China’s three major telecommunications firms stopped charging for domestic roaming on Friday, a month earlier than planned, Chinese media reported..
China’s three major telecommunications firms stopped charging for domestic roaming on Friday, a month earlier than planned, Chinese media reported.
The three operators — China Mobile, China Telecommunications and China Unicom — dropped their domestic roaming charges some six months after the move was officially announced, China Global Television Network reported.
There is no added fee for domestic roaming — accessing a local network for calls or data use — in many countries including Singapore, the United States, and within the European Union.
India’s Bharti Airtel said in February that it would abolish domestic roaming charges for voice and data services in April.
But China, with its land mass of 9.6 million sq km, has charged for domestic roaming «for years», China Daily reported.
