5G services may come with a premium: Vodafone Idea CEO Ravinder Takkar

Mobile consumers may have to pay a premium for 5G services but could get higher-data packs, Vodafone Idea (Vi) Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Ravinder Takkar indicated on Thursday.

“A fair amount has been spent on spectrum. We believe the 5G services should be hopefully priced at a premium to 4G services,” Takkar said in response to an analyst query in the post-results conference call.

However, customers could get a higher data bundle along with pricier plans.

Takkar said there was an opportunity to increase mobile tariffs by December-end with the market fully absorbing the 20 per cent hike