Mobile data and broadband fees to be cut
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CHINA plans to cut mobile data and broadband rates by 30 percent this year and is looking to cancel roaming fees for mobile users, the industry regulator said yesterday.
“We are seriously considering to cancel the roaming fees (nationally),” said Wen Ku, head of the telecommunications division of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
The plan to reduce the fees is part of the country’s national strategy for a faster broadband and lower Internet costs to boost information use and the Internet Plus economy, industry insiders said.
Most 4G mobile packages don’t have roaming fees so that users have the same rate for local and long-distance calls on the Chinese mainland. Only some 2G users are charged roaming fees, according to China Mobile, the country’s biggest mobile carrier.
The ministry also promised to cut rates of mobile data and family broadband by 30 percent this year.
Starting from July, Shanghai Mobile unveiled new packages under which smartphone users pay 50 yuan (US$8) for 2-gigabyte 4G data, which used to cost them 70 yuan.
China’s major mobile carriers, including China Telecom and China Unicom, released faster broadband services and a new round of discounts on Internet charges in May. They were taking heed of the government’s call for more advanced digital systems.
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