Telcos seek floor price for data, voice tariffs to be left to markets

The telcos said that data prices should be regulated keeping in mind the financial health of the sector

Telecom service providers -- Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio -- have, in tandem, sought a minimum floor price for mobile data services and said that voice call tariffs be left to market forces.

They said that data prices should be regulated keeping in mind the financial health of the sector.

"We recommend that the floor price be set for mobile data services. It is critical that the floor price should be made applicable to all categories of tariff plans (i.e. retail consumer, corporate, tendered or other contracts, segmented and any other including one on one)," Airtel said.

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