Remember TRAI’s initiative for full talk time on top-ups? Well the date for compliance was yesterday and Airtel officially announced to be the first private one to reduce processing charges. From now, Airtel prepaid users will only have to pay Rs. 2 to Airtel as administrative charges and the applicable service tax. Other operators will follow the compliance order soon.
UPDATE: Government’s own MTNL has also taken the plunge and now charges processing fees not more than Rs. 2.
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TRAI, the messiah for prepaid users in India have come again to the rescue. Come September 15th, a new set of regulations have to be followed by the service providers which aims to give the subscribers an upper hand. The major highlight of the announcement was that prepaid subscribers across all service providers (new and existing) will get full talk time on every recharge.
Only an administrative fee not exceeding Rs. 2 per recharge and applicable taxes will be deducted from the recharge amount. Lifetime customers can also shift to a plan with lower denomination without paying any additional charges.
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