The TRAI has proposed earlier that the roaming charges for mobiles will be completely removed. But there was strong opposition from the private telecom companies that the complete withdrawal will result in huge loss to them and that rates will have to be increased. The COAI also complained.

Yesterday, the TRAI has announced that there will be no complete withdrawal of roaming charges. Instead, it is decided to reduce the roaming charges by about 30% from the existing rates. Accordingly the outgoing local calls will be charged Re.1 and outgoing STD calls Rs. 1.5  per minute. For incoming calls. For incoming roaming calls, the charge will be Re.0.75 per minute.