New Delhi: Mobile player Tata Docomo on Sunday
launched per second billing for roaming across the country to
take on rival Airtel, which announced a major cut in roaming
charges last week.
The company introduced 1 paisa per second for all
incoming and outgoing local and STD calls, to any network, to
mobile or landline phones, it said in a statement. At the
moment operators follow per minute roaming rates and charges
vary depending on location and network.
The move would intensify the tariff war among the mobile
companies on this new turf.
Tata DoCoMo had earlier offered the one paisa per second
scheme for local and STD calls which was later followed by
other operators to grab customers.
"We are delighted to announce yet another industry
defying offer to our subscribers-- a transparent and pack-free
roaming tariff plan of 1 paisa per second for all incoming and
outgoing call, both local and long distance, to all network
and types of phones (mobile or landline)," Tata Docomo
President Deepak Gulati said.
The company is gearing up to roll out pan-India GSM
services this year, the new roaming scheme would be available
across the country, Tata Docomo said.
"When a subscriber is roaming most telecom operators in
India charge a minimum of 50-60 paise per minute, even then
the call duration is less than a minute. Under the Tata Docomo
roaming offer, subscribers will be charged only for what he or
she uses-- at 1 paise per second," Gulati added.
Bureau Report
First Published: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 16:16