Data roaming is cancelled. China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, the three major operators, said that international roaming fees will continue to be reduced.

Starting from July 1, the three major operators officially canceled the data "roaming" fee. This is another major move by the operators to increase speed and reduce fees after canceling the long-distance roaming fee last year.

Since yesterday, China Mobile users have received reminders of package upgrades. The message shows: "In order to implement the national policy of speeding up and reducing fees, starting from July 1, 2018, China Mobile will cancel data roaming fees, and users' local data will be automatically upgraded to domestic data (excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan). "

The reporter logged into the websites of the three major operators and found that the detailed descriptions of all traffic packages have been changed to "domestic traffic". The words previously marked as "provincial traffic" have all disappeared. The reporter noticed that the official mobile apps of China Mobile and China Unicom have all been updated on June 30, and after the update, domestic and provincial traffic have been unified as "domestic traffic".

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In addition, some customized cards such as Weibo V Card, Mi Fan Card, Tencent King Card, etc. have also been upgraded to "national traffic". As a star Internet card jointly launched by China Telecom and Xiaomi, all types of Mi Fan Cards, all traffic within and outside the package is upgraded to national traffic for free (not limited to Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and international regions). At the same time, Tencent King Card and Baidu Saint Card have also announced that on July 1, all traffic within and outside the package will be automatically upgraded to national traffic for free.

Many users said that the cancellation of data roaming can indeed save money. Ms. Wang, who often travels on business, told reporters that she often travels on business and uses a lot of data in other provinces. The cancellation of data roaming this time allows 6G data in Beijing to be used throughout the country, which really saves a lot of money.

This morning, China Mobile said that from the beginning of 2015 to the end of 2017, the unit price of China Mobile's mobile Internet traffic dropped by about 80%, benefiting a total of 2.77 billion people.

However, the reporter learned from the operator this morning that some data packages with designated usage ranges are not included in this upgrade. For example, Beijing Mobile's subway package, airport package, venue package, etc. are not included in this upgrade. The relevant person in charge said that these are data packages for specific areas. For example, the subway package of Beijing Mobile is dedicated to the Beijing subway.

International roaming charges will continue to drop

This year is the fourth year of speed increase and fee reduction. Data shows that in the past four years, the charges for broadband users in my country have dropped by 90%, and the charges for mobile users have dropped by 38.5%. Data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology show that in 2017, the average charge for mobile Internet traffic dropped to 26 yuan/GB. Regarding the follow-up progress of speed increase and fee reduction, the three major operators all stated that they will continue to promote speed increase and fee reduction in fixed-line broadband, dedicated lines for small and medium-sized enterprises, international roaming, and other aspects.

China Telecom said that it has comprehensively reviewed the relevant packages and business rules for roaming charges, reconfigured and debugged the information systems, customer management systems, and customer service system parameters involved, and provided corresponding training for business halls and customer service positions.