Reliance Jio joins Airtel, Vodafone Idea to raise tariffs

Telecom tariffs are finally set to rise with Reliance Jio also on Tuesday stating that to strengthen the industry it will take measures like increasing tariffs in the next few weeks. On Monday, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel had said that they will increase tariffs from December.

This will be the first time since September 2016 — when Reliance Jio launched its services — that tariffs will be revised upwards by the telecom companies. However, none of the companies have said by how much will the tariffs be raised and whether the hike will be an increase in headline rates or realisations will improve by way of reducing the validity of pre-paid vouchers, etc.