国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

   

China cuts mobile roaming service charges

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-02-13 23:33

BEIJING - China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) jointly announced on Wednesday the country's mobile roaming service charges would be lowered starting from March 1 amid fervor of consumer expectation to entirely abolish them.


Two girls use mobile phones in a street of Beijing on January 22, 2008. China's Ministry of Information Industry and National Development and Reform Commission jointly announced on Wednesday the country's mobile roaming service charges would be lowered starting from March 1. [Xinhua]

Mobile phone users would be charged 0.6 yuan (about 8 US cents) per minute for making calls outside the local service area, and 0.4 yuan, or about 5 cents, per minute for receiving calls when they travel to another province, according to the new plan.

It compares with current charges of 1.3 yuan to 1.5 yuan per minute for  the roaming service for Chinese cell-phone users under different payment schemes, prepaid or paying monthly.

This means that the country's 539 million mobile subscribers would be able to enjoy price cuts ranging from 54 percent to 73 percent from next month on, or no later than May 1.

Service providers could be allowed to delay the implementation of the new plan due to time needed for technological upgrading of their charging systems.

The announcement also made it clear that no further fees, which are currently an additional 0.07 yuan, or 1 US cent, for every six seconds,  would be charged if the roaming service occupies a long-distance phone line.

The country's move to cut such charges is in response to increasing complaints from mobile phone users about the telecom industry reaping handsome profits by charging monopolistic prices.

Previously, a public hearing was held on cutting charges for domestic mobile roaming services in January to discuss two proposed plans, which have aroused heated discussions and disputes.

The hearing was attended by five consumers -- including one from Beijing -- as well as representatives from mobile service providers, experts, scholars and relevant government officials.

The two ministries in charge said most representatives at the hearing had supported plan B, which offers more favorable price cuts than plan A, except service providers, who wanted plan A.


(For more biz stories, please visit Industry Updates)

   1 2   


Related Stories  
运城市| 双鸭山市| 敖汉旗| 中阳县| 昌江| 西林县| 南乐县| 鄂托克前旗| 云梦县| 通辽市| 博罗县| 化德县| 九龙县| 南汇区| 合阳县| 涡阳县| 酒泉市| 长兴县| 绥江县| 德惠市| 凤凰县| 隆林| 安徽省| 宁南县| 客服| 闽清县| 博白县| 工布江达县| 怀宁县| 保康县| 镇康县| 西吉县| 垣曲县| 浙江省| 海口市| 石屏县| 延安市| 任丘市| 盘山县| 佳木斯市| 光泽县|