Tariff hike in 2026: Bad news is coming for mobile users across the country. Mobile recharge plans may become expensive once again in the year 2026. According to the report, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea can increase the prices of their prepaid and postpaid plans by up to 20 percent. Information has been given to the authorities about increasing the tariff in many selected plans. Telecom companies have been making changes in their plans for the last one month. This will have a direct impact on the pockets of common users, especially for 5G users, recharge can be quite expensive. Let us tell you that the last increase in tariff was in July 2023.
Why will mobile recharge prices increase in 2026?
According to the report of research firm Morgan Stanley, Indian telecom companies can increase their tariffs by 16 to 20 percent in 2026. Its objective is to increase the average earnings per user i.e. ARPU of the companies. The last time there was a tariff hike in July 2024 and now after two years, prices are set to increase again. The report shows that this has become a fixed pattern in the telecom sector.
How expensive will Airtel and Jio plans be?
According to the estimate shared by user Kranti Kumar on X, Airtel’s 28-day unlimited 5G plan may increase from Rs 319 to Rs 419. At the same time, Jio’s Rs 299 plan with 1.5GB daily data can reach Rs 359. Apart from this, the 28 days 5G plan of Rs 349 can increase to Rs 429. This means that every month users may have to spend Rs 80 to Rs 100 more.
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Vi plans will also face inflation shock
Vodafone Idea users will also not get relief. According to the report, Vi’s 28-day 1GB daily data plan may increase from Rs 340 to Rs 419. At the same time, 2GB daily data plan with validity of 56 days can go up to Rs 699 instead of Rs 579. It is clear from this that the full impact of the tariff hike will be visible on Vi’s mid-range plans also.
Not direct price, this is how more money is recovered
Telecom companies do not always increase the price of plans directly. Many times they reduce the validity of the plan or reduce the benefits available. Recently Jio, Airtel, Vi and even BSNL have changed the validity and benefits of many of their prepaid plans. The result is that users have to recharge again and again to get the same features and the total expense increases.
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