{"id":1043105,"date":"2026-10-14T09:37:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T04:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1043105"},"modified":"2026-10-14T10:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T04:45:03","slug":"telecom-tariff-hike-expect-12-15-jump-in-mobile-bills-as-era-of-unlimited-5g-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/10\/14\/telecom-tariff-hike-expect-12-15-jump-in-mobile-bills-as-era-of-unlimited-5g-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Telecom tariff hike: Expect 12-15% jump in mobile bills as era of unlimited 5G ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India may soon face higher telephone bills as the era of unlimited, often free 5G service draws to an end. Analysts now make a strong case for monetisation, noting that the current model was becoming increasingly unsustainable as data consumption continues to rise. <\/p>\n<p>According to a Centrum Institutional Research report, the industry could see another 12% to 15% tariff hike over the next few months as the pricing environment has become more favourable following market consolidation. The growth is expected to be led by 2G to 4G\/5G migration, postpaid addition, and a higher number of days in the quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India may soon face higher telephone bills as the era of unlimited, often free 5G service draws to an end. Analysts now make a strong case for monetisation, noting that the current model was becoming increasingly unsustainable as data consumption continues to rise. According to a Centrum Institutional Research report, the industry could see another 12% to 15% tariff hike over the next few months as the pricing environment has become more favourable following market consolidation. The growth is expected to be led by 2G to 4G\/5G migration, postpaid addition, and a higher number of days in the quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,64,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1043105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-financial-express","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1043130,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043105\/revisions\/1043130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}