New Phone Pricing Scale AdoptedChina Telecom will adopt a new pricing scale for long-distance calls starting from February 21, the company said in a report Wednesday.China's major fixed-line telecom operator said the most significant change in the new standard would be a shrinking of the charging unit from one minute to six seconds. Long-distance calls within the Chinese mainland will cost 0.07 yuan (US$0.0085) per six seconds; calls to the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan Province will cost 0.20 yuan (US$0.024) per six seconds; and international long-distance calls will cost 0.8 yuan (US$0.097) per six seconds. Domestic long-distance calls and international calls to 15 nominated countries made between midnight and 7am will be given a 60 per cent discount. The 15 countries include Japan, the United States, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, France, Britain, Italy, Thailand, Malaysia, Germany, Canada, the Philippines, Indonesia and South Korea. Source: chinadaily.com.cn |
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