Bharti Airtel to raise mobile services rates across all plans this year

Bharti Airtel is looking to raise mobile phone call and data rates across all plans this year, telecom firm’s Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said here.

The company last month increased the price of its minimum recharge or the entry-level for the 28-day mobile phone service plan by about 57 per cent to Rs 155 in eight circles.

Responding to a PTI query on the need for a tariff hike when the company’s balance sheet is healthy, he said the return on capital in the telecom business is very low and a tariff hike is expected this year.

“It (tariff hike) will happen across the board,” Mittal said at Mobile World Congress (MWC) here on Monday.