Reliance Communications (RCOM), the country’s no 3 mobile phone carrier by customers has raised the basic rates for both GSM and CDMA pre-paid mobile-to-mobile calls by 33%. The company will now charge base rate of 2 paise per second for mobile-to-mobile calls from 1.5 paise per second charged earlier.
The base rate, or the headline tariff, applies to customers not covered under any special scheme offered by telecom operator. The company had earlier this month increased the mobile call rates up to 30% for both GSM and CDMA pre-paid customers to improve the profits. The increase in mobile-to-mobile call rates among old players, except Aircel, has gone up by up to 100% in last two years.
