NEWS /
|
Telecom operator, Bharti Airtel said it is unlikely to slash its messaging charges as desired by India's telecom regulator, saying rates in the country are the lowest globally. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently asked mobile operators to voluntarily slash tariffs. "It is a wrong notion… I have not seen anyone complaining of the high SMS (short messaging service) rates," said Bharti Enterprises CEO and managing director Akhil Gupta. Gupta said the market is very competitive and the prices in the country are perhaps the lowest globally. On an average, telecom operators earn around 20 paise per SMS. The average tariff for local calls is Re.1, the same as the local SMS rate, while for long distance calls, the average tariff is Rs.1.50 and the SMS rate is higher at Rs.2. Operators have resisted the move, as SMS makes up 50 percent of their revenue from the value-added services (VAS). The situation has become tougher as the average revenue per user has dropped, and VAS revenues remain critical to an operator's profitability. However, this is not the first time that TRAI has urged service providers to reduce the SMS cost. The regulatory body had asked operators to slash SMS rates two years ago too. |
Tags: Airtel
Mixx
Facebook
Twitter
Digg
delicious
reddit
MySpace
StumbleUpon
LinkedIn
Airtel to provide detailed bills to prepaid customers
TRAI continued with its improvement spree and had asked telecom services in the country to offer transparency ...
BSNL issues warning against 'misleading' ISD missed calls
Airtel brings free calling to any network in Gujarat for 30 days
Airtel offers SMS discounts for New Year to compensate for outage woes
Fire caused mass Airtel outage, some services up and running
Airtel suffers technical snag, services down for some
Airtel, like Vodafone to remove inactive numbers from network
Leaked Images, Availability, Pricing,
Specs, Pre-order
How time flies. A few weeks ago the BlackBerry world was mad at RIM for a massive 3-day outage. Now,...
The Darkness II - Fear of the Dark
14 Feb, 2012, 12:37 PM IST
8.5
It's quite short and it doesn't have any sort of versus multiplayer but The Darkness II is a polished and brutal shooter you should definitely check out, especially if you like ripping dudes to shreds.
WD Scorpio Blue 1TB (WD10JPVT) Review
RIM finally agrees to set up server in India
14 Feb, 2012, 02:33 PM IST
Canada-based, Research in Motion (RIM), who're better known as the makers of the popular BlackBerry line of smartphones have, according to reports ...
Stellar Phoenix Messenger Password Recovery v2.0 available for download
New spill resistant keyboard combo from Genius announced
Google doodles for Valentine's Day
Resistance: Burning Skies dated
Market Watch: Tablets (Feb 2012)
Tablets have been making rounds for a while now, but it wasn’t until a...
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Interview
We sit down and talk to producer Mike Jones who assures us that fans have...
By Avinash Bali
Top smartphones under Rs. 15,000
The 15K budget has been a sweet deal for those not wanting to spend extra...
By Karan Shah
626 views
More from this Author
_011517074205_160x90.jpg "Epson Stylus Photo R3000")
Sony toys with the idea of Vita OS-based...
First image of an ICS running Motorola...
iPad 3 to be announced on March 7, cites...
Samsung officially unveils Galaxy Tab 2...
The Darkness II - Fear of the Dark
Resistance: Burning Skies dated
About Us | Site Profile | Tech2 Team | IBNLive News | IBNLive Hindi News | Cricket News | Indian Stock Market | Policy | T & C
Copyright © 2011, Tech2.com India - A Network 18 India Venture
