The country's three telecom carriers announced on Thursday that they would scrap domestic long-distance and roaming charges from Sept 1, a month ahead of the deadline set by the State Council. These charges have been collected for 23 years, so what will you benefit then?
For example,
🔸If you get the SIM card in Guangzhou, you will need to be charged for domestic long-distance fees when you call someone who are not in GZ.
🔸When you are not in GZ, no matter give a call or receive a call, you will need to be charged roaming fees.
These range from 0.6RMB-0.8RMB/minute depending on the packages they have signed up to.
But since Sept 1, these fees will be canceled totally. The move would benefit more than 80 million of its users and further boost the intelligent terminal market.
What will you benefit?
❶ Money-saving
Indeed, money saving is the greatest benefit for customers.
❷ Convenient
As for those who are often on long trips, they will no longer change or use one more phone number for less roaming charges.
❸Simplified & clear
The cancellation of roaming charges further simplifies costs structure which is easy to be checked by customers more clearly.
The three carriers are China Mobile Communications Corp, China United Network Communications Group Co and China Telecommunications Corp.
The telecom giant said it had invested 100 billion yuan ($14.84 billion) in network construction this year to enhance network speed, aiming to help both individual users and small and medium-sized companies benefit from faster internet access.
Meanwhile, China Unicom and China Mobile had also announced they would cancel domestic long-distance and roaming fees from Sept 1.
The influence on telecom carriers would be limited as they have already put forward various types of 4G packages for subscribers to stimulate data consumption, shifting from voice call services.
The removal of domestic roaming fees will push telecom carriers to improve their products and services, as well as seek new sources of growth and cultivate emerging businesses.
Although roaming charges are subject to wide criticism, they remain an important source of revenue for China's three telecom heavyweights, accounting for nearly 10 percent of their net profits.
Source: ChinaDaily
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