Internet cost may go up by 30%

Using the internet may become up to 30 per cent costlier as the Department of Telecom issued corrigendum to the new telecom licences agreement bringing revenue from these services under its acess net.As per the initial version of the Unified Licence on August 2, DoT had exempted internet services revenue from adjusted gross revenue (AGR) -- part of telecom company's earnings on which annual licence fee is levied.