MTS India slashes mobile Internet dongle price by 35 percent

Telecom service provider MTS India on Monday slashed the price of mobile data dongles by 35 percent at a time when Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, etc. have increased mobile Internet tariffs.

The company has reduced the price of MBlaze Ultra Wi-Fi dongle to Rs 999 from Rs 1,499 for new postpaid customers. Its rivals are offering this package at almost double the price.

MTS India (Sistema Shyam TeleServices) has decreased the price of MBlaze Ultra Wi-Fi for the new prepaid customers to Rs 1,749 from Rs 2,299 along with 10 GB data.

MTS postpaid customers can opt for 40 GB data pack for Rs 999, 14 GB for Rs 700 and 10GB for Rs 550.

MTS prepaid data plans include 3GB for Rs 399, 5 GB for Rs 499, 7GB for Rs 699 and 20GB for Rs 999, with 30 day validity.

However, MTS India data service is present in only 9 circles: Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Kolkata, West Bengal and UP West.

You need to remember that MTS data service is not promising seamless data connection in all its telecom circles. The telecom operator says it offers 9.8 Mbps on its 3GPlus telecom network. This is the maximum speed it offers. You will experience significantly lower speed as well. This will depend on number of users on the network during a particular time frame.

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Leonid Musatov, chief marketing & brand officer, MTS India, said: “We lowered the price barrier for first time data customers with as much as 33 percent reduction in dongle prices. We have also rolled out a range of monthly data plans to suit the needs of customers across categories.”

Airtel, Vodafone, Idea hike mobile Internet price

On Sunday, PTI reported that telecom operators have raised mobile Internet rates up to 100 percent in June-September period.

Bharti Airtel increased mobile Internet rates by up to 33 percent while Vodafone and Idea Cellular have started gradually implementing the increased mobile internet rates from June.

The three companies jointly hold around 57 per cent mobile services market share.

Vodafone India changed the base tariff of 2G for 1GB pack from Rs 155 to Rs 175.

Airtel and Idea Cellular increased the rate of 1GB 2G mobile Internet pack to around Rs 175 from about Rs 155 GB.

Vodafone and Idea Cellular increased rack rate, charged without any offer or scheme, by up to 100 per cent from 2 paise per 10 kb of data usage to 4 paise per 10 kb.

This means on Vodafone and Idea network 1 GB of 2G or 3G mobile internet will cost over Rs 4,000 (from Rs 2,000) which these companies under scheme are selling for around Rs 175.

Airtel started increasing mobile internet rates around first week of September. The company is now at par with Vodafone and Idea in terms of rack rate which is 4 paise per 10 kb. However, the increase is only of 33 per cent because the company was already charging 3 paise per 10 kb earlier.

The 2G data pack rate of Airtel is highest among the three at 10 paise per 10 kb which means cost of 1GB mobile internet usage without any scheme or offer for a subscriber is over Rs 10,000 which company is now selling for Rs 176.

Baburajan K
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