anshu_s09 18 Report post Posted July 22, 2011 Leading telecom service provider Bharti Airtel on Friday hiked call tariffs by 20% in six major circles including New Delhi, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The hike in tariff will be passed on to pre-paid customers as well. Tariffs have been hiked from 1 paise per second to 1.2 paisa per second. Sources say that other telecom players will follow suit. Bharti Airtel stock price rallied by 4% and was trading at Rs 411 at 2:50 PM on the BSE. Bharti Airtel added 2.12 million mobile subscribers in June, taking its total to 169.2 million, data from Cellular Operators Association of India said. India is the world's second-biggest mobile-phone market after China. Bharti, the fifth-largest mobile operator globally by subscribers, operates in 19 countries in South Asia and Africa. Earlier this month, Bharti Airtel announced it was streamlining its India and South Asia operations to create a leaner cost structure in order to boost its financial performance. The restructuring comes as Bharti battles fierce domestic competition that has slashed call rates and is grappling with high interest costs on debt accumulated to purchase mobile licences in India and to expand into Africa. Bharti paid $10.7 billion last June for the Africa business of Kuwaiti telecom operator Zain. Its interest costs have soared due to the African purchase as well as from paying $3.3 billion to buy third-generation ( 3G )) spectrum in India to offer mobile and wireless broadband services. Source:- Economic Times http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/telecom/bharti-airtel-hikes-call-tariffs-by-20-in-six-circles/articleshow/9323621.cms Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
commonman 228 Report post Posted July 22, 2011 Thankfully RCOM never changes their existing users' postpaid plans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pasumark 51 Report post Posted July 22, 2011 Quality should also improve, then the customers wont mind it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanagaDeepan 1,084 Report post Posted July 22, 2011 Surely quality of networks (AFRICAN Airtel) will increase as a result... My guess why Airtel has started increasing tariff suddenly is "THEY EARLIER HAS SIMPLE METHOD TO LOOT customers by auto VAS ACTIVATIONS... NOW TRAI is taking steps to stop this..." So AirHELL is following this method to maintain that looting money continuously... Simple, isn't it??? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abhi.r 95 Report post Posted July 22, 2011 With higher call tariffs airtel might loose young customers like college going students who could be potential customers in future. Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tanveer 59 Report post Posted July 23, 2011 They were already charging me 1.2p/sec inspite of me being on a 1p/sec plan, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Himanshu Singh 19 Report post Posted July 23, 2011 Expected move from Airtel after MNP dint do much damage to it. Had MNP led to Airtel losing customers in hordes it would not have dared such a thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MOBILE FAN 42 Report post Posted July 23, 2011 Thankfully RCOM never changes their existing users' postpaid plans. The Airtel increase is only for Prepaid customers. I dont understand, why the customers will not use MNP for the cheaper tariff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drabhayshah76 7 Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Airtel people are daylight robbers. They just need a reason to keep their tariffs high. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kshah 452 Report post Posted July 24, 2011 In days of MNP, ideally any operator should think twice before hiking tariff, but thy know people do not have courage to even port out their numbers. And figures shows it very well. We are so indifferent towards acting that only discussions are left. Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raccoon 53 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 Very true. I still know many who are dissatisfied but are still too intert to fill out a form or 2 for number portability. And who asked them to pay so much for 3G? Why burden 2G subscribers for 3G expenses? Airtel is the biggest scoundrel of them all. And its subscribers help it to remain so and fill their kitty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karthik R 246 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 Telecom stocks higher Investors were upbeat on Bharti's move, who went on a buying spree of telecoms stocks today, pushing up the entire sector. Shares in Reliance Communications rose 14.91 per cent on the BSE. Bharti's rose 5.37 per cent and Idea Cellular rose 7 per cent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karthik R 246 Report post Posted July 31, 2011 Now Vodafone have followed suit and raised the tariff upto 20% for prepaid users in specific circles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
viper_in_blood 4 Report post Posted July 31, 2011 dont know but my plan got cheaper after giving the port out request to airtel ....still airtel is okay ..seeing the network and other issues ...thy r much better than other providers who r lax in providing basic service of communication which is the least expected.... so for now m sticking with airtel and tata..... regards viper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karthik R 246 Report post Posted September 25, 2011 (edited) Trai seeks additional info from telcos on tariff hike New Delhi: Not satisfied with their replies, telecom regulator Trai has sought additional information from leading service providers, including Bharti airtel and Vodafone, on their recent decision to hike mobile tariffs by up to 20 percent. "Trai has received replies from various operators and we have asked for some more inputs from some of the service providers for their reasons to hike tariffs," a Trai source said. Earlier, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had sent letters to all the companies that recently hiked tariffs, seeking their justification for the tariff hike. Companies like Bharti airtel, Idea Cellular, Vodafone and Reliance Communications recently raised tariffs for their services by about 20 percent in most operating circles. Most of the companies cited inflationary pressure in the country as being responsible for the tariff hike. Industry experts are of the view that the hike in mobile tariffs is anti-consumer and it will only result in an abnormal increase in companies' profits. Most of the operators have been given spectrum free of cost so that they can provide affordable services. Trai, a source said, would also look into this aspect before taking any decision. Airtel had raised the tariffs for its 'Advantage' and 'Freedom' pre-paid tariff packages, which are based on per minute billing, to 60 paise per minute for local and STD mobile-to-mobile calls. Earlier, it was 50 paise per minute in this category. "Telecom is probably the only industry where, despite increasing inflation, tariffs have been falling unabated. Continuously declining margins, high 3G and BWA auction prices, constrained spectrum and rural roll-out aspirations leave us with little choice but to make some price corrections," Bharti airtel had said in a statement. Source : zeenews Edited September 25, 2011 by Karthik R Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkdeep 6 Report post Posted September 25, 2011 If it is upto Airtel, It will **** the blood of consumers to make money. Look at their Broadband plans which are same for years and have even gone worse with FUP. That is why i have ported out of Airtel. Only way to punish these companies is to not give them any business. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanagaDeepan 1,084 Report post Posted September 26, 2011 If it is upto Airtel, It will **** the blood of consumers to make money. Look at their Broadband plans which are same for years and have even gone worse with FUP. That is why i have ported out of Airtel. Only way to punish these companies is to not give them any business. Very TRUE... But only few consumers are having these much awareness... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
