Mobile phone charges stunt more than price: Reduce roaming fees are expected

Last week, a ministry of Industry, the National Development and Reform Commission issued a joint "on the adjustment of mobile local telephone service fee management Method Notice" (draft) so that "one-way charges" topic again become a hot spot. According to the person who has read the document, the main content of this draft is related to two major aspects: first, to encourage operators to reduce tariffs, the mobile local telephone business to implement one-way charges, the other is to the mobile local telephone service charges to the operator for their own pricing. According to the source, the draft if not too much opposition after the issuance of the voice, the fastest in September as an official document issued and implemented. This news, immediately attracted many media "excitedly", loudly applauded, that this will be a big benefit of the telecom tariff reduction, consumers are destined to get great benefits.　　But is the truth as good as it might be? The local "one-way fee" as the most consumers in mobile phone business, one of the standard charges, in the past 20 years, the abolition of "two-way charges" of the voice never cut off, but in recent years has been a lot of silence, this is why? The reason is simple, since the Chinese telecom, China Netcom access to "PHS" as the name of the development of local wireless telephone service, "one-way charges" has been frequently used by major operators, in China Telecom officially access to mobile phone business license, the Chinese Unicom integration of China Netcom fully start the 3G era of business competition, Two-way charges, especially in the local mobile phone business, have long been "in tatters". "Now is not all the answer to the free?" Ms. Wu, who lives in Nan Zhou Road, was given a response when she was asked to give an interview when she wasn't expecting a one-way fee. According to the reporter understand, currently in the Guangdong market, most of the three mobile operators have already implemented a local monthly subscription through the tariff package, thus completing the "one-way fee" task ahead of schedule, in which case the so-called "one-way fees" are actually only a kind of ratification of the market initiatives from the policy and law level.　　For consumers there is not much practical significance. "Not only one-way fees, the local mobile business of the Independent pricing power of the operator is not too much attraction." "According to one operator who told reporters at present in the highly competitive provinces, the major operators of the lowest local call fees have already broken through the fixed-line level," but under the existing policy, can not be fair to play the banner of price reduction, can only become a preferential package, and each new package is launched to the board to report, The formalities are a bit cumbersome, and it would be much easier if the delegation of authority were to be delegated in the future. However, the person also pointed out that in the current mobile phone user contention focus shifted to the high-end market, the core of the business also from voice to data, even if the pricing autonomy decentralized, the major operators are not likely to be in the local mobile phone tariffs to make too large a reduction, " Now a lot of package call rates have been cheaper than the local, falling space is really small.　　"Lower roaming fees are more expectedAlthough the users of the "one-way fee" is not high expectations, but does not mean that they are already very satisfied with the current telecommunications tariffs. According to the reporter's survey found that mobile roaming charges and Internet traffic charges are still a lot of users focus on the object. "To say expensive, now is the roaming fee is more expensive, like me so often on business trip, basically most of the charges are roaming fees for consumption, if this can be canceled is too good." "Ms. Fang, who works for a video website in Guangzhou, told reporters. To illustrate the situation, she also deliberately to the reporter calculate a account, she now selected is the Guangdong Mobile Global Tong 98 Yuan package, "here bread the local lord called, the province of the main call, the provincial Lord is called a total of 300 minutes, if I basically in the province of the activities of the basic enough, But because of the work, I often have to go to other provinces and Beijing head office for business trip, this out of the province, more than a month after a long time in the field to answer the phone especially not cost-effective, and out of the same is 3 cents 9 a minute, each months have to spend hundreds of dollars, and this is most of the answer phone, a little uneconomical. According to the reporter understand, at present, due to the major operators in the provincial branch of the settlement between the problems, so basically all major operators have not generally realized roaming in the country within the free answer, but in some of the 3G users of the tariff package provides a "comprehensive free access" concessions, But the benefit of the user group is more high-end, not to cover all user groups. "If the country really out of the policy to make one-way charges, it should engage in a nationwide one-way fee, now this is only to encourage the local one-way, it is no fun!" Ms. Fang said bluntly. Unlike business people who value voice rates, students and fashion groups of young people for mobile internet traffic charges show more concern, in Guangzhou Institute of Physical Education of the sophomore Xiao Li told reporters, he now almost every day to use mobile phone to watch news, reading something, "sometimes will try to see the video, download songs, But really do not dare to use, especially watching video, it is too expensive, accidentally will be hundreds of dollars, can not afford. "In fact, with the promotion of 3G business gradually received by the young user groups, the current call for traffic fees to reduce the voice is increasingly high," I read the news that the United States At&t 3G Network is 20, 30 U.S. dollars monthly on the use of unlimited flow, if there is such a 20, 30 dollars on the limit of the flow of the package is good.　　Said Xiao Li quite expected. Nanfang Daily reporter Cheng