India mobile bills may go up by another 12-15% soon

Heads up: your mobile bill might jump by 12-15% in the next few months, thanks to a new round of price hikes from India’s top three telecom players.

Centrum Institutional Research says this is mostly because just a few big companies now control the market.

On the plus side, more people are upgrading their plans and switching to postpaid, which means average revenue per user (ARPU) is also climbing.

Jio Airtel add millions, Vodafone-Idea trails
Jio and Airtel are still adding millions of new users (about seven million for Jio and five million for Airtel in Q1FY27) and both have rolled out 5G across over 90% of districts. Their focus now is getting more people on 5G devices.

Vodafone Idea is lagging behind in new subscribers but has managed to cut its dues down to ₹25,000 crore and expand its 5G reach to 100 cities. Still, it’s working hard just to keep up with the competition. News Bytes App