Sunil Mittal’s Call To End Roaming Charges Finds Support In China
Bharti Enterprises and GSM Association Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal's call to end roaming charges has found support from Chinese telecom operators who reportedly plan to eliminate domestic roaming fees.
"We are extremely delighted that GSMA's call to bring an end to domestic roaming fees has received resounding support from the leading operators in China, the largest telecom market in the world," Mittal said in a statement on Monday.
Mittal has called for lowering or putting an end to roaming charges to prevent customers from bill shocks. GSMA is a global association of telecom operators and Mittal is heading the body at present.
"The plan to eliminate domestic roaming fees will not just promote customer convenience by ending 'bill shocks' but help boost usage by customers through adoption of network technologies to augment productivity, innovation and economic growth. We are sure operators in other countries will take the cue from China's example to usher in similar initiatives, in the interest of the customers," Mittal said.
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Three state-owned Chinese mobile operators – China Telecommunications Corp, China Mobile Communications Corp and China United Network Communications Group Ltd – have reportedly said that they will end inter-province roaming fees by October.
Airtel has announced that there will be no premium on outgoing calls for customers roaming within India and they will enjoy free incoming calls and text messages from April 1. Also, there will be no additional data charges on national roaming. Home data packs for customers will apply even while they roam across India.
Even for international roaming, Airtel will migrate its customer travelling abroad to special schemes that allow them to make and receive calls at discounted rates from April 1. The migration will happen automatically after the subscriber's spending on mobile phone calls, text messages or data reaches close to the subscription pack rate.
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