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Beijing mobile phone users to get free incoming calls

Beijing Mobile, part of China's largest mobile phone operator, plans to dramatically slash its mobile call fees in early February with a monthly package based on a one-way billing scheme.

The caller-pays scheme, in which incoming calls are free for the person who receives the call, has been welcomed by China Mobile and China Unicom subscribers in pilot areas in Guangdong, Shanghai and Tianjin, allowing the companies to reinforce their position in the market.

People's Daily Online -- Beijing mobile phone users to get free incoming calls

Is convergence unstoppable?

Convergence has also seen companies traditionally associated with access moving into the service world, in an effort to shore up their average revenue per user (ARPU) even as the cost of the average broadband subscription plummets. The telecoms operators' fear is being reduced to a transport pipe - a utility - left out in the cold while others cream off the profits from services and content.

The utility option is not to be sniffed at, though, according to the consultants. Deloitte's Tansley said: "In the utility world, prices go up as well as down. It's a luxury telcos don't enjoy today."