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Podcast: businessline's State of the Economy Podcast
Episode: Theme: Digital Economy | Are increased mobile tariffs a barrier to entry for small businesses in India?
Description: Telecom operators Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea recently increased their mobile tariffs. This sudden surge in charges could impact customers and businesses. In this State of the Economy podcast, businessline’s Anjana PV speaks to Dr. V.Sridhar, Professor, Centre for IT and Public Policy at IIIT, Bengaluru to know more about the impact of the increase in mobile tariffs. Sridhar says that while the country boasts some of the world's cheapest data plans, the increase could disproportionately burden rural users with lower disposable incomes and limited access to broadband alternatives. This potential widening of the...