The cabinet Thursday approved a new telecom policy that seeks to do away with roaming charges throughout the country and simplifies the licencing policy, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday
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"Affordability of the consumers is the core of our policy," Sibal told reporters after a cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.u00a0
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Sibal said the new policy aims at free roaming facility throughout the country.u00a0
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Currently, users pay extra when they receive or make a call outside their network. With the new policy, users will be able to avail free roaming even if they change their service providers anywhere in the country
