Telecoms must cut fees on individuals, businesses, Li says

Premier Li Keqiang urged the country's three major telecom service providers on Monday to implement faster internet connectivity and make it more affordable while improving services for small and medium-sized businesses to help boost industrial upgrading and nurture new economic drivers.

"The information communication industry plays a crucial and fundamental role in China's economic transition and industrial upgrading," Li said while visiting China Mobile Communications Corp, China United Network Communications Group Co and China Telecommunications Corp.

Li focused on entrepreneurship, precise measures on cutting connectivity costs as well as technology innovation when visiting the headquarters of the three providers. At China Telecom, Li learned that the company has already reduced its connectivity fees by 40 percent and its network flow has increased by 130 percent.