Airtel discontinues Rs 49 prepaid recharge, hikes entry-level pricing
Business | July 28, 2021 15:00 ISTThe latest move is significant as telecom operators are focusing on raising average revenue per user (ARPUs).
The latest move is significant as telecom operators are focusing on raising average revenue per user (ARPUs).
Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal said tariffs need to go up amid "tremendous stress" in the telecom sector, and Airtel will not hesitate to raise prices, but it will not do so unilaterally.
Bharti Airtel founder and Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal on Monday hinted at an increase in mobile services rates while stating that the average revenue per user is expected to cross Rs 200 in the next six months. He said 16 GB data consumption a month for Rs 160 is a tragedy.
Vodafone Idea has demanded fixing minimum tariffs for mobile data at Rs 35 per GB, around 7-8 times of current prices, and for calls at 6 paise per minute along with monthly charges from April 1 to enable it pay statutory dues and make its business sustainable.
Telecom regulator Trai on Tuesday initiated a consultation to fix minimum or floor rates for mobile phone calls and data, a move that will effectively end the regime of free calling and dirt cheap data.
Reliance Jio will hike mobile phone call and data charges, the company announced on Tuesday. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio has issued a statement announcing the decision, a day after Vodafone Idea Ltd and Bharti Airtel made public similar plans December onwards.
New Delhi, Nov 1: In a development that would bring mobile telephone tariffs further down, telecom regulator Trai has suggested doing away with termination charges in a phased manner over the next three years. Termination
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