Unicom Telecom awarded LTE FDD license, mobile one big fear difficult to change

BEIJING, March 2 (It channel Tao) recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (hereinafter referred to as the ministry) to China Telecom, Unicom issued LTE FDD license, which means that China's communications industry to enter the 4G era. China Telecom and Unicom both said they would take the opportunity to use LTE resources to ensure 4G network quality and user experience. However, industry analysts pointed out that the FDD licence issued still difficult to cover China Telecom, Unicom 4G development, and China's mobile gap will expand.

On the impact of 4G tariff prices, experts pointed out that the future 4G tariff reduction is a foregone conclusion, the three operations will be in the business model to launch innovative competition, the emergence of more personalized services. Some media said the industry has been criticized by the "flow of clear 0" policy or will disappear.

"FDD license plate issued difficult to cover China Telecom, Unicom 4G"

Last month, the Chinese telecom and China Unicom won the FDD licence, and most believed that it meant China Telecom and Unicom had a turnaround in the 4G market. However, senior telecommunications analyst Ma Jihua accepted the Beijing It channel interview, said, although the FDD license plate issued to China Telecom, Unicom is really good news, at least the momentum to give a boost, but it is still difficult to conceal China Telecom, Unicom in the 4G market decline. "The gap between them and China moving in the 4G market will be widening." ”

Ma Jihua explained, in fact, China Telecom and Unicom did not obtain FDD license before the 4G, but no matter in the base station construction and the number of users, with China Mobile is far away. "This time after obtaining the FDD licence, only gave the China Telecom, unicom the legitimacy approval, to three big operators future 4G market pattern will not have any influence." ”

It is reported that by the end of 2014, China Mobile has built more than 730,000 td-led base stations, covering more than 300 cities. Ma Jihua said that last year, China Mobile 4G Base Station construction of rapid development, which for its future to maintain a dominant position laid a foundation, and within a short period of time, China Telecom, Unicom is difficult to reach such a scale.

The industry said that 4G tariff reduction is a foregone conclusion

However, there is a point of view, China Telecom, Unicom or can launch a price war to narrow the gap with the Chinese mobile in the 4G market.

The Ministry of Industry February 28 read the article pointed out that after the issuance of FDD license plate, the 4G market more fully competitive, and further promote the 4G tariff level lower, low price 4G terminal will also be listed.

Telecom Observer Xiang that, FDD license plate issued, will soon lead to price war, the future mobile traffic or cheap to 10 yuan 1G. Peng, a professor of communication and information engineering at Chongqing University of Posts and telecommunications, also believes that with the issuance of FDD licences, the price of 4G tariff is further reduced significantly.

However, Ma Jihua that the short-term telecommunications, unicom difficult to provoke a 4G price war. "If the three operators play a price war, will certainly focus on the flow rate above." But only 4G users reach a certain scale, the price will have the scale effect advantage, because the scale of the flow after the cost will fall, the price war will have a strong. ”

It is understood that the current China Telecom, Unicom 4G user number and China Mobile is far away. As of the end of 2014, China's 4G users have reached 97.28 million, of which more than 90% are China Mobile LTE users, mobile Internet access per month to break through 200M.

Ma Jihua said, "The price war needs strong capital and marketing resources reserves, China Mobile marketing resources reserves far more than the total of the other two operators, and China Telecom and Unicom's main funds even for 4G network construction are not abundant, let alone price war." ”

Ma Jihua also said that the three operators 4G tariff price war, although difficult to hit, but 4G tariff decline is the trend, the future 4G tariff will certainly be reduced, but this and FDD license issued a lot of association and can not be determined.

"Flow is not clear 0" or will be netting users "killer"

According to a number of media reports, a unicom insiders to reporters, Unicom will be vigorously launched in the country's 4G business promotion, traffic is not clear 0 sets in it. However, February 28, Xinhua said the three operators to reporters that there is no current launch of the latest 4G flow package policy.

Telecom veteran Zeng that three operators will provide personalized services in the future, innovative competition in the business model, more close to consumers. The Oriental Morning Post February 28 also said that with the three operators 4G business, "flow of the Qing 0 era" will gradually end.

It is understood that the "flow of clear 0" policy has been plagued by consumer criticism, by many people called "overlord clause", on the contrary, "flow not clear 0" package has been a lot of telecom users look forward to. BEIJING, the IT channel comb found that, although at present, including the virtual operators of a number of telecom operators to launch a quarterly flow package, six months flow package business, to solve the "end of the month flow of 0" problem, but some of the benefits of the package is still in the end of the month clear. (Beijing, the IT channel)