Stock Market LIVE Updates on July 1: ITC, followed by Axis Bank, HDFC, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finance, SBI and Reliance Industries were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, NTPC, Kotak Bank, L&T, ONGC and Nestle India were among the laggards

Out of the three private players, Airtel and Vodafone Idea have already announced their new tariff plans, and Reliance Jio will declare its new rates on December 6

Both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have said their new rates in the \"unlimited\" category will replace their existing prepaid plans with up to 50 per cent higher cost; Jio says it'll roll out new all-in-one plans with unlimited voice and data at up to 40 per cent higher price from December 6

While shares of Bharti Airtel rose up to 9.82%  to Rs 485.75,  Reliance Industries stock gained up to 4.07% at Rs 1,614 on BSE

Bharti Airtel's announcement comes after Vodafone-Idea also said that it will raise the mobile calls and data charges across its pre-paid services from December 3

Vodafone Idea pre-paid plans: Vodafone Idea has come up with new plans for pre-paid services with 2 days, 28 days, 84 days, 365 days validity

While the quantum of these hikes is not clear yet - telcos refuse to provide clarity - it is believed that they will move up in two phases, firstly by telcos themselves and then on TRAI's orders

Vodafone has already hiked its post-paid tariffs and other leading operators, namely Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular, are expected to follow suit soon.