Budget 2012: Expect pricier mobile bills, confirms Airtel

Pricier mobile bills, as reports have been re-iterating, since yesterday are going to be the norm, post Budget 2012. A Times of India report now confirms that Bharti Airtel subscribers, too should brace themselves for fatter mobile bills, following an increased service tax, as stated in the budget. This confirmation comes from the Bharti Airtel CEO for India and South Asia, Sanjay Kapoor, himself. Kapoor added that the Union Budget 2012 did not announce anything specifically for the telecom sector and that the industry's awaiting the New Telecom Policy that is scheduled to arrive in June. In one of our earlier reports, citing the changes the Union Budget is going to make, we had stated that the 2 percent rise in the service tax (from 10 percent to 12 percent) will be pushed down to the subscribers, invariably, resulting in increased mobile tariffs. Click here for full story