Greens 21 Report post Posted March 20, 2004 20/03/04 12:53:02 Airtel, Idea charge more for calls to CDMA NEW DELHI: It's not just Hutch but Airtel and Idea as well who've been overcharging for calls to CDMA mobile subscribers of Reliance and Tata Indicom.. Earlier, Airtel and Idea officials denied charging more for calls to CDMA networks (See: 'Hutch charges more for calls to CDMA' in Wednesday's Business Times). Hutch had accepted it was charging about 80 paise per minute more for calling CDMA numbers, saying it was not sure whether to invest in upgrading billing systems because Reliance and Tata Indicom were to switch to a numbering plan with '9' as first digit for mobile services. ''We ended differential tariffs for pre-paid from February. But due to over 150 tariff plans and many billing cycles, we couldn't immediately effect changes for post-paid,'' said an Airtel official. ''From this month (March 9 billing cycle), customers will not pay differential tariffs.'' An Idea official said they were ending differential tariffing but were facing problems with making changes in billing system at one go. He was unable to give dates for the complete change. A Hutch spokesman said since the new numbering plans of Reliance and Indicom were not on the horizon, ''We also will start charging same rates for calls to CDMA from next billing cycle.'' Source: The Times of India Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chirag 5 Report post Posted March 20, 2004 Yeah, even Orange(Mumbai) till sometime back used to charge more for CDMA. But isn't it true that CDMA users are allowed to choose whether they want to remain in Limited Mobility and not get overcharged for using Roaming facilities?(though its free now, but they wud soon charge for roaming, as well) In that case, would their nos. be restricted to 8 digits or 10 digits? and what abt their call charges etc...? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gsmsikar 0 Report post Posted March 21, 2004 hi here in rajasthan, the oasis and bsnl are also charging the same rates as before.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chirag 5 Report post Posted March 22, 2004 Theres no reasoning to all this.. Its just tht their billing systems are not upgraded! And here we curse reliance for their faulty billings! Those operators are legally extracting more money And their customers are not even bothered!! They dont know that such a thing exist tht CDMA and GSM are to be considered at par under new Unified Licensing Scheme! Atleast we are well informed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
