Zhongxin Finance, January 26th. Recently, some netizens asked "When will the caller ID fee be canceled" on the "Leadership Message Board" of People's Daily Online.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology replied: The caller ID fee will be phased out within 3 to 5 years.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology replied that it attaches great importance to users' opinions and suggestions on the caller ID fee. Since 2017, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has promoted basic telecommunications companies to give away or include Caller ID services in new and existing packages without charging additional fees, and gradually promote the existing calls. Displays charging users migrating to free tariffs.
Up to now, caller ID charges only exist in some of the old package users who have not migrated and have been discontinued, accounting for less than 2%.
"In the next step, we will continue to encourage basic telecommunications companies to further expand the scope of free users by means of encouraging market competition and strengthening policy guidance through the migration of old packages and replacement of caller ID with voice traffic resources, and gradually within 3 to 5 years. Cancellation of caller ID fees." The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology replied.
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