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73.6% of the telecom sector occupied only 2 companies. (File photo)
Jio and Airtel have cut the prices of Calling+SMS only tariff plan. After the action of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India i.e. TRAI, Jio has reduced by Rs 210 and Airtel has reduced by Rs 110.
TRAI recently ordered telecom companies to give the option of voice+SMS only pack separately to their users. After this, the companies released only the new tariff plans of voice calling + SMS, but kept them with data and removed only the data from them.
That is, the companies removed the old plan and updated the data, but did not reduce the price. TRAI had said to review the calling+SMS only tariff plan issued by companies. After this prices were made cheaper.
Vodafone-Idea and BSNL have also released unlimited calling and SMS only tariff plans.
Customers are not beneficial in new tariff plan Customers do not get any benefit from the new tariff plan of companies, but only disadvantages. For example, earlier Airtel’s annual plan was Rs 1999. In this, customers used to get 24 GB of data, but the company removed 24 GB of data from it and the same plan was launched only in the name of Voice Plan.
Now Airtel has priced the 365 -day validity plan at Rs 1849, with unlimited voice calling and 3,600 SMS. Apart from this, apollo 24/7 circle membership and free hello tune are also being provided for 3 months.
Customers get without data pack cheap TRAI wants customers to get a pack without data cheaply, as many users use the phone only for calling, but they have to recharge for calling+SMS with the current data pack, which is quite expensive.
At the same time, many users use two SIMs, in which one is for calling and the other is for the Internet, but they have to recharge for both. In such a situation, the government issued a new guideline and ordered to issue SMS plans with only calling. This will directly benefit about 30 crore mobile users in the country.
Jio-aiertel-VI had made 25% expensive recharges The country’s three major telecom companies- Vodafone-Idea, Jio and Airtel had increased the price of recharge by 25% from July 3 and 4 last year. Then Jio’s Rs 239 plan was priced at Rs 299 and Airtel’s most affordable recharge plan now became Rs 199, after which there was a demand for pack without data.
Telecom companies fined for failing to stop spam call The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India i.e. TRAI has fined Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea (VI) and BSNL due to failure to stop spam calls and messages. This information has been given in the Economic Times report.
Apart from four big companies, many small telecom operators have also been fined by TRAI. TRAI has imposed this fine on all companies under the Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulations (TCCCPR). In the latest round, TRAI has imposed a fine of ₹ 12 crore on all companies.
Total ₹ 141 crore fine on telecom companies Telecom companies have a fine of ₹ 141 crore by adding the previous fine. However, companies have not yet paid these dues. TRAI has requested to redeem the bank guarantee of companies from the Department of Telecommunication (DOT), but the decision of DOT on it is still pending.
