End of era for long-distance, roaming charges on Sept 1

The country's three telecom carriers announced on Thursday that they will scrap domestic long-distance and roaming charges from Sept 1, a month ahead of the deadline set by the State Council.

The three carriers are China Mobile Communications Corp, China United Network Communications Group Co and China Telecommunications Corp.

Yang Jie, chairman of China Telecom, said the move would benefit more than 80 million of its users and further boost the intelligent terminal market.