RCom slashed 3G prices for all kind of connections -- pre-paid, post-paid, new and old -- across 13 circles where its third-generation services are available.
"Only one-fourth of people who own 3G phones truly use for 3G services. There is huge barrier to affordability.
"We are cutting the 3G prices down to the 2G data rates," RCom President and CEO for Wireless, Gurdeep Singh, said in New Delhi.
"Fundamentally, it is Rs 123 to a GB of 3G which is equivalent to 2G price," he added. At present, 2G Internet for 1 GB usage costs Rs 125 on the company's network.
RCom also reduced prices for 2GB and 4GB pack on 3G network to Rs 246 and Rs 492 respectively, which is around 35 to 45 per cent lower than its competitors'.
After exhausting the usage limit, RCom customers will be charge 3 paise for every 10 kb of data.
"In 1GB people can watch 3 full length Hindi feature film if file size is around 300 MB, can listen to 250 songs with each song being around 4
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