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More than 467 million Chinese mobile phone users will be able to enjoy free incoming calls within two years, regulators said on Friday.
In addition, the roaming fee, which is more than six times the cost of intracity-mobile communications, is expected to be regulated and probably dropped, according to the Ministry of Information Industry and the National Development and Reform Commission.
The "one-way charge" will become a nationwide policy, and average telecommunications fees will continue to drop, the MII said in a statement on its Website.
"It is a natural step to allow free incoming calls as Western carriers launched such services several years ago," said Yang Peifang, an expert at the China Academy of Telecommunications Research under the MII. "Chinese carriers have grown strong, and they can accommodate the change."
Two years ago, free incoming calls were forbidden as they threatened the income of the state-owned carriers, or "state assets."
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