Pay more for mobile phone talk
By Tania Fernando
All mobile phone charges outgoing and incoming calls will be increased by one rupee a minute from February 1, a spokesman for one of the cellular companies said.

He said they had got approval from the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) for this increase. The request for the tariff increase was made a few months ago, but before approval was granted the mobile operators had gone ahead to announce the increase of call charges.

The TRC then directed all mobile operators to withdraw an advertisement they had inserted, informing the public of the increase, stating that the TRC had not given permission for the increase to be effective.

Meanwhile, a July date has been set for the introduction of the Calling Party Pays (CPP) system under which all incoming calls to mobile phones will be free. But Sri Lanka Telecom and its engineers union are still opposing this scheme saying it would give an unfair advantage to mobile phone operators.

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