Amid a flurry of price increases following the announcement of the budget statement last week, internet service providers warned that data charges would go up sharply from the next fiscal year.
They said that the government’s decision to continue levying a 13 percent telecom service charge introduced in the last fiscal year had forced them to pass on the extra cost to their consumers.
Come July 17, internet customers will be paying 20 percent more for broadband connectivity. The new tariff means that the average monthly cost of an internet connection will jump from Rs 1,400 to Rs 1,680.
People”s News Monitoring Service
