Telecom companies set to go for bold call tariff hikes

Economic Times, 1st February’2012

Mobile phone bills of consumers will rise 20-30% this year, top executives of all leading operators said, as the country's debt-ridden telcos raise call tariffs to revive revenue growth and cut losses in the fiercely competitive sector. Vodafone has already raised tariffs of postpaid users in January by about 20% in Delhi, with plans to extend this to other regions; Bharti Airtel is looking at a 20-30% rise in the next 12 months. The state-run BSNL, which did not raise rates last time.