Telephone Charges: Do The Numbers Add Up?

On Christmas Day 2000, China's telephone users received an unexpected gift - a document that called for a substantial reduction in China's fixed-line telephone charges. While telephone charges have been falling in China in recent years, this new round of cuts represents the most significant reduction in tariffs to date. The details of the cuts are contained in the Notice Concerning the Structural Adjustment of Telecommunications Charges (the Notice), jointly issued by the State Development Planning Commission (SDPC), the Ministry of Information Industry (MII), and the Ministry of Finance (MOF), released on December 25 2000 and effective from January 1 2001.

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