Mittal, the founder of Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel, has called for lowering or putting an end to roaming charges to prevent customers from bill shocks.
Naveen Kulkarni of PhillipCapital is of the opinion that Reliance Jio finally becoming paid does not spell good news for incumbents. He instead says that the Rs 303 scheme introduced by Mukesh Ambani last week is very competitive and so will continue to maintain pressure on exisiting operators.
Most regulators still live in "analogue world", India's telecom tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal said on Monday, nudging them to allow consolidation.
From April 1, Airtel will offer free incoming calls and SMSes while roaming across India, and there will be no extra charges on on outgoing calls and data while outstation.
India's largest mobile phone service provider also said international call rates will be cut by up to 90 percent to as low as Rs 3 per minute and data charges by up to 99 percent to Rs 3 per MB across popular roaming destinations.
TRAI will hike termination charge on pesky SMSes. Telcos may charge 5 paisa per SMS. The new termination charges from June.
Expanding its One Network services to the Indian subcontinent, Bharti Airtel today said its African customers will not be required to pay roaming charges on incoming calls while travelling in India,Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today said that mobile phone subscribers will not have to pay roaming charges from next year.
CNBC-TV18's Karan Thapar talks to experts to decode the new draft telecom policy unvelied by Kapial Sibal on Monday.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Member of Parliament - Rajya Sabha tells exclusively to CNBC-TV18 that he is 'underwhelmed by the new telecom policy.'
Communications Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday announced a radical recast of the telecom policy with five major objectives and several minor ones.