China Cuts IP Phone Call ChargesChina Telecom, the largest telecommunications service provider in China, announced Monday it plans lower overseas-bound long-distance IP phone call charges by up to 50 percent as of March 21, but the charge on long-distance calls in the mainland will remain unchanged.The charge for calls to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan will be cut to 1.5 yuan per minute from 2.5 yuan while the charge for IP phone calls to the United States and Canada will be reduced by half to 2.4 yuan per minute. The charge for long-distance calls to Britain, France, Italy, Germany, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines will be reduced to 3.6 yuan per minute from 4.8 yuan. IP phone calls to other countries or regions will be lowered to 4.6 yuan per minute from 4.8 yuan, the company said. But charges for long-distance IP phone calls within the Chinese mainland will remain at the rate of 0.3 yuan per minute. China Telecom offers IP phone call services to about 200 countries and regions across the world as well as to about 2,000 counties or cities in the Chinese mainland. |
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