Mobile calls fare get hiked from monday, Mobile call prices to get increase, increase in the rates of mobile calls from monday.
From monday our mobile phone calls are to be going to be expensive. The Debt-laden telecom operators revised the rates to some extent and increased the expenses in higher costs. The indian country’s largest mobile operator, Airtel told on wednesday that telecom operators are in the process of revising tariffs. The other telecom operators Vodafone and Idea have not yet increased the price but are in a move to increase their fares too. while Reliance Communications has already increased tariff fares.
Mobile calls fare get hiked from monday
Gopal Vittal MD and CEO of Bharti Airtel LTD , said that the current tariff plan rates had become unsustainable and it was the time to get Mobile calls fare get hiked. People while using mobiles from Monday has to pay more fares as the service tax rate goes up to 14 percent. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget proposed to raise service tax from 12.36 percent to 14 percent. The proposal that was made by him would take in to effect from June 1st onwards.
Not only the Mobile calls fare get hiked from monday but some of the important services that will be posed with higher tax and would become costlier are, railways, airlines, banking, insurance, advertising, architecture, construction, credit cards, event management and tour operators. These are the main areas where the prices would get increased.
Already the mobile operators and credit card companies have started sending information to subscribers conveying them about the increase in service tax rate.
Mobile calls fare get hiked tariff price:
The increase in the tariff plan could effect the present tariff plans as follows:
Reasons why the Mobile calls fare get hiked from today:
There are several reasons behind increase in the mobile call fare which are due to the Higher Debts, purchase of spectrum at high price, Increase in the fuel price essential to run the generators at mobile towers, Increase in cost & higher expenditure, increase in the service tax, and the Supreme Court order on auditing the accounts of tele communication firms.
Reliance Communications has already increased tariff rate up to 7% and has also cut down all the promotional offers. Now its the time Mobile calls fare get hiked by the Airtel.
The telecom experts said that the prices of mobile handsets will increase by three to five per cent. This would make handset makers to start manufacture the smartphones in India.