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Kripa B November 18th, 2025 9:47 PM 28 COMMENTS

Tariff Hike 2025: BSNL Shortens Validity of Its Most Popular Rs 107 Prepaid Plan, Among Others

Indian state-owned telecommunications company BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) has once again revised the validity of its most popular prepaid plans. While operators are not openly stating or commenting on tariff hikes, the increases are happening, reflecting the current state of the industry. BSNL has now reduced the validity of its most popular prepaid plan, priced at Rs 107, without changing the MRP, along with revising other prepaid plans. Let's... Read More

Kripa B November 13th, 2025 12:38 AM 4 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea CEO on Tariff Hike: We Will Kind of Wait and Watch

Abhijit Kishore, CEO of Vodafone Idea (Vi), said at the company’s second-quarter (Q2FY26) post-earnings call on Tuesday that the telco is working very closely with the government and expects to come up with the “best and long-term” solution for its AGR dues. Regarding tariff hikes, the CEO said the company “will kind of wait and watch.” Check what the company’s leadership said in response to a few of the analysts’... Read More

Kripa B November 9th, 2025 8:50 PM 3 COMMENTS

Tariff Hike 2025: Vodafone Idea Prepaid Rs 1999 Plan Now Costs Rs 2249 — Here’s What Changes

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has joined other Indian telecom operators in raising service tariffs in 2025 — a move the company has often said is necessary, as current rates are unsustainable. As previously reported by TelecomTalk, Vodafone Idea offers over 100 prepaid plans to customers. Now, the telco has increased the price of one of its annual plans that offers voice, data, and SMS benefits. The Rs 1,999 prepaid plan has... Read More

Kripa B November 9th, 2025 12:05 PM 12 COMMENTS

Tariff Hike 2025: Airtel’s Entry-Level Unlimited Plan Now Starts at Rs 199

Bharti Airtel's Truly Unlimited plans offer unlimited voice and SMS benefits for prepaid users. These plans are available in data-centric, voice-centric, and voice-and-SMS-only variants to cater to the needs of different types of users. Until recently, the Truly Unlimited plan for prepaid users started at Rs 189, but now Airtel’s Truly Unlimited offering begins at Rs 199. Also Read: Bharti Airtel Voice-Centric Prepaid Plans Available in November 2025 Explained Airtel... Read More

Kripa B November 2nd, 2025 12:28 PM 25 COMMENTS

Tariff Hike 2025: BSNL Reduces Validity of Multiple Prepaid Plans

In a revamp of its tariff plans, Indian state-owned telecommunications company BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) has revised the validity of several prepaid plans, signalling a significant tariff hike. BSNL has reduced the validity of its plans without changing the MRP. Let's take a look at the plans that have undergone revisions. Also Read: Tariff Hike 2025: BSNL Withdraws Rs 1515 Annual Data-Only Prepaid Plan 1. BSNL Rs 1499 Plan... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 22nd, 2025 4:01 PM 3 COMMENTS

Jio Confirms No Immediate Tariff Hike in Plans

Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, has said that it has no immediate plans for tariff hike. The private telcos including Jio and Airtel recently removed their 1GB daily data plans from the offerings to nudge consumers to pay more for keeping their SIMs active. Reliance Jio's head of Strategy, Anshuman Thakur, said, "we are nudging consumers to consume more and happily pay more, but no immediate plans for the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 7th, 2025 9:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel is the Only Market Share Gainer in Last Year Since Tariff Hikes

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, is the only private telco to gain market share in the last year since tariff hikes. Neither Jio nor Vodafone Idea (Vi) can say this. The data we have taken comes from TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India). Note that here, we are talking about solely either wireless or wireline, but both. So we are talking about the combined broadband (wireless... Read More

Kripa B September 25th, 2025 2:12 PM 6 COMMENTS

Tariff Hike 2025: BSNL Withdraws Rs 1515 Annual Data-Only Prepaid Plan

State-owned telecom operator BSNL has withdrawn its popular Rs 1515 annual prepaid plan, which offered 2GB of high-speed data per day followed by unlimited usage at 40 Kbps, for a full year. The plan, which effectively cost users Rs 4.15 per day, was a preferred choice for customers seeking long-term, data-only recharge. With its removal, BSNL no longer offers long-term data-only prepaid options. Also Read: Tariff Hike 2025: Airtel Withdraws... Read More

Kripa B September 24th, 2025 6:41 PM 1 COMMENTS

Tariff Hike 2025: Airtel Withdraws Rs 648 Postpaid IR Pack; Rs 2,999 Pack Now Entry-Level Option

It looks like tariff hikes are being rolled out in a phased manner in the Indian telecom sector. We have recently seen the removal of 1GB-per-day plans by some private telcos, and now the tariff hike under discussion pertains to Airtel's entry-level International Roaming (IR) pack for postpaid users. Also Read: Airtel Revamps Entire International Roaming Portfolio: Full Details of Prepaid and Postpaid IR Packs Airtel Withdraws Entry-Level IR Pack... Read More

Tanuja K September 19th, 2025 4:44 PM 12 COMMENTS

Two More Tariff Hikes for Telecom Sector Expected: BofA

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel will continue to grow in a comfortable and low competition environment in the Indian telecom sector, said BofA in its latest note. For Jio and Airtel, BofA has alloted a Buy rating because of potential upsides in the near future. As for the third-operator, Vodafone Idea (Vi), there's an Underperform rating, because of debt and continous market share loss. The stock could bounce back, like... Read More

Tanuja K August 25th, 2025 11:56 AM 12 COMMENTS

Telcos Could be Planning a Postpaid Tariff Hike in India

The idea of tariff hikes is a concern for Indian citizens at this moment. The telecom operators including Jio and Airtel are driving the pricing decisions for everyone. These two own most of the market share, at the least the share which contributes to most of the revenues for the industry. While it is not a duopoly, it definitely feels like one from afar. The tariff hikes will allow the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 7th, 2025 1:35 PM 22 COMMENTS

Airtel CEO Comments on Tariff Hikes

Bharti Airtel, second-largest telecom operator in India, has reported its average revenue per user (ARPU) at Rs 250 at the end of Q1 FY26. The telecom operator wants to reach its ARPU goal of Rs 300 as soon as possible. India's tariff architecture is not optimum, and needs repair, said Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel. Read More - Bharti Airtel Eyes IPO for Multiple Assets At this point, in absence... Read More