Mobile bills may rise again: 12–15% telecom tariff hike likely in 4–5 months. What it means for Jio, Airtel, Vi users

Weeks after BJP MP Raghav Chadha welcomed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) Telecom Consumers Protection (Thirteenth Amendment) Regulations, 2026, which provide for 30-day recharge options and plans that renew on the same date each month, mobile users could now face another tariff hike.News agency ANI on Wednesday cited a Centrum Institutional Research report, which predicts that the telecom industry could see another 12–15% tariff hike in the next four to five months as the pricing environment becomes more…