The telecom minister, Kapil Sibal, has announced that the government plans to do away with roaming charges as per the National Telecom Policy 2012. The policy will be effective from next year.
Currently, the roaming charge is applicable on both calls received and calls made in an area outside the home network. This regulation has been in effect for more than 12 years now. The new policy that was approved in May will allow free roaming throughout the country. This will allow users to get incoming calls and make local calls for free, wherever they are within the country.
However this news has not gone down well with mobile companies. They feel that abolishing roaming tariffs will affect their revenues. Roaming charges add to 8% to 10% of their sales.
(Based on Yahoo.com)
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