The three major operators cancelled their long-distance roaming charges ahead of schedule and triggered more expectations from users. Some netizens said: “Compared to the cancellation of roaming charges, I am more expecting traffic reductions.†In response, experts said that the three major operators are actively promoting the construction of 5G pilot networks, with the popularity of new technologies, each bit (information The amount of fees will certainly fall. On September 1, the three major operators canceled long-distance roaming charges. Some netizens said that they seldom make phone calls, and the operator’s package has too much talk time, so it feels like there is no point in accepting roaming charges. In this regard, industry sources said in an interview that the elimination of long-distance roaming charges is of great significance in reducing the cost of living for low- and middle-income people. The data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in August this year shows that China's mobile phone users total 1.373 billion, of which 4G users are 910 million and 3G users are 145 million. This way, 2G users still have 318 million users. People in the industry believe that for these 2G users, voice calls are the main channel for their communication. Canceling long-distance roaming charges will reduce the cost of living for these users. In response to the expectation of more users "flow rate reduction", the three major operators are actively taking measures. At present, the three major operators have launched a variety of packages to reduce mobile data tariffs, allowing users to truly get real benefits. Despite this, traffic charges are still a bit high. Industry insiders said that in order to achieve a real reduction in tariffs, it is necessary to continue to support technological upgrading, the cost can be reduced. According to Xiang Ligang, a telecommunications expert, the next major price cut will be the 5G era, and the 1GB traffic charge is expected to be around 1 yuan. At present, the three major operators are actively promoting 5G deployment. Shang Bing, chairman of China Mobile, revealed at the interim results announcement: “China Mobile is conducting a 5G field trial this year and will steadily advance according to the maturity of the 5G standard and business model.†According to the semi-annual report of China Telecom, in the future, China Telecom will deeply participate in the 5G standard formulation and technical trials, actively study the 4G to 5G evolution networking plan, and conduct 5G network outfield trials in 6 cities, and jointly develop 5G applications with partners from all walks of life. And solution development, reserve for 5G development. In the aspect of 5G evolution, China Unicom also has a clear rhythm: in 2017, it will be the stage of technology verification, completing 5G small-scale tests in 2 to 4 key cities to verify the overall system capabilities of 5G pre-commercial prototypes; 2018 will be a small-scale test, and 5G will be completed. Commercial product laboratory functional verification, completion of China Unicom's construction plan, 19-station scale trial network construction in 4 to 6 cities; 2019 trial commercial period; 2020 commercial stage, promotion to the whole country.
