Here's how rising fuel prices could increase your mobile phone bills

The dependence of telecom companies on diesel to run their mobile towers is likely to have an impact on operating margins of telecom companies and the burden may be passed on to the consumers

There's no denying the fact that a hike in fuel prices, especially diesel which is a key transportation fuel, affects the prices of groceries making commodities of daily use expensive for the masses. But there's another way that a surge in fuel prices is likely to have an impact on your pocket.

Zooming fuel prices can increase your mobile phone bill. How? well, the telecom sector is hugely dependent on diesel for running its power generators which keep their cell towers working almost 24x7. According to a report in The Economic Times, these generators are responsible for almost 99.99 per