Mobile phone bills are expected to go up while recharges would yeild less talktime for prepaid customers from tomorrow under the new GST tax regime. Under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), telecom services would be taxed at 18 per cent compared to 15 per cent currently. Emails to telecom operators remained unanswered. But going by simple calculation, it (talktime) is expected to be lesser," said one of the shopkeepers in the bustling Connaught Place area. Telecom operators are already under intense pressure, inflicted by newcomer Reliance Jio's competitive pricing.

Source: dna June 30, 2017 14:37 UTC