicards to make calls to the 200 and 800 lines, or for DDD and local calls, thus avoiding the use of cash. Likewise, for emergency calls. The telephones have also been programmed to accept calls made to cellular units at a rate of RD$2 per minute regardless of the time of the day. The company recently made an investment of RD$58 million to improve the public telephone service, as announced by Augusto Casasnovas, vice president of communications and client services for the largest Dominican telephone company.