NEW DELHI, Nov. 19 -- Reliance Jio has also announced an increase in mobile services rates after Airtel and Vodafone-Idea amid fierce competition in the telecom sector.

This decision of the companies may hit the pocket of the common consumers, while Jio has said that it will increase the rate in such a way that the data consumption is not adversely affected.

Reliance Jio, currently offering services at the cheapest rates, said in a statement on Tuesday that it is going to increase the rates of mobile services in the next few weeks.

On the same day on Monday, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone-Idea said that they are going to increase the rates of mobile services from December.

Jio said that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is li...