我国手机漫游费上限标准3月1日起下降

China Cuts Mobile Roaming Service Charges

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China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) jointly announced on Wednesday the country's mobile roaming service charges would be lowered starting from March 1 amid fervor of consumer expectation to entirely abolish them.

Mobile phone users would be charged 0.6 yuan (about 8 US cents) per minute for making calls outside the local service area, and 0.4 yuan, or about 5 cents, per minute for receiving calls when they travel to another province, according to the new plan.

It compares with current charges of 1.3 yuan to 1.5 yuan per minute for the roaming service for Chinese cell-phone users under different payment schemes, prepaid or paying monthly.

This means that the country's 539 million mobile subscribers would be able to enjoy price cuts ranging from 54 percent to 73 percent from next month on, or no later than May 1.

Service providers could be allowed to delay the implementation of the new plan due to time needed for technological upgrading of their charging systems.

The announcement also made it clear that no further fees, which are currently an additional 0.07 yuan, or 1 US cent, for every six seconds, would be charged if the roaming service occupies a long-distance phone line.

The country's move to cut such charges is in response to increasing complaints from mobile phone users about the telecom industry reaping handsome profits by charging monopolistic prices.

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我国手机漫游费上限标准3月1日起下降

新华网北京2月13日电（记者冯晓芳　张舵）中国信息产业部、国家发展和改革委员会13日公布：3月1日起实行手机漫游费上限标准新方案，即主叫上限标准降为每分钟0.6元，被叫上限标准降为每分钟0.4元。占用国内长途电路不再另行加收国内长途通话费。
　　
新方案简化了漫游资费结构，合并国内漫游通话费和漫游状态下的国内长途通话费；不区分后付费和预付费用户；国内漫游通话费上限标准实行主被叫差别定价。

按照要求，现行资费方案中，国内漫游状态下的通话费（含漫游状态下的国内长途通话费）高于新方案标准的，由电信企业按照上述标准降低；低于上述标准的，不得借机涨价。

信息产业部、国家发展和改革委员会表示，因电信企业对计费系统需要进行技术改造，给予一定的技术准备期。确因技术原因不能按期执行的，经批准后可适当后延执行时间，但最迟不得超过2008年5月1日零时起执行新标准。