Domestic long-distance calls running upgrade PHS dropped to 0.2 yuan / minute

Reporter learned yesterday from concerned, from April 1st to June 30th, the PHS domestic long-distance call charges from the original 0.70 yuan / minute dropped to 0.20 yuan / minute. Contact a few days ago, Shanghai mobile, Shanghai Unicom a series of actions, a long-distance calls competition is secretly launched.

Since October 1st last year, including the domestic long-distance telephone charges, including the implementation of the upper limit of the management of many telecommunications tariffs, the price space is fully released. Telecommunications Research Institute of the Ministry of information industry experts believe that the purpose of the establishment of the upper limit is to prevent the formation of the operator is not conducive to the consumer price alliance, in the pricing of the enterprise to ensure the interests of consumers.

At the end of February this year, Shanghai Unicom launched the "long distance", as long as the user monthly fees of 1 yuan, with the mobile phone dial domestic long-distance 0.20 yuan / minute, the price than the ordinary fixed telephone long-distance 0.70 yuan / minute to low a lot. Coincidentally, Shanghai mobile also lowered its 17951 long-distance IP tariff, but also a monthly fee of $1, mobile phone call the domestic long-distance price is also adjusted to 0.20 yuan / minute.

Although PHS can carry, but also enjoy a one-way charge of fixed income, but the long distance calls on the action is not much. In the first phase of a long distance calls, the amplitude of up to 70%, apparently both in response to the challenges of mobile phones, but also to attract long-distance call users demand.