New Delhi: Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Friday
cut mobile roaming rates by 60 per cent for its 115 million
users, opening a new turf in the ongoing tariff war.
Under the new plan 'Airtel Turbo', users will be charged
60 paisa per minute on all incoming calls while roaming. The
60 paise rate will also apply to local and STD calls within
its own network.
Despite profitability getting affected with tariffs
touching new-lows, companies are eager to catch the volume
growth as subscriber numbers are going up.
The local and outgoing calls to another network on
roaming will be charged at 80 paise a minute, a statement
said.
"These reduced roaming tariffs spells huge benefits of up
to 60 per cent for all Airtel users who would enrol under this
plan," it said.
"Recent research has shown that customers need benefits
while travelling and are not satisfied with just local calling
benefits", Bharti Airtel President (Mobile Services) Atul
Bindal said in a statement.
Airtel Prepaid mobile customers wishing to avail this
benefit will be charged a plan enrolment fee of Rs 98, which
will give an incoming validity of one year, while postpaid
users can subscribe to a monthly rental plan.
Bharti's stock was down 1.55 per cent at Rs 288.30 on BSE.
PTI
First Published: Friday, November 20, 2009, 18:51