From next year the mobile phone subscribers will not have to pay roaming charges. Telecom Minister, Kapil Sibal has made this announcement in the event of India Internet Governance Conference. Abolishing the roaming charges will allow mobile phone subscribers to use same number across country without having to pay extra charges for services once they are outsides their telecom circle.
Telecom Secretary R. Chandrashekhar said the Department of Telecom(DoT) is working on Notice Inviting Applications for spectrum auction after which it will work on unified licence (UL) guidelines - also a part of the NTP 2012. He further added, “We are first going to attend to all issues linked to auction. The moment NIA is issued this week, we will focus on UL. After details of full UL is worked out, the modalities for free roaming will follow". As per the schedule, NIA will be issued on September 28.
