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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>Telecom operators Bharti Airtel<\/a> and Vodafone Idea<\/a> may now look at hiking their postpaid tariffs in the coming months due to the higher stickiness which outweighs the pricing considerations by customers, Financial Express reported.

Airtel’s 5% mobile customers use postpaid connections but contribute 20% revenue towards overall mobile revenues.
Vodafone Idea<\/a>, on the other hand, has 7% customers who use postpaid and contribute 25% revenue towards overall mobile revenues. Jio’s postpaid base is miniscule as compared to legacy telcos, as per industry analysts.

Airtel had last hiked postpaid tariffs for its corporate customers in July and had also made some adjustments to its family plan.

For retail customers, the Sunil Mittal-led telco discontinued its 749 family postpaid plan for new customers and will now offer Rs 999 as the only family postpaid plan with enhanced data benefits.

Vodafone India had previously hiked the postpaid tariff for two high-end plans by Rs 50. Its family packs worth Rs 598 and Rs 749 now cost Rs 649 and Rs 799, respectively. Jio’s plan starts from Rs 199 and goes up to Rs 1499.

“I think I will be surprised if postpaid rates are not increased, such tariffs will see a hike. Why would they delay it for too long? It’s not in their interest to delay it for too long. If they delay it longer, they only harm themselves,” Sanjay Kapoor, technology, media and telecom (TMT) adviser, was quoted as saying by Financial Express.

Kapoor, former Airtel CEO, said he expected Airtel and Vodafone Idea to have increased postpaid prices alongside prepaid tariffs since both telcos have a ‘fortified postpaid base’, something where Jio isn’t well-positioned.

Airtel has hiked its prepaid plan prices by 25%, effective November 26. Vodafone Idea and Jio followed suit, announcing hikes in a similar range, which are in effect now.

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Jio to Trai: Vodafone Idea's new tariff plan to create porting barrier<\/a><\/h2>

In a letter to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) sent last week, Jio said as per Vodafone Idea's new tariff plans for prepaid consumers, SMS services had been moved to a higher tariff plan of Rs 179 – from Rs149 - which would discourage subscribers from porting out to other service providers, one of the persons quoted earlier told ET.<\/p><\/div>

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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>Telecom operators Bharti Airtel<\/a> and Vodafone Idea<\/a> may now look at hiking their postpaid tariffs in the coming months due to the higher stickiness which outweighs the pricing considerations by customers, Financial Express reported.

Airtel’s 5% mobile customers use postpaid connections but contribute 20% revenue towards overall mobile revenues.
Vodafone Idea<\/a>, on the other hand, has 7% customers who use postpaid and contribute 25% revenue towards overall mobile revenues. Jio’s postpaid base is miniscule as compared to legacy telcos, as per industry analysts.

Airtel had last hiked postpaid tariffs for its corporate customers in July and had also made some adjustments to its family plan.

For retail customers, the Sunil Mittal-led telco discontinued its 749 family postpaid plan for new customers and will now offer Rs 999 as the only family postpaid plan with enhanced data benefits.

Vodafone India had previously hiked the postpaid tariff for two high-end plans by Rs 50. Its family packs worth Rs 598 and Rs 749 now cost Rs 649 and Rs 799, respectively. Jio’s plan starts from Rs 199 and goes up to Rs 1499.

“I think I will be surprised if postpaid rates are not increased, such tariffs will see a hike. Why would they delay it for too long? It’s not in their interest to delay it for too long. If they delay it longer, they only harm themselves,” Sanjay Kapoor, technology, media and telecom (TMT) adviser, was quoted as saying by Financial Express.

Kapoor, former Airtel CEO, said he expected Airtel and Vodafone Idea to have increased postpaid prices alongside prepaid tariffs since both telcos have a ‘fortified postpaid base’, something where Jio isn’t well-positioned.

Airtel has hiked its prepaid plan prices by 25%, effective November 26. Vodafone Idea and Jio followed suit, announcing hikes in a similar range, which are in effect now.

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Jio to Trai: Vodafone Idea's new tariff plan to create porting barrier<\/a><\/h2>

In a letter to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) sent last week, Jio said as per Vodafone Idea's new tariff plans for prepaid consumers, SMS services had been moved to a higher tariff plan of Rs 179 – from Rs149 - which would discourage subscribers from porting out to other service providers, one of the persons quoted earlier told ET.<\/p><\/div>