Telecom giants should cut roaming charges or they will lose public trust

THE DOMESTIC TELECOMMUNICATION giants insist on charging high roaming fees even when the user remains inside the country, which has become a media focus. Comments:

It might be reasonable to collect international roaming fees because telecom companies must rent facilities and equipment in other countries, but there is hardly any additional costs for them when a cellphone user travels within China. As the national telecom giants have their own facilities that cover the whole nation, at least domestic cross-city roaming fees should be canceled.

xinhuanet.com, quoting a former senior executive of the China Mobile institute, May 21