3G from January 1, April 1

Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and other 8 cities are numbered 3G since January 1, April 1

China's 3G (third-generation mobile communication) Finally sounded the commercial horn. China Mobile announced yesterday that the local 3G standard TD-SCDMA (hereinafter referred to as TD) from April 1 will be available for eight cities including Beijing trial commercial release. China Mobile said that during trial commercial use, the communication fees incurred by users on the TD network enjoy a discount (excluding the communication fees on the GSM network ).

According to China Mobile's arrangement, ordinary citizens in Beijing will be able to purchase section 157 starting next month to first try 3G communication services such as videophone. It is understood that the TD business standard fee is the same as the existing mobile phone standard fee.

It is understood that China Mobile named this release as TD social business testing and trial commercial use. The target users are divided into two parts. Some of them are 20 thousand representative users from different industries and departments invited by China Mobile. They participate in all-round tests on TD terminals, networks, and services, china Mobile provides free test terminals and data cards worth RMB 2000 to RMB 4000, and provides the testing users with a monthly subsidy of RMB 800 to collect feedback, improve and improve various technologies and services of TD.

In addition, some users are the common public. It is reported that China Mobile will provide three TD and data card packages to trial commercial users, with the voice fee slightly lower than the current gnetwork. In order to reduce the price of TD mobile phones, China Mobile will sell some of the purchased terminals in its own channels at a price lower than the purchase price of 100 to 200 yuan.

TD is China's 3G standard. Since last year, TD has been tested in 10 cities. China Mobile is responsible for eight cities in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen, and Qinhuangdao.

Standard TD trial commercial price

50 RMB/month

The local basic call charge is 0.40 RMB/minute, and the call is free.

Domestic roaming calls: 0.60 RMB/minute, called: 0.40 RMB/minute

Domestic long-distance call fee: 0.07 RMB/6 seconds

SMS fee: 0.1 RMB/message in the network, 0.15 RMB/message out of the network, free of charge for receiving

Videophone fee standard

The local communication charge is 0.6 RMB/minute, and the call is free of charge.

Domestic roaming calls: 0.9 RMB/minute, called: 0.60 RMB/minute

Domestic long distance 0.10 RMB/6 seconds