India's Bharti Airtel cuts mobile roaming charges

NEW DELHI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel (BRTI.BO: Quote, Profile, Research), India's top mobile operator, said on Friday it had launched a new bill plan that would reduce mobile roaming rates by nearly 60 percent.

Bharti Airtel, which accounts for more than 23 percent of mobile users in the world's fastest-growing market, has in recent months lagged smaller rivals in monthly subscriber additions due to a price war in the industry. (Reporting by Devidutta Tripathy; Editing by John Mair)