Mobile users may get shock, recharge plan will be expensive soon! Learn how much rate will increase?

Crores of mobiles of the country There is bad news for users. Telecom companies can once again make their recharge plan expensive. ET has given this report quoting analysts. Analysts say the increase in the number of net users in May for the fifth consecutive month, has encouraged the increase in the tariff of telecom operators. Due to this, mobile tariffs can again increase by 10-12% at the end of the year. Earlier in July 2024, mobile companies had last increased the price of base plan by 11-23%. Experts say that tier pricing may also be introduced in the next round, where data allowance is severely reduced to encourage more data packs.

29 months record boom

The number of mobile users saw a 29 -month record bounce in May, in which active users became about 1.08 trillions. Market leader Reliance Jio Infocomm added 5.5 million active users in May, leading to its total number of users increased to 150 bps to 53%. Bharti Airtel added 1.3 million active users.

Now tariffs will be decided according to 5G

According to brokerage firm Jefferies, Jio and Airtel’s fast customer growth and Vodafone Idea user Los has created a favorable environment for increasing tariffs in the market. Now the next increase will be according to 5G. Also, it will not be the same, can be done in various categories based on data use, speed, or time. Experts believe that telecom companies will focus more on mid and premium users, reducing the direct impact on common customers.