Honest 836 Report post Posted September 15, 2008 Airtel reduces processing fee on top-up cards 15 Sep, 2008, 2108 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: Complying with telecom regulator TRAI's guidelines, country's largest private telecom operator Bharti Airtel today announced reduction in processing fee on its all top-ups for its mobile subscribers. "The processing fee limited to Rs 2 would be charged on all talk time recharge vouchers/top-ups," Bharti Airtel said in an advertisement in media. Other operators are expected to follow suit. Recently, the Telecom Regulator Authority of India (TRAI) has asked telecom operators not to charge more than Rs 2 on top-up recharge coupons in the name of administration fees. The regulator has asked the operators to comply by the guidelines by September 15. TRAI has also asked the operators to waive the processing fees on such cards and recommended displaying information in various media. The waiver of processing fees would offer more talk-time on such recharge cards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
@mitJ@in 256 Report post Posted September 15, 2008 Reliance has also reduced....Just confirmed from Customer Care *333 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted September 15, 2008 Yes my dear friends, actually now all operators have to mandateraly reduce the processing fee on topups as per the Trai's regulations. Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raccoon 53 Report post Posted September 15, 2008 Got an SMS from Airtel in Hindi {in Roman alphabet (sick!)} saying more talk time on ALL top ups. Does that mean non full talk time recharges?? I hope not... otherwise this is going to be one TRAI move that will prove counterproductive!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KumaarShah 143 Report post Posted September 16, 2008 ^^^ All operators including Vodafone have started this as per TRAI's directives. All operators will now on, rob Peter to pay Paul!!! Win Some, Lose Some (it should be Lose More!!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted September 17, 2008 All operators will now on, rob Peter to pay Paul!!! ^^^ Very correct my dear Kumaar Bhai. After all they have to fetch up the money from poor people's pockets only. Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raccoon 53 Report post Posted September 17, 2008 Hmm... well, I just recharged my Idea phone... and again got full talk time (no service tax) for Rs. 234 recharge. Hope things dont change (for the worse)... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
