Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea hike call tariffs

New Delhi: In what could be a major blow to consumers, major mobile service providers, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular have hike call tariffs by almost 100 percent. As per media reports, Airtel and Idea have hiked the tariffs by almost a double while Vodafone has also increased the voice call rates steeply. While the country’s leading mobile service provided Bharti Airtel has doubled the call rates from Rupee 1 per minute to Rs 2 per minute, Idea has hiked its call rates from 1.2 paise per second to 2 paise per second, said the report. No detail of Vodafone’s hike in tariff was given though reports claimed the company has hiked its call tariff.