Regional consumer Association calls on operators to cancel long-distance and roaming fees

The process of integration of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei has been accelerated. City Association yesterday United Tianjin, Hebei consumer associations to open a letter to the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of National, Chinese mobile, China Unicom, Telecom and other public suggestions, called for gradual reduction and until the abolition of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area long-distance and roaming communications charges. The three associations believe that these costs have affected the integration process of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei. Long-distance roaming fees have long plagued most of the cross-regional working families. Many netizens said that they work in Beijing, but live in the suburbs, home at night generally refused to answer the phone, because to calculate roaming fees, too bad. Netizens hope that the telephone charges in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei will be unified as soon as possible. Yesterday, the three associations wrote to several departments, said that with the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration process, the current three cooperation and exchanges more closely, more frequent personnel flow, the integration of the work of the effect is obvious, including customs clearance integration. With the acceleration of the integration process, the three areas of telecommunications industry to carry out the integration of tariff needs more prominent, that is, gradually reduce and until the abolition of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region (including Hebei province) long-distance and roaming tariffs (hereinafter referred to as two charges), to achieve the infrastructure connected to the common public service Prior to this, the three groups also on the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area of the two charges, the investigation found that the three-way collection of long-distance and roaming charges are more common, and in Hebei province, at all levels of the city also in accordance with long-distance calls charged two charges. In the process of the integration of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, the flow and liaison of relevant departments, enterprises and personnel make the groups working and living across the three parts become larger, and the demand for communication between three land is increasing, but long-distance and roaming charges have brought influence to the integration process. Third, the association urged relevant departments to carry out feasibility study as soon as possible, urging enterprises to accelerate the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area gradually reduced and to cancel the pace of two charges. Third, the association hope that the telecom industry enterprises in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei region gradually reduce and until the abolition of the two charges, reduce the cost of integration process consumers, for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integrated construction make due contributions. Does paparazzi 1 affect corporate profits? Small impact and can retain the consumer association pointed out that, gradually reduce and until the cancellation of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area on the surface of the telecom industry profits caused a certain impact, but in fact, with the 4G era and the continuous emergence of Internet OTT business, new technology, business development, so that the flow of the era of telecom operators to become a new revenue growth point. The gradual reduction and abolition of the two charges is in line with the development trend of the times, not only to the overall profit of the telecommunications enterprises less and less, but to retain the cost of trans-regional communications caused by excessive loss of consumer groups. 2 is there any precedent in the country? has been partial cancellation of the two fees are understood, at present in some parts of the country has been launched a partial cancellation of two charges, with the successful experience can be used for reference. China Unicom Hunan Company in 1999 will Changsha, Zhuzhou, Xiangtan three telephone charges unified, canceled two fees, China Mobile Hunan Company also in 2009 in three to cancel two charges. From 2009 onwards, Chang-Zhu-tan three to adopt a unified area code, the total cancellation of fixed-line long-distance charges, making three calls into the real sense of the local telephone. 2012,Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhaoqing Three communications integration officially launched, Guang-fo-zhao communication integration to charge stack, cancellation of long-distance fees and roaming fees, can effectively reduce the cost of user communications. In addition, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, jiangmen three cities jointly organized the Pearl River Communication integration, to use tariff superposition package, cancellation of long-distance fees and roaming fee-oriented program to implement. In addition, Shanxi Taiyuan, Jinzhong, Shaanxi Xi ' An, Xianyang, Henan Zhengzhou, Kaifeng and other regions to a certain extent, to abolish the two charges, to achieve communication integration. Response • Operator 3G, 4G business has been unified for the proposal, yesterday, the reporter contacted the three major operators of the relevant people, but as of press, operators have not responded positively. Operators insiders believe that today's operators in the previous launch of the 3G and just launched the 4G business package, have achieved a unified national tariffs, no longer charge long-distance and roaming charges, and still have a long diffuse tariff package, the basic 2G era of the old package, so long diffuse tariff impact is becoming smaller.