Airtel & Hutch hike chrages

Bharti Airtel and Hutch have increased local charges for calls within their own network by 20 per cent. All pre-paid and post-paid subscribers using the low-end tariff pack with rentals less than Rs 150 per month will have to pay Rs 1.20 per minute instead of one rupee a minute for Airtel-to-Airtel calls and Hutch-to-Hutch calls.

Hike in SMS rates too:

Airtel and Hutch have also increased local SMS rates to Rs 1.20 per message for all users — both pre-paid and post-paid — from Re one earlier. This comes within a few weeks of an increase in STD rates in Delhi. Both Bharti Airtel and Hutch had increased their STD rates to Rs 2.60 per minute from Rs 2.40 per minute and Rs 2 per minute, respectively.