India mobile internet rates remain lowest in world, says govt day after telcos raise tariffs

A day after India’s top mobile phone service providers announced an increase in call and data charges, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said mobile internet rate in the country remains by far the lowest in the world. Bharti Airtel Ltd, Vodafone Idea Ltd and Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd had on Sunday announced the rise in the cost of subscriptions to their plans with effect from Tuesday.

“India’s mobile internet rate per GB remains by far the lowest in the world. The UK-based https://cable.co.uk which compared mobile data plans around the world has indicated this,” Prasad tweeted posting the comparative chart made by the price comparison site in March 2019.