3G price wars and three major operators "joint advance and retreat"

With the approach of May 17, China Unicom is about to join the ranks of 3G competition, and the "three-legged" 3G era is about to open. As the saying goes, "there is competition to make progress." The competition of the three major operators will definitely improve the level of China's 3G network and bring a better 3G experience to users. The fierce competition will also accelerate the decline of 3G tariffs, allowing users to Get real benefits. After China Unicom announced the 3G tariff, this kind of good ending came to an abrupt end.

China Unicom has adopted a similar fee-based charging method with China Mobile, while China Telecom has adopted a charging method based on the length of time. The three major operators have not launched the long-awaited "unlimited, unlimited traffic" monthly package, and the overall tariffs of the three major operators are basically the same. A user's long-awaited price war has not started, 3G The user base continues to point to the user.

The fees of the three major operators

China Mobile has launched four meter-based packages, which are 50 yuan per month for 500MB, 100 yuan per month for 2GB, 200 yuan per month for 5GB and 300 yuan per month for 10GB. The excess is charged at 0.01 yuan/KB. In other words, the user pays about 100 yuan per month, and can enjoy basic Internet services such as sending and receiving emails every day via wireless Internet access and using instant messaging software to chat.

In addition, China Mobile has also launched two online card promotion packages:

Pre-storage fee is sent to the Internet card, pre-stored 600 or 900 yuan, plus 1 yuan to send different grades of Internet data card, while spending another 50 yuan to buy USIM card; operators return 50 yuan monthly fee, for the monthly data usage optional 5 files Packages, from 5 yuan to 200 yuan, the monthly return fee of 50 yuan can be accumulated.

The pre-existing fee is sent to the USIM card: pre-stored 560 yuan to send the USIM card with the equivalent tariff, providing local traffic 105GB, domestic roaming traffic 350MB, use period of 7 months, USIM card after the use of optical charges is invalid; additional online data card is required. Among them, the 240 yuan version of the network card supports 384kbps download, and the 420 yuan version of the network card supports 2.8Mbps download.

China Telecom has launched three 3G Internet monthly subscription packages, which are 160 yuan for 300 hours of local Internet access and 5 hours of domestic roaming; 200 yuan for 200 hours of Internet access (not distinguishing between local and roaming); 300 yuan for 360 hours Internet time (do not distinguish between local and roaming). The monthly excess is calculated at 0.05 yuan/minute, and the capping fee is 1,000 yuan (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan).

China Unicom has initially finalized the 3G tariff plan, which uses the national unified tariff, which is divided into three basic modes: basic package, wireless network card package and optional package. During the trial commercial period from May 17 to September 30, only the 3G basic package of 186 yuan and above will be launched.

The Internet tariff package ranges from 186 yuan to 1686 yuan in 7 files. Unicom divides 3G Internet access into content by music, video and other streaming media (calculated by M) and plain text (calculated by T). In addition to the 510-minute voice duration and 20-minute videophone duration, the 186-yuan package also includes 20M, 40T, and 60MB traffic. The high 1686-yuan package includes 7000 minutes of voice duration, 300 minutes of videophone duration, and 200M. 250T and 5GB traffic. In addition, China Unicom also launched 3 sets of packages for Internet card users, 150 yuan / yuan package 3GB traffic, 200 yuan / month package 5GB traffic, 300 yuan / month package 10GB traffic, the excess is charged at 0.01 yuan / KB.
Reasons for not pushing the "unlimited, unlimited traffic" package

Why are the three major operators not launching the "unlimited, unlimited traffic" package? Mainly because the current wireless frequency is limited, the total bandwidth that can be provided is also limited. If the current unlimited time and unlimited monthly package is implemented, the current bandwidth will inevitably cause network congestion and network speed drop, so the network is not yet fully. Before the establishment, the "unlimited, unlimited traffic" package is difficult to appear.

Which 3G Internet is more suitable?

We look at the average cost per minute to see which 3G Internet tariffs are more cost effective. After actual testing and experience, China Mobile's TD average speed is around 80KB/s, China Telecom's CDMA2000 average speed is 160KB/s, and China Unicom's WCDMA average speed is 200KB/s. In contrast, we use the above speed as a benchmark.

China Unicom, 150 yuan can pack 3G, 3G (3G = 3 * 1024 * 1024k = 3145728k) is about 3145728k, calculated at an average speed of 200KB / s (3145728k ÷ 200k / s = 262.144 minutes) can be used about 262 minutes, average Down (150 yuan ÷ 262 minutes) is about 0.573 yuan / minute.

China Mobile, 200 yuan can pack 5G, convert 150 yuan to 3.75G, which is about (3.75G=3.75*1024*1024=3932160k) 3932160k, calculated at an average speed of 80KB/s (3932160k÷80k/s=819.2 minutes) It can be used for 819 minutes, and the average (150 ÷ ​​819 minutes) is about 0.183 yuan / minute.

China Telecom, calculated at 160 yuan for 300 hours, averaged about 0.009 yuan / minute.

Through the above conversion, it is not difficult to see that China Telecom is still kind, the average price is very affordable, compared with the other two major operators. Take the 300-hour package as an example. The daily Internet time can reach 10 hours. Maybe you think this time is too short. In fact, the current 3G network can only be counted as a supplement to the fixed network. Users will still choose in the company or at home. Fixed-line broadband, so 10 hours of 3G Internet access per day is enough to meet the needs of the vast majority of users. Later, I still want to remind you that Telecom's 3G Internet access is calculated in one minute when it is less than one minute, so it is good to use it in a place where the signal is stable, so as to avoid frequent network disconnection and affect the overall usage time.

to sum up:

Although China Telecom's 3G tariff is more value-for-money, the overall 3G tariff is still relatively expensive. Under the principle of “joint advance and retreat” of the three major operators, their overall tariffs are almost the same, and there is no trend of “price war”. The majority of users want to get real benefits, and I am afraid that the 3G network will reach the current 2G network. It is only when the level is covered. Therefore, the author's suggestion is that if you are a user or a user who likes to adopt early adopters, you can choose 3G immediately, otherwise you will continue to wait and see, waiting for the beginning of real competition.

Zipper Bag Making Machine

Tea Bag Making Machine,Zipper Bag Making Machine,Candy Bag Making Machine,Pet Food Bag Making Machine

Wuxi Zhengyu Technology Development Co.,Ltd. , https://www.zhengyumachine.com

Posted on