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Tariff hike takes a new lead as Airtel has increased the base tariff to Rs 2 per minute. Airtel, India’s largest mobile operators is going to extend this new tariff in all circles in two months.
It is almost certain that other biggies especially Vodafone and Idea will revise their tariff as per as Airtel’s moves. For last couple of months Airtel, Vodafone and Idea are hiking tariffs – be it base tariff, or special recharges or data packs or sms packs. Some believe that this tariff hike comes in line of Govt’s upcoming ruling to offer free roaming.
Others like BSNL and MTNL are also following these trend, but not sure how it is helping BSNL. Some carriers like Reliance, Tata Docomo, Aircel, MTS, Uninor, Videocon hike the tariff marginally.
Now as this is just base tariff of Rs 2 per minute, you can still enjoy low cost call rates like 30paisa per minute with special tariff vouchers. Operators have to offer STVs as there is demand for it. But I believe there will be hike on STV prices too.
Airtel Spokesperson cites “There is no change in the headline tariff. In most circles we have reduced promotional benefits and free minutes on both acquisition and existing usage. We are committed to enhance value for our customers through continued investments in network, technology, customer experience and life enriching services.”
ab February 28, 2013 at 9:31 am
i am thinking to change my no. AIRTEL to BSNL. and about network airtel does not show any range(network) at my village .here..in haryana.
SK Malhotra January 27, 2013 at 9:13 pm
The hike is to high I consider to change service provider
Nikhil January 25, 2013 at 11:12 am
Breaking News of Today- Relaiance also hiking their call rates.
SHABEER January 24, 2013 at 2:12 pm
WTF AIRTEL SUCKS
abhay January 24, 2013 at 11:13 am
idea is making me to quit smoking and i am sure by 2015 they will make me to quit alchol too..
Dr.Venkat AP January 24, 2013 at 11:43 am
Hope they wont make u to quit using mobile! lolz!
PRASHANT PUNE January 25, 2013 at 9:07 pm
……nyc comment…..it happens in every bachelor life
prateek January 24, 2013 at 10:56 am
i dont know why people cry for call rate hike
in 2000~year calls were rs.2/minute std 3/min, coffee was rs.3 my salary 5,000,my phone bill 220(airtel).with 50 local minutes free/month
in 2010calls were 20p/minute std 30/min, coffee was rs.10,my salary 35,000 my phone bill 280(vodafone)with 600 national minutes free/month
atleast hope that in 2015calls were 5 rs/minute but coffee will be rs.10
people never cry for increase in food price but foul cry for telecom
you expect to get good salary,good service but dont want to pay for it…
i too oppose steep hike but marginal hike with free roaming and cancellation of blackout days is good..with so much of labour problem skilled&unskilled not available …increase in electricity, disel,tower rental..cant expect them to be cheap and free…
Imran January 25, 2013 at 12:15 am
lol. in 2000, Nokia Color mobile at 7000/- now its 1500/-. is this is hike.
TN January 25, 2013 at 9:47 am
MR prateek All Consumer not earning like u.. 35k ok so its hike for that customers
binukallada January 25, 2013 at 9:27 am
hey dnt b oversmart ok, u dnt hv any prblm for this tariff hike cos u r geting a very gud salary so u keep silent,
Idris January 24, 2013 at 10:45 am
Lets use multiple sims 4 sim mobile is already in market.
Nathz January 24, 2013 at 9:35 am
Dear TT readers, who call using base tariff ?
prashobh January 24, 2013 at 9:31 am
All hands together for AVOID campaign!!!
Avoid A-VO-ID
Avoid using or reduce recharging amount in your current operator belonging to Airtel, Vodafone and Idea. Use other operators like Bsnl, mts, aircel, uninor,videocon and tata docomo (whereever these operators are available) as standby for our day to day use. Let’s teach a lesson to these trios.
vijay January 24, 2013 at 8:57 am
I use four sims and rates are really very cheap -
1. Reliance gsm- rs 74 recharge and call rate 25 paisa/minute+ 500 MB data free per month for 6 months.
2. Tata gsm- 1 gb 2g data in rs 80 for 1 month with good speed
3. Reliance cdma- rs 94 recharge 1 gb data free per month for 6 months+ free 100 sms per day, rs 92 recharge and 30 paisa per minute call rate
4. Tata cdma- my primary no. rs 37 stv and 1 paisa 2 sec. for 90 days, really cheap.
There is no netvork problem on all 4 sims. Then why worry for triff hike by A-VO-I.
We still have so much valu for money options, and I am surprised that why these are offring so cheap tarrif to me on these 4 sims.
SDee January 24, 2013 at 2:07 am
in other words –
Airtel Spokesperson cites “We are committed to enhance value for our own pockets through continued investments in creating strategies on how to get more out of consumers pocket in the name of same network, adopting/reshaping technology, making customer experience a hell for life enriching services.”
Sayantan January 24, 2013 at 12:07 am
very good step.now we can experience the better service only.it’s time to feel the quality…
Nikhil January 24, 2013 at 12:06 am
I am proud that I am not the subscriber of A-VO-ID.
SDee January 24, 2013 at 2:01 am
+100
rht January 23, 2013 at 11:08 pm
reliance cdma is the best option 30 p per minute…best coverage all india better than airtel..only drawback limited number of cdma handsets
Sunil Yadav January 23, 2013 at 10:11 pm
Loooot India Loooot…………
Tu bhi looot Mein bhi looot……..
Jai ho Raja ki neeti ki…………………………….
Sunil Yadav January 23, 2013 at 10:09 pm
Future ki romming se sasti to present ki romming hai……
Ved January 23, 2013 at 9:39 pm
Now no one now can able to save Airtel as their network is getting worst day by day ,now no Indoor coverage of Airtel in most of the offices n multiplex ,u can’t get any network of Airtel ..Airtel u have to think on coverage first as most of ur BTS are down …and no worry for tariff hike as i m using RCDMA also so no tension 92 RCV gives 30p/min for local n national calls for 180 days n RCV94 gives 100SMS/day n 1GB 3G net/month for 180 days..and Reliance network is far far better than any company here in CG everywhere full Network only problem with Reliance is that sometimes network gets Busy due to Unlimited R-R calls..But Airtel Coverage now a days really suck as most of the time my Airtel mobile remains out of network..
Kaushik Roy January 23, 2013 at 9:23 pm
BSNL COMPLETELY CHANGES ITS TARIFF INCLUDING ROAM FREE PLAN
NOW ONLY INCOMING IS FREE IN ROAMING WHILE IN BSNL AREA AND IN MTNL AREA ITS RE 1/MIN
Rishi Menon January 23, 2013 at 8:13 pm
GREAT NEW’s !
THANKS TO TRAI AND TELECOME MINISTER …
PLEASE MAKE IT 2RS / SECOND & 20Rs / SMS …
THIS ONE IS A GREAT NEW YEAR GIFT …
IAM SURE THEY ARE DOING THIS WITH TRAI’s SUPPORT …
MNP IS NOT AN OPTION …
EVERY OPERATORS WILL FOLLOW IDEA AIRTEL AND VODOPHONE SOON …
Vinayakan January 23, 2013 at 7:41 pm
But docomo’ve yet not come here in NCR. TT readers,Who is the next best alternative?
Jax_ January 23, 2013 at 7:26 pm
this is just looting! airtel spending money in ‘jo tera hai oo mera hai’ like adds. and in promoting f1, etc. !! who says to promote f1?!! just wasting our money to foreigner even they dont use airtel!! (mobile tariff hiking with f1 speed!!) wtf!
Ansari January 23, 2013 at 6:38 pm
Market demand will decide the fate of Airtel, however……………..
Unless there is demand for Airtel and the general public continue to use it without regret, Airtel will keep hiking the traffics and dictation its rival (Aircel).
Remember how it forced Aircel to comply to this SMS dictates and so call TRAI also assisted Airtel by forcing Aircel pay 5 paise for an SMS termination charges. which is never heard before that, created and presented by Airtel and not DOT or TRAI. When the termination charges itself is 5 paise, how can Aricel SMS get cheaper than 5 paise, it would definetely be above 5 paise. isn’t,
Such is the power of Airte, It shows the ability of Airtel and it’s political lobby in Telecom ministry and related areas. Way to go Airtel… I am happy with Aircel…..
God keep Aircel like companies alive and kicking… for some poor citizens of this world.
Abhay January 23, 2013 at 6:13 pm
My dearest and esteemed readers of telecomtalk.info, no need to worry at all. Not all operators behave like TRIO (Airtel, Idea & Voda). We do have option of MNP and also none of these TRIO can decline our MNP request. In Maharashtra & Karnataka Circle, I would request all the subscribers of AIRTEL, VODA and IDEA to think over an option for porting to TATA DOCOMO Network with much better coverage now(earlier poor) and highly affordable rates (still per second rate)@ 1.2p/sec irrespective of STD or Local Call. No call drops. Moreover, excellent services of 2G/3G internet etc. So my sincere suggestion for MNP from TRIO to tata docomo. I had ported out from IDEA to TATA DOCOMO last year in Jan and after using for 1 year, I can suggest/recommend confidently to all the same. Even if one don’t get satisfied by the services, after a period of 90 days, one can again port out to any other service provider.
Adil January 23, 2013 at 6:27 pm
I’m already a user of docomo from past 3 and half year and my call rates are still cheaper ie 1p/s I’m happy with docomo and 1 thing more I notice that its network has also improved a lot from past year….
after airtel docomo stand in network coverage of 3G In my house ie indoor coverage is 2 to 3 bar that is good for indoor coverage
Only one thing about docomo I don’t like is the auto disconnection of net after 40 mins
anil January 24, 2013 at 7:36 am
docomo is the best in terms of call rates local and std ,data and sms plans network coverage is also good only problem is net disconnect automatically after 20 or 30 minutes all airtel users should switch to docomo and aircel this are the best in the market.
anu January 23, 2013 at 8:02 pm
TATA DOCOMO IS WORST IN INDIA DUE TO NO NETWORK IN CITY ALSO SO PLZZZZ DO’NT USE
CS January 23, 2013 at 9:21 pm
Docomo has the worst network coverage,then Reliance,then Aircel.
amoga January 23, 2013 at 5:43 pm
somebody should approach cci against these cartels.
sunny January 23, 2013 at 5:33 pm
now say , jo tera hai wo tera hai aur tera hi rahega
siva TIRUCHENDUR January 23, 2013 at 5:16 pm
OMG..!
Prabhat Singh January 23, 2013 at 4:11 pm
I think the decisionis as per meeting the Kapil Sibal, as per him,he is going to free Roaming and asked the operators to hike their rate at par immediately as govt. is going to declare in nextbudget and don’t want the effectto be opposedby public.That is why they asked operators to hike before the budget and roaming free declaration.
DB January 23, 2013 at 5:41 pm
+1 Prabhat Singh
With prices of everything increasing day on day – why not TELECOM TARIFFS?
Prabhat singh January 23, 2013 at 4:07 pm
I have already applied MNP from Airtel to Videocon. The Best
DB January 23, 2013 at 5:42 pm
+! PRABHAT SINGH – dont worry A-VO-ID will have similar tariffs soon !!
With prices of everything increasing day on day – why not TELECOM TARIFFS?
This is a small price to pay, across all customers, to compensate for the 10% REVENUE LOSS if ROAMING concept is abolished.
Long live Kapil Sibbal
CS January 23, 2013 at 3:54 pm
WTF?
Thats a huge hike,i think TRAI should make call tariff same in all operators like 1ps/1sec
Arif January 23, 2013 at 3:50 pm
These people want to sell postpaid thats the reason tariff hike in prepaid.
dhanesh January 23, 2013 at 3:36 pm
now its tim to move to operators like mts,aircel,uninor,videocon and tata docomo whereever these operators are present.
DB January 23, 2013 at 6:13 pm
+1 DHANESH – I agree, once you find the DOCOMO/MTS/UNINOR network is good in your area (both Home and Office) … go for it!
Nirakar Panda January 23, 2013 at 3:28 pm
BSNL also change the tariff for Students Special Plan. Now 15paise instead of 10paise for 3 Local Onnet Numbers, 50 Paise/Min (Previously 40paise/Min) for all ONNET numbers and 70Paise (Previously 60paise/Min)for all OFF NET numbers with effective from 22/01/2013
Ravi January 23, 2013 at 3:01 pm
WTF? I think Airtel is going Vodaphone way. I just can’t figure out What made them so strong to Increase Tariff?
DB January 23, 2013 at 6:14 pm
+1 RAVI –
With prices of everything increasing day on day – why not TELECOM TARIFFS?
This is a small price to pay, across all customers, to compensate for the 10% REVENUE LOSS if ROAMING concept is abolished.
Long live Kapil Sibbal
muntazar January 23, 2013 at 2:46 pm
plZ don’t go for airtel and any product of airtel the are the big money looter I am sending request to port from you tum log ne public ke Paise loote hai Aur tum log number one bane hoo phele se hi airtel expensive tha ab Aur expensive hogaya hai better I will go for Aircel now these is my best operator the reason i was staying with airtle is because aircel don’t have 3g in mumbai highly disappointed by airtel and airtel don’t provide good schemes like aircel your scheme are always worst then others operator give me some attractive tariff I don’t want to dial your bullshit number 121314 their is no attractive schemes and your call rates are very high so I am going for cheap and better operator they don’t deduct balance from your mobile you are the biggest laier I don’t want to take any more sim cards and any products from airtel people can also see and avoid your worst services worst operator seen in my life these kind of sitiuation i also face by to top operators idea and Vodafone (a-vo-id) means airtel Vodafone and idea these operator should be avoided you cartel get lost you top three operator airtel Vodafone and idea are way to expensive then other they have better network but not attractive traffi and no value for money they just loot the customer plz don’t go for tariff hike
Ganesh Srinivasan January 23, 2013 at 2:38 pm
This is likely to be the trend – other operators will follow soon – the call rates and data charges for prepaid connections are likely to be more than for postpaid connections
May be these will enable operators to provide free roaming in near future
Sayan Chattopadhyay January 23, 2013 at 2:36 pm
Airtel also hikes the tariff and reduces validity of STV54 in West Bengal too. Now it provides 1.2p/2sec for 45 days (previously 1p/2sec for 50days).
spiderman January 23, 2013 at 2:30 pm
The reason behind the hike s Govt removed the diesel subsidy for companies !
bhagwant January 23, 2013 at 2:23 pm
i think airtel is good for free internet maximum number of indian people using airtel through vpn for free 3g data.and for calling aircel and docomo some hope for people.airtel is too expensive for calling
Tharun George January 23, 2013 at 2:05 pm
Till 1 year ago TT articles were mostly about tariff reduction by different operators. Now a days only Tariff Hike to report.
I think by end of 2013 tariff will be over Rs 5/min(More than ISD cost to US).
Google voice have reduced call rates to India.
Google Voice India: $0.02/min (Rs 1/min)
DB January 23, 2013 at 6:23 pm
THARUN – why dont you use GOOGLE VOICE then – call from GOOGLE VOICE India2India
Google voice have reduced call rates to India.
Google Voice India: $0.02/min (Rs 1/min)
Tharun George January 23, 2013 at 8:51 pm
Idea charge me only 30p for local call now. If idea increase my call rate to Rs 2/min I will defiantly go for google voice.
Shafeeque January 23, 2013 at 1:47 pm
Been expecting this for a while!
Kaushik Roy January 23, 2013 at 1:41 pm
Airtel reduced validity of STV 49 to 42 days from 60 days (All calls 35p/min) and STV 75 to 70 days from 90 days (All local calls 35p/min) in Kolkata Circle
Jagannath January 23, 2013 at 1:40 pm
Airtel??????? In future it’s difficult to choose which operater may our choice. I think stv may be 50above per month for 30paisa/ mins. Disgusting actually
Milo Cruise January 23, 2013 at 1:38 pm
Very bad move, its like torture to common people.
sand January 23, 2013 at 1:36 pm
hey,
Looks great.now wat..tariffs on incoming as well.I am happy.This should lead to less calls..more miss calls and this would finally lead to lower ARPU.Either the government steps in or i think its festival time for BSNl landlines.
@Rudradeep,
You dont undersatand what bsnl gains.It has always stood for higher tariffs.But later decreased it coz other operators forced its hand.Now with this they have 2 advatages
1.better returns perhaps
2.Again we may see people moving back to landlines as they appear to offer comparitively cheaper calls.
Tharun George January 23, 2013 at 2:15 pm
BSNL-MTNL made loss of 12,000 cores in 2012.
They will try to recover by hiking all its tariff like the other operators.
I don’t think anyone can go back to Landline anymore. No privacy, only postpaid, no mobility, unavailability, unreliable.
chaitra January 23, 2013 at 3:40 pm
bsnl doesn’t copy others.. & doesn’t fool its customers.. like others .. also bsnl provides many services other than mobile & landline.. so it is not depend on mobile service for its revenue…
Tharun George January 23, 2013 at 4:22 pm
So you are telling that BSNL don’t hike its tariff? Why don’t you see previous articles about BSNL Hike?
Mobile is the primary income for BSNL. Landline users are shrinking day by day.
sand January 24, 2013 at 12:37 am
@Tharun
Why do u feel landlines were abandoned.Reason that mobile calls were much cheaper and also u didnt need to pay the fixed cost.What was the mobile subscriber base when the call rates were rs3/min?It was too low.Only well to do people had the mobiles.
However the companies wont feel the effect by late 2013 or mid 2014.By that time maybe policies change or we may be back to square one-pre 200 era.
Well this is why i was unhappy wen licences got cancelled coz that was wat these guys were watching out for.Once small operators ar out its party time for these big operators.
Tharun George January 24, 2013 at 7:51 am
Even though how much they increase mobile tariff people cannot through away Rs 10k mobile and go back to land line.
Landline has no SMS
No facebook or Internet
No privacy
No mobility
Also there are only 33 million landlines compared to 900 million mobiles.
The mobile operators are taking advantage of this situation. All these operators give us 30p/min when a stv is used. But they keep on raising base tariff. Its like when we use GPRS without a pack they charge Rs 10/MB and with pack its 10p/MB.
nivarthi January 24, 2013 at 3:44 pm
No radiation
No health problems even you talk hours..
Due to heavy radiation ,what happen too honey bees,now?
33 Millions are happy now ,they realized that Health is more important.
Technology always have equal Advantages and Disadvantages..
Heavy usage of cell phone will lead to Mental Stress,Battery Explosion….a number of cases even in health and in crimes..
Adil January 23, 2013 at 1:35 pm
What a crap. These AVOID group gonna kill us for there profit….please its request that some new operator must come and change the revolution like docomo and uninor did….
Tharun George January 23, 2013 at 2:07 pm
I think Docomo also joined A-Vo-I-D by recent regular. monthly hikes by them.
siva TIRUCHENDUR January 23, 2013 at 5:15 pm
+1
exact truth… they are changing STV values every 2 to 3 months
Manu January 23, 2013 at 1:28 pm
Oh my god!, whats going on in my country?!. No one to question this insane acts by networks?
Wangsuk Dapru January 23, 2013 at 1:28 pm
Airtel can afford to do so since it has largest and best network footprint across India and good International Roaming Tie-ups round the globe followed by VODA
Jyothish January 23, 2013 at 1:17 pm
Others will follow soon.
DB January 23, 2013 at 11:36 pm
Others will follow soon… lets hope so… need ROAMING to GO..