Telecom minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said that mobile
phone subscribers will not have to pay roaming charges from next year. “From
next year. Our secretary has told you that it will be free from next year,”
Sibal said here in response to a query on the timing of removing roaming charges
as proposed in the National Telecom Policy 2012.
The minister was speaking to the media on the sidelines of
the curtain raiser event of India Internet Governance Conference. NTP 2012,
approved in May, aims to abolish roaming charges and allow mobile phone subscribers
to use same number across country without having to pay extra charges for
services once they are outside their telecom circle.
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