Cheaper Calls for China's Masses

Not that they needed it but China's consumers may soon their desire for mobile phones boosted further if operators push ahead with plans to remove charges for incoming calls, currently levied on their customers. The plan, which is of course government led, would come into effect in two years time and would force mobile companies to change their business model in the world's largest mobile market.

The government department in charge of the communications industry in China, the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) in combination with the country's National Development and Reform Commission has also said that roaming fees, which are more than six times the cost of intra city mobile communications, are expected to be regulated and will probably go down as well.

The so-called "one-way charge" will become national policy and this in turn will lead to an overall decline average telecoms fees, claimed the official website of the MII.

With more than 467 million customers in the country the Chinese government is considering a price ceiling for roaming fees to better regulate the sector. Just as in Europe this has been one of the biggest bugbears with customers over recent years.