NEW DELHI : India's only profitable telecom operator Reliance Jio has gone back on its three-year-old promise to keep voice calls free and will immediately start charging for outgoing calls made to rival networks — BSNL, MTNL, Airtel, Vodafone and Idea — at 6 paise a minute. “The price differential of free voice on Jio network and exorbitantly high tariffs on 2G networks causes the 35-40 crore 2G customers of Airtel and Vodafone-Idea to give missed calls to Jio customers. Now even Jio feels it can’t justify this subsidy forever – them paying IUC charges but still keeping voice calls free. For Jio consumers, this is not good news as they were used to free calls. Jio starting to charge calls is also good for rivals as this is upward movement in tariffs for Jio customers.

Source: Mint October 09, 2019 11:36 UTC