According to industry sources, the tariffs were increased few days ago. When contacted Vodafoane spokesperson declined to comment saying, “We do not comment on tariff issues.”
Idea officials said the company is in the silent period due to pending quarterly financial results. Vodafone and Idea are pan India operators and have hiked pre-paid tariffs in certain circles. Last week, Bharti Airtel, the largest telecom operator by subscriber base, had raised rates for pre-paid users by 20 per cent for certain packages across several circles.