Wang Jianzhou, Chairman of China Mobile: 4G tariffs are lower than 3G

Wang Jianzhou, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of China Mobile, interviewed this reporter yesterday at the National “Two Conferences” Economic Group resident, said that domestic 4G (TD-LTE) will be fully commercial in 2012, and 4G future tariffs will be lower than 3G. . This is also the first time he answered the domestic 4G tariff question.

Previously, many industry experts believed that taking into account the cost of network construction and advertising promotion costs for domestic 4G, the 4G package tariff is likely to take the high-end route and attract high-end users like the early days of 3G.

Wang Jianzhou said that the biggest problem with domestic 4G development is hardware, mainly 4G terminal equipment. “The problem that 4G terminal equipment encounters is that 2G and 3G equipment have never been encountered. 3G terminals are smart phones. One smart phone is 3G. Now we also need a representative work, so that ordinary consumers know that this is 4G, this is a question full of imagination, I think it is the hardest, and among these, the chip is the basis, if you do not develop chips now, then within a few months it is impossible to have a mobile phone."

It is understood that as of the end of 2011, China Mobile's TD subscribers have exceeded 50 million. However, only two operators in the world officially launched TD-LTE commercial services, and there is no real TD-LTE "mobile phone."

When talking about the cooperation with Apple, Wang Jianzhou said that with the new chip released by Qualcomm, successfully solved the application of mobile signals in Apple hardware, the technical barriers to the cooperation between China Mobile and Apple Mobile have been gradually overcome. He also revealed that China Mobile has been negotiating cooperation issues with Apple Inc. from the era of 2G technology. Now it has entered the 4G era. The cooperation between the two sides "is progressing step by step. Now it is exactly when, through what kind of approach. Launch cooperation between the two sides." As of now, China Mobile’s iPhone mobile phone users have reached 15 million, which has increased by 1 million households every month since last year.